Preheating
Always preheat the top oven f o r
15 minutes. However, if the main
oven is being used at the same time,
then preheating may not be necessary.
The cooking time may need to be
shortened slightly, or the cooking
temperature adjusted, to allow for
heat transfer from the main oven to
the top oven if both ovens are used
together.
Preheat the main oven for 15 minutes.
If you are not preheating the ovens,
the cooking times in the baking guides
may need to be extended, as they are
based on a preheated oven.
The ovens
must
be preheated when
reheating frozen or chilled foods, and
we recommend preheating for yeast
mixtures, batters, soufflés and whisked
sponges.
Put the oven shelves in the position
required before preheating the oven.
Oven light
Press the light button on the facia panel.
Zones of heat
The temperature at the
centre
of the
oven corresponds with the selected gas
mark and is slightly higher towards the
top of the oven and slightly lower
towards the oven base.
These zones of heat can be useful as
different dishes requiring different
temperatures can be cooked at the
same time, when more than one shelf
is used.
The temperature at the oven base is
suitable for cooking baked vegetables,
baked fruit, milk pudding etc, and for
warming bread rolls, soup, coffee, or
ovenproof plates and dishes.
If you find that over a period of time,
the oven becomes hotter when used at
a particular gas mark, the thermostat
may need to be replaced.
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USING THE OVENS
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