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Fig. 5.4
Fig. 5.3
F
OVEN COOKING
Before introducing the food, preheat the
oven to the desired temperature.
For a correct preheating operation, it is
advisable to remove the tray from the
oven and introduce it together with the
food, when the oven has reached the
desired temperature.
Check the cooking time and turn off the
oven 5 minutes before the theoretical
time to recuperate the stored heat.
IGNITION OF THE OVEN BURNER
1) Open the oven door to the full
extent.
WARNING: Risk of explosion! The
oven door must be open during this
operation.
2) Lightly press and turn the temperature
knob anti-clockwise (fig. 5.4) to the max
position (
fig. 5.1).
3) Press the knob firmly until the burner
lights.
Never continue this operation for
more than 15 seconds. If the burner
has still not ignited, wait for about
1 minute prior to repeating the igni-
tion.
In case of mains failure, press the knob
firmly and immediately put a lit match or
taper to the opening “F” (fig. 5.3).
4) Wait about 10/15 seconds after the
burner lights before releasing the
knob (time of priming of the valve).
5) Close the oven door slowly and adjust
the burner according to the power
required.
If the flame extinguishes for any reason,
the safety valve will automatically shut
off the gas supply to the burner.
To re-light the burner, first turn the oven
control knob to position
●
, wait for at
least 1 minute and then repeat the
lighting procedure.