GVA GVAOVT01 User manual

Instruction Manual
12L Turbo Bench Top Oven
/ GVAOVT01

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BEFORE FIRST USE
Read and follow all the instructions in this “Use and Care” even if you feel you are familiar with the product,
and find a place to keep it handy for future reference.
Your attention is drawn particularly to the sections concerning “IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS”, “FOR YOUR
SAFETY”, and the “WARRANTY” statements.
For your convenience record the complete model number (located on the product identification plate) and
the date you received the product, together with your purchase receipt and attach to the warranty and
service information. Retain in the event that warranty service is required.
NOTE: The rating of this product (as marked on the product identification plate) is based on specific
loading tests. Normal use or the use of other recommended attachments may draw significantly less
power.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
When using any electrically powered product, basic safety precautions should always be followed,
including the following:
PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT.
WARNING - to reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock or injury to persons or property:
Always operate the product from a power source of the same voltage, frequency and rating as
indicated on the product identification plate.
This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
Do not operate any product with a damaged cord or plug, or after the product malfunctions, or is
dropped or appears damaged in any way. Return the complete product to the place of purchase for
inspection, repair or replacement.
Do not twist, kink or wrap the power cord around the appliance, as this may cause the insulation to
waken and split particularly where it enters the unit.
Always use the Convection Oven with the stand provided. When operating do not place the glass bowl
on any other surface.
To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not immerse or expose the product or flexible cord to rain,
moisture or any liquid other than those necessary for correct operation of the product.
This product should not be used in the immediate vicinity of water, such as bathtub, washbowls,
swimming pool etc. where the likelihood of immersion or splashing could occur.
CAUTION! DO NOT touch this appliance while in use or prior to cool down. The glass surfaces of the
Convection Oven are very hot when in use. NEVER touch the glass surfaces of the oven while it is in
operation. After using the oven, allow it to cool before touching any glass surface otherwise a burn will
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Lid is very hot. When removing food from the oven, remember to place the HOT lid on a metal rack,
(never directly on counter top) and leave the handle in upright position.
Do not move the oven when it is still hot or still contains food.
Do not let the cord hang over edge of table or bench top, or touch hot surfaces, including the stove.
Switch off and unplug from outlet when not in use, before assembling or disassembling parts and
before cleaning. Remove by grasping the plug –do not pull on the cord.
Keep hands, hair and clothing, as well as utensils, away from the convection oven during operation to
prevent the possibility of severe injury to persons and/or damage the appliance.
Allow the unit to cool before putting on or taking off parts for cleaning.
Do not operate or place any part of this product on or near any hot surfaces (such as a gas or electric
burner or hotplate or in a heated oven).
Do not place objects on the product or allow objects to obstruct the inlet or outlet openings, or operate
in close proximity to walls or curtains, etc.
Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles and knobs.
Do not use the appliance for other than its intended use.
Do not leave the appliance unattended when switched on.
The use of attachments or accessories not recommended or sold by the product distributor may cause
personal or property hazards or injuries
Do not use outdoors, or expose to rain or moisture.
This product is intended for normal domestic/household use only.
READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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INTRODUCTION - CONVECTION OVEN
WHAT IS A CONVECTION OVEN?
The portable see through oven gives you the opportunity of discovering a new and exciting way of cooking.
Not only it is faster, smaller and more energy efficient than a conventional oven, but the built in timer
assures perfect results.
The user friendly Convection Oven allows you to cook wherever you choose- not only in your kitchen, but
also in an office, caravan, or even for a demonstration.
You won‟t believe the results when you cook in the Convection Oven. Its unique capabilities offer you a
new way to prepare delicious meals.
A Multi-Purpose Oven –Roasts, broils, grills, boils, bakes, toasts, defrosts and reheats.
A Healthy Way To Cook –It cooks with hot air so you never need to add oil, fat or butter.
Saves Time –The Convection Oven cooks much faster than your conventional oven.
Saves Energy –Heats up quickly, doesn‟t heat up your whole house and saves energy
FEATURES
Automatic Safety Shut –Off Handle - The Convection Oven will shut off automatically when the handle
on the lid is raised to an upright position. Keep handle in raised position until you replace the lid on the
bowl, otherwise the power will come back.
Lightweight and Portable –The Convection Oven is so lightweight and portable; you can take it with you
everywhere.
Extension Ring –Your convection Oven has an extension ring that sit on top of the glass bowl. This will
allow the user to extend the volume space height range to accommodate recipe that require more volume
space.
COOKING WITH YOUR CONVECTION OVEN
Anything you can cook in a conventional oven, you can cook in your Convection Oven. And with its unique
capabilities, you can cook delicious meals in less time. Your food will be browned and delicious!
Cook to Perfection:
Meat Pizza
Poultry Breads
Fish Cakes
Vegetables Pies
Casseroles Biscuits
Appetizers

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ADVANTAGES OF COOKING IN YOUR CONVECTION OVEN
This appliance is multi purpose. It can roast, steam, grill, toast, bake and even fry. Each of these methods
are discussed in the following pages, along with helpful hints to get the maximum use from the your
Convection Cooker. It can also thaw out foods and even cook certain foods directly from the freezer.
Energy saving, it saves electricity and cooking time.
Easy and safe to operate. No need to preheat.
Food quality is excellent, uniformly cooked and crispy outside yet moist and juicy inside.
Healthy way of cooking as little or no oil is needed.
Convection Oven frying gives the result effect of fried foods with little cooking oil used.
Food browns to perfection.
Foods need not be turned or stirred for even cooking.
Cooking in progress is visible, eliminating possibility of burned foods.
Produces no smoke.
Heats up quickly.
Easy to clean and maintain.
Inexpensive and portable.
Perfect for all families.
Excellent for thawing and reheating.
Savoury and sweet foods can be cooked at the same time without one flavour affecting the other.
Can be used as a “slow cooker” and as an aid to home bakery as it lets yeast dough rise and prove.
Won‟t heat up your whole house.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
By cooking the convection oven way all you need is an electrical socket. Made of a fan and a heating
element, the Convection Oven, cooks food by circulating hot air which revolves around the food it cooks.
With space provided around all sides and under the rack, food cooks uniformly and does not sit in its own
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GETTING TO KNOW THE OVEN
FIG 1. FIG 2.
NOTE: ASSESSORIES INCLUDES, LOW & HIGH RACK AND A PAIRS OF TONGS ONLY.
ANY OTHER ASSESSORIES MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL ARE FOR THE PURPOSE
GUILDLINE USE FOR RECIPES ONLY.
Safety Shut-off System. Refer to CONTROL PANEL
Instruction below

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Take a damp sponge and wipe the bowl clean. Place the bowl on the stand.
Note: The Convection Oven must always be used with the stand provided.
Place the cooking lid securely on the glass bowl. Make sure there is at least 75 ~ 100mm
clearance on all sides, between your oven and other objects.
Set the timer for 5 minutes and the thermostat to 250°C. You will notice a slight burning odour as
the oven burns off whatever excess lubricants are present on the heating element.
Note: Because of the Safety Shut–off System, the handle of the Convection Oven must be down
(horizontal position) for the oven to operate. The power is off when the handle is raised. When you want to
remove the lid, the handle must remain in the upright position (so the power is off). This safety feature
prevents you from removing the lid while the oven is still on.
After the timer has gone off, allow the oven to cool for 5-10 minutes with top unit removed.
When the oven is cool, wipe the inside of the glass bowl again with damp sponge.
Now you are ready to cook!
COOKING HINTS
The Convection Oven works by circulating hot air around the food that is being cooked. Always make sure
that the air can circulate freely around the food being cooked. Food should be placed in the centre of the
rack to allow for maximum circulation.
Always use low cooking rack unless otherwise instructed.
Use the high cooking rack:
For two level cooking or;
To keep lightweight food from being blown into the fan
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Do not place the cooking lid directly on countertops, or other surfaces, because it gets very hot.
Do not touch glass surfaces as they get very hot.
Before you begin, follow the instructions in the manual, “Before Cooking with your Convection Oven”.
Finally, be creative! Adapt your favourite recipes and see how much better they turn out in the Convection
Oven. Generally, the cooking temperatures are the same: the cooking times will be less than conventional
cooking. Experiment and record your times. It is a good idea to use a meat thermometer when first trying a
new recipe to make sure that food is cooked thoroughly. The Convection Oven cooks food in less time
than conventional cooking, retaining more of the food‟s vitamin and minerals. The Convection Oven allows
you to prepare healthy food & steaming and grilling.
Note: When using fat or oils use polyunsaturated fats like peanut or olive oil.

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OPERATING THE CONVECTION OVEN
Place the rack in the glass bowl and then put the food on the center of the rack. Allow 75mm
space between food and the top of the oven. With the space provided around all sides and under
the rack, food cooks uniformly and does not sit in its own juices.
Place the lid on the glass bowl securely.
To cook properly the top unit (which propels the heated air) must be set on the base tightly. This
conserves the heat and provides for correct convection airflow.
Plug into the electrical socket.
Never turn on the power to the oven until you have made sure the lid has been placed securely on
the glass bowl.
Put down the handle (WHEN THE HANDLE IS IN THE “UP” POSITION THE COOKER WILL BE
TURNED OFF). When the handle is in the “down” position the cooker is ready for use.
Turn the timer on to the expected cooking time. When you set the timer the power light (AMBER)
will be turned ON and the motor will start to turn on the fan to circulate the air.
Turn the temperature selector to the temperature you require (the GREEN light will appear) and
cooking will commence. When required temperature is reached, the GREEN light will go out. This
will cycle until the cooking time has been complete.
When cooking time is up, the power will be turned off automatically.
When the handle lifts up, power turns off. To turn on power, push down the handle.
Before unplugging the oven, make sure that the handle is in the upright (vertical) position.
Always make sure the oven is off before you remove the lid. After using the oven, make sure it is
unplugged. Allow it to cool before cleaning.
CAUTION!
DO NOT touch this appliance while in use or prior to cool down. The glass surfaces of the Convection
Oven are very hot when in use. Never touch the glass surfaces of the oven while it is in operation. After
using the oven, allow it to cool before touching any glass surface otherwise a burn will result.
HOW TO USE THE LOW AND HIGH RACKS
All individual recipes with this booklet will indicate whether to use the HIGH or LOW RACK.
CLEANING YOUR OVEN
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Always make sure that the oven is unplugged before cleaning.
Always allow the glass bowl, extension ring and/or lid to cool before cleaning
Never wash the glass bowl or the lid immediately after use.
Never immerse the top section (lid) in water
Be careful not to allow water or other liquids to get inside the top section of the oven when cleaning.
Never use solvents, abrasive cleaning powders, or metal or plastic scouring pads on the top section.
Clean up of your Convection Oven is easy, in fact your oven was designed to clean easily. In many cases,
you can prepare & serve your whole meal in your Convection Oven. That means less to clean.

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Cleaning the Glass bowl itself is also easy to do. Clean with a sponge or plastic scouring pad. If the sides
of the bowl are dirty, spray with glass cleaner; add enough water to reach 25-35mm up the sides of the
bowl, and then add mild detergent. Put the lid on the bowl, set the timer for 10 minutes and the thermostat
to 100°C. The Convection Oven will clean, loosen and remove food particles. If the bowl is very dirty, you
may need to give it additional 2-3 minutes. Once this is finished, scrub the inside of bowl then drain and
rinse.
If the glass bowl is not very dirty, clean it by spraying with glass cleaner and then wiping it with a warm,
damp sponge. Rinse and dry the bowl.
The wire racks are coated, so they are easy to clean.
You can face the racks in the cooker upside down and then watch as the amazing self-cleaning action
softens and removes the residual grease.
CLEANING THE LID
NEVER IMMERSE THE TOP UNIT IN WATER
To clean the lid, spray the glass portion with glass cleaner. Scrub it with a plastic scouring pad, if needed,
then wipe clean with a warm, damp sponge. Wipe dry.
To clean the plastic portion of the lid, wipe with a warm damp sponge and dry. Do not use solvents or
abrasive cleaning powders on the plastic housing. Also, do not scrub it with metal or plastic souring pads.
FOR YOUR SAFETY
Always operate product as detailed above.
CONVECTION OVEN COOKING
Using circulating air, the convection oven cooks food quickly, efficiently and uses much less energy than
conventional cooking methods. Another benefit is reduced clean up time. Because it can cook on more
than one level, the convection oven will cook dished that would normal require numerous post and pans to
wash. In fact, one of the many features of the convection oven is that it helps clean itself!
The hot method of cooking ensures an even distribution of heat around the food. One of the effects of this
is that the surface of meat etc. is quickly sealed so that it retains much of the succulence and original flavor
that is often lost with conventional methods. There are two other major benefits with this method of
cooking:
1. There are very few dishes that need fat to assist in the cooking process when cooked in the
convection oven. Less fat cooking is always healthier.
2. Since the flavor is sealed in early in the cooking process, you could cook fish and apple pie at the
same time without flavors migrating from one food to the other.
There are two controls on the convection oven:
1. Thermostat: Sets the cooking temperature from 0 to 250°C. The amber indicator light illuminates
when the heating element is ON.
2. Timer: The timer dial is marked in minutes and has a reminder bell, which will sound when the
cooking time is completed. The green light will illuminate whilst the turbo fan is ON. Important: Do
not force the timer dial back to „0‟ as the knob may snap. Allow the timer to time out or switch off
the oven at the power supply if no longer required.

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IMPORTANT
Safety handle: The convection oven will not work unless the safety handle is fully “clicked” into the down
position. If you need to remove the upper unit during the cooking process, lifting the handle will stop the
heating element and the turbo fan while you attend to the dish. Simply replace the upper unit and place the
handle in the down position to resume cooking.
TIPS If possible pre-heat oven fro 3 minutes before using.
For accuracy of the timer when setting a cooking time below 30 minutes, turn the timer knob
beyond the 30 minutes marking and monitor the cooking process. Alternatively, set the timer for
the time required and increase if necessary. Please note: the timer can always be moved forward
manually but cannot be moved backwards manually.
Always place food on the rack to ensure good circulation.
Leave at least 1cm gap between items on the same rack. Again this ensures good air circulation.
When food is cooked it can be kept hot by turning the thermostat control down to 150°C until
ready to serve.
Don‟t be afraid to experiment with the control to get the temperature require for a particular recipe.
THAWING FOOD
The Convection oven will thaw most foods. Simply place onto one of the wire racks, set the thermostat to
thaw and allow approximately 40 minutes per kg. Large items like meat joints should be turned at least
once during the thawing process.
Any liquids or juice from the thawed food should be thoroughly cleaned from the bowl before cooking.
FROZEN FOOD
Large items like meat joints or poultry cannot be cooked from frozen and must be thawed thoroughly first.
However, some foods cook best from frozen. Simply follow the cooking instructions on the packaging as a
guideline. It is often the case that cooking time is shorter in the convection oven because it is more efficient
than conventional ovens.
TOASTING
You can toast almost anything in the convection oven, bread, bagels, pizza, crumpets etc. For best results
use the high rack and set temperature to 220-230°C depending upon your own preferences, It is unlikely
that the item you are toasting will need to be turned over half way through cooking. The hot circulating air
will usually toast both sides at once.
GRILLING
As with toasting, items to be grilled should be placed on the high rack and the temperature should be set
between 220-240°C. When deciding the best temperature setting to use, consider the thickness of the
food. A 3cm thick steak would require a lower temperature and longer cooking time than a 1cm thick steak.
Also remember that frozen foods like burgers are likely to need a longer cooking time. You may wish to
turn the food halfway through the grilling process to ensure even coloring.