Dacor DCM24 Installation Instructions - Page 14

CONVECTION AND AUTOMATIC MIX COOKING This section of the Use & Care Manual gives you specific cooking instructions and procedures. Please consult your Convection Microwave Cookbook for helpful hints for convection and combination cooking. Page numbers followed by the letter c indicate the convection/mix section of the book. To Preheat and Cook with Convection Your oven can be programmed to combine preheating and convection cooking operations. You can preheat to the same temperature as the convection temperature or change to a higher or lower temperature. * Suppose you want to preheat to 350° F, and then cook 25 minutes at 375° F. convection: Procedure The oven should not be used without the turntable in place, and it should never be restricted so that it cannot rotate. You may remove the turntable when preheating the oven and when preparing food to be cooked directly on the turntable. Caution: The oven cabinet, cavity, door, turntable, turntable support, racks and dishes will become hot. To PREVENT BURNS, use thick oven gloves when removing the food or turntable from the oven. Convection Cooking During convection heating, hot air is circulated throughout the oven cavity to brown and crisp foods quickly and evenly. This oven can be programmed for ten different convection cooking temperatures for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. To Cook with Convection * Suppose you want to cook at 350°F. for 20 minutes: Procedure 1. Touch CONVECTION CONVECTION pad. 2. Touch temperature 350˚ pad. 1. Touch PREHEAT PREHEAT pad. 2. Select preheat temperature. 350˚ 3. Touch CONVECTION CONVECTION pad. 4. Select cooking temperature. 375˚ 5. Enter cooking time. 6. START Touch START pad. INSTANT ON When the oven reaches the programmed temperature, a signal will sound 4 times*. The oven will stop, and directions will be displayed. Follow the indicated message. 7. Open the door. Place food in the oven. Close the door. START INSTANT ON Touch START pad. 3. Enter cooking time. * If the oven door is not opened, the oven will 4. START Touch START pad. INSTANT ON automatically hold at the preheat temperature for 30 minutes. After this time has elapsed, an audible signal will sound, and the oven will turn off. NOTE: If you wish to know the programmed oven temperature, simply touch the CONVECTION pad. As long as your finger is touching the CONVECTION pad, the programmed oven temperature will be displayed. NOTE: 1. To program only preheat, touch the START pad after step 2. Preheating will start. When the oven reaches the programmed temperature, follow the indicated message. 2. To preheat and cook with the same temperature, enter same temperature in steps 2 and 4. SPECIAL NOTE: You may detect smoke or a burning smell when using the convection heater for the first time, this is normal and not a sign that the oven is out of order. To avoid this problem, when first using the oven, operate the oven at 450°F without food for 20 minutes. 12