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Summary of Contents for Hotpoint DOUBLE OVEN
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction Installation Safety Information Features Control Panels Clock / Minute minder Temperature Conversion Chart Ceramic Hob Choosing Your Utensils Grill Pan and Handle Grill Guide to Grilling Top Oven Cookery Notes Main Oven Cookery Notes Oven Temperature charts Using the Main Oven for Other Functions Care and Cleaning Cooking Results Not Satisfactory? Something Wrong With Your Cooker? -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Your new appliance is guaranteed* and will give lasting service. This guarantee is only applicable if the appliance has been installed in accordance with the installation instructions detailed in this booklet. To help make best use of your cooking equipment, please read this booklet carefully. The cooker is designed specifically for domestic use and responsibility will not be accepted for use in any other installation. -
Page 5: Installation
Installation WARNING – THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED. Mains Connection Your cooker should have been checked to ensure that the voltage corresponds with your supply voltage, this is stated on the rating plate, which is situated on the front of the plinth. The cooker must be connected by a competent person such as one who is a, NICEIC registered contractor to a suitable double-pole control unit with a minimum rating of 32A and a minimum contact clearance of 3mm (applicable to newer properties, older properties where a 30A double... -
Page 6: Safety Information
Safety Information When used properly your appliance is completely safe but as with any electrical product there are certain precautions that must be observed. PLEASE READ THE PRECAUTIONS BELOW BEFORE USING YOUR APPLIANCE. Always Remove all packing from the appliance before switching on for the first time. Understand the controls prior to using the appliance. - Page 7 Safety Information Never Never stare at Halogen heating units Never leave children unsupervised where a cooking appliance is installed as all surfaces will be hot during and after its use. Never allow anyone to sit or stand on any part of the appliance. Never store items above the appliance that children may attempt to reach.
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Page 8: Features
Features Cooking area: 1500W Ceramic Cooking area: 1200W Ceramic Control panel Conventional Grill Grill pan food support Grill pan with fixed/detachable handle Inner glass panel Although only 2 rod shelves are supplied in the main oven, a third shelf can be purchased from the Parts dept., see back cover. Cooking area: 1200W Ceramic Rating... -
Page 9: Control Panels
Control Panels Front Rear Rear right left left Hob Hot neon Controls Operating In common with all cookers having controls sited above the grill controls when the compartment, care must be taken when setting the controls, due grill is in use to the hot air expelled from the grill compartment. -
Page 10: Clock / Minute Minder
Clock/Minute Minder Operation CLOCKFACE 0.00 The timer incorporates a 24 hour clock. SYMBOLS A ‘Bell’ symbol will light up when you select a Minute Minder Period and will remain lit for the period set. 0.00 At the end of the Minute Minder Period, the timer will emit an audible tone and the ‘Bell’... -
Page 11: Setting The Minute Minder
Clock/Minute Minder Operation Here you can set a time period of up to 10 hours, that will count down. When it reaches zero, the timer will emit an audible tone. For Example: If you set 20 minutes, the audible tone will occur 20 minutes later. -
Page 12: Temperature Conversion Chart
Temperature Conversion Chart ˚F Mark Main Conventional Convection Oven – – Main Oven Oven –... -
Page 13: Ceramic Hob
Ceramic Hob CAUTION: IF ANY CRACK IN SURFACE BECOMES VISIBLE, TURN OFF THE MAINS COOKER SWITCH. Under no circumstances should the hob be used with aluminium foil in contact with the hob surface. The following boiling plates are located beneath the circular cooking areas:- The cooking areas change colour when heated (become red) indicating which heating element is turned on. - Page 14 Ceramic Hob General Information PANS SHOULD BE: Not concave (bowed in) Not convex (bowed out) Not rimmed Not deeply ridged But essentially Flat Always Use good quality flat- based cookware on all electric heat sources. Always ensure pans have clean, dry bases before use.
- Page 15 Ceramic Hob General Information Do not cook directly on the hob surface without a cooking utensil, as this Do Not Do not use the hob as a worktop surface as damage may occur to the Do not drag or slide utensils on the hob surface, as this will cause Do not allow a cooking utensil to come into contact with the hob Do not place anything between the base of the utensil and Do not leave any utensils, food or combustible items on the hob when it is...
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Page 16: Choosing Your Utensils
Choosing Your Utensils Below are some guidelines to help you make the right choice of utensils. Choosing your utensils To obtain a satisfactory performance from a ceramic hob and to avoid unnecessary damage, we recommend the use of good quality utensils with smooth flat bases. - Page 17 Choosing Your Utensils Do not use utensils with rough bases. Do Not Do not use lightweight utensils with thin, distorted or uneven bases. Do not use lightweight enamelled steel utensils. Do not use cast iron utensils. Do not use utensils with recessed, scrolled (like a gramophone record) or Do not use a utensil which has a base concavity greater than 1mm as this Do not use a utensil with a convex base.
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Page 18: Grill Pan And Handle
Grill Pan and Handle Grill pan handle The grill pan handle is detachable from the pan, to facilitate cleaning and storage. The handle can be either detachable from or fixed to the pan. For a fixed handle remove the screw and washers from the grill pan bracket, tilt the handle over the recess adjacent to the bracket (A), slide it towards the centre of the pan (B) and let the handle locate over the bracket (C). -
Page 19: Grill
Grill Setting the Grill Door in grilling position CAUTION - ACCESSIBLE PARTS MAY BECOME HOT WHEN THE GRILL IS IN USE. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY. GRILLING SHOULD NEVER BE UNDERTAKEN WITH THE GRILL/TOP OVEN DOOR CLOSED. The grill control is designed to provide variable heat control of either the twin grill elements on together or the single left hand grill element only, depending upon which direction the control knob is rotated. -
Page 20: Guide To Grilling
Guide To Grilling Pre - heat the grill for 5 minutes on maximum control setting before grilling GRILL CHART Food Toasting of Bread products Small cuts of meat, reduce to lower sausages, bacon, etc. 4 for 6-8 mins. Chops etc. reduce to lower Gammon steaks Chicken pieces... -
Page 21: Top Oven Cookery Notes
Top Oven Cookery Notes The top oven should be used to cook small quantities of food. The oven is designed so that the grill element operates at a reduced heat output, this is combined with a heating element situated underneath the floor of the oven. -
Page 22: Main Oven Cookery Notes
Main Oven Cookery Notes The oven is fitted with ‘Credaclean’ liners, two rod shelves and a meat pan (not all models). Remove the meat pan if it is not being used. To heat the oven turn the knob clockwise, selecting the require temperature between 80˚C (176˚F) and 230˚C (450˚F) as recommended in the temperature chart. - Page 24 Note: If soft margarine is used for cake making, temperatures recommended by the manufacturers should be followed. Temperatures recommended in this chart refer to cakes made with block margarines or butter only.
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Page 25: Using The Main Oven For Other Functions
Using the Main Oven for other Functions ‘S’ SLOW setting This is used for slow cooking, keeping food warm and warming plates for short periods. Extra care should be taken when warming bone china, as it may be damaged in a hot oven. DO NOT place food or plates directly on the oven floor as this could damage both the oven lining and the plates which are being warmed. -
Page 26: Care And Cleaning
Care and Cleaning Cleaning materials to avoid: 1. Plastic or nylon pads 2. Household abrasive powders and scourers. These may scratch the surface. 3. Oven chemical cleaners, aerosols and oven pads. Caustic cleaners such as these will etch the surface and attack the metal frame. 4. - Page 27 Care and Cleaning Ceramic hotplates Clean your Creda Ceramic hob top regularly and avoid repeated burning of encrusted contamination. Your choice of cleaner will depend on the degree of soiling involved (see below). minor soiling, where the contamination has not burnt hard, can be wiped off with a clean wet cloth major soiling and strongly-adhering burnt encrustation can be quickly and easily removed with a razor-blade scraper...
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Page 28: Control Panel
Care and Cleaning ‘CREDACLEAN’ Oven liners Refer to the instructions below for cleaning the ‘Credaclean’ panels. How “CREDACLEAN” works: The surfaces of the ‘Credaclean’ oven liners are treated on the mottled face with a special vitreous enamel which absorbs cooking soils. At temperatures of 220˚C (425˚F) or above, the special surface enables these soils to be slowly destroyed. - Page 29 Care and Cleaning Grill: Remove the grill pan and the wire grid food support, it is best to wash these items immediately after use to prevent stains from being burnt on when used again. Wipe out the Grill compartment, use a fine steel wool soap pad to remove stubborn stains from the roof and floor of the compartment.
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Page 30: Cleaning The Doors
Care and Cleaning Take particular care not to damage the inner surface of the door inner glass that is coated with a heat reflective layer. Do not use scouring pads, or abrasive powder, which will scratch the glass. Ensure that the glass panel is not subjected to any sharp mechanical blows. -
Page 31: Cooking Results Not Satisfactory
Cooking Results Not Satisfactory? Problem Grilling Uneven cooking front to back Fat splattering Baking (General) Uneven rising of cakes Sinking of cakes Over/Under cooking Fast/Slow cooking Uneven cooking of cakes Top Oven Baking Uneven cooking front to back Uneven rising of cakes Overcooking Food is taking too long to... -
Page 32: Something Wrong With Your Cooker
Something Wrong with your Cooker? Before contacting your Service Centre/Installer, check the problem guide below; there may be nothing wrong with your cooker. Problem Slight odour or small amount of smoke when grill / oven used first time Nothing works Top oven and grill do not work. -
Page 33: Key Contacts, Back Page
Problem Oven temperatures too high or low Oven does not cook evenly Oven lamp does not work Draught from beneath control panel Condensation on the wall at the rear of the cooker. Steam / Condensation in the oven after use. Check temperature and shelf positions are as recommended in the Oven Temperature Charts. - Page 36 Merloni Elettrodomestici UK Ltd, Morley Way, Peterborough, PE2 9JB PRINTED BY SIMLEX . FOUR ASHES, WOLVERHAMPTON. 07/2004 Part no. 195045166.00...