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Do not lock the oven door with the door latch
during roasting. This is
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or
poultry can be rousted uncovered in your oven.
Roasting temperatures, which should be low and
steady, keep spattering to a mini tmum.
The oven hus a special
low shelf (R) position
just above the oven
bottom. Use it when
needed, for example,
when roasting a large
turkey. The shelf is not
designed to slide out at
this position.
Thcrd'ore, the oven controls are set for BAKE or
TIME BAKE (you may hear a slight clicking sound,
indicating the oven is working properly). Roasti [lg is
Step 1: Position the
oven shelf at (B)
position for small
size roast (3 to 5 lbs. )
Frozen Roasts
Frozen roasts of beef, pork, lamb, etc., can be started
without thawing, bw allow 15 to 25 minutes per
pound additional time (15 minutes per pound for
roasts under 5 pounds, more time for larger roasts).
Thaw most t'rozen poultry before roasting to ensure
even doneness. Some commercial frozen poultry ctin
be cooked successfully without thawing. Follow
directions given on package label.
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ROASTING
for self-cleaning only.
used
Step 2: Check the weight of the roast. Place [he meat
fat-side-up or [he poultry breas[-side-up on the
roasting rack in a shallow pm. The melting ftit will
meat as possible. (The broiler pan with rack is a gtxd
pan for this. ) Line the ht"oilcr pan with aluminutn I'oi]
fruits, cooking heavily cured meats, (Jt basting food
the oven (JI" inside the oven door.
Step 3: Turn the
to BAKE or TIME
BAKE and the
OVEN TEMP
knob to the desired
for tempera~urcs and upproximatc cooking [imcs.
Step 4: Most mea(s continue to cook sligh[ly
while standing atier being removed f'ronl the oven.
Recommended stanciing time for roas[s is I () to 20
minutes. This allows roasts [(~ ['il"m up and makes
them easier to carve. Intcrna] tcnlpcl"alure wi ] ] t"isc
when its in[crnal tempcra[ure is 5[> (o I () ''t~, Icss
than temperature shown in the Roasting Guide.
NOTE: You muy wish to Tinlc Bake (See the Using
Your Oven section 01' this book) (0 [urn (he oven on
Remember that food will con[inuc [c) cxmk in the
hot oven and thcrct'ore should bc
the
Dual Shelf Cooking
This allows m(~re than one I(md to he cooked a[ (he
same time. For example: While roas[ing :i 20-lb.
equipped) may he added on position D so that
seal loped potatoes can he cxx)!;cd at the sanlc 1 i mc.
cooking lime [() enahlc ho[h
to complete cooking" at
minutes of additional cxx)king time for tilt potat(ws.
OVEN SET
OVEN TEMP
dishes
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