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Warnings - Built-in ovens
It is most important that the instruction book should be retained with the appliance for future
reference. Should the appliance be sold or transferred to another owner, or should you move
house and leave the appliance, always ensure that the book is supplied with the appliance in
order that the new owner can be acquainted with the functioning of the appliance and the
relevant warnings. These warnings are provided in the interest of safety. You must read
them carefully before installing or using the appliance.
Installation
z Any installation work must be undertaken by
a qualified electrician or competent person.
z Installation and initial adjustment of your oven
MUST be carried out by qualified personnel
in compliance with current regulations.
Specific installation instructions for the
installer are given in this booklet.
During use
z This appliance has been designed for
cooking edible foodstuffs only, and must not
be used for any other purposes.
z Appliances become very hot with use, and
retain their heat for a long period after use.
Care should be taken to avoid touching
heating elements inside the oven.
z It is dangerous to alter the specifications or
modify the product in any way.
z Appliances become very hot with use, and
retain their heat for a long period after use.
z Always ensure that the control knobs are in
the “off” position when not in use.
z For hygiene and safety reasons, this
appliance should be kept clean at all times.
A build-up of fats or foodstuffs could result in
a fire.
z Never line any part of the oven with aluminium
foil.
z Easy clean-liners (if provided) should never
be cleaned with any other than soapy water.
z Never use steam or steam machines to
clean the appliance.
z Before any maintenance or cleaning work is
carried out on the appliance, always turn off
the isolator switch at the cooker point, and
allow to cool.
z During oven cooking and grilling, the
appliance door and the surrounding parts
are warmed up to a very high temperature.
Be careful and keep children away from the
appliance while you are using it. When you
connect other appliances to a plug near the
oven, check carefully that the wire does not
touch warm parts of the oven and does not
get taken in the oven door.
z Ensure that the shelves are put in place in
the correct way.
z This oven (even if it is linked to an electrical
cooking table) is made to function at 230 V
mono, double or three-phase with neutral.
z A polyphase linking without neutral (400 V)
can induce the distruction of the oven and of
the eventual cooking table.
Child safety
z This appliance is designed to be operated
by adults. Children should not be allowed to
tamper with the controls or play with the
product.
z Children should be supervised at all times
and should not be allowed to touch the hot
surfaces or be in the vicinity when in use or
until the appliance has cooled after use.
Technical assistance
z This appliance should be serviced by an
authorized Network Service Centre, and only
genuine spare parts should be used.
z Under no circumstances should you attempt
to repair the appliance yourself. Repairs
carried out by inexperienced persons may
cause injury or serious malfunctioning. Refer
to your local Service Centre. Always insist on
genuine spare parts.
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Guide to Use the
instructions
Safety Instructions
Step by step instructions for an
operation
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Hints and Tips
MANUFACTURER:
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS ITALY S.p.A.
Viale Bologna, 298
47100 FORLÌ (Italy)
When the oven is first installed
Once the oven has been installed:
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a) set the thermostat knob to MAX;
b) allow the oven to run empty for
approximately 45 minutes;
c) open a window for ventilation.
During this time, an unpleasant odour may
be emitted. This is absolutely normal, and
is caused by residues of manufacturing.
Repeat this operation for the grill and fan
cooking function.
Once this operation is carried out, let the
oven cool down, then clean the oven cavity
with a soft cloth soaked in warm soapy
water.
Before cooking for the first time,
carefully wash the oven
accessories.
Fig. 1
To open the oven door, always
catch the handle in its central part
(Fig. 1).
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Description of the appliance
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1. Control panel
2. Control knob for front right cooking plate
3. Control knob for rear right cooking plate
4. Control knob for rear left cooking plate
5. Control knob for front left cooking plate
6. Oven Function control knob
7. Overall control light
8. Oven thermostat control light
9. Oven lamp
10.Rating plate
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Electric oven
Oven function control knob
(Fig. 2)
It enables to select the most appropriate
type of heating for the different cooking
requirements by appropriately connecting
the heating elements and adjusting
temperature to the required level.
Meaning of the symbols:
Oven lamp
50-MAX Range of temperature regulation
for conventional cooking
Bottom heating element
Top heating element
To select the temperature turn the switch in
a clockwise direction and place sign in front
of the symbol corresponding to the
temperature required, included between 50
and MAX.The temperature will be maintained
constant by the thermostat.
If a different type of heating is required, for
example more heat on the bottom or the top,
you should turn the switch to the symbols
(heat from below) or (heat from
above). In these conditions the temperature
will never exceed 230°C.
Hotplate control knobs
The Control Knobs for the hotplates (Fig. 3)
can be found on the oven control panel. The
energy regulator of the hotplates can be set
by means of a 7-position control knob:
0 =Off
1 = Minimum
3 = Maximum
The intermediate positions give an increasing
heating power.
Carefully supervise cookings with oil
or fats, since these types of food can
result in a fire, when over-heated.
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
FO 2819
FO 2820
Control lights
Oven thermostat control light: This light
goes off when the oven heats up to the
temperature set and comes on again every
time the thermostat cuts in to stabilize
temperature.
Operating control light: It indicates that
one or more of the heating elements are
turned on.
Be careful when you insert and extract
the grid and the dripping pan from the
oven in order not to damage the
enamelled surfaces of the oven cavity.
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Hints and tips for using the oven
Always cook with the oven door
closed.
Conventional cooking
Heat comes from the top and from the bottom,
therefore it is preferable to use the central
runners. If cooking requires more heat from
the top or from the bottom use the top or the
bottom runners.
Some hints
For baking cakes
Cakes require a moderate temperature
(normally between 150 and 200°C). In addition,
the oven must be heated up beforehand - for
about 10 minutes.
The oven door should not be opened before at
least 3/4 of the set cooking time is up.
Normal short pastry dough should be cooked
in a mould or tin for 2/3 of total cooking time
required and then garnished as desired before
being cooked completely.
Clearly, the remaining cooking time depends
on the type of garnish used (jam, fruit, etc.).
Care should be taken to ensure that any dough
and cake mixes are of the right consistency
since an unduly moist mix lengthens cooking
time unnecessarily. The raw dough or mix
should therefore be fairly difficult to detach from
the spoon or beater.
For cooking meat and fish
Meat cooked in the oven should weigh at least
1 kg to prevent it from becoming too dry during cooking. Very tender red meat to be cooked
rare, i.e. well cooked on the outside but
extremely juicy inside, requires
high-temperature cooking (200-220°C).
White meat, poultry and fish instead require
low-temperature cooking (150-175°C).
The ingredients for the accompanying sauce
or gravy should be put in the baking pan at the
very beginning only when cooking times are
short.Otherwise they should be added during
the last half hour. A simple way of checking
whether meat is done or not is to press it with
a spoon; if the meat does not yield under this
pressure it means that it is done to a turn. In
the case of roast beef and fillet steaks, the
inside of which should remain fairly pink in
color, cooking times must be short. The meat
can be cooked in a baking pan or else directly
on the shelf - in this case a dripping pan must
obviously be placed underneath the shelf to
collect the juice. Once the meat is cooked, it
is advisable to let it rest for at least 15 minutes
before carving so that the juice does not seep
out. To prevent the formation of too much
smoke in the oven during roasting, it is a good
idea to pour a little water into the dripping pan
and—to prevent steam—to add a little bit more
during cooking if the original amount dries up
too much.
Before serving, the various courses can be
kept hot in the oven which should be turned
down to the minimum temperature.
Attention! the bottom of the oven and do not cover
it with aluminium foil while cooking, as
this could cause a heat build-up which
would affect the baking results and
damage the oven enamel. Always place
pans, heat-resisting pans and
aluminium foils on the grid which has
been inserted in the oven shelves.
Do not place objects on
Cooking times
Cooking times vary according to the type of
food to be cooked, its consistency, and
volume.We suggest that you take particular
note of your first cooking experiments with the
oven, since operating in the same conditions
for the same dishes you will of course obtain
similar results.
Only experience will enable you to make the
appropriate changes to values given on charts.
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