English27Position the griddle over the hotplateburners resting on a pan support.Don’t put it crossways - it will not fitproperly and will be unstable.Don’t put it on the Wok burner or Highburner (right hand hotplate) - it is notdesigned to fit the High burner pansupport.The griddle can be lightly brushedwith cooking oil before use. Light thehotplate burners. Adjust the flameheights to suit.Preheat the griddle for a maximum of5 minutes before adding food. Leav-ing it longer may cause damage. Turnthe heat down by turning the controlknobs towards the lower positionmarked with the small flame symbol.Always leave space around the grid-dle for the gases to escape. Never fittwo griddles side by side.After cooking allow the griddle to coolbefore cleaning.GrillCaution: Accessible parts may behot when the grill is in use. Youngchildren should be kept away.After placing your food on the grill traypan, slide the grill pan onto the sidesupports. Make sure it is pushed rightin and touches the backstop. The grillhas two heating elements, which al-low either the whole area of the panto be heated or only the right handhalf of the grill pan to be heated.Turn the knob to position 3.For best results preheat for 2 minuteswith the grill pan in position. Afterplacing your food on the grill pan grid,slide the grill pan onto the side sup-ports. Adjust the grill to suit by turningthe knob.Never close the grill door when thegrill is on.The grill pan grid can be turned overto give two grilling positions.Don’t leave the grill on for more thana few moments, without the grill panunderneath it.OvensBoth ovens are fanned ovens. Thefan circulates hot air continuouslywhich results in faster heat transfer tothe food.Before using for the first time, heatthe oven to 200°C for 30 minutes todispel manufacturing odours.Turn the oven knob to the tempera-ture you need. The oven indicatorlight will glow until the oven hasreached the temperature you se-lected. It will then cycle on and offduring cooking. When cooking foodswith high water content (e.g. ovenchips) there may be some steam vis-ible at the grille at the rear of the hot-plate. This is perfectly normal.Both ovens have a fan only setting( ). The fan circulates air inside theoven but the heating element is notturned on. This setting is useful fordefrosting frozen foods.Whole chickens and large joints ofmeat should be defrosted in the re-frigerator. Do not defrost in a warmoven or whilst the adjoining oven ishot.The wire shelves should always bepushed firmly to the back of the oven.Baking trays meat tins etceterashould be placed level centrally onthe oven’s wire shelves. Keep alltrays and containers away from thesides of the oven, to allow the hot airto circulate.For even browning, the maximumrecommended size of a baking tray is325mm by 305mm for the main ovenand 230mm by 320mm for the Talloven.Cooking high moisture content foodscan create a ‘steam burst’, when theoven door is opened. When openingthe oven stand well back and allowany steam to disperse.When the oven is on, don’t leave thedoor open for longer than necessary,otherwise the knobs may get veryhot.Always leave a ‘fingers width’ be-tween dishes on the same shelf. Thisallows the heat to circulate freelyaround them.The Cook & Clean oven liners in theMain Oven (see ‘Cleaning yourcooker’ section) work better when fatsplashes are avoided. Cover meatwhen cooking.To reduce fat splashing when youadd vegetables to hot fat around aroast, dry them thoroughly or brushlightly with cooking oil.The Main Oven shelvesThe oven shelves can be easily re-moved and refitted.Pull the shelf forward until the back ofthe shelf is stopped by the shelf stopbumps in the oven sides.Lift up the front of the shelf so theback of the shelf will pass under theshelf stop and then pull the shelf for-ward.To refit the shelf, line up the shelf witha groove in the oven side and pushthe shelf back until the ends hit theshelf stop. Lift up the front so the shelfends clear the shelf stops, and thenlower the front so that the shelf islevel and push it fully back.