GE 500 Series 30 Inch Slide-In Gas Range Owners Guide - Manual (Page 19)

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USING YOUR
APPLIANCE:
Oven Cooking Guide
Oven Cooking Guide
FOOD TYPE
RECOMMENDED
MODE(S)
RECOMMENDED
RACK POSITION(S) ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS
Baked Goods
Layer Cakes, sheet cakes,
bundt cakes, muffins, quick
breads on a Single Rack
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Layer cakes on Multiple Racks* Bake 1 & 3
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(see illustration below).
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Cookies, biscuits, scones on a
Single Rack
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Cookies, biscuits, scones on
Multiple Racks
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Beef & Pork
Hamburgers Broil Hi 6
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less searing. Watch food closely when broiling. For best
performance center food below the broil heater.
Steaks & Chops Broil Hi 4 or 5
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less searing. Watch food closely when broiling. For best
performance center food below the broil heater.
Roasts Bake 3
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necessary.
Poultry
Whole chicken Bake 3
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Preheating is not necessary.
Bone-in chicken breasts, legs,
thighs
Broil Lo 2
If breaded or coated in sauce avoid Broil Hi modes. Broil skin
side down first. Watch food closely when broiling. For best
performance when broiling, center food below the broil heater.
Boneless chicken breasts
Broil Lo
Bake
2
Move food down for more doneness/less searing and up for
greater searing/browning when broiling. For best performance
when broiling, center food below the broil heater.
Whole turkey Bake 1
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necessary.
Turkey Breast Bake 2
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necessary.
Other
Fish Broil Lo
5 (1/2 thick or less)
4 (>1/2 inch)
Watch food closely when broiling. For best performance center
food below the broil heater.
Casseroles Bake 3
Frozen Pizza on a single rack Bake 3
Fresh or Frozen Snacks Crisp See Crisp cooking guide
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use shiny cookware for less browning.
*When baking four cake layers at a time, use racks 1
and 3. Place the pans as shown so that one pan is not
directly above another.
Cook food thoroughly to help protect against food
borne illness. Minimum safe food temperature
recommendations for food safety can be found at
foodsafety.gov . Make sure to use a food thermometer
to take food temperatures.
Rear Placement
Front Placement
Rack positions