stupid question about fan oven/grills

[bagpussmice]

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?

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!!! - she kept the grill closed and they cooked much quicker.

I always keep mine open when grilling I thought they went on fire if you didn't.

The instruction book for our AEG one says keep open in bold letters, however we always close ours.

With ours you're supposed to keep it open which is a pain if you have something in the oven as well because you have to part shut/shut the grill to access the oven and then I tend to forget to open it again.

open or it expldes

open or it expldes

open or it expldes

either way with ours,we keep it closed,haven't had an explosion yet!

was kidding!

I know !

I guess the only way forward is to try it with the door closed - should it all explode then you'll know better for the next one!

I have never left the door open, the heat damages the surface of adjacent doors. I would turn the fan off though (not because of fire risk but because the grill on the model I have just works if the oven is off. Can't operate both at the same time.

My top oven/grill grills if the door is open, but fundtions as an oven if the door is closed

You should leave the door slightly open, as if you close it, it means the heat inside rises too much, and it damages the seals to your oven. This in turn means that in the future your oven will not obtain the temperature required.

My oven instructions tell me I must close the door when using the grills.

It's new, I don't want to break it, so I do what I'm told.

What do your instructions say?

Can't remember what my instruction said but they did say not to leave door slighty open as it can damage hinges.