Oven Cooking Guide - GE GGS500PV Owner's Manual

Oven Cooking Guide

FOOD TYPE
Baked Goods
Layer Cakes, sheet cakes,
bundt cakes, muffins, quick
breads on a Single Rack
Layer cakes on Multiple Racks*
Chiffon cakes (angel food)
Cookies, biscuits, scones on a
Single Rack
Cookies, biscuits, scones on
Multiple Racks
Beef & Pork
Hamburgers
Steaks & Chops
Roasts
Poultry
Whole chicken
Bone-in chicken breasts, legs,
thighs
Boneless chicken breasts
Whole turkey
Turkey Breast
Other
Fish
Casseroles
Frozen Pizza on a single rack
Fresh or Frozen Snacks
*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.
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RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED
MODE(S) RACK POSITION(S)
Bake
Bake
Bake
Bake
Bake
Broil Hi
Broil Hi
Bake
Bake
Broil Lo
Broil Lo
Bake
Bake
Bake
Broil Lo
Bake
Bake
Crisp See Crisp cooking guide
3
1 & 3
1
3
2 & 4
6 less searing. Watch food closely when broiling. For best
4 or 5 less searing. Watch food closely when broiling. For best
3
3
If breaded or coated in sauce avoid Broil Hi modes. Broil skin
2 side down first. Watch food closely when broiling. For best
performance when broiling, center food below the broil heater.
Move food down for more doneness/less searing and up for
2 greater searing/browning when broiling. For best performance
1
2
5 (1/2 thick or less) Watch food closely when broiling. For best performance center
4 (>1/2 inch)
3
3
Front Placement
Rear Placement
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS
(see illustration below).
performance center food below the broil heater.
performance center food below the broil heater.
necessary.
Preheating is not necessary.
when broiling, center food below the broil heater.
necessary.
necessary.
food below the broil heater.
use shiny cookware for less browning.
Rack positions
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