The Fan Oven - Zanussi ZBF 863 Instruction Booklet

The Fan Oven

The air inside the oven is heated by the element
around the fan situated behind the back panel. The
fan circulates hot air to maintain an even temperature
inside the oven.
The advantage of cooking with this function is
energy saving through:
Faster Preheating
As the fan oven quickly reaches temperature, it is not
usually necessary to preheat the oven although you
may find that you need to allow an extra 5-7 minutes
on cooking times. For recipes which require higher
temperatures, best results are achieved if the oven is
preheated first, e.g. bread, pastries, scones, souffles,
etc.
Lower Temperatures
Fan oven cooking generally requires lower
temperatures than conventional cooking.
Follow the temperatures recommended in the chart at
page. 12. Remember to reduce temperatures by about
20-25 C for your own recipes which use
conventional cooking.
Even Heating for Baking
The fan oven has uniform heating on all runner
positions. This means that batches of the same food
can be cooked in the oven at the same time.
However, the top shelf may brown slightly quicker
than the lower one.
This is quite usual. There is no mixing of flavours
between dishes.
1. Turn the oven function control knob to
2. Turn the thermostat control to the required
temperature.
THINGS TO NOTE
• The oven light will come on when the oven
function control knob is set.
• The oven fan will operate continually during
cooking.
• The thermostat control light will remain on until
the correct temperature is reached. It will then
cycle on and off to show the temperature is being
maintained.
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The cooling fan
During cooking the cooling fan will operate
continually.
It may run on after the oven is switched off to keep
the controls cool. This is quite normal.
NOTE
The action of the cooling fan will depend on how
long the oven has been used and at what temperature.
It may not switch in at all at lower temperature
settings nor run on where the oven has only been
used for a short time.
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