Dacor Wall Ovens - Manual (Page 8)

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follow these steps to manually operate the oven in Standard
Bake, Pure convection™ or convection Bake mode:
1. Position oven rack(s) at the proper height(s).
. Press the touch pad for “StaNdaRd Bake”, “PuRe
coNvectioN™” or “coNvectioN Bake”. the oven will beep
once, the selected cooking mode will flash, and “– – –” will be
displayed.
3. Press either the “+” or “–” pad. The default temperature of 350˚F will
be displayed.
4. To adjust the cooking temperature from 350˚F, press and hold the
“tiMe•teMP” pad. (Press “+” key to increase the temperature
setting, “–” to decrease.) “PRe” and “oN” will appear in the clock
display, and the oven will begin to heat. the convection fan will
turn on to help stabilize the oven temperature during preheat. in
standard bake mode, the convection fan will turn off once the desired
temperature is attained. if in a convection mode, the convection
fan will turn on. also, the clock display will change from the desired
cooking temperature to the actual oven temperature, starting with
135˚F. The temperature display will increase in 5˚F increments until
the desired temperature is reached. the cooling fan will turn on when
the oven temperature reaches 200˚F. When the desired temperature
is attained, the Preheat cycle is complete. the clock will beep once
and “PRe” and “oN” will disappear from the display. (from this
time forward, the “oN” display will cycle on and off with the heating
elements.)
5. carefully place the food onto the desired rack(s) within the preheated
oven.
6. it is recommended that a Minute timer be set to time the cooking
process.
7. when the time expires and/or the food is done cooking, press the
“caNceL•SecuRe” pad to turn off the oven.
the oven features an automatic Preheat cycle that rapidly
brings the oven chamber up to temperature. Simply by choosing
a cooking mode and setting a temperature, the oven will
automatically perform the Preheat function. the Preheat cycle
operates in Standard Bake, Pure convection™ and convection
Bake modes. there is no Preheat cycle for the Broil or convection
Broil modes.
the clock features two timers that may be used to time cooking or
other processes up to 11 hours, 50 minutes in length.
to use the Minute timer function, follow these steps:
1. Press the touch pad labeled “tiMeR 1”, or “tiMeR ”. the clock will
display “00:00”, and “tiMeR 1”, or “tiMeR ” will flash.
. Press the “+” pad until the desired time is displayed on the clock.
3. after “tiMeR 1” has expired, the clock will sound off with one second
beeps and “tiMeR 1” will appear in the display. after the “tiMeR ”
minute timer has expired, the clock will sound alternating one and
two second beeps and “tiMeR ” will appear in the display. the
beeper can be silenced by pressing the “tiMeR” touch pad while the
beeper is sounding.
Important:
Cancellation of the minute timer does not turn off the oven if it is
operating. You must manually shut the oven off by pressing the
“CanCel•seCure” touch pad. (see the Delay timed Cooking
section for automatic oven turn on and turn off.)
notes:
1. to view the current time of day rather than the remaining time
on the minute timer, just press the “CloCK” touch pad. to
change back to a minute timer display, press the “tImer 1” or
“tImer 2” touch pad.
2. to cancel the minute timer while in progress, press the “tImer
1 or 2” touch pad two times. the clock display will return to the
time of day.
3. the minute timers may be used at the same time as Delay timed
Cooking or self-Clean.
4. the minute timers will beep for 2 minutes (if not cancelled)
before automatically shutting off.
5. pressing the “CanCel•seCure” pad when the beeper is
sounding will cancel both the beeper and the cooking function.
to avoid accidentally turning the oven on, activate the “SecuRe”
feature. Press and hold the “caNceL•SecuRe” pad for
approximately three seconds. this will disable the control panel
and allow cleaning the controls without accidentally starting any
functions. three beeps will sound and “off” will appear in the
display when the control panel has been secured.
to re-activate the control panel, again push and hold the
“caNceL•SecuRe” pad for three seconds. three beeps will
sound and the “off” will disappear from the display.
in addition to the conventional radiant-heat Standard Bake mode,
your dacoR® oven offers two convection baking modes: Pure
convection™ and convection Bake. all modes can be used to
successfully prepare meals using standard recipes or your
own personal favorites.
Because of variations in food density, surface texture and
consistency, there are a few foods that may be prepared more
successfully in the Standard Bake mode. for this reason,
Standard Bake mode is recommended when preparing baked
goods such as custard. the user may find other foods that are
also prepared more consistently in Standard Bake mode. this is
perfectly normal.
1. as a general rule, to convert conventional Standard Bake recipes to
convection recipes, reduce temperature by 25˚F and the cooking time
by approximately 10%.
. Some recipes, especially those that are homemade, may require
adjustment and testing when converting from standard to convection
modes. if unsure how to convert a recipe, begin by preparing the
recipe in Standard Bake mode. after achieving acceptable results
this way, follow the convection guidelines listed. if the food is not
prepared to your satisfaction during this first convection trial, adjust
only one recipe variable at a time (such as cooking time, rack
position or temperature) and repeat the convection test. if necessary,
continue adjusting one recipe variable at a time until satisfactory
results are achieved. See Common Baking problems, for additional
information.
3. do not open the oven door frequently during baking. Look through
the door window to check the progress of baking whenever possible.
4. use the Minute timers to time baking functions
5. wait until the shortest recommended baking time before checking
food. for baked goods, a wooden pick placed in the center should
come clean when the food is done.
6. Bakeware tips:
• cakes, quick breads, muffins and cookies should be baked in
shiny, reflective pans for light, golden crusts.
• Medium gauge aluminum sheets with low sides should be used
when preparing cookies, biscuits and cream puffs.
• Bake most frozen foods in their original foil containers placed on a
flat cookie sheet. follow the package recommendations.
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notes:
1. For faster heat up, the broil element comes on during preheat.
For best results, allow the oven to preheat prior to placing food
inside.
2. the preheat cycle is disabled during “proBe” cooking. For best
results, allow the oven to preheat in the desired mode prior to
pressing the “proBe” key.