HOUNO Visual Cooking I B - Manual (Page 9)

B – ver. 1.3 – Sept. 2005
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HOW TO ACHIEVE PERFECT BAKING AND ROASTING RESULTS
A HOUNÖ oven gives you optimum possibilities of achieving good baking/roasting results. Below
are a few pieces of advice on baking and roasting in your HOUNÖ oven.
If your baking/roasting results leave something to be desired, if, for instance, ”uneven”
baking/roasting occurs, follow these recommendations:-
Preheating
It is important always to preheat the oven. The first time you heat the oven after it has been turned
off for more than 4 hours, it must be preheated at 250°C for 20 minutes. It is also important that
the products to be cooked all have the same temperature when they are placed in the oven. When
baking frozen products, the oven should be preheated for an extra long period of time and it might
be a good idea to leave the products at room temperature for 5 - 10 minutes before they are placed
in the oven.
Tip
Each time you cook a full oven load during the day, preheat the oven for 5 minutes at 250°C.
Fan speed
It is recommended always to use high fan speed. High fan speed ensures the best and most even
distribution of heat in the oven. Only in the case of light products, or if the oven is only half full, is
the occasional use of low fan speed recommended.
Loading the oven
1. It is recommended that canteens and baking sheets are placed in the rack as follows: the first
one in the middle, the second one above the first one, the third one below the first one, the
fourth one above the second one, etc.
2. The products on the sheets should all have the same height. A loaf next to a cake may result in
uneven baking. Different types of product should be placed on different sheets/containers.
The sheets/containers should not be overloaded, the air must be able to circulate freely around
the products.