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Practical Cooking Advice
The oven offers a wide range of cooking alternatives that allow you to cook any type of food in the best
possible way. The following directions are only a guideline that may be varied according to your own
personal experience.
Preheating
If preheating (this is generally the case when cooking leavened foods), the "Multi-Cooking" mode and
the "Fast cooking" mode can be used to reach the desired temperature as quickly as possible in order to
save on energy. Once the food has been placed in the oven, the most appropriate cooking mode can then
be selected.
Cooking on More than One Rack
· If you have to cook food using several racks, use either the "baking" mode or the "Multi-Cooking" mode,
these are the only modes that allow you to do so.
· When cooking delicate food on more than one rack, use the "baking" mode, which allows you to cook on
3 racks at the same time (the 1st, 3rd and 5th from the bottom). Some examples are included in the
"Practical Cooking Advice" table.
· When cooking other food on several racks, use the "Multi-Cooking" mode keeping the following
suggestions in mind:
· The oven is fitted with 5 racks. During fan assisted cooking, use two of the three central racks; the lowest
and highest racks receive the hot air directly and therefore delicate foods could be burnt on these racks.
· As a general rule, use the 2nd and 4th rack from the bottom, placing the food that requires greater heat
on the 2nd rack from the bottom. For example, when cooking meat roasts together with other food, place
the roast on the 2nd rack from the bottom and the more delicate food on the 4th rack from the bottom.
· When cooking foods that require differing times and temperatures, set a temperature that is somewhere
between the two temperatures required, place the more delicate food on the 4th rack from the bottom
and take the food requiring less time out of the oven first.
· Use the dripping pan on the lower rack and the grid on the upper.
Using the "Fast Cooking" Mode
Functional, fast and practical for those who use pre-packed products (such as frozen or pre-cooked food)
along with other food items. You will find useful suggestions in the "Practical Cooking Advice" table.
Using the Grill
This oven offers you 2 different grilling modes.
Use the "grill" mode
the 3rd or 4th rack from the bottom) as the central part of the top heating element is turned on.
Use the bottom rack (1st from the bottom), placing the dripping pan provided to collect any sauce and/or
grease to prevent dripping onto the oven bottom. When using this mode, we recommend you set the
thermostat to the highest setting. However, this does not mean you cannot use lower temperatures,
simply adjust the thermostat knob to the desired temperature.
Use "Fan Assisted Grill"
distribution of heat makes it possible to brown the surface.
Moreover, it can also be used for browning foods at the end of the cooking process, such as adding a
gratin finish to pasta bakes.
When using this mode, place the tray on the 2nd or 3rd oven rack from the bottom (see cooking table)
then, to prevent fat and grease from dripping onto the bottom of the oven, place a dripping-pan on the 1st
rack from the bottom.
Important: always use the "Fan Assisted Grill" with the oven door shut. This will allow you to obtain
excellent results and to save energy (approximately 10％).
When using this mode, we advise you to set the thermostat to 200° C, as it is the most efficient way to use
the grill, which is based on the use of infrared rays. However, this does not mean you cannot use lower
temperatures.
The best results when using the grill modes are obtained by placing the tray on the lower racks (see
cooking table); to prevent fat and grease from dripping onto the bottom of the oven and smoke forming,
with the oven door ajar, placing the food under the center of the grill (situated on
only with the oven door shut, it's useful for grilling foods rapidly, as the
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