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Cooking wall · waist height

The big ovens

ASKO 60cm pyrolytic oven, Craft (OP8687A1)

Two big ovens side by side at waist height, so the roast and the sides cook together and nobody crouches to check them. Turn the function knob on the left to choose what the oven does, set it with the selection knob on the right, and press the confirm key (the tick) to start.

Good for

  • The main and the sides in at the same time
  • Meat cooked to how done you want it, with the probe
  • A slow cook that turns into a hot finish on its own
  • Plates warm and food held hot until everyone sits down

Where to find itCooking wall · waist height

  1. Function knob. Chooses what the oven does: cook, warm plates, keep food hot, defrost. Straight up is off.
  2. Screen. Shows what you’ve set, and the time left.
  3. Selection knob. Turn it to change a setting. Press it to move on to the next one.
  4. Touch keys. The light, a kitchen timer, extras like fast preheat, and the child lock. Every symbol is explained below.
  5. Confirm key. The tick. It starts the oven, and blinks when there’s something to confirm.

Both big ovens are the same, and the combi ovens above them work the same way.

Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 5, 9–10 (opens in a new tab)

The everyday way

  1. Step 1: Turn the function knob to Oven.
  2. Step 2: Turn the selection knob to choose how it heats. Hot air suits most things.
  3. Step 3: Press the knob to move on to the temperature, and turn it to set that.
  4. Step 4: Press the confirm key. With no time set, it cooks until you stop it.

Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 14–16 (opens in a new tab)

How to…

  • Preheat fast
    1. Step 1: Set up the oven as usual — function and temperature — but don’t press the confirm key yet.
    2. Step 2: Press the plus key (the + in a circle), press the right navigation key until Fast preheat is highlighted, and press the confirm key. A small preheat icon appears by the clock.
    3. Step 3: Press the plus key to close the menu, then the confirm key to start.
    4. Step 4: Keep the food out. When the screen says The set temperature is reached. Please insert the dish, put it in and close the door — cooking starts on its own.

    Fast preheat and a delayed start don’t work together.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 25–26 (opens in a new tab)

  • Cook for a set time, then stop
    1. Step 1: After the temperature, press the selection knob again to reach COOKING TIME, and turn it to the hours and minutes you want.
    2. Step 2: Press the confirm key. The screen counts down and shows when it will finish.
    3. Step 3: When the screen reads FINISH l ENJOY, press the confirm key to finish — or press the right navigation key for Add extra time, or Gratin for a grill finish (it starts at 200°C).

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 15–17 (opens in a new tab)

  • Roast with the probe

    Cook the meat to how done you want it in the middle, not to a clock. The oven stops itself when it gets there.

    1. Step 1: Unscrew the small metal cap at the front top corner of the right-hand oven wall, and plug the probe in.
    2. Step 2: Push the whole metal spike into the meat, clear of the elements.
    3. Step 3: Turn the function knob to Oven and set the function and oven temperature. Where the time would go, set the core temperature instead — anywhere from 30 to 100°C.
    4. Step 4: Press the confirm key. The screen shows the core temperature climbing, and you can change the target as you go.
    5. Step 5: When it gets there the oven stops and beeps; press any key to quiet it. The probe is extremely hot — use gloves — and screw the cap back on.

    This is the oven’s own probe, the one with a plug. The cooktop’s wireless probe never goes in an oven.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 22–23 (opens in a new tab) · Celsius°Cooking probe safety sheet, PDF, p. 4 (opens in a new tab)

  • Keep plates warm
    1. Step 1: Turn the function knob to Plate warming (the symbol with three stacked lines).
    2. Step 2: Set the temperature and how long with the selection knob.
    3. Step 3: Press the confirm key.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 9, 21, 30 (opens in a new tab)

  • Hold food warm
    1. Step 1: Turn the function knob to Warming and choose Keep warm.
    2. Step 2: Set the temperature and time with the selection knob.
    3. Step 3: Press the confirm key.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 9, 21, 30 (opens in a new tab)

  • Slow, then a hot finish

    Up to three stages in one go, without standing over it.

    1. Step 1: Set up the first stage: function, temperature and time.
    2. Step 2: Press the plus key, move to Stage cooking with the right navigation key, and press the confirm key. Stage 1 fills in.
    3. Step 3: Move to stage 2, press the confirm key, set its function, temperature and time, and confirm to save it. A third stage works the same way.
    4. Step 4: Press the plus key to close the menu, then the confirm key to start.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 27–28 (opens in a new tab)

  • Child lock is on — how to unlock
    1. Step 1: If every key just brings up Key lock is active, press and hold the lock key (the padlock) until it lets go.

    Anything already cooking keeps cooking while the keys are locked, and the stop key still works.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, p. 29 (opens in a new tab)

  • Switch it off
    1. Step 1: Turn the function knob back to 0 at the top.
    2. Step 2: To turn the screen off too, press and hold the stop key (the X).

    The fan keeps running for a while afterwards to cool the oven. That’s normal.

    Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 9, 13, 37 (opens in a new tab)

Watch out for

The symbols on the function knob

Going round from the bottom left.

  • Defrost

    Gentle 30°C fan air for frozen cakes, bread and fruit.

  • Programs & Favourites

    Pre-set dishes, and any saved favourites.

  • Fast preheat

    Heats up quickly. The oven stays empty until it’s there.

  • Oven

    Every oven function — see below.

  • Off

    Back to standby.

  • ECO hot air

    Like Hot air on less power, a few minutes slower. It won’t show the oven temperature.

  • Plate warming

    Warms the plates so the food stays hot at the table.

  • Warming

    Keeps cooked food warm.

  • Cleaning

    The deep clean’s setting. Leave this one to us.

Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 5, 8–9, 21–22 (opens in a new tab)

Under Oven

Turn the selection knob to move through them. Temperatures are the manual’s suggestions.

  • Hot air180°C

    Even heat for baking. Middle shelf; preheat first.

  • Hot air + bottom heat200°C

    Pizza, moist pastry, fruitcake.

  • Bottom + top heat200°C

    Classic baking and roasting, with the tray in the middle.

  • Large grillup to 240°C

    Grilling across the whole top. Rack high, tray in the middle, and stay close.

  • Small grillup to 240°C

    Toast, sausages, open sandwiches.

  • Large grill + fan170°C

    Meat, fish and vegetables.

  • Upper heat150°C

    Browning the top of a dish.

  • Bottom heat160°C

    Crisping the base, near the end.

  • Bottom heat + fan180°C

    Low cakes, and preserving.

  • Pro roasting180°C

    All kinds of meat.

  • ECO hot air180°C

    Roasts and pastry on less power.

Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 8, 18–21 (opens in a new tab)

The keys under the screen

  • Stop key

    A short press goes back a step or cancels. Hold it to switch the oven on or off.

  • Light key

    The oven light.

  • Timer key

    A kitchen timer, up to 23 hours 59, separate from the cooking.

  • Navigation keys

    Move left and right through the settings.

  • Plus key

    Extras while you’re setting up: fast preheat, delayed start, gratin, stage cooking.

  • Lock key

    Hold it to lock the keys; hold it again to unlock.

  • Confirm key

    Starts it. It blinks when the oven is ready to go.

Source: ASKO user manual, PDF, pp. 5, 9–10, 25, 29 (opens in a new tab)

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Manuals and videos

The makers’ own manuals, kept here so they stay available after a model is discontinued. Videos open on YouTube.

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