Troubleshooting

Steam is coming from the oven

During cooking, food naturally produces steam, particulary when cooking foods with high water content (e.g. oven chips). There may be some steam visible at the grille at the rear of the hotplate. This is perfectly normal. Steam can condense to water droplets on the cool outer trim or the oven door. It may be necessary during cooking to wipe away any moisture with a soft cloth. This will also help to prevent soiling and discolouration of the oven exterior by cooking vapours.

Take care when opening the oven door as there may be a momentary puff of steam when the oven door is opened. Stand well back and allow any steam to disperse.

The oven fan is noisy

The note of the oven fan may change as the oven heats up - this is perfectly normal.

What cleaning materials are recommended for the cooker?

See the ‘Cleaning’ section of the Easy Guide for a full list of recommended cleaning materials. We do not recommend Mr. Muscle, as it contains chemicals which may damage the surfaces of your cooker.

The knobs get hot when I use the oven or the grill, can I avoid this?

Yes, this is caused by heat rising from the oven or the grill, and heating them up. Don’t leave the oven door open. Make sure that the grill pan is pushed right back to the ‘backstop’ when grilling.

If there is an installation problem and I don’t get my original installer to come back to fix it who pays?

You do. Service organisations will charge for their call outs if they are correcting work carried out by your original installer. It’s in your interest to track down your original installer.

Current Operated Earth Leakage Breakers

Where the cooker installation is protected by a 30 milliamp sensitivity residual current device (RCD), the combined use of your cooker and other domestic appliances may occasionally

cause nuisance tripping. In these instances the cooker circuit may need to be protected by fitting 100mA device. This work should be carried out by a qualified electrician.

Food is cooking too slowly, too quickly, or burning

Cooking times may differ from your previous oven. Check that you are using the recommended temperatures and shelf positions. See pages 16 -17. The oven control settings and cooking times are intended to be used only as a guide. Individual tastes may require the temperature to be altered either way, to get the results you want. Try cooking at a higher temperature setting. Is the oven roof in?

The oven is not cooking evenly

Do not use a tin or tray larger than 320mm x 305mm.

If you are cooking a large item, be prepared to turn it round during cooking.

If two shelves are used, check that space has been left for the heat to circulate. When a baking tray is put into the oven, make sure it is placed centrally on the shelf.

Check that the door seal is not damaged and that the door catch is adjusted so that the door is held firmly against the seal.

A dish of water when placed on the shelf should be the same depth all over. (For example, if it is deeper at the back, then the back of the cooker should be raised up or the front lowered). If the cooker is not level arrange for your supplier to level it for you.

Oven not coming on when turned on manually

Is the power on? Is the clock illuminated?

If using the Multi-function oven have you set a cooking function?

If not there may be something wrong with the power supply. Is the cooker supply on at the isolator switch?

If this does not solve the problem contact a service person.

Oven not coming on when automatic cooking Timer set correctly but oven knob left OFF by mistake?

If using the Multi-function oven have you set a cooking function?