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Figure 2
Baking Elements
The Kleenmaid oven uses two baking
elements: one located at the top of the oven
and the second located below the floor of the
oven cavity to provide ease in cleaning the
oven cavity.
Grilling Elements
The grilling elements of the oven are located
at the top of the oven cavity.
Do not touch the heating elements or let oven
gloves touch the grilling elements.
Never use a towel or bulky cloth for an oven
glove; they could catch on fire.
Convection Element
The convection element (not visible) and fan
are located at the back of the oven cavity.
This element and fan combination performs
the cooking when in the convection bake
mode.
When in any of the convection modes the fan
is on, see Table 1.
About Convection Ovens
Both the single oven and double oven are
convection ovens.
Although most people are familiar with the
operation of a conventional oven many are
unclear as to how a convection oven works or
in what ways it is superior to a conventional
oven.
Below you will find a brief explanation of how
a convection oven works and its advantages.
In Kleenmaid Ovens, the European
Convection system (the 3 elements, fan and
venting panel) circulates even, heated air
throughout the oven. This process:
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Seals in juices and flavour
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Provides even baking and browning
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Saves time and energy
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Baking on multiple levels at the same time
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Dehydrates herbs, fruits and vegetables
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Bakes whole meals at once with no
flavour transfer
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Defrosts evenly
Many of your own recipes have time and
temperature instruction for the regular bake
cycle. As a rule, most of these recipes can be
cooked with better results in one of the
convection cycles. In general, to convert
standard recipes for use in convection, you
reduce the temperature by about 10°C and
check if cooked at the minimum suggested
cooking time.
When baking on more than 1 rack it may be
necessary to increase the cooking time a few
minutes for each additional rack. As individual
tastes vary, you may find you need to adjust
the time and temperature to achieve desired
results.
You may feel your new oven cooks differently
than your old oven. We recommend you use
the various cooking cycles for a few months to
become more familiar with it.
We do not recommend you use oven
thermometers found at many grocery stores to
check oven temperature. They may be
inaccurate and are slow to respond to
temperature changes.
