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Oven cooking
For efficient oven preheating, we recommend that grill trays and racks are removed
from the oven and replaced after about 15 minutes.
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 intro-
duce 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 recu-
perate the stored heat.
Lighting the oven gas 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 thermostat knob anti-clockwise to max position (
fig. 18).
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 ignition.
In case of mains failure, press the knob firmly and immediately approach a lighted match or
taper to the opening “
A
” (fig. 17).
4) Wait about 10/15 seconds after the burner lighting 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
.
Fig. 17
A
130
155
180
205
230
Fig. 18