Changing the heating-up phase
The "Heating-up phase" option will appear with the Fan plus, Auto roast and Conventional heat functions.
These functions all have a Rapid heat-up phase where the the top and ring heating elements come on together with the fans to enable the oven to reach the required temperature as quickly as possible.
The Rapid heat-up phase should not be used for some items such as pizza, biscuits and small cakes because they will brown too quickly from the top.
To switch the Rapid-heat up phase off for a cooking programme select the "Heating-up phase" option and then select "Normal".
Please note, only "Heating-up phase" will appear in the display.
The Rapid heat-up phase will also be switched off if a temperature of below 100 °C is set initially and the temperature is then increased afterwards.
You can also switch off the Rapid heat-up phase permanently. See "Settings - Heating-up phase".
Pre-heating the oven
Most dishes can be placed in a cold oven. They will then make use of the heat produced during the heating phase.
It is only necessary to pre-heat the oven in certain instances:
With Fan plus
–pre-heating may be necessary for foods which cook in less than
20 minutes and for foods such as puff pastries and yeast mixtures where instant heat is required to make them rise quickly.
–roasting beef/fillet.
With Conventional heat
–it is usually necessary to pre-heat the oven.
The Rapid heat-up phase should be switched off when baking pizza, biscuits and small cakes. Otherwise they will brown too quickly from the top.
