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 3)
Single rack baking
Rack
Baking rack guide
Cakes
Cookies
Pizza
Pastry
Crust
Breads
Desserts
Custards
Soufflés
Casserole • Frozen lasagna
Rack
(Position 5)
Roasting rack guide
Beef
Pork
Poultry
OPERATION
Food
• Layer cakes
• Bundt cakes
• Angel food cake
• 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
• Cheesecake,
crème brulée
• Sweet or savory
Food
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
31
Rack
position
4
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
2
2
5
Rack
position
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2