GE Monogram ZEK938 Owner's Manual page 21

Cookware j ar
convection
cooking
Befi)re using your convection oven, check to see
if your cookware leaves morn fiw air circulation in
the oven. If you are baking with several pans, leave
space between them. Ads(), be sure tile pans do not
touch each other or tile walls of tile oven.
Paper mad Plastic
Heat-resistant paper and plastic contnine_ that
are recommended fi)r use in _egular ovens can be
used in convection ovens. Plastic cookware that is
heat-resistant to temperatm'es ot 400°F can also
be used.
Metal m_d Glass
Any t)pe of cookware will work in your convection
oven. However; metal pans heat tl{e ti_stest and are
recommended fi)r convection baking.
Darkened or matte-finished pans will bake tipster
than shiny pans,
Glass or ceI'alllic pans
cook
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sh>wlv,
When baking cookies, you will get the best
results if you use a fiat cookie sheet instead of
a pan with low sides.
For recipes like oven-baked chicken, use a pan
with low sides. Hot air cmm()t drculate well
around fi)od in a pan with high sides.
Convection
roasting
• (;ood fiw large tender cuts of meat, uncoxered.
Tile convection tim circulates tile heated air evenly
over and aro/md tile fi)od. Meat and poult_ T are
browned on all sides as if they were cooked on a
rotisserie. Heated air will be circulated ove_; under
and aro/md tile fl)od being roasted. Tile heated
air seals in juices quickly fl)r a moist and render
product while, at tile same time, creating a rich
golden brown exteri(m
When vou are convection roasting, it is important
that you use tile broiler pan and grid fin" best
convection roasting results. Tile pan is used to
catch grease spills and the grid is used to prevent
grease spatters.
Grid
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Broilerpan
CAUTION:
Whenyou areusingthe offsetrack(on 27" models)inthe lowest
position(A), you will needto usecautionwhenpullingthe rack
out.Werecommend thatyou pullthe rackout several i nchesand
then, usingtwo pot holders,pullthe rackout byholdingthe sides
of it. Theoffsetrack is low andyou could be burnedif you place
your handinthe middleof the rack andpullall the wayout. Be
very carefulnotto burnyour handon the door whenusing a rack
in the lowestposition(A).
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