Convection Cooking - KitchenAid 4359916 Use And Care Manual

C
onvection Cooking
This section gives you instructions for operating each convection function. Please read these
instructions carefully.
IN THIS SECTION
How convection cooking works ....40
Convection baking without
preheating ........................................41
Convection baking with
preheating ........................................42
Convection broiling ........................44
How convection cooking works
Convection cooking circulates hot air
through the oven cavity with a fan. The con-
stantly moving air surrounds the food to
heat the outer portion quickly. Your oven
uses convection cooking whenever you use
the Convection Command Pads.
Helpful hints for convection
cooking:
• Do not cover baking rack with aluminum
foil. It interferes with the flow of air that
cooks the food.
• Round pizza pans are excellent cook-
ware for many convection-only items.
Choose pans that do not have extended
handles.
• Use convection cooking for items like
souffles, breads, cookies, angel food
cakes, pizza, and for some meat and fish
cooking.
• You do not need to use any special
techniques to adapt your favorite oven
recipes to convection cooking; however,
you may need to lower some tempera-
tures or reduce some cooking times from
the convection oven cooking directions.
See examples in the charts in this section.
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Convenience foods cooking
chart ..................................................46
Convection cooking with the
temperature probe ..........................47
Temperature probe convection
cooking chart....................................49
• When baking cakes, cookies, breads,
rolls, or other baked foods, most recipes
call for preheating. Preheat the empty oven
just as you do a regular oven. You can
start heavier dense foods such as meats,
casseroles, and poultry without preheating.
• All heatproof cookware or metal utensils
can be used in convection cooking.
• As in conventional cooking, the distance
of the food from the heat source affects
cooking results. Follow reliable cookbook
recipes and refer to the charts in this Use
and Care Guide.
• Use metal cookware only for convection
cooking. Never use for microwave or com-
bination cooking since arcing and damage
to the oven may occur.
• After preheating, if you do not open the
door, the oven will automatically hold at
the preheated temperature for 30 minutes.
• You can set up to three convection cycles.
(Example for two crust pies: you can set
the oven to preheat for baking at 425°F
[218°C] and to finish baking at 350°F
[177°C].)
• Use cookware that will not melt or burn in
the hot oven. Do not use light plastic con-
tainers, plastic wraps, or paper products
during any convection combination cycle.