Baking - Dacor Wall Oven Use & Care Manual

About pure Convection™ Baking
• The uniform air circulation provided by Pure Convection™
allows you to use the full capacity of your oven. You can
successfully prepare food, like cakes, cookies, muffins, and
rolls on 2 or 3 racks at the same time. You can also prepare
complete meals using multiple racks.
Direction of Airflow
Pure Convection - Direction of Airflow
problem:
Cookies burn on the bottom
Cookies are too brown on top
Cakes burn on the sides or are not done in
the center
Cakes crack on top
Cakes are not level
Pies burn around edges or are not done in
the center
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Baking Tips
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may Be Caused By:
Oven door opened too often
Incorrect rack position used. Pan too close
to bake element
Incorrect baking mode being used
Dark, heat absorbing cookie sheets used
Rack position being used is too high
Food placed in oven during preheat
Incorrect baking mode being used
Oven temperature too high
Dark, heat absorbing cake pans used
Oven temperature too high
Oven and/or oven rack not level
Oven temperature too high
Dark, heat absorbing pans used
Oven and/or rack over-crowded
Solutions to Common Baking Problems
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Some recipes, especially those that are homemade, may
require adjustment and testing when converting from
standard baking to convection baking. If you are unsure how
to convert a recipe, begin by preparing the recipe using the
standard bake settings. After achieving acceptable results,
follow the convection guidelines below. If the food is not
cooked to your satisfaction during this first convection trial,
adjust one recipe variable at a time (such as cooking time,
rack position, or temperature) and repeat the convection test.
If necessary, continue adjusting one recipe variable at a time
until you get satisfactory results.
Convection guidelines: As a general rule, to convert
conventional standard bake recipes to convection recipes,
reduce the temperature by 25˚F and the cook time by
approximately 10%.
Do not open the oven door frequently during baking. Look
through the oven door window to check the progress of
baking whenever possible.
Use the oven timers to determine baking time.
Wait until the shortest recommended baking time before
checking food. For most baked goods, a wooden pick placed
in the center should come clean when the food is done.
Set timer to shortest recommended
cooking time and check food when timer
beeps. Use door window to check food
Change rack position
See chart on page 10 to select correct
baking mode
Use shiny, reflective cookie sheets
Change rack position
Wait until oven is preheated
See chart on page 12 to select correct
baking mode
Reduce oven temperature
Use shiny, reflective cake pans
Reduce oven temperature
Level oven and rack as needed
Reduce oven temperature
Use shiny, reflective pans
Reduce number of pans
What To Do: