HINTS AND TIPS
Use the Top oven when you want to warm plates. Use a setting of 80°C – 100°C on the oven temperature control.
You can use two shelves when using the fan assisted oven.
There should always be at least 2.5cm (1”) between the top of the food and the grill element. This gives best cooking results and allows room for rise in yeast mixtures, Yorkshire puddings etc. When cooking cakes, pastry, scones bread etc., place the tins or baking trays centrally on the shelf.
Ensure that food is placed centrally on the shelf and there is sufficient room around the baking tray or dish to allow for maximum circulation.
Where a degree of evenness in baking is required, it may be necessary to interchange food during cooking.
Where a larger quantity of food is to be cooked we recommend you use the main oven.
Place dishes on a suitably sized baking tray on the shelf to prevent spillage onto the oven base and to help reduce cleaning.
The material and finish of the baking tray and dishes will affect the degree of base browning of the food. Enamelware, dark, heavy or
For economy leave the door open for the shortest possible time, particularly when placing food into a
Do not use the grill pan or meat tin as a baking tray as this will increase base browning of the food.
Because of the smaller cooking space and lower temperatures, shorter cooking times are sometimes required. Be guided by the recommendations in the cooking chart.
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