GE ZET3038 Owner's Manual page 25

Convection
• Good for large tender cuts of meat, uncovered.
roast
The convection fan circulates the heated air
evenly over and around the food. Meat and
poultry are browned on all sides as if they were
cooked on a rotisserie. Using the roasting rack
provided, heated air will be circulated over,
under and around the food being roasted. The
heated air seals in juices quickly for a moist and
tender product while, at the same time,
creating a rich golden brown exterior.
When you are convection roasting, it is
important that you use the broiler pan and grid
and the special roasting rack for best convection
roasting results. The pan is used to catch grease
spills and the grid is used to prevent grease
Cookware
Before using your convection oven, check to
see if your cookware leaves room for air
for
circulation in the oven. If you are baking with
convection
several pans, leave space between them. Also,
cooking
be sure the pans do not touch each other or
the walls of the oven.
When baking cookies, you will get the best results if you
use a flat cookie sheet instead of a pan with low sides.
Paper and Plastic
Heat-resistant paper and plastic containers that
are recommended for use in regular ovens can
be used for convection baking, but shouldn't
be used at temperatures higher than the
temperature recommendation of the cookware
manufacturer.
How to set
1 Select CONVECTION.
the oven for
2 On double oven models, select upper or
convection
baking or
3 Select CONV MULTI for multi-rack
roasting
lower oven.
convection baking. This mode is used for
cooking food items on more than one rack
(i.e., 2, 3 or more racks) at the same time in
convection bake. See Multi-Rack Baking
section for more information.
Select CONV 1-RACK for one rack convection
baking. This mode is used for cooking food
items on only one rack in convection bake.
Select CONVROAST for convection roasting.
Post
spatters, while the rack allows the heated air to
circulate under the meat and increase browning
on the underside of the meat or poultry.
• Place the grid on the broiler pan and put
the roasting rack over them, making sure the
posts on the roasting rack fit into the holes
in broiler pan.
• Place the meat on the roasting rack.
Metal and Glass
Any type of cookware will work in your
convection oven. However, metal pans heat the
fastest and are recommended for convection
baking.
• Glass or ceramic pans cook more slowly.
For recipes like oven-baked chicken, use a pan
with low sides. Hot air cannot circulate well
around food in a pan with high sides.
4 Press the number pads to set the desired
oven temperature.
5 Select START .
When the oven starts to heat, the changing
temperature, starting at 100°F, will be displayed.
When the oven reaches the temperature you
set, 3 beeps will sound.
To change the oven temperature, select
HOME. Select CONVECTION and the desired
convection mode. Then use the number pads
to set the new temperature and select START.
6 Press CLEAR/OFF pad when finished.
• You will hear a fan while cooking with convection.
The convection fan will stop when the door is
opened, but the heat will not turn off.
• You may hear the oven clicking during baking.
This is normal.
Roasting rack
Grid
Broiler pan
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