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USES OF THE MAIN FAN OVEN

The Main Fan oven is particularly suitable for cook ing
larger quantities of food or for weekend or celebration
meals.
The advantages of Main Fan oven cooking are:
PREHEATING
The Main 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 always preheat the oven first.
COOKING TEMPERATURES
Fan oven cooking generally requires lower
temperatures than conventional cooking. Follow t he
temperatures recommended in the chart on page 22
until you are familiar with the lower temperatur es
associated with Fan oven cooking. As a guide
reduce temperatures by 20°C - 25°C for your own
recipes, using a conventional oven.
BATCH BAKING
The Main Fan oven cooks evenly on all shelf l evels,
especially useful when batch baking.

HOW TO USE THE MAIN FAN OVEN

1. Turn the Main Oven temperature control to the
required setting.
THINGS TO NOTE
· The Main 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 6 for further details on the
operation of the cooling fan.
· The main oven indicator neon will glow until the
oven has reached the desired temperature. It will
turn on and off periodically during cooking
showing that the temperature is 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 MAIN FAN OVEN