Recommended Baking and Roasting Guide
If cooking on multiple racks, place the oven racks in the positions shown. Multiple-rack cooking saves time and energy. Whenever possible, cook foods requiring the same cooking temperature together in one oven.
Rack and Pan Placement
Multiple rack baking | |
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Rack (Position 1) | Rack (Position 3) |
Single rack baking | |
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Rack (Upper Oven) | Rack (Lower Oven) |
Baking Rack Guide
Food | Rack Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Upper Oven | Lower Oven | ||
Cakes | Layer cakes Bundt cakes Angle Food Cake | 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 |
Cookies | Sugar cookies Chocolate chips Brownies | 2 2 2 | 1 2 3 |
Pizza | Fresh Frozen Thin Frozen Rising Crust | 2 2 2 | 2 1 2 |
Pastry Crust | From scratch Refrigerated | 1 1 | 2 2 |
Breads | Biscuit, canned Biscuit, from scratch Muffins | 2 2 2 | 3 2 2 |
Desserts | Fruit crisps and cobblers, from scratch Pies, from scratch, 2-crust fruit | 1 1 | 2 or 3 2 |
Custards | Cheesecake Crème Brulee | 1 2 | 1 3 |
Souffles | Sweet or Savory | 1 | 1 |
Casseroles | Fresh Frozen | 1 1 | 2 2 |
Recommendation: Cook Casseroles and all ready-to-serve foods to 165 °F Internal Temperature. Extend the cooking time as needed to your desired level of doneness and browning. For upper oven, use pizza mode with a pizza pan and rotate the pizza halfway through cooking. Extend cooking time as needed to meet the desired level of doneness.
Roasting Rack Guide
Food | Rack Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Lower Oven | |||
Beef | Rib | Rare Medium Well done | 1 1 1 |
Boneless rib, top sirloin | Rare Medium Well done | 1 1 1 | |
Beef tenderloin | Rare Medium | 1 1 | |
Pork | Rib | 1 | |
Bone-in, sirloin | 1 | ||
Ham, cooked | 1 | ||
Poultry | Whole chicken | 1 | |
Chicken pieces | 2 | ||
Turkey | 1 | ||