User manual PARKINSON COWAN A60GA/2BN

[. . . ] Read the booklet thoroughly before you use the cooker. Keep the booklet in a safe place so that anyone who uses the cooker can read it. Pass the booklet on with the cooker if you give or sell it to someone else. For your safety This cooker is designed for domestic use to cook food. You must not use it for any other purpose. [. . . ] Food must only be reheated once. 27 Slow cooking OVATION 60 GLXa Care and cleaning OVATION 60 GLXa Care and cleaning For your safety For hygiene and safety reasons you must keep this gas cooker clean. A build up of fat or other foodstuff could cause a fire. Try to mop up spills and splashes as soon as they happen. But be careful as parts of the cooker will be hot. Do not use any polishes, caustic cleaners, abrasives, washing soda or soap powder except those recommended in this booklet. Please note: If we recommend you use hot soapy water we mean hot water with washing up liquid in it and not any other cleaning product. If you own a dishwasher please read the operating instructions for the machine before you wash any part of your cooker. Clean your cooker regularly using a cloth that has been wrung out in hot soapy water. Rinse and polish it dry using a soft cloth. When you remove parts of your cooker for cleaning do not plunge them into water whilst they are very hot as this may damage the finish of the parts. The hotplate Clean the hotplate top using a mild abrasive such as 'Jif'. Take care not to damage the spark electrodes. If the spark electrodes are damaged the burners will not light. You must not remove the solid plate from the shelf. You can soak the shelf in hot soapy water for a few minutes to make cleaning easier. 29 Care and cleaning OVATION 60 GLXa Care and cleaning OVATION 60 GLXa The main oven The sides and back of your oven are coated in a special material which helps to keep itself clean. Follow these simple rules to maintain the appearance of the special finish. Do not overfill dishes or they will boil over. Do not put dishes too high in the oven. If you do they may stick to the oven roof. Cover your roasting tins with foil. This will prevent fat splashing. Use a roasting tin which is just large enough for the meat and potatoes. This will help to reduce fat splashing. Dry any vegetables that you are going to roast. If they are wet there will be more fat splashing. Follow the oven cleaning cycle regularly. 30 Main oven cleaning cycle Please note: The oven cleaning cycle can only be used in the main oven. You need to follow the cycle to keep the inside of the oven in good condition. The type of cooking you do will affect how often you need to follow the cycle. If you do a lot of roasting and very little other baking you should follow the cleaning cycle once a week. [. . . ] This should continue until the oven burner is alight. When the oven burner lights up the sparking should cease, there should be a low gas rate at first to the oven burner which is the flame supervision device (F. S. D. ) by pass rate. valve and the main gas stream flows to the burner. Set the oven thermostat to Mk. 2, close the oven door and check that after about 10 minutes the flame has reduced in size. [. . . ]