Steam Assisted Cooking
Your oven has a steam assisted cooking feature. Better baking results are achieved with steam assist Steam assist ensures that the surface of pastry foods are brighter, their crust is more crunchy and they are more voluminous. Also, steam assist reduces the moisture loss of the foods such as meat and allows them to be cooked more juicy on the inside and more delicious.
General Warnings
- Steam assisted cooking can only be performed with the steam assisted cooking functions specified in the manual.
- Condensation formed on the oven door after steam assisted cooking may drip around when the oven door is opened. As soon as you open the oven door, wipe off the condensation.
- Stay away when opening the oven door, as steam and heat may escape during and after steam assisted cooking. The steam may burn your hand, face and/or eyes.
- If water remains inside the oven after each steam assisted cooking, dry the remaining water with a dry cloth after the oven has cooled-down. Otherwise, residual water may lead to calcification.
- If your product has a meat probe, make sure that the meat probe cover is closed before steam assisted cooking. Otherwise, there may be steam leakage from the meat probe socket.
For steam assisted cooking:
- After checking the steam-assisted baking table and setting the function, determine temperature, time and amount of water to be added according to the food you want to cook. You can set these values yourself for baking not included in the table.
- Pour the amount of water you will use according to your food into the pool at the bottom of the oven.
NOTICE
Do not use distilled or filtered water. Use ready-made waters only. Do not use flammable, alcoholic or solid particulate solutions instead of water.
- Switch the function selection knob to the desired steam-assisted operating mode.
- Switch the temperature knob to the desired temperature.
- Your oven will start operating immediately at the selected function and temperature and
will appear on the display. When the temperature inside the oven reaches the set temperature the
symbol disappears.
- Place your food in the oven at the recommended rack position.
- Baking starts.
- Once the baking is completed, turn off the oven by setting the function and temperature knobs to off position.

NOTICE

If water remains on the bottom of the oven after each steam assisted cooking, dry the remaining water with a dry cloth after the oven has cooled. Otherwise, water remaining on the oven floor may cause calcification.