Choice Of Utensils
Every Electric Hob deserves the right choice of utensils. We recommend for optimum performance the use of good quality utensils.
Setting the grill | Preheat the grill at setting 5 for approximately five | |
minutes. The pilot light will illuminate to show the | ||
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| grill is switched on. The grill pan is placed on the | |
| shelf and should be correctly positioned under | |
| the grill element. Leave the control at 5 for toast, |
PANS SHOULD NOT:
Be concave (bowed in)
Be convex
(bowed out)
Be rimmed
Be deeply
ridged
But essentially
Flat
Always ✓ | Never ✗ |
●Use good quality flat ● Use gauze, metal pan
based cookware on | diffusers, asbestos | |
all electric heat | mats and stands e.g. | |
sources. | Wok stands – they can | |
| cause overheating. | |
● Ensure pans have | ● Use utensils with skirts | |
clean, dry bases | ||
before use. | or rims e.g. buckets | |
| and some kettles. | |
● Ensure pans match | ● Use badly dented or | |
size of heating area. | ||
| distorted | |
● Remember good | pans. | |
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quality pans retain | ● Leave an element | |
heat well, so general- | ||
ly only a low or medi- | switched on when not | |
um heat is necessary. | cooking. | |
● Ensure pan handles | ● Cook food directly on | |
the hotplate. | ||
are positioned safely | ||
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and away from heat | ● Drag or slide utensils | |
sources. | ||
across the hob surface. | ||
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●Lift pans, do not drag. ● Place large preserving
● Use pan lids except | pans or fish kettles | |
across two hotplates. | ||
when frying. | ||
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● Deal with spillage | ● Place plastic vessels or | |
utensils on a hot hob. | ||
immediately but with | ||
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care. | ● Use the hob as an area | |
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| for storage |
Always place pans
centrally on the
hotplate
| sealing and fast cooking of foods. |
| For thicker foods requiring longer cooking, turn |
| the switch to a lower setting after the initial seal- |
| ing on both sides at setting 5.The thicker the food |
| the lower the control should be set. |
Note: | ALWAYS have the door open when grilling. If the |
| door is closed when the oven/grill control is |
| switched on then the oven will operate. |
Note: | Remember to switch off the control at the end of |
| cooking. |
Guide to grilling successfully:
1.Position rod shelf as recommended in chart for food being cooked.
2.Preheat the grill for approximately 5 minutes.
3.Place the grill pan on the rod shelf, ensuring it is positioned centrally under the grill element.
Food | Shelf Position | Grill | Approx. Cooking | |
from Base of | ||||
Setting | Time | |||
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Toasting | 5 | 5 | ||
of Bread | ||||
on type of food | ||||
Products |
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Small cuts of | 4 or 5 | 4 | ||
meat,sausages, | ||||
bacon |
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Chops, etc. | 4 | 3 - 5 | ||
Gammon | ||||
ing on thickness | ||||
steaks |
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Fish: whole |
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fillets | 4 or 5 | 3 | ||
(in base of pan) | ||||
fingers |
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4 | 3 - 5 | |||
potato | ||||
products |
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Pizzas | 4 or 5 | 3 | ||
ing on size | ||||
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Browning of |
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Grill
Door in Grilling position
CAUTION – ACCESSIBLE PARTS WILL BECOME HOT WHEN THE GRILL IS IN USE. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY.
GRILLING CANNOT BE UNDERTAKEN WITH THE OVEN/GRILL DOOR CLOSED.
Open the Oven door fully.
The oven/grill control is designed to operate either the oven or grill depending on the position of the oven door. With the door fully open, as shown, the door switch enables the grill to operate.
With the oven door in the grilling position, heating of the grill is achieved by turning the control clockwise to the desired ‘grill setting’on the control panel, as described under ‘setting the Grill’.
Never: line the grill/meat pan with aluminium foil.
food. | 4 | 5 | ||
e.g.cauliflower | ||||
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cheese |
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Always preheat the grill for 5 minutes, on setting required for cooking.
Temperature Conversion Chart
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Gas Mark | Convection | Convection | |||
Oven | |||||
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1/2 | 250 | 120 | 110 | 100 | |
1 | 275 | 140 | 130 | 120 | |
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2 | 300 | 150 | 140 | 130 | |
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3 | 325 | 160 | 150 | 140 |
Grill Pan Handle | The grill pan handle is detachable so that the |
| pan may also be used in the oven as a meat |
| pan. To fit the handle to the pan:– |
| Tilt the handle over the recess adjacent to the |
| bracket. |
Slide it towards the centre of the pan, up to the ‘stop’ position.
4 | 350 | 180 | 170 | 160 |
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5 | 375 | 190 | 180 | 170 |
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6 | 400 | 200 | 190 | 180 |
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7 | 425 | 220 | 210 | 200 |
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8 | 450 | - | 220 | 210 |
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9 | 475 | - | - | 220 |