PRG Professional Ranges Care and Use
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TIPS FOR BAKE
Preheating The Oven
Many foods such as meat, poultry,
casseroles, or other long cooking
foods cook well without preheating
the oven. See your recipe for pre-
heating recommendation. Preheat-
ing is achieved in 10 to 15 minutes,
depending on the temperature set-
ting.
Getting the Best Results
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Minimize opening the door:
• Use a minute timer.
• Use the interior oven lights.
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Choose the right size utensil:
use the utensil recommended
in the recipe.
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Store the broiler pans outside
the ovens. An extra pan with-
out food, affects the browning
and cooking.
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The type of pan used affects the
browning:
•
For tender, golden brown
crusts, use light non-stick/
anodized or shiny metal
utensils.
•
For brown crisp crusts, use
dark non-stick/anodized or
dark, dull metal utensils or
glass bakeware. These may
require lowering the bake
temperature 25˚F.
Oven Heating Light
Thislight turns on when the oven
heats and cycles off when the set
temperature has been reached. The
cycling continues as long as a
BAKE
or
CONVECTION • BAKE
mode is set.
PRG48 (secondary oven)
#3 Use this rack when broiling.
#2 Use this rack for baking single
food items, such as cake, bread,
pie, dessert, casserole, cookies,
etc.
#1 Use this rack for Angel Food
cake or a large roast or chicken,
etc.
To Set the All-Gas PRG Oven Models
3
2
1
UTENSILS
Type
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Metal bakeware (with or without a non-stick finish), heat-proof glass,
glass-ceramic, pottery, or other utensils suitable for the oven.
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Suitable cookie sheets have a small lip on one side only.
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One full commercial baking sheet (18" x 26") in large main oven.
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10x13-inch cookie sheet and 7
-3
/
4
x2-inch baking sheet in secondary
oven
Section Five: Using the Oven
Bake Mode
RACK POSITIONS
One or two racks of food can be cooked in the oven at the same time. Place
racks in the oven before turning it on. Position #2 is the most commonly
used for single rack cooking. See below for recommended rack positions.
PRG304, PRG36 and PRG48 (large main oven)
#3 Use this rack in combina-
tion
with rack #1 for double
rack baking.
#2 Use this rack when baking
single pan foods, such as
cakes, breads, pies, des-
serts, casseroles, cookies,
or a single rack oven meal.
#1 Use this rack for air leav-
ened cakes (Angel Food),
a large roast, turkey or other large food item.
If you are using racks #1 and #3, be sure to
check for doneness sooner
than the minimum time.
The food on the lower rack position may cook
slightly faster than the food on the upper position. If using one rack with
a large commercial baking pan , the food may take a few extra minutes as
the air cannot circulate as freely as it does with a smaller pan.
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2
1
Placement
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Allow at least 1" of space be-
tween the pans and the oven
walls so heat can circulate
around each pan.
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Stagger baking utensils so that
one is not directly above an-
other. Allow 1-1/2 inches above
and below each pan.
1.
Set Temperature
on Gas Thermostat Dial.
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The bake burner flame lights in 60 to 90 seconds.
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The flame cycles of when the selected temperature is reached,
then cycles on again to maintain selected temperature.
