GE C5980 Owner's Manual page 16

Using the oven.
Close the door. Always broil with the
door closed.
NOTE: Broil will not work if the
temperature probe is plugged in.
How to Set the Oven for Broiling
If your range is connected to 208 volts, rare
steaks may be broiled by preheating the
broiler and positioning the oven rack one
position higher.
Use LO Broil to cook foods such as poultry
or thick cuts of meat thoroughly without
overbrowning them.
[-f] Placethe meat or fish on a broiler grid in a
broiler pan designed for broiling.
[21 Follow suggested rack positions in the
Broiling Guide.
[] Touch the BROIL HI/LO pad once for HI
Broil.
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To change to LO Broil, touch the
BROILHI/LO pad again.
Touch the STARTpad.
When broiling is finished, touch the
CLEAR/OFFpad.
The size,weight, thickness,
starting temperature
and your preference
of doneness will affect
broiling times. This guide
is bused on meats at
refrigerator temperature.
i- The U.S.Department of
Agriculture says "Rare beef is
popular, but you should know that
cooking it to only 140°F means
some food poisoning organisms
may survive." (Source:Safe Food
Book. Your Kitchen Guide. USDA
Ray.June 1985.)
Broiling Guide
Preheat the broiler for 2 minutes to improve performance.
Type or
Food Doneness Thickness Rack Position* Comments
Beef Rare (140°F) Steaks - E or F (food should be 1" Steaks less than 1"
1" thick to Y' from broil element) thick are difficult to
cook rare. They cook
Medium (1B0°F) Steaks - E (food should be 5" through before
5/4" to 1" thick to 4" from broil element) browning.
To prevent curling of
Well Done 1170°F) Steaks - D or E(food should be 3" meat, slash fat at 1"
3/4" to 1" thick to 5" from broil element) intervals.
or Ground Beef Patties
Chicken Breast, boneless C (food should be 8" Broil skin-side-down
to 9" from broil element) first.
Breast, bone-in
1/2" to l" thick
3/4" thick
C (food should be 7"
to 8" from broil element)
Fish Fillets D or E(food should be 5" Handle and turn very
to 6" from broil element) carefully.
Pork Chops Well Done (170°F) D (food should be 6" To prevent curling of
to 7" from broil element) meat, slash fat at 1"
intervals.
*Use rock position A for the smaller, 2-rack-position oven.
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