Using Your Oven; Positioning Racks And Pans; For Best Air Circulation - Whirlpool RBS240PD Use And Care Manual

Using Your Oven
To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your oven properly. This
section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your oven.
Positioning racks and pans
For baking/roasting with one rack, place When baking on two racks, arrange racks
the rack so the top of the food will be on second and fourth level from bottom.
centered in the oven. To change rack position, lift rack at front
Rack placement for specific foods: and pull out.
FOOD RACK POSITION
Frozen pies, large Lowest level or
roasts, turkeys, angel 2nd level from
food cakes bottom
Bundt cakes, most 2nd level from
quick breads, yeast bottom
breads, casseroles,
meats
Cookies, biscuits, 2nd or 3rd level
muffins, cakes, from bottom
nonfrozen pies
NOTE: For recommended rack placement
when broiling, see "Broiling rack position
chart" on page 17.
Personal Injury Hazard
• Always position oven rack(s) in
desired location before turning oven
on. Be sure the rack(s) is level.
• If rack(s) must be moved while oven
is hot, use pot holders or oven mitts
to protect hands.
• Do not let pot holder or oven mitt
touch heating elements.
Failure to follow the above precautions
could result in personal injury.
For best air circulation
Hot air must circulate around the pans m the
oven for even heat to reach all parts of the
oven. This results in better baking.
• Place the pans so that one is not directly
over the other.
• For best results, allow 11/2to 2 inches
(4-5 cm) of space around each pan and
between pans and oven walls. There must
be a minimum space of 1 inch (3 cm).
• Use only one cookie sheet in the oven at
a time.
Use the following as a guide to determine
where to place the pans:
One pan
Place in the center of the oven rack,
Two pans
Place in opposite corners of the oven rack,
Three or four pans
Place in opposite corners on each oven
rack. Stagger pans so no pan is directly
over another.