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3.3 Helpful hints
❖ We recommend to use the supplied baking tray provided with your appliance.
❖ It is also possible to bake in cake tins and trays bought somewhere else. For
baking it is better to use black trays which conduct heat better and
shorten the baking time.
❖ Shapes and trays with bright or shiny surfaces are not recommended when using
the conventional heating method (top and bottom heaters).The use of such tins
can result in under-cooking the base of cakes.
❖ Before you take a cake out of the oven, check that it is ready using a wooden
stick (when the cake is ready the stick should come out dry and clean after
having been inserted in the cake).
❖ When switching off the oven leave the cake inside for about 5 minutes.
❖ Cook meat with a weight of more than 1 kg in the oven. Cook smaller pieces of
food on the hob.
❖ Use oven-proof cookware only. Check that their handles also are oven-proof.
❖ When you cook meat on a grillage, insert a drip tray with a small amount of
water in the oven (minimum rack height).
❖ Turn over meat at least once.
❖ Never pour cold water on the meat.
3.4 Energy saving
❖ Do not open the oven door unnecessarily often.
❖ Switch off the oven in good time and make use of the residual heat.
❖ Only use the oven when cooking larger dishes.
❖ Meat of up to 1kg can be cooked more economically in a pan on the hob.
❖ lf the cooking time takes longer than 40 minutes switch off the oven 10 minutes
before.
❖ Make sure the oven door is closed properly.
❖ Heat can escape through spillages on the door seals. Clean up any spillages
immediately.
❖ Do not install the cooker near of refrigerators/freezers. Otherwise the energy
consumption increases unnecessarily.
