Before You Call - Kenmore 790.4501 Series Use & Care Manual

Before You Call
(Solutions to Common Problems)
Oven Baking
For best cooking results, heat the oven before baking cookies° breads° cakes° pies or pastries° etc. There is no need to
preheat the oven for roasting meat or baking casseroles.
The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned appliance.
Baking Problems and Solutions Chart
BAKING
CAUSES CORRECTIONS
PROBLEMS
Cookies and biscuits ° Cookies and biscuits put into the
burn on the bottom, oven before the preheating time
is completed.
* Oven rack overcrowded. *
Cakes too dark on fop
or bottom.
Dark pan absorbs heat too fast.
* Cakes put into the oven before
preheating time is completed.
° Rack position too high or low.
° Oven too hot.
° Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before
placing food in oven.
Choose pan sizes that will permit 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2"
to 4") of air space on all sides when placed in the
oven.
Use a
medium-weight aluminum baking sheet.
° Allow oven to preheat to the selected temperature
before
placing food in the oven.
* Use
proper rack position for baking needs.
° Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
Cakes not done in the
center.
Cakes not level.
Foods not done when
cooking flme is up.
* Oven too hot.
* Incorrect pan size.
. Pan not centered in oven.
* Range not level.
° Pan too close to oven waft or
rack overcrowded.
° Pan warped.
Oven too cool.
Oven overcrowded.
Oven door opened too
frequently.
° Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C lower than
recommended.
° Use pan size suggested in recipe.
° Use proper rack position and place pan so there is
5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of space on aii sides of pan.
* Place a marked glass measuring cup filled with water
on the center of the oven rack. If the water level is
uneven° refer to the installation instructions for leveling
the range.
° Be sure to allow 5.1cm to 10.2cm (2" to 4") of
clearance on aii sides of each pan in the oven.
° Do not use pans that are dented or warped.
* Set oven temperature 25°F/12°C higher than suggested
and bake for the recommended time.
° Be sure to remove aii pans from the oven except the
ones to be used for baking.
° Open oven door only after shortest recommended
baking time.
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