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EEF54W / EFF54S Upright Cooker User Manual Page 8
Meat/Poultry/Fish
Recommended
temperature (°C)
Minutes per kilogram
Beef
Rare 200 35-40
Medium 200 45-50
Well done 200 55-60
Lamb
Medium
200
40
Well done 60
Veal 180 60
Pork 200 60
Chicken 180-200 45-60
Duck 180-200 60-70
Turkey 180
40–45 (less than 10kg)
35–40 (more than 10kg)
Fish 180 20
UNDERSTANDING BAKING PROBLEMS
Problem Causes Remedy
Uneven cooking
Incorrect shelf position
Select shelf that puts food in centre
of oven
Oven tray too large
Remove oven tray. Use smaller trays
or dishes
Trays not in centre Put trays in centre
Oven fan causing uneven browning or
small cakes to lean over
Rotate food during cooking, or use
Conventional Mode (i.e. no fan)
Baked products too brown on top
Oven not preheated Preheat the oven
Baking tins too large (diameter) for
recipe
Use correct size tins
Fan-forced mode with oven
temperature too high
Check recipe. Reduce oven
temperature by 10 – 20 or more
Cooking time too long Next time, shorten cooking time
Baking tins not evenly spaced
Stagger baking tins at least 3cm
between tins and the oven walls
Items to be cooked are not evenly
sized or spaced on trays
Make into same size and shape and
spread evenly over trays
Baked products too brown on bottom
Baking tins too large (diameter) Use correct size tins
Baking tins are dark metal or glass
Change to shiny, light tins or lower
the temperature by 10°-20 C
Food too low in oven Cook one shelf higher
Oven door opened too frequently
during baking
Don’t open the oven door until at
least half the cooking time has
passed
Baking temperature too high Lower the temperature
Oven tray blocking heat (below
thermostat)
Use higher shelf position for oven tray