Preheating And Pan Placement; Aluminum Foil - GE PT970 Manual Del Propietário

Usingthe lower oven.
To avoid possible bums, place the racks in the desired posifion before you turn the oven on.
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Before you begin...
The rack_ have stop-locks, so that when
placed correctly on the
supports,
they will
stop before coming completely out, and
will not tilt.
When pladng and removing cookware,
pull the rack out to the bumi_ on the
rack support.
Toremove a rack, pull it toward
you,
tilt the ti'ont end up and pull it out.
To replace, place the end of the rack
(stoi>locl<s) on the support, tilt up the
ti'ont and push the rack in.
CAUTION: Neverp/acecooking utensilsor any
otheritemson theovenfloor There isa heating
e/ement b eneath theovenfloorPlacing itemson
theovenfloormaycausetheovento overheat,
resulting in damage to theovenandnskof
damage or fireto cabinets.
The lower oven has 7 rack positions.
How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting
[] Press the Bake pad.
] Press the
ntlI//beI"
pads to set the
desired temperatm'e.
[] Press the Start pad.
[] Check food for doneness at
minimmn time on recipe. Cook
longer if necessa D.
[] Press the Clear/Off pad when
cooking is complete.
NOTE'. A coolingfanmayautomat/?ally t urnon
andoff tocoolinternal p arts.Thisisnormal, a nd
thefanmaycontinue torun evenafter theovenis
turnedoff.
Type of Food Rack Position
Frozen p ies(oncookie sheet) C or D
Angelfoodcake A or B
Bundtor poundcakes A or B
Biscuits, m uffins,brownies, C or D
cookies,cupcakes, layer
cakes,pies
Casseroles C or D
If baking fore" cake layers at the sanle
time, place two lave_ on rack B and two
lave_ on rack D. Stagger pans on the
rack so one is not directly above the
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Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat the oven if' the recipe calls for it.
Preheating is necessa_}' lot good results
when baking cakes, cookies, past_ T and
breads.
Topreheat,set the ovenat the correcttemperature.
Thecontrol wi// bee, l) when the ovenis preheated
and the d/splay wi// show yourset temperature.
Thismay take approximately 10 minutes.
Baking results will be better if baking
pans are centered in the oven as much
as possible. Pans should not touch each
other or the walls of the oven. If you
need to use two racks, stagger the pans
so one is not directly above the other;
and leave aplx'oximately 1½" between
pans, fl'om the fl'ont, back and sides
ot the wall,
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Aluminum Foil
Donot use aluminum foil on the bottom of
the oven.
Never entirely cover a rack with
ahmfinum fifil. This will disturb the heat
drculafion and result in poor baking.
A smaller sheet of foil may be used to
catch a spillover
by placing
it on a lower
rack several inches below the fl)od.