General Oven Tips
The wire shelves in an oven should always be pushed firmly to the back of the oven.
Baking trays, roasting tins, etc., should be placed level in the middle of the oven’s wire shelves. Keep all trays and containers away from the sides of the oven - otherwise, overbrowning of the food may occur.
For even browning, the maximum recommended size of a baking tray is 340mm by 340mm for the left hand (main) oven, and 230mm by 320mm for the right hand (tall) oven.
Food is cooked at lower temperature in a fan oven than in a conventional oven. When using recipes, reduce the temperature by 10°C and the cooking time by
The shelves should not be fitted directly one above the other. When cooking on more than one shelf always leave at least one runner space between them.
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Oven Shelves
Left Hand (Main) Oven
The shelf guard should be at the back pointing upwards
As well as the flat shelf, some models are supplied with a drop shelf, which increases the spacing possibilities:
Always leave a ‘finger's width’ between dishes on the same shelf. This allows the heat to circulate freely around them.
The Cook & Clean oven panels (see 'Cleaning your Cooker') work better when fat splashes are avoided. Cover meat when cooking.
To reduce fat splashing when you add vegetables to hot fat around a roast, dry them thoroughly or brush lightly with cooking oil.
If you want to brown the base of a pastry dish, preheat a baking tray for 15 minutes before placing the dish in the centre of the tray.
Where dishes may boil and spill over during cooking, place them on a baking tray.
You can easily remove and refit the oven shelves, as follows:
Pull the shelf forward until the back of the shelf is stopped by the shelf stop bumps in the oven sides.
Lift up the front of the shelf so the back of the shelf will pass under the shelf stop and then pull the shelf forward:
To refit the shelf, line up the shelf with a groove in the oven side and push the shelf back until the ends hit the shelf stop. Lift up the front so that the shelf ends clear the shelf stops, and then lower the front so that the shelf is level, and push it fully back.
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