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HEATING ELEMENTS WITHIN THE OVEN COMPARTMENT
Due to the smaller oven compartment and the differing design with the heating ele-
ments lying within the oven compartment, the Design Oven Air Fry & Pizza offers
some advantages to the usual oven of a range. Saving energy, time and money is
the outcome for you.
• The set temperature is reached within a few minutes, which makes preheating
unnecessary in most cases. What's more, when high temperatures are selected,
the heat radiation via the heating elements starts the baking process even after
a few seconds.
• Depending on the type and consistency of your food, the required baking time
and temperature are reduced remarkably.
• The reaction of the oven to changes of the settings (selection of upper and low-
er heat, temperature) is outstanding fast, therefore bringing the baking process
completely under your control.
3 SHELF SLOTS
You may select one of 3 shelf slots for the insets (baking tray, grilling rack, wire bas-
ket). Use this feature to place your food at the required position, depending on the
size of your food and the distribution of heat within the oven. The following table
holds some guidelines for selecting the optimum shelf slot.
IMPORTANT -Always ensure to leave sufficient distance to the heating elements:
approx. 3 cm; 1 1/5 inches; width of a teaspoon. When operating the oven at
high temperature, you should even leave a significantly larger distance..
CAUTION – The insets may fit directly below the top heating elements. DO
NOT operate the oven with the insets in this position to avoid overheating.
However, the wire basket may be inserted there but this is not recommended due
to the short distance to the top heating elements.
Shelf Slot
Use for …
Top
Use it for grilling most slices of meats and toasting plain bread slices or thin sandwiches. Additio-
nally, insert the wire basket here for air frying and drying.
CAUTION: Keep in mind that some types of food rise during heating. Ensure to keep sufficient
distance to the top heating elements throughout the complete heating process. If in doubt, select
the middle shelf slot.
Middle
Best suited for most baking and cooking tasks, including reheating, defrosting, toasting, pizza,
and braising. Suitable for grilling or toasting some taller items (e.g. larger pieces of meat or meat
with fillings, shish kebab, vegetable spits, thick burgers). .
Bottom
The bottom shelf slot leaves plenty of height for cooking, reheating, and warming of any larger
items. Additionally, use this position for most types of roast and when cooking via upper heat only
(bottom heating elements deactivated).
CAUTION: DO NOT insert the wire basket into the bottom shelf slot, because it may touch the
bottom heating elements and therefore cause overheating and damage.
SEPARATELY CONTROLLED UPPER AND LOWER HEAT
There are 4 heating elements at the top and 2 heating elements at the bottom of
the oven compartment. Top and bottom can be operated separately. This way, the
heat distribution within the oven compartment can be controlled and adapted to the
requirements of your dishes. The convection fan realizes an even heat distribution
(see: ‘Convection and Air Fry Functions’).
NOTE
Especially when using high temperatures, an important part of the heat transfer is
carried out via direct thermal radiation from the heating elements. The convection
fan has no influence on this effect. Thus, despite of using the convection fan, it is
crucial to keep sufficient distance to the heating elements to get an even browning.
CONVECTION AND AIR FRY FUNCTIONS
The oven offers 2 convection fan speeds: In normal mode the convection fan is
working with reduced power for ensuring an even heat distribution within the oven
compartment.
The Air Fry programs activate the full power of the convection fan for solving special
and unusual tasks. This includes frying fresh food without any additional fat but just
with hot air. Frying freshly made potatoe stripes for getting French fries is a typical
usage.
Because the temperature and baking time are freely adjustable, even unusual tasks
are possible. For example: select a temperature of 55 - 80°C for drying fruit, vege-
tables, herbs, and more.
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