EN 7
Using the oven
• Remove all accessories from inside the oven and clean them with
warm soapy water. Do not use any abrasive cleaning materials.
• Set the oven at its highest setting for one hour with top and bottom
heat (see page 14). This will remove any protective grease used
during manufacture.
• When heating the oven for the first time you will notice a ‘new-
oven smell’. Don’t worry, this is normal. If necessary, switch on the
cooker hood.
• After letting it cool down, clean the oven with warm water.
• Only preheat the oven if it is required in the recipe or in the tables
of this manual.
Cooking and baking tips
Energy-conscious use of the oven
• Open the oven door as little as possible.
• Prepare dishes with the same cooking temperature (e.g. an apple
pie and an oven dish) on the same grid at the same time, or above
each other using the hot air function. You can also let meat stew at
the same time.
• Prepare more meals consecutively, for example an oven meal after a
cake. Often, the preparation time of the second dish will be 10 minutes
shorter because the oven is still hot.
• Because the oven is insulated, the residual heat from the oven will
continue to cook dishes with longer cooking times (from 1 hour).
Turn the oven off 10 minutes earlier than indicated, but leave the
door closed.
• Preheating is generally not necessary, with the exception of dishes with
cooking times of less than 30 minutes, or when indicated by a recipe.
• Remove everything you don’t need for the dish from the oven.
• Turn the oven off before taking out the cooked dish.
Ovenware
• In principle, you can use any type of heat-resistant ovenware.
• Do not rinse glass ovenware with cold water immediately after use.
The sudden temperature difference can cause the glass to crack.
• Use black or dark baking tins. These conduct heat better and allow
the food to cook more evenly.
BEFORE FIRST USE
