Cooking Guide - GE JK5000 Owner's Manual

Cooking Guide
Baked Goods
Layer cakes, sheet cakes,
bundt cakes, muffins, quick
breads on a Single Rack
Layer cakes* on Multiple
Racks
Chiffon cakes (angel food)
Cookies, biscuits, scones
on a Single Rack
Cookies, biscuits, scones
on Multiple Racks
Traditional Bake
Traditional Bake
Traditional Bake
Traditional Bake
Convection Bake
Multi Rack
2 and 4
1
3
2 and 4
1, 3 and 5
Use shiny cookware.
Ensure adequate airflow
(see illustration below).
Use shiny cookware.
Use shiny cookware.
Ensure adequate airflow.
Beef & Pork
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Use a broil pan; move food down for more
Hamburgers Broil Hi 5 doneness/less searing. Watch food
closely when broiling. For best performance center
food below the broil heating element.
Use a broil pan; move food down for more
Steaks & Chops Broil Hi 5 doneness/less searing. Watch food
closely when broiling. For best performance center
food below the broil heating element.
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
Roasts Convection Roast 2 or 3
Preheating is not necessary.
Convection Roast 2 or 3
Broil Hi 1
Poultry
Whole chicken
Bone-in chicken breasts,
legs, thighs
Broil Lo
Traditional Bake
Convection Bake 1 Rack
Broil Lo
Boneless chicken breasts Traditional Bake 3
Convection Bake 1 Rack
Whole turkey Convection Roast 1 or 2
Turkey Breast Convection Roast 2 or 3
5 (1/2 thick or less)
Fish Broil Lo
4 (>1/2 inch)
Convection Bake 1 Rack
Casseroles 3
Traditional Bake
Frozen Convenience Foods
Convection Bake 1 Rack
3 Use shiny cookware.
Traditional Bake
Pizza. french fries, tator tots.
chicken nuggets, appetizers
on a Single Rack
Pizza. french fries, tator tots.
chicken nuggets, appetizers
on Multiple Racks
2 and 4
Convection Bake
Multi Rack
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
If breaded or coated in sauce avoid Broil
Hi modes. Broil skin side down first.
Watch food closely when broiling. For best
performance when broiling, center food below the
broil heating element.
Move food down for more doneness/less
searing and up for greater searing/browning when
broiling. For best performance when broiling, center
food below the broil heating element.
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
Use a low sided pan such as a broil pan.
Watch food closely when broiling. For best perfor-
mance center food below the broil heating element.
Use shiny cookware.
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*When baking four cake layers at a time, use racks 2
and 4. Place the pans as shown so that one pan is not
directly above another.
Cook food thoroughly to help protect against food
borne illness. Minimum safe food temperature
recommendations for food safety can be found at
www.lsltDoneYet.gov. Make sure to use a food
thermometer to take food temperatures.
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