Troubleshooting - Hamilton Beach 25490-CN Instructions Manual

Troubleshooting

PROBABLE CAUSE/SOLUTION
PROBLEM
• Breakfast sandwich maker wasn't preheated until PREHEAT light was illuminated. Green PREHEAT light will come
Low, poor, or slow
on in about 2 to 4 minutes indicating unit is heated to the correct temperature. Light will cycle and does not
heating.
indicate sandwich is ready.
• Allow 2 minutes between making sandwiches for breakfast sandwich maker to heat to the correct temperature.
• Overfilled. Reduce amount of ingredients in your sandwich.
• Unit needs to be preheated with the cover closed with rings and cooking plate in place.
• Make sure cooking plate is rotated securely to back of ring as far as it will go, to prevent leaking of egg, and
cover Is closed when preheating.
Egg undercooked, • Extra large eggs, frozen, or very cold ingredients may lengthen cooking time. Add additional cooking time.
bread not done.
Egg overcooked. • Cooking time is about 5 minutes. Cooking time may vary if you are using small eggs, scrambled or egg whites.
Reduce cooking time for future recipes.
Ingredients stick to • Use a plastic or wooden utensil to loosen any baked-on ingredients. Lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray
before preheating for next use.
rings or nonstick
cooking plate.
• Unit is overfilled. Only use large eggs and reduce amount or size of ingredients. Do not press down on the cover.
Eggs leak out of rings.
• Cooking plate may not have been in the correct position. Make sure cooking plate is rotated securely to back of
ring as far as it will go to prevent leaking of egg.
• Used very thin purchased egg whites. Use fresh egg white or try a different brand of egg whites.
• Make sure unit is properly preheated.
• The air whisked into a large scrambled egg may cause the cover to rise while the egg is cooking. Do not press
Cover rises when
down on the cover.
cooking my sandwich.
• Higher fat contents and sugars may cause breads to darken. Cook eggs for several minutes without top bread
Bread too brown.
and cover down. Also have ingredients ready to assemble so bottom bread does not cook a lot longer than top
indgredients. Then add bread to finish cooking your sandwiches.
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