10
Operating Your Oven
Starting Your Oven
1. Adjust the racks to the appropriate level.
2. Determine the best cooking mode for the type of food
to be cooked.
Select from the following...
•
ConVeCtIon BaKe
- a combination of the
convection fan and a bottom heat source.
good for single rack items in a deep pan.
•
ConVeCtIon BroIl
- a combination of
the convection fan and a top heat source.
Good for items that do not need to be flipped, such as
thinner cuts of meat, fish, and garlic bread.
•
Pure ConVeCtIon™
- uses convection cook-
ing only for even heat. use for baked goods and
multiple rack cooking.
•
ConVeCtIon roast
- combines top and
bottom heat sources with the convection
fan. best for rib roasts, turkeys, chickens, etc.
•
BaKe
- cooks with a bottom heat source only.
commonly used for basic recipes.
•
BroIl
- cooks using a top heat source alone.
use for grilling smaller cuts of meat or toasting
bread.
important
the broil modes will not work when the meat probe is
connected.
see pages 12 to 14 for detailed descriptions of the
various cooking modes.
3. touch the key for the desired cooking mode. the
preset (jump-in) temperature will appear on the dis-
play along with the symbol(s) for the selected cook-
ing mode (see above). on double ovens, select the
desired oven by touching the cooking mode key under
uPPer oVen
or
loWer oVen
on the control panel.
4. to cook at the preset temperature, touch
start
. to
cook at a different temperature enter it (for example
4-2-5) on the number keypad, then touch
start
.
you can enter any temperature between 100°f and
555°f. the suggested broil temperature is 555°f.
Double ovens have only one
start
key, on the left
side of the control panel. use it to start both ovens.
5. if you are using pure convection or one of the bake
or roast modes, “
Pre-
” for preheating, along with the
current oven temperature will appear on the display
until the oven reaches the set temperature. once the
oven reaches the set temperature (usually in 15 to 20
minutes), it will beep and “
Pre-
” will disappear. care-
fully place your food in the oven. excessive browning
will occur if you put the food in too soon.
Turning Off Your Oven
to turn the oven off, touch the
CanCel · seCure
key.
on double ovens, touch the
CanCel · seCure
key under
uPPer oVen
or
loWer oVen
.
note
After you turn off the oven, the cooling fans may continue to run
until the oven’s internal parts have cooled down.
Changing the Temperature
to change to a different temperature while the oven is on:
1. touch the key for the current cooking mode. the cur-
rent cooking mode appears on the display (for exam-
ple
BaKe
).
2. enter the temperature on the keypad (for example
3-7-5) and touch
ContInue
.
important
if you increase the temperature by 50°f or more, the
oven will go into preheat mode to raise the temperature
rapidly to the new setting. “
Pre-
” will appear on the
display. to prevent excessive browning Dacor recom-
mends that you remove the food from the oven when
“
Pre-
” appears on the display. if you lower the tem-
perature, it is best to wait until the display indicates the
new lower temperature before you insert the food in the
oven as well.
Changing the Oven Cooking Mode
to change to a different cooking mode while the oven is
on, for example to change from convection bake to bake:
1. touch the key for the new cooking mode, for example
BaKe
.
2. touch
ContInue
.
Preset (Jump-in) Temperature Settings
Your oven has a preset “jump-in” temperature setting for
each of the cooking modes to reduce the need to always
enter the temperature. see the table below. see
Starting
Your Oven
for directions on how to cook at the preset
temperature.
Cooking Mode
Preset Temperature
convection bake
325°f
convection broil
555°f
pure convection
325°f
convection roast
375°f
bake
350°f
broil
555°f
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
