30 OPERATION
Recommended Baking and Roasting
Guide
Baking results will be better if baking pans are
centered in the oven as much as possible. If cooking
on multiple racks, place the oven racks in the
positions shown.
Rack and Pan Placement
Multiple Rack Baking
Rack
(Position 1)
Single Rack Baking
Rack
Baking Rack Guide
Cakes
Cookies
Pizza
Pastry
Crust
Breads
Desserts
Roasting Rack Guide
Rack
(Position 3)
Beef
Pork
Poultry
Rack position
Food
Upper
Oven
Layer cakes
Bundt cakes
Sugar cookies
Chocolate chips
Brownies
Fresh
Frozen
From scratch
Refrigerator
Biscuit, canned
Biscuit, from scratch
Muffins
Fruit crisps and
cobblers, from
scratch
Pies, from scratch,
2-crust fruit
Food
Lower Oven
Rare
Rib
Medium
Well done
Rare
Boneless
rib, top
Medium
sirloin
Well done
Rare
Beef
tenderloin
Medium
Rib
Bone-in, sirloin
Ham, cooked
Whole chicken
Chicken pieces
Turkey
Lower
Oven
1
3
1
3
1
3
1
3
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
2
Rack
position
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1