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If your model has a latch, do not lock the oven
door with the door latch during roasting. This is
used for self-cleaning only.
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or
poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven.
Roasting temperatures, which should be low and
steady, keep spattering to a minimum.
The oven has a special
low shelf (R) position
just above the oven
bottom. Use it when
extra cooking space is
needed, for example,
when roasting a large
turkey. The shelf is not
designed to slide out at this position.
1. Position the oven
at shelf (B) position
for small size roast
(3 to 5 lbs.) and at
(R) position for
larger roasts.
2. Check the weight of the meat. Place the meat fat side
up, or poultry breast side up, on roasting grid in a
shallow pan. The melting fat will baste the meat. Select
a pan as close to the size of the meat as possible. (The
broiler pan with grid is a good pan for this.)
3. Press the BAKE pad.
Use of Aluminum Foil
You can use aluminum
foil to line the broiler
pan. This makes clean-
up easier when using
the pan for marinating,
cooking with fruits,
cooking heavily cured
meats or basting food
during cooking. Press
the foil tightly around
the inside of the pan.
ROASTING
Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats.
Therefore, oven controls are set for Baking or Timed
Baking. (You may hear a slight clicking sound,
indicating the oven is working properly.) Timed
Baking will turn the oven on and off automatically.
Most meats continue to cook slightly while standing,
after being removed from the oven. The standing time
E recommended for roasts is 10 to 20 minutes. This
allows roasts to firm up and makes them easier to
D
carve. The internal temperature will rise about 5° to
C
10°F.; to compensate for the temperature rise, if
B
desired, remove the roast from oven sooner (at 5° to
A
10°F. less than the temperature in the Roasting Guide).
R
Remember that food will continue to cook in the hot
oven and therefore should be removed when the
desired internal temperature has been reached.
4. Press the + or – or number pads until the desired
temperature is displayed.
The oven will start automatically. The word "ON"
and "100°" will be displayed. As the oven heats
B
up, the display will show the changing temperature.
A
When the oven reaches the temperature you set, a
tone will sound.
R
5. Press the CLEAR/OFF pad when roasting
To change the oven temperature during the
roasting cycle, press the BAKE pad and then the
+/– or number pads to get the new temperature.
Dual Shelf Cooking
This allows more than one food to be cooked at the
same time. For example: While roasting a 20-lb.
(10 kg) turkey on shelf position R, a second shelf
(if so equipped) may be added on position D so that
an additional food such as scalloped potatoes can be
cooked at the same time. Foods cooked with the
turkey should be added toward the end of the time
allowed for the turkey. For example, potatoes which
cook for 1 hour should be added to the oven 1 hour
before the end of cooking time for the turkey.
is finished and then remove the food from
the oven.
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