HOUNO CM ovens - Manual (Page 32)

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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, for instance, ‘uneven’ baking/
roasting occurs, follow these directions:-
PREHEATING
It is important always to preheat the oven. The first time you heat the oven after the oven 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. 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
Before cooking a full oven load, you can preheat the oven for 5 minutes at the above temperature.
The oven should be preheated again after a break in the cooking process.
FAN SPEED
It is recommended always to use high fan speed. The program is set to high fan speed as this
ensures the best and most even distribution of heat in the oven. Only in the case of light products
can the use of low fan speed sometimes be recommended.
OVEN TEMPERATURE
The oven door should not be opened during the baking/roasting process (only to remove food that
needs no more cooking), partly to keep the temperature as high as possible, partly to save energy.
FILTER/GRILLE
To achieve optimum heat distribution, it is important that the filter/grille in front of the fan is clean
(if not, the heat distribution may become uneven).
LOADING OF THE OVEN
1. It is recommended that containers and baking sheets be 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 bread should be placed on different sheets. The sheets
should not be overloaded; the air must be able to circulate freely around the products.