Oven Vent; Rack And Pan Arrangement; New Oven Odor - Roper B4007B0 Use And Care Manual

OVEN LIGHT (Some Models)
The swrtch for the rnterlor oven light IS located on the control panel See
page 9 for more tnformatfon
OVEN VENT
When the oven IS on, arr moves through a vent below the control panel.
The vent IS needed for proper arr flow In theoven and good bakfng results.
Do not block thus vent. Doing so may cause cooking failure, fire or
damage to the range.
MOISTURE
As your oven heats up, water droplets may form on the door or door glass.
To prevent this, open the oven door for the first minute of oven heat up
lo let Ihe morst arr out.
NEW OVEN ODOR
Durrng the frrst baking and brorffng cycles on your new oven, there may
be some odor, Thus IS normal and IS caused by the heating of new parts
and rnsulatron The odor WIII go away wrthtn a short time. A vent fan or
other ventrlatron WIII help to clear the arr.
OVEN COOKWARE
:
ALUMINUM: Absorbs heat laster than glass or steel and conducts heat
well Grves delrcate browntng, tender crusts, and reduces spatterrng of
2
roasts Best for cakes, mufkns. quack breads, cookies and roasting.
OVENPROOF GLASS/POl7ERY: Because thus cookware absorbs and
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holds heat well you should lower your oven lemperature 25oF. Grves a
food a deep, crusty brown top Best lor casseroles
:
TEFLON" , DULL OR DARKENED COOKWARE: Absorbs heat quicker
3
than shrny cookware. Lower your oven temperature 25F'J (except for pastry)
Good for pies and other foods baked tn pastry shells.
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RACK AND PAN ARRANGEMENT
Put oven rack(s) In place before turning on the oven Rack posrtions are
numbered starting at the bottom wrth number 1 In general, when usrng
only one rack In the lower oven, posrtron No 2 should be used When
using two racks, positions No 2 and 4 work best
Pans too close to each other, to oven walls or to the oven bottom block
the free movement of air Improper air movement causes uneven brown-
ing and cooking
Normall there should be 1% to 2 inches of air space on all sides of each
pan In t K e oven See tips below
Sheet Cake, Cookies,
Bscu~ts
The pan or
-1 area should
I
f be placed on
'& ~_. _ ~= 2 the lower of
the two racks
Cake Layers. Pres.
Casseroles, 3 Pans
Angel Food or
Sponge Cake
When baking
a sponge or
angel food
cake,
aenter
on one rack In
the lowest
posftfon
Cake Layers, Pres.
4 Pans (staaaered)
When usrng
two racks and
several pans.
stagger them
so no pan 1s
drrectly above
another