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OKC8P31X Steam oven User Manual Get the most out of your appliance For quick access to manuals, how-to guides, support and more through our photo registration visit electrolux.com/register...
16. ENERGY EFFICIENCY.................. 49 WE’RE THINKING OF YOU Thank you for purchasing an Electrolux appliance. You’ve chosen a product that brings with it decades of professional experience and innovation. Ingenious and stylish, it has been designed with you in mind. So whenever you use it, you can be safe in the knowledge that you’ll get great results every time.
ENGLISH SAFETY INFORMATION Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible for any injuries or damage that are the result of incorrect installation or usage. Always keep the instructions in a safe and accessible location for future reference.
WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts • become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements. Always use oven gloves to remove or put in • accessories or ovenware. Before carrying out any maintenance, disconnect the •...
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ENGLISH • Install the appliance in a safe and • The appliance must be earthed. suitable place that meets installation • Make sure that the parameters on the requirements. rating plate are compatible with the • The appliance is equipped with an electrical ratings of the mains power electric cooling system.
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For the section of the cable refer to the WARNING! total power on the rating plate. You can Risk of damage to the also refer to the table: appliance. Total power (W) Section of the ca‐ • To prevent damage or discoloration to ble (mm²)
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ENGLISH • Replace immediately the door glass • Unlike all humans, some birds and panels when they are damaged. reptiles can be extremely sensitive to Contact the Authorised Service potential fumes emitted during the Centre. cleaning process of all Pyrolytic •...
2.8 Service • Disconnect the appliance from the mains supply. • To repair the appliance contact the • Cut off the mains electrical cable Authorised Service Centre. close to the appliance and dispose of • Use original spare parts only.
ENGLISH 3.2 Securing the oven to the cabinet 4. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 4.1 General overview Control panel Electronic programmer Water drawer Socket for the core temperature sensor Heating element Lamp Shelf support, removable Draining pipe Water outlet valve Shelf positions Steam inlet 4.2 Accessories •...
5. CONTROL PANEL 5.1 Electronic programmer 9 10 Use the sensor fields to operate the oven. Sensor Function Comment field ON / OFF To turn on and off the oven. Heating Func‐ Press the sensor field once to choose a heating tions or Assisted function or the menu: Assisted Cooking.
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ENGLISH Sensor Function Comment field To confirm the selection or setting. 5.2 Display A. Heating function B. Time of day C. Heat-up indicator D. Temperature E. Duration time or end time of a function Other indicators of the display: Symbol Function Minute Minder The function works.
6. BEFORE FIRST USE display brightness and the time of the WARNING! day. Refer to Safety chapters. 1. Press to set the value. 6.1 Initial Cleaning 2. Press to confirm. Remove all accessories and removable 6.3 Preheating shelf supports from the oven.
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ENGLISH Symbol / Menu Application Symbol / Menu Description item item Contains recommen‐ Sets the language for ded oven settings for the display. Assisted Cook‐ Set Language a wide choice of dishes. Select a dish Adjusts the volume of and start the cooking press-tones and sig‐...
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Heating func‐ Application Heating func‐ Application tion tion To bake food on one This function is de‐ shelf position for a signed to save energy more intensive brown‐ during cooking. For Pizza Function Moist Fan Bak‐ ing and a crispy bot‐...
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ENGLISH 7.4 Specials 7.5 Assisted Cooking Food Category: Fish / Seafood Heating func‐ Application Dish tion Fish Fish, baked To keep food warm. Fish fingers Keep Warm Fish fillet, frozen To preheat plates for Whole small fish, serving. grilled Plate Warming Whole fish, grilled To make vegetable preserves (e.g.
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ENGLISH Dish Dish Pastry Bread crown Pastry strips Bread Yeast plait Cream puffs Unleavened bread Puff pastry Food Category: Side dishes Eclairs Dish Macaroons French fries, thin Short pastry bis‐ French fries, thick cuits French fries, fro‐ Christmas stollen Apple strudel, fro‐ Croquettes Wedges Sponge dough...
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1. Press the cover of the water drawer If you put too much water to open it. into the tank, the safety 2. Fill the water drawer with 900 ml of outlet moves the excess water. water to the bottom of the The water supply is sufficient for oven.
ENGLISH 5. Remove the connector from the valve Do not put food in the oven when the water stops flowing. when the Fast heat up Do not use the drained water function works. to fill the water tank again. To turn on the function, hold for 3 7.11 Heat-up indicator seconds.
3. Press to set the necessary 4. Press again and again until the time. display shows: Heat + Hold. 4. Press to confirm. 5. Press to confirm. When the time ends, a signal sounds. When the function ends, a signal sounds.
ENGLISH 10. USING THE ACCESSORIES oven temperatures (minimum 120 °C) WARNING! and the operating modes. The oven Refer to Safety chapters. calculates the end time in approximately 30 minutes. 10.1 Core temperature sensor 6. To change the core temperature, press There are two temperatures to be set: When the meat is at the set core the oven temperature and the core...
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°C Wire shelf and baking tray / deep pan together: Push the baking tray / deep pan between 2. Put the wire shelf on the telescopic the guide bars of the shelf support and runners and carefully push them into the wire shelf on the guide bars above.
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ENGLISH Glass bowl (A) Injector for direct steam cooking (D) Lid (B) Steel grill (E) • Do not put the hot baking dish on The injector and the injector tube cold / wet surfaces. "C" is the injector tube for steam cooking, •...
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• Do not clean the baking dish with abrasives, scourers and powders. Make sure that you do not crush the injector tube or let it touch a heating element on the top of the oven. 4. Set the oven for the steam cooking function.
ENGLISH When you cook food such as chicken, duck, turkey, kid or large fish, put the injector (D) directly into the empty part of the meat. Make sure that you do not cause a blockage of the holes. 2. Put the baking dish onto the first or second shelf position from the For more information about steam bottom.
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Press any symbol (except for ) to start If the Pyrolysis function the function: Set + Go. The set heating works, the door locks function starts. automatically. A message comes on in the When the heating function ends, a signal display when you press any sounds.
ENGLISH 11.8 Safety thermostat display goes back to the night brightness. Incorrect operation of the oven or 11.7 Cooling fan defective components can cause dangerous overheating. To prevent this, When the oven operates, the cooling fan the oven has a safety thermostat which turns on automatically to keep the interrupts the power supply.
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CAKES / PASTRIES (°C) (min) Tarts, preheating is 30 - 40 Cake mould, Ø 26 cm not needed Fruit cake, preheat‐ 80 - 90 Cake mould, Ø 26 cm ing is not needed Panettone 150 - 160 70 - 100 Cake mould, Ø...
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ENGLISH Use the second shelf position. STEAM REHEATING (°C) (min) Lamb leg, 1 kg 175 110 - 130 (°C) (min) Whole chick‐ 55 - 65 Casseroles / 15 - 25 en, 1 kg Gratins Whole turkey, 180 - 240 Pasta and 10 - 15 4 kg sauce...
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VEGETABLES SIDE DISHES (min) (min) Asparagus, green 35 - 45 Rice 35 - 40 Carrots 35 - 40 Boiled potatoes, quar‐ 35 - 45 tered Set the temperature to 130°C. Polenta 40 - 45 Unpeeled potatoes, me‐ 50 - 60...
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ENGLISH CAKES Conventional True Fan Cooking Cooking (min) (°C) (°C) Shortbread 3 (2 and 20 - 30 Cake mould dough Buttermilk 80 - Cake mould, Ø 26 cm cheese‐ cake Strudel 60 - 80 Baking tray Jam tart 30 - 40 Cake mould, Ø...
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BREAD AND PIZZA Conventional True Fan Cooking Cooking (min) (°C) (°C) White bread, 60 - 70 - 1 - 2 pieces, 0.5 kg each Rye bread, 30 - 45 Bread tin preheating is not needed Bread rolls, 6 2 (2 and 4)
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ENGLISH MEAT Conventional True Fan Cooking Cooking (min) (°C) (°C) Beef 50 - 70 Pork 90 - 120 Veal 90 - 120 English roast beef, rare 50 - 60 English roast beef, medium 60 - 70 English roast beef, well done 70 - 75 MEAT Conventional Cook‐...
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FISH Conventional True Fan Cook‐ Cooking (min) (°C) (°C) Trout / Sea bream, 3 - 4 fish 40 - 55 Tuna / Salmon, 4 - 6 fillets 35 - 60 12.6 Bread Baking Preheat the empty oven. Use the second shelf position unless specified otherwise.
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ENGLISH PIZZA (°C) (min) Mini pizza 200 - 220 15 - 20 Baking tray Apple pie 150 - 170 50 - 70 Cake mould, Ø 20 cm Tarts 170 - 190 35 - 50 Cake mould, Ø 26 cm Onion tart, use the second 200 - 220 20 - 30 Baking tray...
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BEEF LAMB (°C) (min) (°C) (min) Roast beef or fil‐ 190 - 200 5 - 6 Lamb leg / Roast 150 - 170 100 - 120 let, rare lamb, 1 - 1.5 kg Roast beef or fil‐ 180 - 190 6 - 8...
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ENGLISH for: poultry, fatty roast pork, pot roast. 3. Use Food Sensor. Food Sensor temperature should not be 4. Select the function: Slow Cooking. higher than 65 °C . You can set the temperature between 80 °C and 150 °C for the 1.
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12.12 Preserving Use only preserve jars of the same VEGETABLES dimensions available on the market. Do not use jars with twist-off and bayonet type lids or metal tins. Use the first shelf position. (min) (min) Cooking Continue Put no more than six one-litre preserve...
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ENGLISH FRUIT (°C) English roast beef, well 70 - 75 done Pork shoulder 80 - 82 Plums 8 - 10 Pork shin 75 - 80 Apricots 8 - 10 Lamb 70 - 75 Apple slices 6 - 8 Chicken Pears 6 - 9 Hare 70 - 75...
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(°C) (min) Sweet rolls, 16 baking tray or dripping 20 - 30 pieces Rolls, 9 pieces baking tray or dripping 30 - 40 Pizza, frozen, wire shelf 10 - 15 0.35 kg Swiss roll baking tray or dripping 25 - 35...
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ENGLISH (°C) (min) Vegetables, baking tray or dripping 35 - 45 poached, 0.4 kg Vegetarian ome‐ pizza pan on wire shelf 200 25 - 30 lette Mediterranean baking tray or dripping 25 - 30 vegetables, 0.7 12.17 Information for test institutes Tests according to IEC 60350-1.
(°C) (min) Sponge True Fan Wire 40 - 50 Preheat the oven cake, Cooking shelf for 10 minutes. cake mould Ø26 cm Sponge True Fan Wire 2 and 40 - 60 Preheat the oven cake, Cooking shelf for 10 minutes.
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ENGLISH 13.1 Notes on cleaning Clean the front of the oven with a soft cloth with warm water and a mild cleaning agent. To clean metal surfaces, use a dedicated cleaning agent. Clean stubborn stains with a special oven cleaner. Cleaning Agents Clean the oven cavity after each use.
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13.4 Pyrolysis To stop the cleaning before it is completed, turn off the oven. CAUTION! WARNING! Before your start the After the function is cleaning, make sure that the completed, the oven is very water tank is empty. Refer to hot.
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ENGLISH CALCIUM QUANTITY TABLE INDICATED FROM W.H.O. (World Health Organization) Calcium de‐ Water hardness Water classifi‐ Run decalcifi‐ posit cation cation every (French de‐ (German de‐ grees) grees) 0 - 60 mg/l 0 - 6 0 - 3 Sweet of soft 75 cycles - 2.5 months 60 - 120 mg/l...
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7. Hold the door trim (B) on the top edge of the door at the two sides and push inwards to release the clip seal. 8. Pull the door trim to the front to remove it. 9. Hold the door glass panels by their top edge and carefully pull them out 4.
ENGLISH 1. Turn off the oven. Wait until the oven is cooled down. 2. Disconnect the oven from the mains. 3. Put a cloth on the bottom of the cavity. CAUTION! Always hold the halogen lamp with a cloth to prevent grease residue from burning on the lamp.
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Problem Possible cause Remedy The oven does not heat The automatic switch-off is Refer to "Automatic switch- off". The oven does not heat The Child Lock is on. Refer to "Using the Child Lock". The oven does not heat The door is not closed cor‐...
ENGLISH Problem Possible cause Remedy Steam and condensation You left the dish in the Do not leave the dishes in settle on the food and in oven for too long. the oven for longer than 15 the cavity of the oven. - 20 minutes after the cooking process ends.
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The residual heat indicator off earlier in some oven functions. or temperature appears on the display. The fan and lamp continue to operate. Cooking with the lamp off When you turn off the oven, the display Turn off the lamp during cooking.
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