GE P2S975 Owner's Manual page 17

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ConvectionRoast
Goodfor large tender cuts of meat, uncovered
Tile convection tim circulates tim heated
air evenly over and aromld the food.
Meat and poultt T are browned on all
sides as if they were cooked on a
rotisserie. Tile heated air seals in juices
quickly for a moist and tender product
while, at the same time, creating a rich
golden brown exterior.
V_]_en you are convection roasting, it is
import'ant that you use a broiler pan and
grid designed for broiling for best
convection roasting results. The pan is
used to catch grease spills, and the grid is
used to prevent grease spatters while
heated air circulates trader tile meat to
increase browning on tim m_det_ide of
tile meat or poultt T.
; Place tile oven rack in tim position
that centet_ the fi)od between the top
and bottoill ol
the
oven.
When baking cookies, you will
get the best results if you use a
flat cookie sheet instead of a
pan with Iow sides,
Cookware for Convection Cooking
Before using your convection oven,
check to see if yore" cookware leaves
room fin" air drculation in tile oven.
If you are baking with several pans, leave
sp_ce between tbem./_dso, be sure tile
pans do not touch each other or the
walls ot the oven.
Paper and Plastic
Heat-resistant paper and plastic
containet_ that are recommended fin"
use in regular baking can also be used
for convection baking, but should not
be used at temperatmes higher than
the temperature recommended by the
cookware iitanHlilCttli'ei:
Plastic cookware
that is heat-resistant to temperatm'es of
400°F (204°C) can also be used.
Metal and Glass
Any type ot cookware will work in w,ur
convection oven. Howevet; tI/etal l)ans
beat tile filstest and are recommended
fin" convection baking.
Darkenedor matte-Dblshedpans will bake
faster than shiny pans.
Glassor ceramlc panscook more s/ow/)z
For recipes like ovenq)aked chicken,
use a pan with low sides. Hot air cannot
dtvulate well arotmd food in a pan with
high sides.
How to Set the Oven for Convection Baking or Roasting
[]
Touch
tim CONVECTION BAKE
MULTI/1 RACK pad once
(CONVECTION BAKE MULTI mode )
fin" m ulti-rack convection baking.
Tiffs mode is used for cooking food
items on more than one rack (i.e., 2,
3 or more racks) at tile same time in
convection
bake. See Multi-Rack
Baking section fin" more infimnation.
Touch d_e CONVECTION BAKEMULTI/
I RACK pad twice (CONVECTIONBAKE
1RACIG1GRILLEmode) fbr one rack
convection baking. This mode is used
for cooking fi)od items on onl) one
tack in convection bake.
Touch tile CONVECTIONROAST pad
fin" convection roasting.
[] Touch tile number pads to set tile
desired oxen temperatm'e.
[] Touch
tim STARTpad.
To change tile oven temperatm'e, touch
tile CONVECTION BAKE MULTI/1 RACK or
CONVECTION ROASTpad and then tile
ntll//beI" pads to set tim new temperature.
When tile oven starts to beat, tile
changing temperature, starting at 100°F
(38°C), will be displayed. _,\]_en oven
reaches the temperature you set, 3 beeps
will SOtlnd.
[] Touch CLEAR/OFFpad when
finished.
You will heara fanwhilecooklbg with
convection. Thefan will stopwhenthedooris
opened, but theheatwill not turnoff.
You mayheartheovenclicking dunbg
baking.This is normal.
NOTE:Whenconvection baking,theoven temperature will be 25°1: ( 14°C)lower than
theset temperature. S eeAutoRecipg_ Conversion in the SpecialFeaturessectionfor mere
information. W henconvection roasting, o ventemperature will notautoconvert.
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