🔥 Oven Symbols by Brand: Complete Guide for Every Major Manufacturer

Why Do Oven Symbols Differ Between Brands?

While many oven symbols are standardised across the industry, each manufacturer uses slightly different icons, terminology, and combinations of settings. This guide covers the most common symbols for every major brand — so you can confidently use every function on your oven.

For a general introduction to what oven symbols mean, see our complete oven symbols guide.

Universal Oven Symbols (All Brands)

These symbols are consistent across virtually all oven brands:

• Top + Bottom element lines — Conventional/static bake (heat from top and bottom)
• Fan with circle — Fan-assisted or convection baking (fan distributes heat from the element around the fan)
• Fan with surrounding circle/ring element — True fan/convection (dedicated ring element around the fan — the most efficient baking mode)
• Single top line / zigzag — Grill/broil
• Single bottom line — Bottom heat only (for crisping bases, pizza)
• Snowflake — Defrost (fan circulates room-temperature air)
• Light bulb — Oven light only

Bosch Oven Symbols

Bosch uses clean, geometric icons. Key Bosch-specific symbols include:

• 3D Hot Air (fan + 3 lines) — Bosch's name for their true convection mode; ideal for multi-rack baking
• Hot Air Gentle (fan + single wavy line) — Lower temperature fan mode, excellent for delicate baking and drying
• Pizza setting (fan + bottom line) — Intense bottom heat with fan; perfect for crispy-base pizza and pastries
• Dough proofing (bowl icon) — Low warmth setting specifically for proving bread dough
• Pyrolytic lock (P in shield) — Self-cleaning pyrolytic cycle

Whirlpool Oven Symbols

Whirlpool ovens tend to use text labels alongside icons on US models, while European models use more standard symbols:

• Bake — Bottom element heat (standard bake)
• Broil (Hi/Lo) — Top grill element at high or low intensity
• Convect Bake — Fan + bottom element (like fan-assisted)
• Convect Roast — Fan + top and bottom elements (for roasting meats)
• Keep Warm — Low heat (approximately 60–80°C) to hold food temperature

Beko Oven Symbols

• Fan + circle — Fan oven (main cooking mode)
• Top + bottom lines + fan — Fan-assisted conventional
• Zigzag top — Full grill
• Half zigzag top — Half grill (for smaller items, uses less energy)
• Fan + bottom line — Intensive bake / pizza mode
• Eco symbol — Energy-saving mode (on models with this feature)

Electrolux Oven Symbols

• Fan in circle — Electrolux calls this "Forced Air" or "Turbo" — their main fan convection mode
• Top + bottom + fan — Conventional with fan assistance
• Grill + fan — Turbo grill; fan circulates heat from the grill element for faster, even browning
• Steam + fan (on SteamBake models) — Adds steam injection for bread, pastry, and moist roasting

Hotpoint Oven Symbols

• Fan in ring — Hotpoint's fan oven mode (equivalent to true convection)
• Top + bottom lines — Conventional oven
• Single zigzag — Grill
• Dual zigzag — Dual grill (larger grill area)
• Clock/timer icon — Automatic cooking program (set start and end time)

Zanussi Oven Symbols

Zanussi (part of the Electrolux group) uses similar icons to Electrolux:

• Fan with inner ring — Fan oven
• Fan + top + bottom — Combined conventional and fan
• Bottom line only — Bottom heat for pastry bases
• Zigzag with fan — Fan-assisted grill for browning larger cuts

Siemens Oven Symbols

Siemens (related to Bosch) uses nearly identical symbols to Bosch:

• 3D Hot Air — True convection with ring element
• Top Heat + fan — Top element with fan (useful for browning the tops of dishes)
• Bottom Heat + fan — Base heat with fan (for crisping pizza and pies)
• Residual heat display — Shows remaining oven temperature as the oven cools

Quick Symbol Reference Table

When in doubt about any symbol on your specific model, look up your oven's model number on the manufacturer's website — every brand publishes free PDF manuals with symbol guides.