Dacor Wall Oven manual

WALL OVEN USE AND CARE MANUAL Please read this manual before operating your oven. Keep it for future re ference. Part No. 65491 Rev. C[...]

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3 Table of Contents Use and Care Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions .................................................................................................. 4 Getting to Know Your Oven ...................................................................................................... 6 Before Getting Started, Be com[...]

4 Important Safety Instructions Wall Oven Important Safety Instructions SAFETY IS EVERYON E’S RESPONSIBILITY. ALL DACOR  APPLIANCES ARE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO GIVE YOU MANY YEARS OF SAFE OPERATION. OPERATION IS FURTHER ENHANCED IF PROPER CARE AND JUDGEMENT ARE EXERCISED IN THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS APPLIANCE. WARNING: • Only use t[...]

5 Important Safety Instructions Use and Care Manual WARNING: • To avoid electrical shock or burns, turn off the oven and be sure th at the oven is cool before clean- ing. • For your safety, do not use the oven to cook without the convec tion filter(s) installed. When the filter is not installed, the spinning fan blades at the back of the oven a[...]

6 Getting to Know Your Oven Wall Oven Getting to Know Your Oven Before Getting Started, Become Familiar with Your Oven. Parts of the Oven  Control panel: Your oven’s control panel consists of key s and a display. You use the control panel to control all the ov en’s features (sometimes called modes).  Oven racks: Your oven comes with 3 adj[...]

7 Getting to Know Your Oven Use and Care Manual T HE P ARTS OF Y OUR W ALL O VEN - D OUBLE O VEN S HOWN BROIL PURE CONV SURR ROAST BAKE DACO R GUIDE MAIN MENU I 12:25 PM S UPPE R T LOWE R Dis p la y Control p anel Meat probe connector Oven li g ht Rack su pp orts ( 6 ) Oven rack Bake elements (below glass panel) Door handle Cool air intake slots Br[...]

8 Getting to Know Your Oven Wall Oven The Control Panel layout  Control panel display: The control panel display provides v arious types of information about your oven, including the current time (once the cloc k is set), the current cook settings, and the avail able cooking modes. The diagram on the fac- ing page shows the display, as it a ppea[...]

9 Getting to Know Your Oven Use and Care Manual NOTE: If you have not used the oven for an extended pe riod of time the display will go to “sleep”. When the display is sleeping, it is not lit. To wake the disp lay (make it reappear), p ress one of the keys on th e control panel or open the oven door . T HE W ALL O VEN C ONTROL P ANEL MAX BROIL [...]

10 Oven Setup Wall Oven Oven Setup NOTE: If you have a single oven , you cannot set the clock, temperature scale, display colors, keyp ad tones, or disable the oven lights while the oven i s in use. If you have a double oven , i t i s b e s t n o t t o change these settings while the ove n is in use. Clock Setting the Time • Press the CANCEL/SEC [...]

11 Oven Setup Use and Care Manual • Using the number keypad, enter the current time. For example: For 12:43 Press 1 , then 2 , then 4 , then 3 . • Press the AM - PM key to change A M to PM or change PM to AM as needed. • Press MO NTH . Enter the current month on the keypad (for example: for June, press 0 , then 6 ). • Press DAY . Enter the [...]

12 Oven Setup Wall Oven Enable/Disable the Clock Disabling the CLOCK allows you to make the clock disappear from the control panel display. The clock will remain set to the correct time if y ou decide to en able it later. If you want to make the clock disap- pear from the control panel display (or make it reappear if it is not currently showing): ?[...]

13 Oven Setup Use and Care Manual • Press TEMP °F/°C . • Press CELSIUS or FAHRENHEIT , then press OK . • Press CANCEL/SECURE to return to the home screen. Display Colors The colors for the display are preset to SI LVER/GRAY a t th e f a c to r y. I f y ou w an t t o c ha n g e t he d is p l ay colors: • Press the CANCEL/SECURE key on the [...]

14 Oven Setup Wall Oven • Press DISPLAY COLOR . • Press the AMBER , BLUE/GREEN , or SILVER/GRAY key. You may also press REVERSE COLOR to switch the background color with the text color. Custom Display Color Settings • If you want a color other than standar d dis- play color settings available on your oven, you can create a special color sc he[...]

15 Oven Setup Use and Care Manual Oven Tones If you want to change the tone or volume of the beeps that are heard when operating the oven control panel and when the timer expires: • Press the CANCEL/SECU RE key to return to the home screen. • Press the MAIN MENU key. • Press ADDITIONAL SETTINGS . • Press TONE SETTINGS . If you want to chang[...]

16 Oven Setup Wall Oven • The TONE (LO/HI) option will appear. • Press the TONE (LO/HI ) key. The display will indicate the pitch of the tone, LOW , MEDIUM , or HIGH . • Continue to press TONE (LO/HI) until you hear the tone you want. You can test each tone by pressing the key just t o the left of the TONE (LO/HI) key. • Once you have set t[...]

17 Oven Setup Use and Care Manual Oven Lights If you don’t want the oven lights to come on when th e oven door is open or the door lights are n ot cur- rently set to come on when the door is open: • Press the CANCEL/SEC URE key on the control panel to return to the home screen. • Press the MAIN MENU key. • Press ADDITIONAL SETTINGS . • Pr[...]

18 Operating Your Oven – The Basics Wall Oven Operating Your Oven – T he Basics Standard Racks WARNING: Rearrange the oven racks only when th e oven is cool. How to Insert Standard Oven Racks • Insert the end of the rack with the safety notches int o the oven first. Attach both side s of the rack to the rack supports in the oven as shown in t[...]

19 Operating Your Oven – The Basics Use and Care Manual GlideRacks™ WARNING: Rearrange the oven racks only when th e oven is cool. Your oven comes with a D acor  GlideRack™. You can pull the GlideRack™ out further than the standard racks and still support heavy pots and pans full of f ood. It is great for heavier foods and the baking sto[...]

20 Operating Your Oven – The Basics Wall Oven Before You Cook  If you have not used the oven for an extended period of time, the display will go to “sleep”. When the display is sleeping, it is not lit. To wake the di splay (make it re appear), press one of the keys on the control panel or open the oven d oor.  When you use your oven to [...]

21 Operating Your Oven – The Basics Use and Care Manual temperature on the number k eypad  , then press START  .  If you are using the BAKE or PURE CONVECTION  modes, “PREHEATING” will appear in the display until the oven reaches the set temperature. Once the set temperature is reached, the oven will beep and “PREHEATING” will[...]

22 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Deluxe Features Help Menu The HELP key on your oven can help you to better understand how your oven works. The HELP key appears on the control panel display most of the ti me after you have selected one of your oven’s fe a- tures. If you want to find out more about the various choice s available to you, press the HELP[...]

23 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Timers CAUTION: The timers on your oven do not turn the oven on or off. They are only for timing purpose s. When you want to turn the oven on or off auto matically, use the delay option s (see page 42). NOTE: Pressing the CANCEL/SECURE key does NO T turn off the timers. Your wall oven is equipped with 2 built-[...]

24 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Dacor  Guide: Cook by Food Your oven is equipped with a great convenience: the Dacor  Guide Cooking System. Dac or  Guide takes a lot of the guesswork out of c ooking. You select the type of food, and the oven will set the temperatur e and mode and show you the amount of time required to cook it. How to Use Dac[...]

25 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual • The Dacor  Guide instructions were tested to give you the optimal mode and tempera- ture by food. Press the HE LP key for de- tailed instructions on how to prep are the food. • If you are cooking meat or poultry, press the WEIGHT key and enter the weight of the meat you are cooking on the number key- [...]

26 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Main Menu The main menu allows you to access your oven’s deluxe features and cooking modes. • To access th e main menu, press the MAIN MENU key on the home screen. • The main menu will appear. The three basic styles of cooking in an oven are:  Baking: The gentle cooking of dry goods such as cookies, c ake s, so[...]

27 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Baking Modes: Description: Jump-in temperature/ cooking suggestions: BAKE Uses only a heat source fr om below the food. This mode is the stand -by, non-convection mode. All baked items will turn out nicely in this mode. Jump-in temperature: 350 ° F. Follow original times and temperatures. PURE CONVECTION ™ [...]

28 Deluxe Features Wall Oven About Pure Convection™ Baking  The uniform air circulation provided by Pure Con- vection™ allows you to use the full capacity of your oven. You can successfully prep are food, like cakes, cookies, muffins, and rolls on 2 or 3 racks at the same time. You can also prepare complete meals using multiple racks.  So[...]

29 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Solutions to Common Baking Problems Problem: May be caused by: What to do: Oven door opened too often Set timer to shortest recom- mended cooking time and check food when timer beeps. Use door window to ch eck food Incorrect rack position used. Pan too close to bake element Change rack position Incorrect bakin[...]

30 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Roasting When you press the ROASTING key on the main menu, the ROASTING menu appears. Roasting Modes: Description: Jump-in temperature: PURE CONVECTION ™ SEAR The browning process sears the surfac e of the meat to keep the natural juices from escap- ing. In Pure Convection ™ Sear mode, the oven cooks the meat 75 ° [...]

31 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Broiling When you press the BR OILING key on the main menu, the BROI LING menu appears. Broiling Modes: Description: Jump-in temperature: BROIL Uses a heat source from a bove the food. Best f or smaller amounts broiling, i.e. 2-4 h amburger patties. 555 ˚ F MAX BROIL Uses 2 heat sources from a bove the food. [...]

32 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Additional Settings …See Oven Setup Starting on Pa ge 10 Saved Guide The save feature allows you to save the oven setting s for up 100 of your fav orite recipes. Once you save the settings, your oven remembers them and can us e them to automatically set th e temperature, meat probe, and cooking time so that you don’[...]

33 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual • The display will tell you that y ou have suc- cessfully saved the file for your recipe. • Press the OK key. • Press START to start cooking, or press BACK/RECALL 3 times to return to the home screen. How to Use the Oven Recipe Settings You Have Saved • Press the MAIN MENU key. • Press SAVED GUIDE . [...]

34 Deluxe Features Wall Oven More From the main menu, press the MORE key to access the following deluxe features and modes. Sabbath The Sabbath mode on your oven compli es with Jewish laws for us e on the Sabbath and Holy Days. Thi s feature allows the oven to perform 2 types of cooking, BAK E and PURE CON VECTION™ . The settings the oven will ru[...]

35 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual • Press BAKE or PURE CONV ECTION™ . • You will see the preset (jump-in) tempera- ture of 350 ° F (in bake m ode) or 325 ° F (in Pure Convection  mode) appear on the dis- play. If you want to cook at a different tem- perature, enter the temperature on the n u m b e r k e y p a d ( f o r e x a m p l e[...]

36 Deluxe Features Wall Oven For Double Ovens: Setting Up th e Second Oven Chamber to Cook on the Sabbath Press the ON/OFF key for the oven that is not already set to cook on the Sabbath . • The BAKE / PURE CONVECTION™ display will appear. • Press BAKE or PURE CONV ECTION™ . • You will see the preset (jump-in) tempera- ture for the cookin[...]

37 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Dehydrate Dehydration is the process of preserving food by re moving water. If you would like to dehydrate fruits, vegetables, or meats, your oven is equipped with special settings to all ow you to do so easily. • Before you turn on the ov en, position the racks at th e levels you need them. • Place the fo[...]

38 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Tips for Dehydrating Equipment Required for Dehydra ting Foods  Half sheet pan or jelly roll pan with ½” rim all the way around it  Baking rack that fits inside the half sheet pan  Cheesecloth  4 quart saucepot with lid  Steamer basket that fits inside 4 quart saucepan. O ne that is perforated and open[...]

39 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Proof Proofing is the process of allowing dou gh to rise. Your oven’s proof mode is best for yeast breads that require rise time in a warm, draft-free environment. Your oven maintains the i deal temperature for best dough fermentation. • Before you turn on the ov en, position the racks at th e levels you n[...]

40 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Defrost Things to Keep in Mind:  Food that takes an exceptional am ount of time to defrost will not defrost well in a convection oven.  You should not defrost anything that would normally take over 2 hours to thaw. The food would be- gin to spoil at the oven’s defrost temper ature of 110°F.  If you have a pa[...]

41 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual • You will see the preset (jump-in) tempera- ture of 110 ° F appear on the display. To de- frost at the preset temper ature, simply press START . To defrost at a different tempera- ture, enter the temperature on the nu mber keypad (for example: to defrost at 120°F, press 1 , then 2 , then 0 ), then press S[...]

42 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Delay/Timed Cooking If you want to set the oven to automatically turn itse lf on or off at a later time or day, you can use th e delay options feature. The delay options work for all of the various cook modes (except broil) and special features, including Dacor  Guide and self -clean. You can set the ov en to turn on[...]

43 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual Setting Up the Delay Options • The delay options are se t after you select the featur e you want to use, but just before you pr ess the START key. • If you want to use the delay options feature, star t by setting up your ov en the way you n ormally would according to the cooking, de hydrate, defrost, proof[...]

44 Deluxe Features Wall Oven • Enter the time you want to start cookin g on the number keypad. You may need to press the AM - PM key to get the correct time of day. The new start time will appear on the display. • If you want to start cooking on a different day, press the START DAY key repeatedly until the correct day appears just ab ove the ke[...]

45 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual • If you are using one of the cook settings, when the duration time expires, th e oven will beep and go into “HOLD” mode for 2 hours. The oven will re duce the temperature to about 150 ° F to keep the food warm and safe for serving. Turning the Oven Off Using Stop Time • After you have set the start t[...]

46 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Meat Probe When you cook foods like roasts and poultry, the inte rnal temperature is th e best way to tell when the food is properly cook ed. The meat prob e that comes with y our oven is an easy way to t ake the guess- work out of roasting. You can use it to cook food to the exact te mperature you desire. The temperatu[...]

47 Deluxe Features Use and Care Manual How to Use Your Meat Pr obe • Prepare the meat for cooking prior to setting the ov en. Insert the skewer of th e meat probe into the center of the meat. Make sure that the skewer is not inside any f atty portions of the meat and does not touch any bones. The point should rest in the thickest part of the meat[...]

48 Deluxe Features Wall Oven Minimum Safe Internal Cooking Temperatures for Various F oods Ground Meat & Meat Mixtures Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb 160 ˚ F Turkey, Chicken 165 ˚ F Fresh Beef, Veal, Lamb Medium Rare 145 ˚ F Medium 160 ˚ F Well Done 170 ˚ F Poultry Chicken & Turkey, whole (temperature taken in thigh ) 180 ˚ F Poultry breasts,[...]

49 Cooking Tips Use and Care Manual Cooking Tips Additional Accessories Optional cookie sheets: The Dac or  full sized c ookie sheets maximize oven rack baking capabilities by utilizing the total useable rack space.  27 inch cookie sheet (3 per carton) Order Dacor  Part No. AO273C S  30 inch cookie sheet (3 per carton) Order Dacor  P[...]

50 Cooking Tips Wall Oven High Altitude Cooking Due to the lower atmospheric pressur e at higher altitu des, f oods tend to take longer to c ook. Therefore, recipe adjustments should be made in some cases. In general, no recipe adjustment is neces sary for yeast-risen baked goods, although allowing the dough or batter to rise twic e before the fina[...]

51 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Use and Care Manual Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Self-Cleaning WARNING: Do not leave the racks, the meat probe , pots, pans, utensils, trays, foil, or any other items in the oven during self-cleaning. The convection filter must also be removed. Items left in th e oven dur- ing self-cleaning may be damaged[...]

52 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Wall Oven How to Use the Self-Cleani ng Feature IMPORTANT: Remove the racks and broiler pan, convecti on filter, tray, and all utensils from the oven chamber. See page 55 for instructions on how to remove and clean the filter. • Clean soil from the oven front fram e area and the oven door outside of the door [...]

53 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Use and Care Manual • You will see the 3 self-clean selections on the display. • Select the amount of time you want the oven to self-clean. • Press START . • Shortly after you press START , the o ven door will automatically lock. The oven will keep the door locked u ntil it has cooled down enough to ope[...]

54 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Wall Oven Cleaning the Surfaces of the Oven WARNING: To avoid electrical shock or burns, turn off the oven and be sure that it is cool before clean - ing. WARNING: Use only the cleaning solutions specified in this manual to cl ean your oven. D o not use ANY cleaners that are not specified to clean the inside or[...]

55 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Use and Care Manual Cleaning the Convection Filter The convection filter is located in the b ack of the oven chamber. If you have a double oven , it has 2 con- vection filters, one in the back of each oven chamber. The control panel will remind you to clean the filter based on the amount of use the oven r eceiv[...]

56 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Wall Oven Installing your oven’s filter(s) : • The metal clips on the back of the filter hook over the metal bar across the fan hole. Place the filter flat against the back of the oven above the hole with the clips on th e back of the filter pointing down. Be careful not to push the filter too hard against [...]

57 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Use and Care Manual Cleaning the Accessories IMPORTANT: You must remove all accessories from the ov en during the self-clean cycle. If you leave accessories in the oven during se lf-cleaning, they will permanently discolor and/or beco me permanently damaged. Racks will become difficult to slide. Oven Racks • [...]

58 Cleaning and Maintaining Your Oven Wall Oven Replacing the Light Bulbs Light bulb replacement is considered to be a home owner maintenance operation. NOTE: If the lights do not work, b efore replacing them, please consult the Pr oblem Solution Guide on page 59. WARNING: To prevent e lectrical shock and/ or personal injury, make cer tain that the[...]

59 Problem Solving Use and Care Manual Problem Solving Unnecessary service calls may be expe nsive, frustratin g, and time-consuming. Before you call for service, please review the Problem Solution Guide below. NOTE: See Solutions to Common Baking Problems on page 29 for p roblems with cooking food. Problem Solution Guide Problem: May be caused by:[...]

60 Problem Solving Wall Oven Getting Help Before obtaining service, please review the Problem Solution Guide on page 59. If you have performed the checks in the Problem Solution Guid e and the problem has not yet been remedied, call your local au- thorized Dacor  dealer. Your dealer can normally provide th e name and telephone number of the near[...]

61 Use and Care Manual Warranty Information Warranty Information What is Covered: CERTIFICATE OF WARRANTIES: DACOR  WALL OVENS DACOR  WALL OVENS WIT HIN THE FIFTY STATES OF THE U.S.A., THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND CANADA*: FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY If your DACOR  product fails to function within one year of t he original date of purchase, d u[...]

62 Wall Oven Notes[...]

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