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USES OF THE FAN OVEN

The Fan oven is particularly suitable for cooking
larger quantities of food, or for weekend or
celebration meals.
The advantages of Fan oven cooking are:
PREHEATING
The Fan oven quickly reaches its temperature so it is
not usually necessary to preheat the oven. Without
preheating however you may need to add an extra 5
– 10 minutes on the recommended cooking times.
For recipes needing high temperatures e.g. bread,
pastries, scones, soufflés etc., best results are
achieved if the oven is preheated first. For best
results when cooking frozen or cooked chilled rea dy
meals preheat the oven first.
COOKING TEMPERATURES
Fan oven cooking generally requires lower
temperatures than conventional cooking. Follow the
temperatures recommended in the chart on page 22
until you are familiar with the lower temperatures
associated with Fan oven cooking. As a guide
reduce temperatures by 20°C - 25°C for your own
recipes.
BATCH BAKING
The Fan oven cooks evenly on all shelf l evels,
especially useful when batch baking.

HOW TO USE THE FAN OVEN

1. Turn the Fan oven temperature control to the
required setting.
THINGS TO NOTE
The oven light will come on when the control is
turned.
The oven fan will operate continually during
cooking.
The cooling fan for the controls will operate after
a time. See page 7 for fur ther details on the
operation of the cooling fan.
The fan oven indicator neon will glow until it has
reached the desired temperature. It w ill turn on
and off periodically during cooking showing that
the temperatureis being maintained.
If an automatic programme has been set, the
oven fan and oven light do not come on until the
cook time begins.
THE FAN OVEN