Fan grill (turbo grill, hot-air grilling)
The grill and the fan work together. Siemens and Bosch describe the grill and fan switching on and off alternately so hot air circulates round the food; AEG describes hot air plus top heat browning food on every side.
What it is for
Larger pieces: joints of meat, whole poultry and whole fish (Siemens), bone-in joints (AEG), sizeable joints (Hotpoint). Neff calls it ideal for gentle roasting because the grill cycles and food does not dry out.
Makes differ, check your oven’s manual: the same drawing can mean different things on different brands, and only your model’s manual says exactly which elements run and how hot.
- What it looks like
- A zigzag along the top with a fan below it.
- Names makers use
- Hot air grilling (Siemens, Bosch); Circo-roasting / grill with fan (Neff); Turbo Grill (AEG, Hotpoint); Fan with half-grill (Smeg)
Where makes differ
Smeg’s guide describes a fan with the grill over only half the width (“fan with half-grill”) for slow grilling. Hotpoint and AEG call it Turbo grill; Bosch, Siemens and Neff use roasting or hot-air names. A zigzag with no fan is the plain grill.
Often confused with
The whole grill element in the oven roof heats, so food is cooked by strong heat from directly above.
Other symbols with the same shapes
Sources
No single published standard defines oven function icons, so this meaning is taken from 5 makers’ own guides, each fetched and checked on the date shown:
- Siemens: Siemens Home UK — Oven symbols guide — “Hot air grilling” pictogram (zigzag over a fan): grill element and fan switch on and off alternately; larger meat, poultry and whole fish. Checked 2026-09-23.
- Bosch: Bosch UK — Oven symbols guide — “Hotair grilling” symbol icon: grill and fan operate alternately for a rotisserie effect; crisp meats and poultry. Checked 2026-09-23.
- Neff: NEFF UK — Oven symbols explained: your complete guide — “Circo-roasting/grill with fan symbol”: a jagged line above a fan; the grill switches on and off so food does not dry out. Checked 2026-09-23.
- AEG: AEG UK support — Symbols and functions on your AEG oven or cooker — “Turbo Grill” icon (triangles above a fan): hot air plus top heat; larger meat joints and poultry with bones. Checked 2026-09-23.
- Hotpoint: Hotpoint UK — Understanding the different symbols on a Hotpoint oven — “Turbo grill”: a jagged shape with a fan underneath; for sizeable food such as a large joint of meat. Checked 2026-09-23.
Written in our own words; quotations are the makers’ wording.