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Cooking Guide and Tips — Food Placement in the Ovens
Moving your oven rack, especially when baking, can make or
break a recipe. Bake a pizza on the top rack of your oven and
you just won't get that crispy boom crust. Bake a tray of
cookies on the boom rack, and it's prey likely you'll have
burnt booms. But move the rack to the right place, and your
food will likely cook right.
When in doubt (or when your recipe fails to menon a rack
posion), here are some general guidelines to follow:
Top Level
For rich and even browning, sck with the top rack. Once the
oven is preheated, the heang element on the boom of the
oven turns o and on throughout baking to maintain an even
temperature. Meanwhile, heat rises from the heang element
at the boom of the oven and collects at the top, so it's
actually more consistently hoer up there. All that top-level
heat is ideal for dishes you want to brown on top, like
casseroles, grans, and crisps. For even more color, turn the
broiler on during the last minute or so of cooking.
Middle Level
When in doubt, sck with the middle ground. For most baking
and cooking situaons, the middle rack will cook and bake food
more evenly. But keep in mind, this rule applies only when
you're baking on one rack at a me. When baking on several
racks or when using two baking sheets at once, consider
arranging the racks on the top and boom thirds of the oven.
Then, halfway through cooking, rotate the trays and swap
them to ensure even cooking. This move is especially useful
when baking mulple batches of cookies.
Boom Level
If you want to brown the underside of your roasted vegetables,
bread, or crusty pizza, move the rack to the lowest posion
closest to the heat source.
Source: Epicurious.com, Recipes, Menu Ideas, Videos &
Cooking Tips
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