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20 handling baking & grilling problems
PROBLEM CAUSES REMEDIES
Uneven cooking: • Incorrect shelf position. - Select shelf that puts food in the centre
of the oven.
• Oven tray too large. - Experiment with other trays or dishes.
• Trays not centralised. - Centre trays.
• Food has not been rotated. - Rotate food during cooking.
Baked products too brown on top: • Oven not preheated. - Preheat until the oven indicator lamp
goes off.
• Aluminium foil in oven. - Remove foil.
• Baking tins too large for the recipe. - Use correct size tins.
• Baking tins not evenly spaced. - Stagger baking tins at least 3cm between
tins and the oven walls.
• Products not evenly sized or spaced
on trays.
- Make into same size and shape, & spread
evenly over trays.
• Baking temperature too high. - Lower the temperature.
• Food too high in oven. - Cook on shelf lower.
Baked products too brown on bottom: • Baking tins too large for the recipe. - Use correct size tins.
• Baking tins are dark metal or glass. - Change to shiny, light tins or lower the
temperature by 10oC.
• Food too low in the oven. - Cook one shelf higher.
• Oven door opened too frequently
during baking.
- Don’t open the oven door until at least
half the cooking time has passed.
• Baking temperature too high. - Lower the temperature.
Cakes have a cracked, thick crust: • Baking temperature too high. - Lower the temperature.
• Food to high in oven. - Cook one shelf lower.
• Cake batter over mixed. - Mix just long enough to combine
ingredients.
• Pan too deep. - Check size of pan and use
recommended size.
• Baking pans dark. - Change to shiny pans.
Baked products are pale, flat and
undercooked
• Baking temperature too high. - Lower the temperature.
• Food too low in the oven - Cook one shelf higher.
• Baking time too short. - Increase cooking time.
• Incorrect tin size. - Use correct size tin.
Cakes fallen in the centre: • Baking temperature too high. - Lower the temperature.
• Baking time too short. - Increase cooking time.
• Proportions of ingredients incorrect
in the recipe.
- Check recipe.
• Opening door too early in baking. - Do not open the door until the last
quarter of cooking time.
Roast meat & potatoes not browning
in fan oven:
• Poor hot air circulation - Elevate food onto a rack to allow air
circulation.
Juices running out of meat: - Do not pierce meat with fork.
- Turn with tongs.
Grilled meats overcooked on outside
& raw in the centre:
- Grill at lower shelf position.
Grilled chops & steaks buckling: - Cut fat with knife towards the meat.
Handling baking & grilling problems
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