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

• 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:

Start your baking after checking the steam assisted cooking table and setting the function, temperature and time according to the food you want to cook. You can determine the amount of water to be added, temperature, baking function and time for baking that are not in the table.
Place your food in the oven at the recommended rack position.
Push the water tank on the control panel of your oven when the time for adding water comes, according to the baking chart.

Remove the water reservoir from its slot.

Open the lid of the water reservoir and fill in the amount specified in the baking table.
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.
Close the lid and place the water tank in its place. Push the water tank all the way in.
The water in the water tank starts to flow slowly to the floor of the oven, steam assistance is provided to your food.
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.