Bosch HBL5056AUC Use and Care Manual - Page 7

Getting Started Operating the Oven Care and Maintenance Self Help General Oven Tips Suggestions for Use • Use the cooking charts as a guide. • Do not set pans on an open oven door. • Use the interior oven light to view the food through the oven door window rather than opening the door frequently. • Place pans in center of oven. Advantages of Convection Cooking • Even baking. • Juices and flavors are sealed in. • Air-leavened foods such as cream puffs, souffles, meringues and yeast breads are higher and lighter. • Multiple rack cooking with no flavor transfer. • No special bakeware required. • Broiling thicker cuts of meat is possible with convection broil. • Saves time and energy. About Convection Cooking* Standard cooking modes (bake, broil, etc.) use heat radiated from one or more elements to cook food. Convection modes use both heat from the elements and a fan in the back of the oven to continuously circulate the heated air throughout the oven. The result is faster, more even cooking. Convection modes seal in natural moisture and flavors and can also save time and energy since most foods can be cooked at lower temperatures and in less time (never reduce temperature when cooking meat). Cook time is also reduced because multiple racks can be used at one time. Cook several sheets of cookies or several different dishes at the same time. The oven also uses convection to dehydrate. The low heat from the elements is circulated through the oven by the convection fan to slowly remove moisture. Refer to "Oven Modes" in this manual for further information on each convection mode. Preheating the Oven • Preheat the oven when using the bake and convection bake modes unless the recipe recommends otherwise. • Use fast preheat mode to shorten preheat time. • Selecting a higher temperature does not shorten the preheat time. • Preheating is necessary for good results when baking cakes, cookies, pastries and breads. • Place oven racks in their proper position before preheating. • During preheat, the selected cooking temperature is displayed. • A beep will confirm that the oven is preheated and the preheat light will turn off. • When operating on 208 V, preheat time may be slightly longer. Bakeware • Glass baking dishes absorb heat. Reduce oven temperature 25° F when baking in glass. • Use pans that give the desired browning. The type of finish on the pan will help determine the amount of browning that will occur. • Shiny, smooth metal or light nonstick/anodized pans reflect heat, resulting in lighter, more delicate browning. Cakes and cookies require this type of bakeware. • Dark, rough or dull pans will absorb heat resulting in a browner, crisper crust. Use this type for pies. • For brown, crisp crusts, use dark nonstick/anodized or dark, dull metal utensils or glass bakeware • Insulated baking pans may increase the length of cooking time. • Do not cook with the empty broiler pan in the oven as this could change cooking performance. Store the broil pan outside of the oven. • Use baking sheets that are 19"x14" or smaller for best results. Oven Operation Overview: Operation of the oven is through knobs and command buttons on the control panel. Single oven models have one mode knob. Double oven models have two mode knobs (one for each oven). Single oven models have one temperature knob. Double oven models have two temperature knobs. The command buttons allow you to set the clock, the timer, the cook time (for timed and delayed cooking), the stop time (for delayed cooking) the oven lights and the child safety lock. See the Control Panel/Display and Oven Operation sections for further details. *HBL503 models do not have convection features. English • 5