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Convection cooking
When using the Convection oven the glass turntable should be in position and
must have the metal tray placed on top.
Oven accessories to use
The food is then placed onto the metal tray. Follow your individual recipe guidelines.
When using the oven as a CONVECTION oven, there is NO MICROWAVE POWER, i.e. the
oven is operating as a conventional oven and you can use all your standard metal baking tins
and ovenware.
It is not recommended to cook on more than one level when using the CONVECTION oven.
When cooking 2 trays of buns etc, cook in two batches.
Roasting meat:
glass turntable,
metal tray.
Baking: glass
turntable, metal
tray.
Combination cooking
Your oven has two methods of cooking by Combination.
1. Convection and Microwave
2. Grill and Microwave
COMBINATION cooking is ideal for many foods. The microwave power cooks them quickly,
whilst the oven or grill gives the traditional browning and crispness.
All this happens simultaneously resulting in most foods being cooked in
1
/
2
-
2
/
3
of the
conventional cooking time.
There is no need to preheat on COMBINATION programs, EXCEPT when cooking pastry.
It is possible to use smooth seamed metal tins and foil containers on COMBINATION but they
must be placed directly onto the metal tray on the glass turntable. They must not be placed
directly onto the wire rack, or arcing will occur.
If you experience arcing, which is when you see blue sparks or hear crackling noises, the metal
container is unsuitable or you have insufficient food in the oven. You should stop the program
immediately and change the container or re-program to CONVECTION only.
To cook successfully by COMBINATION you should always use a minimum of 200 g (7oz) food.
Small quantities should be cooked by Convection, or Grill.
