Decoding Your FUJIOH Oven: An Explanation of Typical Oven Settings

1. Conventional

Among the various oven settings, the conventional function is one of the most commonly used and understood.

• Function: Heat is generated simultaneously from both the top outer and bottom heating elements, with the internal fan remaining inactive. This provides reasonably even heating, though food tends to brown more effectively towards the top.
• Ideal for: Standard baking on a single level, such as preparing homemade bread, baking classic cakes, or achieving perfectly golden cookies. 
• Your FUJIOH Built-in Ovens: For traditional baking and roasting on a single level, FUJIOH built-in ovens excel in this conventional setting. They are especially suitable for achieving beautifully baked goods, particularly cakes with moist toppings.

2. Fan Assistance

The fan-assisted setting, whether paired with the conventional or the double grill setting, is designed to achieve truly uniform cooking results.

• Function: It employs a fan to actively circulate hot air throughout the entire oven cavity. This continuous movement of heat eliminates hot and cold spots, leading to significantly faster cooking times and consistent temperatures across all oven rack levels. 
• Ideal for: Cooking multiple items simultaneously without the need for rotation. It excels at roasting meats and poultry, as well as baking dishes like pizzas and casseroles, helping to create those desirable crispy, browned exteriors and caramelised finishes.
• Your FUJIOH Built-in Ovens: For baking and roasting on one or multiple levels, or grilling flat items, FUJIOH built-in ovens effectively utilise fan assistance. The fan meticulously distributes heat evenly across the entire cavity.

3. Grilling Options

When your dish needs a crispy top or a browned surface, your oven’s grilling functions become invaluable. In these modes, only the top heating element radiates intense heat downwards, offering various options like Double Grilling with Fan, Double Grilling, or Radiant Grilling.

Double Grilling with Fan

• Function: This setting uses the entire top element along with a fan to circulate heat, ensuring it’s distributed evenly throughout the cavity.
• Ideal for: Larger cuts of meat that require longer cooking times. The combination of grilling and circulating hot air will achieve a result similar to rotisserie-cooked meat.

Double Grilling

• Function: This mode ensures powerful and even browning or cooking of food from both the top and bottom, delivering a consistent and thorough result.
• Ideal for: This function is ideal for grilling flat items and for browning food where you need a strong heat source for a quick and powerful sear.

Radiant Grilling

• Function: This provides highly focused heat from the inner portion of the top element, concentrating its power in one specific area. 
• Ideal for: Grilling small amounts of food and achieving targeted browning. This is ideal for quick tasks like making toasties or melts. For the best results, place the food directly in the centre under the grill’s heat source.

4. Pizza

For dishes that require a perfectly crisp base, this specialised setting delivers the focused heat you need.

• Function: This mode specifically activates the back heating element with fan, to generate and concentrate high heat at the base of the oven. This combination ensures that heat is delivered right where it’s needed most, leading to excellent browning and thorough cooking from underneath. 
• Ideal for: Achieving a crispy crust on homemade pizzas, perfectly cooked meat pies, golden fruit pies, focaccia, and artisan bread. 
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: In FUJIOH built-in ovens, this setting (typically adjustable from 50 to 250℃) is specifically optimised for pizzas and dishes requiring significant heat from underneath. Both the bottom heater and ring heater work together to deliver robust heat for a perfect base.

5. Slow Cooking

For dishes that truly benefit from time and gentle heat, the slow cook setting is a must-have.

• Function: This mode operates the oven at a consistently low temperature for extended periods, typically utilising heat from both the top outer and bottom elements. It’s specifically designed to prepare dishes where flavours need to meld deeply and tougher ingredients require thorough tenderising.
• Ideal for: Hearty stews, comforting casseroles, and even larger meat cuts like ribs or certain roasts.
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: Certain FUJIOH built-in ovens, like the FV-EL63, offer a dedicated slow cook setting (typically within 80-120℃) to ensure meats become tender and juicy. In this mode, heat is carefully supplied from both the top and bottom at low temperatures for optimal results.

6. Bottom Heat

When your goal is a perfectly crispy or well-cooked base without over-browning the top, consider the ‘bottom heat’ setting.

• Function: In this mode, only the heating element located at the bottom of the oven will be active, directing all its warmth upwards. It is designed to deliver concentrated heat directly to the base of your dishes.
• Ideal for: Baking delicate pastries, and dishes like pizzas, meat pies, casseroles, and lasagne. 
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: FUJIOH ovens offer this function (typically 30-220℃) to add extra browning and crispiness specifically to the bases of dishes.

7. Defrost

The defrost function is a convenient oven setting available on many modern appliances, specifically designed for gently thawing frozen food items.

• Function: Unlike rapid methods, this mode typically circulates air without applying direct heat, allowing food to gradually return to a usable temperature. It ensures uniform thawing, helping to preserve texture and quality.
• Ideal for: Gently thawing frozen food items like meat, poultry, or baked goods before they are ready for cooking or further preparation.
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: Certain FUJIOH built-in oven models are equipped with a defrost function designed for gently thawing frozen food. Some models like the FV-EL63 even use a low, consistent temperature around 50℃ to facilitate this delicate process.

8. Pyrolytic Self-Cleaning

For many homeowners, an oven that cleans itself is high on the wish list, and the pyrolytic self-cleaning function delivers precisely that. 

• Function: This advanced setting works by heating the oven cavity to extremely high temperatures, far beyond normal cooking heat. During this intense cycle, food residues are effectively incinerated. This leaves the cooking compartment clean, requiring only a simple wipe-down once the cycle is complete and the oven has cooled. 
• Ideal for: Achieving effortless and thorough cleaning of the oven interior.
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: FUJIOH ovens like the FV-EL62 built-in oven feature a pyrolytic self-cleaning mode, designed to effortlessly clean the cavity by heating it to a high temperature to incinerate food residue. For your safety, the self-cleaning temperature is pre-set and unadjustable in this operating mode.

9. Fermentation

For passionate bakers and homemade yoghurt enthusiasts, the proving setting offers a dedicated environment. 

• Function: This specialised mode is precisely designed to provide the optimal warm and consistent low-temperature conditions necessary for allowing yeast dough and sourdough to rise, or ‘prove,’ effectively. Unlike the unpredictable temperature of a natural environment (e.g., room temperature proving), this setting creates a gentle and stable environment with a constant, low heat to consistently encourage yeast activity.
• Ideal for: Perfectly risen breads and pastries. Beyond baking, it is also ideal for the delicate process of culturing homemade yoghurt.
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: FUJIOH built-in ovens feature a proving or fermentation setting (typically ranging from 30-45℃). It’s also perfectly suited for successfully culturing homemade yoghurt.

10. ECO

For those mindful of energy consumption, the energy-efficient cooking setting offers a smart solution. 

• Function: This mode is specifically designed to cook food gently using the back heating element with fan, all while aiming to conserve electricity.
• Ideal for: Cooking a wide range of dishes where energy conservation is a priority. 
• Your FUJIOH Built-In Ovens: FUJIOH built-in ovens often include an ‘ECO’ setting (typically within 140-240℃) specifically for energy-saved cooking.