Warning and Safety instructions
If using alcohol in your recipes, high temperatures can cause the alcohol to vaporise and even to ignite on the hot heating elements.
Alcohol should be burnt off before the dish is placed in the oven to avoid this danger.
Cover any food which is left in the oven to be kept hot. Any moisture in the food could lead to corrosion damage in the oven. This also prevents the food from drying out.
If you wish to complete a cooking process using the residual heat in the oven, leave the oven at the function selected and select the lowest temperature for that function. Do not switch the appliance off until the food has been removed. Increased moisture in the oven could cause condensation to form which could lead to
–corrosion inside the oven compartment.
–damage to the control panel, worktop and surrounding kitchen furniture.
Do not line the floor of the oven with aluminium foil when using Conventional heat, Bottom heat or Intensive bake.
This would cause a
For this reason do not place a dish, tin or baking tray directly on the oven floor.
If using a tray made by a different manufacturer, make sure that there is a gap of at least 6 cm between the bottom of the tray and the floor of the oven.
Never pour cold water onto a hot universal tray or add directly onto food in a hot oven. The steam created could cause serious burns or scalding and the sudden change in temperature can damage the enamel.
Always ensure that food is suitably cooked or reheated.
Some foods may contain micro- organisms which are only destroyed by thorough cooking at temperatures over 70°C for a minimum of 10 minutes. Therefore when cooking or reheating foods, e.g. poultry, it is particularly important that food is fully cooked through. If in doubt select a longer cooking or reheating time.
It is important that the heat is allowed to spread evenly throughout the food being cooked. This can be achieved by stirring and/or turning the food during cooking.
If using plastic containers for cooking, they must be declared by the manufacturer as being suitable for use in an oven. Other types of plastic containers melt at high temperatures, and could damage the oven.
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