B9878-5 User manual Oven
Contents Thank you for choosing one of our high-quality products. To ensure optimal and regular performance of your appliance please read this instruction manual carefully. It will enable you to navigate all processes perfectly and most efficiently. To refer to this manual any time you need to, we recommend you to keep it in a safe place. And please pass it to any future owner of the appliance. We wish you much joy with your new appliance.
Safety information 3 SAFETY INFORMATION Before the installation and use, read this manual carefully: • For your personal safety and the safety of your property • For the respect of the environment • For the correct operation of the appliance. Always keep these instructions with the appliance also if you move or sell it. The manufacturer is not responsible if incorrect installation or use results in damage.
Safety information • Built in ovens and built in cooking surfaces are attached with special connection system. To prevent damage to the appliance, only use an appliance with the appliances from the same manufacturer. Electrical connection • The appliance must be earthed. • Make sure that the electrical data on the rating plate agree with your domestic power supply. • Information on the voltage is on the rating plate. • Always use a correctly installed shockproof socket.
Safety information 5 • For your personal safety and the safety of your property, only clean the appliance with water and a soap. Do not use flammable products or products that can cause corrosion. • Do not clean the appliance with steam cleaners, high-pressure cleaners, sharp objects, abrasive cleaning agents, abrasive sponges and stain removers • If you use an oven spray, follow the instructions from the manufacturer. • Do not clean the glass door with abrasive cleaning agents or metal scraper.
Product description PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 10 6 3 7 2 1 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Electronic programmer Smell filter Heating element Oven lamp Meat probe socket Turnspit hole Fan and rear wall heating element Bottom heat Oven shelf runners, removable Shelf positions Oven accessories • Oven shelf For cookware, cake tins, roasts. • Flat baking tray For cakes and biscuits. • Deep roasting pan To bake and roast or as pan to collect fat.
Before first use 7 To measure how far the food is cooked. • Turn spit (Spit roast) For roasting larger joints of meat and poultry. BEFORE FIRST USE WARNING! Refer to "Safety information" chapter. Initial Cleaning • Remove all parts from the appliance. • Clean the appliance before first use. Refer to chapter "Care and Cleaning". First Connection When you connect the appliance to the mains or after the power cut you have to set the language, display contrast, display brightness and time of the day.
Control panel CONTROL PANEL Control Panel Electronic programmer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance Number Sensor field 1 - 2 3 - Function Comment Display Shows the current settings of the appliance. On / Off To activate and deactivate the appliance. Press and hold. Shuttle For selection. Time and additional functions. To set different functions when the oven function operates: Minute Minder , Key Lock , Duration / End Time , Meatprobe .
Daily use Display 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 5 9 Oven function Shows the time when function ends Heat up indicator Temperature Shows duration time of a function 4 Other indicators of display Symbol Function Minute Minder The function is active. Time of day The display shows the current time. Duration Shows the time required for the cooking cycle. End Time Shows when the cooking cycle ends. Start Time Shows the time of the heating function start. Oven Temperature Shows oven temperature.
Daily use Submenu for: Heating Functions Heating Functions Fan Cooking Conventional Cooking Application For baking on up to three levels simultaneously. Set the oven temperatures 20 – 40° lower than for Conventional Cooking . For baking and roasting on one level. Pizza Setting For baking on one level for dishes that require intensive browning and a crispy base. Set the oven temperatures 20 – 40° lower than for Conventional Cooking .
Daily use Function Preserving Plate Warming 11 Application To preserve vegetables e.g. mixed prickels in glasses and liquid. To warm the empty plates before serving. Submenus for: Basic Settings Option Application Set time of day Sets current time on the clock. Display Contrast Adjusts the display. Display Brightness Adjusts the display. Set Language Changes the language. Buzzer Volume Changes the sound volume. Key Tones Switches key tones on or off.
Clock Functions Heat-up indicator When you activate an oven function, the bar on the display comes on. The bar shows that the temperature increases. Residual heat indicator When you deactivate the appliance, the display shows the residual heat. You can use the heat to keep the food warm. CLOCK FUNCTIONS Clock functions Symbol Function Description Minute Minder To set a countdown (max 2 hours 30 minutes). This function has no effect on the operation of the appliance.
Automatic Programmes 13 • Not applicable for oven functions with Meat Probe. Activating the function: 1. When the cooking time ends, an acoustic signal sounds. Press any sensor field. 2. The display shows the message for Extra Time for five minutes. 3. Press to activate. 4. Set Extra Time period. Press OK to confirm. AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMES Auto cooking This appliance has an automatic programmes for cooking. You choose categories from the control panel.
Using the accessories WARNING! Meat probe is hot! There is the risk of burns! Be careful when you remove the tip and plug. To use it you must set:: • The temperature in the appliance. • The core temperature of the food Using the meat probe: 1. Put the tip of the meat probe into the centre of the meat. 2. Activate the appliance. 3. Put the plug of the meat probe into the socket (refer to appliance overview). 4. Use shuttle in less than 5 seconds to set the core temperature.
Using the accessories 15 The deep roasting pan and the oven shelf have double side edges. These edges and the shape of the guide-bars causes the anti-tilt safety for the oven accessories. Inserting the oven shelf and deep roasting pan together Put the oven shelf on the deep roasting pan. Push the deep roasting pan between the guidebars of one of the oven levels. Turn spit Inserting the food into the turn spit: • Place a fork on the turn spit. • Then position the food and a second fork.
Additional functions 5 3 1 ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS Key Lock The Key Lock prevents an accidental change of the oven settings. Activating the Key Lock 1. Activate the appliance. 2. Set the oven function. 3. Press again and again until the display shows Key Lock 4. Press OK to confirm. The Key Lock is active. Deactivating the Key Lock 1. Press . 2. Press OK to confirm. The Key Lock is not active. If you deactivate the appliance, the Key Lock deactivates.
Helpful hints and tips 17 Smell Filter: It cleans automatically every 100 hours. Even when you deactivate it in the menu. It is always active during pyrolytic cleaning. Automatic switch-off If the oven is not switched off after a certain time, or if the heat setting is not modified, the oven switches off automatically. The oven switches off at an oven temperature of: 30 - 120°C after 12.5 hours 120 - 200°C after 8.5 hours 200 - 250°C after 5.
Helpful hints and tips Food to be baked Ovenware Accessories Notes Strudel - Tray 1 piece Fruit Cake Square tin Spring form Shelf With dried fruit Pastry Sweet / Salty - tray Multiple pieces Bread : Tin Bread tin Shelf 1 tin Bread : Tray - Tray 1 tin Flat Bread - Tray 1 or 2 pieces (e.g. baguettes) Rolls : Savoury - Tray Multiple small pieces Rolls : Sweet - Tray Multiple small pieces, e.g.
Helpful hints and tips 19 Poultry/Fish Type Ovenware Accessories Notes Boned Poultry Roasting tin Meat probe, Deep roasting pan - Chicken, whole Roasting tin Deep roasting pan Set the weight Turkey, whole Roasting tin Deep roasting pan Set the weight Duck, whole Roasting tin Deep roasting pan Set the weight Goose, whole Roasting tin Deep roasting pan Set the weight Whole Fish Roasting tin Meat probe, Deep roasting pan - Pork/Veal Type Ovenware Accessories Notes Loin of pork
Helpful hints and tips Type Ovenware Accessories Notes Pasta Dishes Frozen / Fresh Heat-resistant dish Shelf - Rice Dishes Frozen / Fresh Heat-resistant dish Shelf Pre-cooked rice Vegetable Dishes Frozen / Fresh Heat-resistant dish Shelf - Frozen Strudel - Tray 1 or 2 pieces Snack - Tray Multiple small pieces Oven Dishes Special , home-made Type Ovenware Accessories Notes Meat/Fish Casserole : High Casserole Heat-resistant dish Shelf > 4 cm Meat/Fish Casserole Flat Casser
Helpful hints and tips Type Accessories 21 Notes Frozen Pizza Calzone Tray - Fresh Pizza parbaked Tray - Pizza Snack Tray - The temperature and baking times in the tables are guidelines only. They depend on the recipes, quality and quantity of the ingredients used. Baking General instructions • Your new oven may bake or roast differently to the appliance you had before. Adapt your usual settings (temperature, cooking times) and shelf levels to the values in the tables.
Helpful hints and tips Baking results Possible cause Remedy Cake does not brown equally Oven temperature too high and baking time too short Set a lower oven temperature and a longer baking time Cake does not brown equally No equal mixture Put the mixture equally on the baking tray Cake does not cook in the baking time set Temperature too low Use a slightly higher oven temperature setting Baking Oven levels • Baking with Conventional Cooking is only possible on one level.
Helpful hints and tips Type of baking Heating Function Level Temperature (°C) Time (h:min) Christmas Stollen 1) Conventional Cooking 3 160 - 180 0:40 -1:00 Bread (rye bread) 1) -first of all -then Conventional Cooking 1 230 160 - 180 0:25 0:30 - 1:00 Cream puffs/éclairs 1) Conventional Cooking 3 160 - 170 0:15 - 0:30 Swiss roll 1) Conventional Cooking 3 180 - 200 0:10 - 0:20 Streusel Cake, dry Fan Cooking 3 150 - 160 0:20 - 0:40 Buttered Almond Cake/Sugar Cakes 1) Conventional
Helpful hints and tips Type of baking Heating Function Level Temperature (°C) Time (h:min) Pastries made with egg white, meringues Fan Cooking 3 80 - 100 2:00 - 2:30 Macaroons Fan Cooking 3 100 - 120 0:30 - 0:60 Biscuits made with yeast dough Fan Cooking 3 150 - 160 0:20 - 0:40 Puff pastries 1) Fan Cooking 3 170 -180 0:20 - 0:30 Bread rolls 1) Fan Cooking 3 160 0:20 - 0:35 Bread rolls 1) Conventional Cooking 3 180 0:20 - 0:35 Small Cakes (20 per tray) 1) Fan Cooking
Helpful hints and tips 25 • All types of meat, that can be browned or have crackling, can be roasted in the roasting tin without the lid. The data in the table is for guidance only. Tips on using the roasting table. • Roast meat and fish that weighs more than 1 kg . • Put some water in the roasting tray to prevent meat juices or fat from burning to the pan. • Turn the meat if it is necessary (after 1/2 - 2/3 of the cooking time).
Helpful hints and tips Veal Type of meat Quantity Heating Function Level Temperature (°C) Time (h:min) Roast veal 1 kg Turbo Grill 1 160 - 180 1:30 - 2:00 Knuckle of veal 1.5 - 2 kg Turbo Grill 1 160 - 180 2:00 - 2:30 Quantity Heating Function Level Temperature (°C) Time (h:min) Roast lamb, leg of lamb 1 - 1.5 kg Turbo Grill 1 150 - 170 1:15 - 2:00 Saddle of lamb 1 - 1.
Helpful hints and tips 27 Fish - steamed Type of meat Fish, whole Quantity Heating Function Level Temperature (°C) Time (h:min) 1 - 1.
Helpful hints and tips Always grill with the oven door closed Always pre-heat the empty oven with the grill functions for 5 minutes. • Set the shelf in the shelf level as recommended in the grilling table. • Always set the pan to collect the fat into the first shelf level. • Grill only flat pieces of meat or fish. Grilling Table Food to be grilled Grilling time Level 1st side 2nd side Rissoles 4 8 - 10 mins. 6 - 8 mins. Pork fillet 4 10 - 12 mins. 6 - 10 mins. Sausages 4 8 - 10 mins.
Care and cleaning 29 2. Put the meat in a roasting dish or directly on the oven shelf. Put the tray below the shelf to catch the fat. 3. Set the oven function Slow Cook , change the temperature, if necessary, and cook until done (see table). You cannot use Slow Cook together with the clock functions: Duration and End.
Care and cleaning When the pyrolytic cleaning starts the appliance door is locked. After the function finishes the door is locked for cool down phase. Some of the appliance functions are not available during cool down phase. WARNING! When the pyrolytic cleaning finishes the appliance is very hot. Let it cool down. Risk of burns Pyrolytic cleaning: 1. Remove the worst of the residual dirt manually. 2. Activate the Pyrolytic function in main menu. 3.
Care and cleaning 31 Important! The rounded ends of the shelf support rails must point to the front! Oven lamp WARNING! There is a danger of electrical shock! Before you change the oven lamp: • Switch off the oven. • Remove the fuses in the fuse box or switch off the circuit breaker. Put a cloth on the bottom of the oven for protection of the oven light and glass cover. Replacing the oven lamp 1. You can find the lamp glass cover at the back of the cavity.
Care and cleaning 2. Lift up clamping levers (A) on the two door hinges fully. A A 3. Close the oven door until the first position (angle approximately 45°). 4. Hold of the oven door with one hand on each side and pull it away from the oven at an upwards angle. Put the oven door with the outer side down on a soft and level surface to prevent scratches 5. Now you can remove the inner glass panels and clean them. To install the door follow the procedure in reverse.
What to do if… 33 To install panels follow the procedure in reverse. Insert the smaller panel first, then the larger. WHAT TO DO IF… WARNING! Refer to "Safety information" chapter. Problem Possible cause Remedy The oven does not heat up The oven is switched off Activate the oven The oven does not heat up The necessary settings are not set Check the settings The oven does not heat up The fuse in the fuse box is released Check the fuse.
Environment concerns ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the appropriate collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product.
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