Hotpoint RGB744 - Manual (Page 21)

ROASTING
Do not lock the oven door with the latch during
roasting. The latch is used for self-cleaning only.
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or
poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven.
Roasting temperatures, which should be low and
steady, keep spattering to a minimum.
The oven has a special
low shelf (R) position
just above the oven
bottom. Use it when
extra cooking space is
needed, for example,
when roasting a large
turkey. The shelf is not
designed to slide out at
this position.
Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats.
Therefore the oven controls are set for Baking or
Timed Baking. (You may hear a slight clicking sound
indicating the oven is working properly.) Timed
Baking will turn the oven on and off automatically.
Most meats continue to cook slightly while standing
after being removed from the oven. Recommended
standing time for roasts is 10 to 20 minutes. This
allows roasts to firm up and makes them easier to
carve. The internal temperature will rise about 5° to
10°F. If you wish to compensate for the temperature
rise, remove the roast from the oven when its internal
temperature is 5° to 10°F. less than the temperature
shown in the Roasting Guide.
Remember that food will continue to cook in the hot
oven and therefore should be removed when the
desired internal temperature has been reached.
1. Position the oven
at shelf (B) position
for small size roast
(3 to 5 lbs.) and at
(R) position for
larger roasts.
2. Check the weight of the roast. Place the meat
fat-side-up or the poultry breast-side-up on the
roasting grid in a shallow pan. The melting fat will
baste the meat. Select a pan as close to the size of
meat as possible. (The broiler pan with grid is a
good pan for this.)
3. Turn the OVEN SET knob to BAKE and the
OVEN TEMP knob to the desired temperature.
See the Roasting Guide for temperatures and
approximate cooking times.
4. When roasting is finished, turn the OVEN
TEMP knob to OFF and then remove the food
from the oven.
R
R
A
B
Dual Shelf Cooking Use of Aluminum Foil
This allows more than one food to be cooked at the
same time. For example: While roasting a 20-lb.
turkey on shelf position R, a second shelf (if so
equipped) may be added on position D so that
scalloped potatoes can be cooked at the same time.
Calculate the total cooking time to enable both dishes
to complete cooking at the same time. Allow 15-20
minutes of additional cooking time for the potatoes. You can use aluminum foil to line the broiler pan.
This makes clean-up easier when using the pan for
marinating, cooking with fruits, cooking heavily
cured meats or basting food during cooking. Press
the foil tightly around the inside of the pan.
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Adjust the Oven Thermostat
Roasting