Using The Static Electric Oven; Oven Knob Symbols; Using The Oven; Use Of The Grill - Diamond Optima Serie Manual Del Usuario

- Do not drag the pans onto the glass-made work top in order to avoid any scratch.
- Even after use, the cooking areas keep the heat for a long time ; never lay your hands or any other object onto this area until
the residual heat warning light has not turned off.
- If you see a crack onto the glass surface, switch off and immediately disconnect the unit.
- Please keep all materials or substances that may melt down (such as plastics or aluminium foils) away from the cooking
surface. If, inadvertently, something has melt onto the work top, immediately hot-clean with a scraper.
- Never use the cooking surface as a support or as a work top.
4.4

USING THE STATIC ELECTRIC OVEN

4.4.1

OVEN KNOB SYMBOLS

( O )
Oven off
The grill is switched on; 2750 W
with thermostat control
The upper part is switched on; 1200 W
with thermostat control, max. 300°C
The lower part is switched on; 3200 W
with thermostat control, max. 300°C
The lower and the upper part are switched on;
4400 W with thermostat control,
max. 50 + 300°C
N.B.:
Before turning on the oven, make sure that no plastic bags and no paper of cardboard are inside the oven.
4.5

USING THE OVEN

- Turn the knob clockwise onto the desired position (Pos. A - Fig. 2).
- The green flash light will light up to show that the oven is on.
- If the orange flash light lights up (Pos. C - Fig. 2), this means that the thermostat is working and that the oven is heating up.
When the desired temperature has been reached (Pos. A - Fig. 2) the orange flash light goes off and food may be put into the
oven.
- The door must be thoroughly shut while cooking.
- When the food is cooked, turn off the oven by turning the knob back onto 'O' position.
N.B.: Differentiated temperatures for different types of food may be obtained by concentrating the heat either in the lower
or in the upper part of the oven.
By turning the knob to the right onto
upper 1200 W power resistor is switched on.
4.5.1

USE OF THE GRILL

Turn the knob clockwise onto the
The grill resistor with a power of 2750 W becomes white-hot, and the yellow and green flash-lights light up.
While the grill is on, the door of the oven may be partially open.
The grill is useful to cook au gratin.
To switch of the grill, turn the knob to the left onto the "0" position.
IMPORTANT: before using the oven for the first time heat it up to its maximum temperature for 30 - 40 minutes keeping the
oven door closed to burn possible oil residues which could lead to unpleasant smells.
4.6

COOKING WITH THE OVEN

Select the temperature between 150 and 300 °C. To reach optimum results it is advisable to preheat the oven. Therefore only
put the food into the oven once the orange light has turned off, that is when the oven has reached the desired temperature.
Only fat meat may be put into the oven when it is still cold.
It is advisable to cook frozen meet without previously unfreezing it. In this case, select a temperature 20°C lower than normal
and add _ to the average cooking time for fresh meat.
Higher tins are more suitable in that they enable to avoid soiling the oven surface.
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the 3200 W power resistor is switched on; By turning the knob onto
position.
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Fig. 6
only the