You had to leave the door open when grilling and there was a metal baffle to protect the knobs.
Oven door open when grilling.
Like many of you i learned how to use a stove from my mother and she taught me to broil with the oven door open.
On your fan assisted oven if you have a top oven grill when you are using the grill do you keep the door open or closed.
But if your griller is in the oven you do not need to leave the door open.
Think of your grill like an oven.
Cooking with the grill open.
If your oven is less than ten years old chances are you should be broiling with the door closed.
To find out if you should be grilling with the door open or closed check your oven manual.
The same thing happens on your grill.
I ve always left it slightly open but stayed at a friends last night and when she was grilling veggie sausages and waffles i know.
You must leave the griller open if it s a separate griller.
It would take forever for that casserole to cook.
Used to have an aeg oven.
But times change and so do appliances.
Imagine cooking a casserole in your oven but leaving the door open the entire time.
Most ovens sold today are built as closed door broilers for reasons of safety and smoke control.
The most significant difference for cooking with a cast iron grill pan is the placement of the pan in the oven.
This is just not true your food will still grill as the heat source is directly above the food it will simply be cooked through a lot quicker.
If you close the door when broiling in an electric oven the temperature will cycle making an uneven cooking process.
Importantly gas broilers will maintain a steady temperature with the oven door open or closed.
Open door grilling this is to stop the flame extinguishing and preventing the build up of carbon monoxide.
A common argument against closed door grilling is that it bakes the food inside of grilling it.
Gas grilling open door.
Every time you open the oven door you let some of the heat out.
An electric ovens on the other hand needs the cooler air in the kitchen to keep it from shutting down when it gets too hot.
Now have a much cheaper hotpoint oven and the instructions say to close the oven door when grilling.
The advantage of oven grilling is that food readily caramelizes juices are free to run off into a pan and cooking time rarely exceeds 10 to 15 minutes.
I also have a panasonic microwave where the grill can be used on its own obviously the door is closed when the.
In the small grillers under your oven there s not a lot of room and they tend to get damn hot if you leave the door closed.
In both cases you want to leave the oven door open slightly to regulate temperatures and use similar time frames when cooking.