Heating Up The Cooking Compartment; Cleaning The Accessories; Setting The Hob; Setting Procedure - Siemens HC854 83 Series Instruction Manual

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Heating up the cooking compartment

To get rid of the new cooker smell, heat up the cooking
compartment when it is empty and the oven door closed. Set
Top/bottom heating and 240 °C.
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Make sure that the cooking compartment contains no leftover
packaging, e.g. polystyrene pellets.
Press the
button.
1.
The
:
symbol for the 3D hot air heating type and 160 °C
are suggested in the display. The
shown to the right of the type of heating.
Turn the rotary selector to change the type of heating to
2.
Top/bottom heating.
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Setting the hob

This section informs you how to set the hotplates. The table
shows heat settings and cooking times for various meals.

Setting procedure

Adjust the heat setting of the individual hotplates using the
hotplate controls.
Position 0 = off
Position 1 = lowest heat setting
Position 9 = highest heat setting
When you switch on a hotplate, the indicator lamp lights up.
Large dual-circuit hotplate and extended
cooking zone
The size of these hotplates can be altered.
Switching on the large area
Turn the hotplate control to position 9 - where you will feel slight
resistance - then continue turning to the
Melting
Chocolate, cooking chocolate, gelatine
Butter
Heating and keeping warm
Stew (e.g. lentil stew)
Milk**
Poaching, simmering
Dumplings
Fish
White sauces, e.g. béchamel sauce
Boiling, steaming, stewing
Rice (with double the quantity of water)
Unpeeled boiled potatoes
Boiled potatoes
Pasta, noodles
Stew, soups
Vegetables
Vegetables, frozen
Cooking in a pressure cooker
* Continue cooking without a lid
** Without lid
rotation symbol is
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symbol =
Press the
button.
3.
The
rotation symbol moves to the temperature display.
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Using the rotary selector, change the temperature to 240 °C.
4.
Press the
button briefly.
5.
Appliance operation begins. The
Switch the oven off after 60 minutes using the
6.
The temperature indicator bars show the residual heat in the
cooking compartment.

Cleaning the accessories

Before you use the accessories for the first time, clean them
thoroughly with hot soapy water and a soft dish cloth.
large dual-circuit hotplate or extended cooking zone
Then immediately turn it back to the desired heat setting.
Switching back to the small area
Turn the hotplate control to 0 and reset.
The small dual-circuit hotplate is particularly good for heating
small amounts.
Caution!
Never turn the hotplate control beyond the
to 0.

Table of cooking times

The following table provides some examples.
Cooking times and heat settings may vary depending on the
type of food, its weight and quality. Deviations are therefore
possible.
When heating thick liquids, stir regularly.
For bringing liquids to the boil, use heat setting 9.
Ongoing cooking
setting
1
1-2
1-2
1-2
4*
3*
1
3
3-4
3-4
5*
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
button lights up.
button.
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symbol
ö
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í
æ
Ongoing cooking
time in minutes
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20-30 mins
10-15 mins
3-6 mins
15-30 mins
25-30 mins
15-25 mins
6-10 mins
15-60 mins
10-20 mins
10-20 mins
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