Frigidaire PCWD3080AF Complete Owners Guide - Page 25

Convection Bake Convection Bake uses a fan to circulate the oven's heat uniformly around the oven. This improved heat distribution allows for even cooking and browning results. Heated air flows around the food from all sides. Convection bake may be set for any oven temperature between 170°F (77°C) and 550°F (288°C). Benefits of convection cooking include: • Multiple rack baking. Convection baking tips: • Use Convection Bake for best results when baking cookies and cakes on 2 racks. • For best results it is recommended to preheat the oven before baking items like cookies, biscuits and breads and move pans to center of the racks. • If your recipe is not written for convection baking, reduce the oven temperature by 25° or use Convection Convert option. • No special pans or bakeware required. • For cookies use the following racks: • Single rack baking use 3 (glide rack). • Two rack baking use 2 (flat) and 5 (glide). • For baking cakes use the following rack positions and place bakeware as shown in Figure 4. In upper rack use position 5 (glide) or 6 (flat). • Cookies and biscuits should be baked on pans with no sides or very low side to allow heated air to circulate around the food. Food items baked on pans with a dark finish will cook faster. • Leave oven lights off while baking. 25 SETTING OVEN CONTROLS To set convection bake with a default oven set temperature of 325°F (163°C): 1. Turn the Mode knob to CONV BAKE. The tem- perature display will show ---. 2. Turn the Temperature knob until the display shows 325°F (164°C). The display will show PREHEATING and the current temperature inside the oven. 3. When the oven reaches the chosen temperature, the PREHEATING indicator will turn off. For optimum results, allow the oven to fully preheat before adding food. 4. When finished cooking, turn the Mode knob to OFF. 6 5 4 3 2 1 Figure 5: Pan positions for best results when baking cakes on two racks.