Handling Baking & Grilling Problems - Westinghouse WLE622WA User Manual

HANDLING BAKING & GRILLING PROBLEMS
PROBLEM
Uneven cooking
Baked products too brown on top
Baked products too brown
on bottom
Cakes have a cracked, thick crust
Baked products are pale, flat and
under-cooked
Cakes fallen in the centre
Roast meat & potatoes not
browning in fan oven
Juices running out of meat
Grilled meats overcooked on
outside & raw in the centre
Grilled chops & steaks buckling
CAUSES
• Incorrect shelf position.
• Oven tray too large.
• Trays not centralised.
• Food has not been rotated.
• Oven not preheated.
• Aluminium foil in oven.
• Baking tins too large for
the recipe.
• Baking tins not evenly spaced.
• Products not evenly sized or
spaced on trays.
• Baking temperature too high.
• Food too high in oven.
• Baking tins too large for
the recipe.
• Baking tins are dark metal
or glass.
• Food too low in the oven.
• Oven door opened too frequently
during baking.
• Baking temperature too high.
• Baking temperature too high.
• Food too high in oven.
• Cake batter over mixed.
• Pan too deep.
• Baking pans dark.
• Baking temperature too high.
• Food too low in the oven.
• Baking time too short.
• Incorrect tin size.
• Baking temperature too high.
• Baking time too short.
• Proportions of ingredients
incorrect in the recipe.
• Opening door too early in baking.
• Poor hot air circulation.
REMEDIES
- Select shelf that puts food in the centre
of the oven.
- Experiment with other trays or dishes.
- Centre trays.
- Rotate food during cooking.
- Preheat until the oven indicator lamp
goes off.
- Remove foil.
- Use correct size tins.
- Stagger baking tins at least 3cm
between tins and the oven walls.
- Make into same size and shape,
and spread evenly over trays.
- Lower the temperature.
- Cook on shelf lower.
- Use correct size tins.
- Change to shiny, light tins or lower the
temperature by 10ºC.
- Cook one shelf higher.
- Don't open the oven door until at least
half the cooking time has passed.
- Lower the temperature.
- Lower the temperature.
- Cook one shelf lower.
- Mix just long enough to combine
ingredients.
- Check size of pan and use
recommended size.
- Change to shiny pans.
- Lower the temperature.
- Cook one shelf higher.
- Increase cooking time.
- Use correct size tin.
- Lower the temperature.
- Increase cooking time.
- Check recipe.
- Do not open the door until the last
quarter of cooking time.
- Elevate food onto a rack to allow air
circulation.
- Do not pierce meat with fork.
- Turn with tongs.
- Grill at lower shelf position.
- Cut fat with knife towards the meat.
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