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C150E Installation & User Instructions You must read these instructions prior to using the appliance and retain them for future reference.
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Contents Introduction Installation For your Safety – Always For your Safety – Never Features Control Panel Hotplates General Information Notes 11-12 Temperature Conversion Chart Grill Grill Chart Oven Oven Cookery Notes 17-19 Care and Cleaning 20-21 Cooking Results Not Satisfactory Something Wrong with your Cooker Key Contacts Back Cover...
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.
Installation WARNING – THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED. 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 rear panel. The cooker must be connected by a competent person eg.
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Moving the Cooker Before moving your cooker, switch off at the cooker control unit, ensure that it is cool. Movement of your cooker is most easily achieved by lifting the front as follows: Open the grill door sufficiently to allow a comfortable grip on the underside front edge of the oven roof, avoiding any grill elements.
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.
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.
Features HOB VENTILATION SLOTS RATING PLATE (ON REAR PANEL) 1.5kW 1.0kW HOTPLATE HOTPLATE 1.5kW 2.0kW HOTPLATE HOTPLATE REDSPOT REDSPOT CONTROL PANEL GRILL PAN GRILL WITH REMOVABLE HANDLE AND WIRE FOOD SUPPORT GRILL DOOR ‘CREDACLEAN’ REMOVABLE SIDE PANELS OVEN ROD SHELVES PLINTH VENTILATION SLOTS...
Control Panel GRILL OVEN PILOT PILOT LIGHT LIGHT LEFT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT GRILL OVEN FRONT REAR REAR FRONT CONTROL CONTROL HOTPLATE HOTPLATE HOTPLATE HOTPLATE Control Knobs The knobs for the grill and hotplates can be rotated in either direction to provide variable heat control, the oven knob can only be rotated clockwise from the off position.
Hotplates General Information Notes Note: Under no circumstances should the hob be used with aluminium foil in contact with the hob surface. Use of Hotplates The controls set the hotplates at six pre-set power levels. Each control can be used to select one of six temperature settings from a minimum at position 1 to a maximum at position 6, the redspot hotplates heat up more rapidly to give faster boiling.
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Hob General Information CHOICE OF UTENSILS Every Electric Hob deserves the right choice of utensils. We recommend for optimum performance the use of good quality utensils. Never Always Use good quality flat-based Use gauze, metal pan diffusers, PANS SHOULD NOT cookware on all electric heat asbestos mats and stands e.g.
Grill CAUTION – ACCESSIBLE PARTS WILL BECOME HOT WHEN Setting the Grill THE GRILL IS IN USE. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY. GRILLING SHOULD NOT BE UNDERTAKEN WITH THE GRILL DOOR CLOSED. Never: line the grill pan with aluminium foil. Door in Preheat the grill at setting HIGH for approximately 5 minutes.
Guide To Grilling Pre - heat the grill for 5 minutes on maximum control setting before grilling GRILL CHART Food Grill Setting Approximate Cooking time Toasting of Bread 3 - 10 mins. High products Small cuts of meat, Med - High 15 - 20 mins.
Oven With the oven door closed, heating of the oven is achieved Oven Control by turning the control clockwise to the required ‘oven temperature’ scale on the control panel, as recommended in the temperature charts. The pilot light will immediately come on and go off during cooking as the thermostat maintains the correct temperature.
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Oven Cookery Notes Temperature and The secret of succulent, tender meat, is not to roast quickly at too high a temperature. Best results are obtained when Time roasting is carried out at low temperatures. When a lower temperature is used, joint loses less weight, is more tender (too high a temperature causes meat to be tough and dry), and the splashing of fat onto oven interior is reduced.
Care and Cleaning TURN OFF THE MAIN SWITCH BEFORE CLEANING. BEFORE SWITCHING ON AGAIN, ENSURE THAT ALL CONTROLS ARE IN THE OFF POSITION. NEVER USE BIOLOGICAL WASHING POWDER, HARSH ABRASIVES, SCOURING PADS, AEROSOL CLEANERS OR OVEN CHEMICAL CLEANERS OF ANY KIND UNLESS SPECIFIED BELOW.
Care and Cleaning How ‘Credaclean’ The surface of the ‘Credaclean’ oven liners are treated on the Works mottled face with a special vitreous enamel which absorbs cooking soils. At temperatures of 220 o C (425 o F) or above, the special surface enables these soils to be slowly destroyed.
Cooking Results Not Satisfactory? Problem Check Grilling Uneven cooking front Ensure that the grill pan is positioned correctly. to back Fat splattering Ensure the grill is not set to too high a temperature. Oven Baking Ensure that the oven shelves are level by using a spirit level on the Uneven rising of cakes rod shelf and adjusting, using suitable packing, e.g.
Something Wrong with your Cooker? Before contacting your Creda Service Centre/Installer, check the problem guide below. Problem Check Slight odour or small This is normal and should cease after a short period. amount of smoke when using the cooker for the first time.
08701 54 64 74 For further product information All Creda Services are offered as an extra benefit and do not affect your statutory rights. General Domestic Appliances Limited, Morley Way, Peterborough, PE2 9JB PRINTED BY SIMLEX . FOUR ASHES, WOLVERHAMPTON.
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