PRG Professional Ranges Care and Use
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CAUTION:
WHEN USING THE OVEN IN ANY MODE
Never use aluminum foil to cover the oven racks or to line
the oven.
It can damage the oven liner if heat is trapped under it.
Oven Heating Light
This light 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.
Preheating The Oven
When roasting and baking foods
with convection longer than 15
minutes, preheating is not neces-
sary.
Section Five: Using the Oven
HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING
When baking at high altitudes, in
either BAKE or CONVECTION •
BAKE, recipes and baking times
vary. For accurate information,
write the Extension Service, Colo-
rado State University, Fort Collins,
Colorado 80521. There may be a
cost for the bulletins. Specify the
type of information you want (ex-
ample: cakes, cookies, breads, etc.).
Placement
▲
For better browning, utensils such as cookie sheets, jelly roll pans and
rectangular baking pans should be placed crosswise on the rack with
the shorter sides on the right and the left. This allows the air to
circulate freely.
▲
When baking on more than one rack, pans do not need to be staggered.
UTENSILS
Type
▲
Aluminum bakeware gives the best browning results.
▲
Cookie sheets should have low sides; use aluminum commercial half-
sheets or professional cooking utensils.
▲
Light or dark pan finish affects timing: Light pan finish gives a medium
to golden brown appearance; dark pan finish gives a darker brown.
▲
The broil pan and grid can be used for roasting tender meats and poultry
as an alternate utensil to a roasting rack and low sided pan.
RACK POSITIONS
One, two or three racks of food can be cooked in the oven at the same time.
Place racks in the oven before turning it on. See previous page for
positioning racks.
#3 Use this rack in combination with rack #1 for double rack baking.
#2 Use this rack when baking single pan foods such as sheet cakes, some
breads, pies, desserts, casseroles, cookies, or a single rack oven meal.
Use with racks #1 and #3 for three sheets of cookies.
#1 Use this rack for air leavened cakes (Angel Food), frozen pie, large roast
or turkey. Use in combination with rack #3 for a 2 rack oven meal or
more than 2 cakes.
If you have loaded the oven, be sure to check the items for doneness sooner
than the minimum time.
TIPS IN CONVECTION
MODE
•
Lower oven temperature 25
°
to
50
°
F. when converting regular
BAKE to CONVECTION •
BAKE settings for baked food
items such as breads, cakes,
cookies and muffins, etc.
•
Length of cooking time may be
shorter than the standard bake
time.
•
The pan shape, dimensions and
various combinations of pans
may affect cooking times and
browning.
•
Place a single crust pumpkin pie
directly on a small aluminum
cookie sheet for optimum bak-
ing.
Convection • Bake Mode
TIPS FOR CONVECTION•BAKE (Model PRG304, PRG36 and PRG48 - Main Oven Only)
CONDENSATION
It is normal for a certain amount of moisture to evaporate from the food
during
any
cooking process. The amount depends on the moisture content
of the food. The moisture will condense on any surface cooler than the
inside of the oven, such as the control panel.
