Cooking Results Not Satisfactory?
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| Grilling |
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| Uneven cooking front | Ensure that the grill pan is positioned centrally below | |
| to back | the grill element. | |
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| Fat splattering | Ensure that the grill is not set to too high a temperature. | |
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| Oven Baking | Ensure that the oven shelves are level by using a spirit | |
| Uneven rising of cakes | level on the rod shelf and adjusting, using suitable | |
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| packing e.g. wood, under the feet of the appliance. This | |
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| should be checked both left to right and front to back. Ensure | |
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| that the food is positioned centrally in the oven. | |
| Sinking of cakes | The following may cause cakes to sink: | |
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| 1. Preheat of fan ovens. | |
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| 2. Cooking at too high a temperature. | |
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| 3. Using normal creaming method with soft margarine. | |
| Over/Under cooking | Refer to the cooking times and temperatures given in | |
| Fast/Slow cooking | the oven temperature charts, however, it may be necessary | |
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| to increase or decrease temperatures by 10oC to suit | |
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| personal taste. | |
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| Do not use utensils greater than 21/4 ins in height. | |
| Nothing Works | Is the main cooker wall switch turned on? | |
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| There may be no electricity supply. | |
| Top Oven Baking | Ensure the cooking utensil is at least 3ins from the front | |
| Uneven cooking front | ||
| to back | of the shelf. | |
| Uneven cooking of | 1. Too large baking sheet used. (See 'Cookery Notes') | |
| cakes | 2. Over loading of oven and always ensure even air | |
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| gaps around baking tins. | |
| Uneven rising of cakes | Ensure that the shelf is level (see above) and that the | |
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| food is positioned centrally in the oven. | |
| Food is taking too long | Ensure that the cooking utensil used in the top oven is | |
| to cook | not larger than 12ins x 9ins, e.g. the main oven meat pan. | |
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| Only cook one item at a time to avoid overloading the | |
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| oven. | |
| Top oven and grill do | Operating the cooker under the following conditions may | |
| cause a safety | ||
| not work. Main oven | ||
| a) grilling with the top oven door shut; | ||
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| b) grilling for excessive long periods at maximum settings. | ||
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| Switch off the appliance and allow the cooker to cool for | |
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| approx. 30 minutes. Switch the cooker back on again and | |
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| check that the grill/top oven is now operating correctly. |
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| Grill does not work. | Ensure the grill/top oven control has been turned to grill | |
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| position prior to setting its heat level. | |
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| Grill keeps turning on | When the grill control is operated at a setting less than H, | |
| and off. | this is normal regulator operation, not a fault. | |
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