Hotpoint RB525HCT Owners Manual - Page 31

Cookware for Convection Cooking Before using your convection oven, check to see if your cookware leaves room for air circulation in the oven. If you are baking with several pans, leave space between them. Also, be sure the pans do not touch each other or the walls of the oven. Paper and Plastic Heat-resistant paper and plastic containers that are recommended for use in regular ovens can be used in convection ovens. Plastic cookware that is heat-resistant to temperatures of 400°F. can also be used, when oven is below 400°F. Metal and Glass Any type of cookware will work in your convection oven. However, metal pans heat the fastest and are recommended for convection baking. I Darkened or matte-finished pans will bake faster than shiny pans. I Glass or ceramic pans cook more slowly. When baking cookies, you will get the best results if you use a flat cookie sheet instead of a pan with low sides. For recipes like oven-baked chicken, use a pan with low sides. Hot air cannot circulate well around food in a pan with high sides. How to Set the Oven for Immediate Convection Baking or Roasting Touch the CONVECTION BAKE or CONVECTION ROAST pad. On models with a CONVECTION BAKE MULTI/1 RACK pad, touch once for multirack convection baking or twice for one rack convection baking. Touch the number pads to set the desired oven temperature. Touch the START pad. When the oven starts to heat the changing temperature, starting at 100°F., will be displayed. When the oven reaches the temperature you set, 3 beeps will sound. Touch the CLEAR/OFF pad when finished. NOTE: You will hear a fan while cooking with convection. The fan will stop when the door is opened but the heat will not turn off. To change the oven temperature, touch the CONVECTION BAKE or CONVECTION ROAST pad and then the number pads to set the new temperature. 31