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Cooking guidelines
o Please refer to the information given on food packaging for
guidance on cooking temperatures and times. Once familiar with
the performance of your appliance, temperatures and times can
be varied to suit personal preference.
o If you are using the fan oven function, then you should follow
the information given on the food packaging for this particular
mode of cooking.
o You should pre-heat the oven and not place food inside of it until
the oven operating indicator neon has gone off. You can choose
not to pre-heat when using the fan oven mode; however you
should extend the cooking time given on the food packaging by
at least ten minutes.
o IMPORTANT: You should pre-heat the oven if you are baking,
regardless of whether you are using the conventional oven or fan
oven functions.
o If there is no guidance given on the food packaging specifically
for cooking in fan oven mode, you can generally reduce the
cooking time and temperature by 10% from the information
given for conventional oven cooking.
o Make sure that frozen foods are thoroughly thawed before
cooking, unless the instructions on the food packaging advise
that you can “cook from frozen”.
o Before cooking, check that any accessories that are not required
are removed from the oven.
o Place cooking trays in the centre of the oven and leave gaps
between the trays to allow air to circulate.
o Try to open the door as little as possible to view the dishes.
o The oven light will remain on during cooking.
Warnings
o Keep the oven door closed when using a grill function.
o Do not use aluminium foil to cover the grill pan or heat items
wrapped in aluminium foil under the grill. The high reflectivity of
the foil could potentially damage the grill element.
