Using The Main Oven - Belling Gas Range Service Manual

Using the main oven

Ignition
Push in and turn the main oven control
knob to the 'FULL ON' position (gas mark
9). Hold the control knob in, and press the
ignition switch or hold a lighted match or
taper to the burner, until the burner lights.
If after 15 seconds, the burner has
not lit, turn off the oven and leave the
compartment door open. Wait at least one
minute before a further attempt to ignite
the burner.
Do not hold the control knob in for more
than 15 seconds.
Turn the control knob to the required
setting.
To turn off, return the control knob to the
"off" position.
Preheat the main oven for 15 minutes.
If you are not preheating the oven, the
cooking times in the baking guides may
need to be extended, as they are based on
a preheated oven.
The oven must be preheated when
reheating frozen or chilled foods, and we
recommend preheating for yeast mixtures,
batters, soufflés and whisked sponges.
Put the oven shelves in the position
required before preheating the oven.
Oven light
Press the light button on the facia panel.
Zones of heat
The temperature at the centre of the oven
corresponds with the selected gas mark
and is slightly higher towards the top of
the oven and slightly lower towards the
oven base.
USING THE MAIN OVEN - GAS
These zones of heat can be useful
as different dishes requiring different
temperatures can be cooked at the same
time, when more than one shelf is used.
The temperature at the oven base is
suitable for cooking baked vegetables,
baked fruit, milk pudding etc, and for
warming bread rolls, soup, coffee, or
ovenproof plates and dishes.
If you find that over a period of time,
the oven becomes hotter when used at a
particular gas mark, the thermostat may
need to be replaced.
Oven furniture
Baking tray and roasting tins
For best cooked results and even
browning, the maximum size baking trays
and roasting tins that should be used are
as follows;
Baking tray
Roasting tin
Position baking trays and roasting tins on
the middle of the shelves, and leave one
clear shelf position between shelves, to
allow for circulation of heat.
Oven shelves
Extra shelves may be ordered from your
local supplier.
The oven shelf must be positioned with the
upstand at the rear of the oven and facing
upwards.
Slow cooking
Make sure that frozen foods are
thoroughly THAWED before cooking.
Do not slow cook joints of meat or poultry
weighing more than 2¼kg / 4½lb.
Always use the top half of the oven for
slow cooking.
350mm x 330mm
370mm x 320mm