Dacor DCM24 Use & Care Manuals - Page 21

Manual Convection And Automatic Mix Cooking This section gives you specific cooking instructions and procedures. Please consult your Dacor Convection Microwave Cookbook for helpful hints for convection and combination cooking. 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 For example, to cook at 350˚F for 20 minutes: 1. Touch the CONVECTION pad. 2. Select the temperature by touching the number pad 6 . 350˚F 3. Enter the cooking time by touching the number pads 2000. 4. Touch the START/INSTANT ON pad. 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. 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. For example, to preheat to 350˚F and then cook 25 minutes at 375˚F convection: 1. Touch the PREHEAT pad. 2. Select the temperature by touching the number pad 6 . 350˚F 3. Touch the CONVECTION pad. 4. Select the temperature by touching the number pad 7 . 375˚F 5. Select the cooking time by touching the number pads 2500. 6. Touch the START/INSTANT ON pad. 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 the food in the oven. Close the door. Touch the START/INSTANT ON pad. * If the oven door is not opened, the oven will 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: 1. To program only preheat, touch the START/ INSTANT ON 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. BROIL Preheating is automatic when the Broil setting is used. Only actual cooking time is entered; the oven signals when it is preheated to 450˚F. Oven temperature cannot be changed. Use Broil setting for steaks, chops, chicken pieces and many other foods. See the Convection Broiling Chart in the cookbook. For example, to broil a steak for 15 minutes: 1. Touch the BROIL pad. 2. Enter the cooking time by touching the number pads 1500. 3. With no food in the oven, touch the START/ INSTANT ON pad. When the oven reaches the programmed temperature, a signal will sound 4 times*. 4. Open the door, place the food in the oven and close the door. Touch the START/INSTANT ON pad. * If the oven door is not opened, the oven will 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: 1. Preheating for broil may take from 7 to 10 minutes depending on temperature of room and available power. 2. Although time is usually set for the maximum broiling time, always check food at the minimum time recommended in the chart of cookbook. This will eliminate the need to completely reprogram the oven if additional cooking time is needed. Simply close the oven door and touch START/INSTANT ON to continue. E19