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Operating instructions

Microwave ovens
M 316 E
M 326 EG, M 336 EG
M 326 EC, M 336 EC
Q
It is
l to read these
operating instructions before
installing or using the machine,
to avoid the risk of accident
or damage to the machine.
M.-Nr. 04 982 410

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Operating instructions Microwave ovens M 316 E M 326 EG, M 336 EG M 326 EC, M 336 EC It is l to read these operating instructions before installing or using the machine, to avoid the risk of accident or damage to the machine.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Combination mode (not with M 316 E)........
  • Page 3 Combination mode Microwave with Fan heat (only with models M 326 EC and M 336 EC) ......28 Automatic programme "Proving dough"...
  • Page 4 Description of the appliance Display area Selection touchpads: (without and with microwave respectively) Ö – Grill ö – Fan Heat (available with some models only) Automatic touchpads (Microwave mode) Selection touchpads: ü Microwave mode P -/+ Touchpads: Fan Heat temp. °C -/+ Auto touchpad: "Proving dough"...
  • Page 5 Caring for the environment The transport and protective packing Old machines or appliances may con- has been selected from materials tain materials which can be reclaimed which are environmentally friendly for or recycled. Please contact your disposal and can normally be recycled. dealer, your local waste collection centre or scrap merchant about poten- Rather than just throwing these ma-...
  • Page 6 It is essential and to grill (except M 316 E). Any other that these data correspond as other- usage is at the owner’s risk and could wise damage will occur to the machine.
  • Page 7 Warning and Safety instructions The appliance is only completely should be added to the time needed isolated from the electricity supply for cooking, re-heating or defrosting. when: Always remember that cooking times in a microwave oven are – it is switched off at the wall socket usually considerably shorter than with and the plug removed.
  • Page 8 The accessories supplied with the ap- When heating, and especially reheating pliance (except for M 316 E) are de- liquids, milk, sauces etc., in the micro- signed to be compatible with micro- wave oven, the boiling point of the liq-...
  • Page 9 Warning and Safety instructions Do not reheat food in the oven in When placing food to be cooked heat-retaining bags intended for nor- directly on the glass tray (if sup- mal ovens. plied), always place a rack under the These heat-retaining bags usually con- glass tray so that heat can also reach tain a thin layer of aluminium foil which re- the food from underneath.
  • Page 10 Warning and Safety instructions Always use oven gloves when Before discarding an old machine handling the browning dish to switch off and disconnect it from avoid burns. the power supply. Cut off and render any plug useless. Out of the oven always place the browning dish on a suitable heat- Cut off the cable directly behind the ma- resistant mat, grid or board to protect...
  • Page 11 How the microwave oven functions In the microwave oven, food is cooked, Microwaves pass through a suitable reheated or defrosted considerably container and find their way directly more quickly than by any other method. into the foodstuff. All foodstuffs contain moisture molecules which, when sub- jected to microwave energy, start to os- cillate 2.5 thousand million times a sec-...
  • Page 12 Calculating power settings This microwave has 9 power settings. Where the recipe gives a wattage Very often, power is expressed in watts which does not correspond exactly to on food packaging or in general the table, select the nearest power set- recipes for microwaving.
  • Page 13: Material And Shape

    Suitable containers for microwave ovens Microwaves The material and shape of containers used affect the cooking results and times. Round and oval shaped ones provide good results. Heat distribution is more even than it is in rectangular containers. The following do not belong in an oven being used in microwave mode.
  • Page 14 of the process. The aluminium foil must not touch the interior of the oven. Some glazes and colours contain Make sure that the aluminium foil is metal. at least 2 cm from the oven walls at all times. It must not touch the walls. This makes them unsuitable for use in a microwave oven.
  • Page 15 ü Using touchpads P +/- select setting 8, or setting 9 for the M 316 E. Enter a time of 30 seconds with the rotary selector. Wooden dishes are not suitable Do not switch off the turntable ä.
  • Page 16 Suitable containers for microwave ovens – if food coated with breadcrumbs is – prevents too much steam escaping, being cooked. especially when cooking foodstuffs which need longer to cook, such as – cooking meals which are to be given potatoes, a crisp finish.
  • Page 17: Minute Minder

    Preparation for use Connect the appliance to the elec- Press the touchpad. tricity supply. :0 lights up in the display area and All the displays light up in the dis- the time symbol flashes. play area. Use the rotary control to set the Press the C touchpad.
  • Page 18: Opening The Door

    Preparation for use Press the "a" button to open the door. If the microwave oven is being used, opening the door will interrupt the cook- ing process and the interior lighting will go out. Push the door firmly to. Press the START touchpad to con- tinue an interrupted cooking process.
  • Page 19 Operating modes The 5 modes listed below are available The microwave mode offers the five on these models. automatic programmes listed below: – reheating dishes, – reheating liquids, – defrosting using an entered time, Here you can choose between 3 opera- –...
  • Page 20 Operation Ideally the container should be placed in the centre of the oven. There is a choice of up to 9 different microwave power settings. ü Press the P +/- touchpads and The higher the power setting, the more select the power level required (P1 to microwaves reach the food.
  • Page 21 Allow the appliance to cool down ü Press the P + or - touchpads, if with the door open for about 15 - 20 you want to check the power setting minutes, if an "E" shows in the dis- during a process. The power setting play, indicating that the oven interior will appear for 5 seconds.
  • Page 22 Operation There are 5 possible time settings for each dish. Press the +/- touchpads to lengthen With microwave mode there is the or shorten the reheating time. choice of five automatic programmes For example if you press the + touch- as follows: pad twice, 2 and + appear in the dis- –...
  • Page 23 Operation Press the START touchpad. Ü The set time appears in the display With this programme you can heat up area and begins to count down in one (or reheat) liquids in cups or mugs. second steps. 1 – 3 cups can be heated at a time. An audible tone sounds when the time The programme assumes 150 to 225 has elapsed.
  • Page 24 Operation An audible tone sounds at one third and two thirds of the time set. Three programmes are available. When the tone sounds, open the Programme Type of food door and either turn or rearrange the poultry food. Then close the door and press meat START touchpad to continue fish...
  • Page 25 Good Housekeeping Essential Microwave Handbook. This prestigious book contains over a hundred delicious recipes, all tested on Miele 850 W microwave ovens. Furthermore, it offers comprehensive advice on the basics of microwave cooking, how to use the different cooking techniques to best advantage and timing charts for thawing and cooking many types of food.
  • Page 29 Operation Press the START touchpad. The necessary cooking time is calcu- lated automatically. This time will ap- There is a choice of 8 programmes. pear in the display area and begin to count down in one second steps. Programme Type of food Chicken To achieve good results, turn or rear- Jacket potatoes...
  • Page 30 Operation Place the food on the rack or on the turntable. The glass tray can be Place the food on the rack or on the placed under the rack to catch any turntable. oils or cooking juices. Ö Press the touchpad.
  • Page 31 Operation Press the START touchpad, to start with the pre-heating. °C and the Fan heat symbol appear in the display area. The selected tem- perature flashes. At the end of the pre-heating time an audible tone sounds. Put the food to be cooked on the glass tray and place the glass tray Open the door and put the food to on the low rack.
  • Page 32 Operation Use the °C +/- touchpads to select the required temperature (100 °C – 250 °C). Press the START touchpad, to start with the pre-heating. °C and the symbol for Fan heat with microwave appear in the display area. Put the food to be cooked on the The selected temperature flashes.
  • Page 33 Operation Press the touchpad. The Fan heat symbol and F appear in the display, the time symbol flashes. Use the rotary control to enter the re- quired time. The Fan heat symbol and the se- lected time appear in the display, the START symbol flashes.
  • Page 34 Operation Up to three functions can be pro- grammed to run one after the other. All the heating modes are available, for example, grilling, combination mode, and automatic programmes. One possible combination could for example be: Defrost - Cook - Grill. Proceed as previously described to enter details for the first function.
  • Page 35 Operation Press the START touchpad. In the display area the time counts Touchpads 1/2 allow you to store in down in one second steps. An memory programmes which are fre- audible tone sounds at the end and quently used. the time of day reappears. There are two memory stores where fre- If you press the START button immedi- quently used programmes can be re-...
  • Page 36: Closing The Door

    Operation Use the rotary control to enter the length of time of the process. The start time of a process can be pre- The symbol for microwave mode programmed up to 24 hours before- and the length of time of the process hand.
  • Page 37 Practical tips Always use a lid or cover for reheating food, except when a drier finish is Select the following microwave power needed, e.g. breaded poultry/meat. settings, to reheat food: Always remove the lids from jars, Drinks ......8 especially jars of baby food.
  • Page 38 Practical tips Ensure that perishable food, such as meat and fish, are cooked for an Be careful when removing a dish appropriate length of time. from the oven. It may be hot. For dishes such as Although heat is not normally produced first select power setting 8, in the container itself by the micro- and then turn down to power setting 2...
  • Page 39: Defrosting

    Practical tips Remove the food from its packaging and place in a microwave-safe con- tainer, to defrost without a lid. Turn, stir or separate the food about half-way through the programme. To defrost delicate foods, e.g. cream, butter, gateau and cheese, select the microwave setting 1.
  • Page 40: Defrosting And Reheating Or Cooking

    Practical tips Deep-frozen pre-cooked food can be defrosted and immediately reheated or cooked, using the combination of an automatic defrost programme, with an automatic cooking programme. Remove the food from its packaging and place in a covered microwave-safe dish for defrosting and reheating or cooking.
  • Page 41: Examples

    Practical tips The examples below are for an oven with a maximum microwave power out- put of 900/1000 watts. For models with a different power out- Melt 100 g at setting 5 uncovered, put scale, adjust according to the table for approx 1-1 minutes.
  • Page 42 The stainless steel surfaces can be engineer trained by Miele. cleaned with a non abrasive cleaner for stainless steel. To neutralise odours in the microwave...
  • Page 43 Cleaning and care (depending on model) The boiling rod and glass tray can be washed in the dishwasher. Wash and dry after each use. Remove stubborn soils with a stainless steel cleaner.
  • Page 44 Check whether the path described vice technicians trained by Miele. by the ring on the base of the oven Improper repairs may pose a interior under the turntable is clean, serious risk to the user.
  • Page 45 These microwave ovens should only Check whether: be repaired by suitably qualified the air inlet is blocked. technicians trained by Miele. Any object is blocking the ventilation outlets. whether anything is blocking the gap between the base of the unit and the worktop surface.
  • Page 46 After sales service In the event of any faults which you can- not easily remedy, please contact – your Miele dealer – the nearest Miele Service Depart- ment. See address on the back page. When contacting the service depart- ment please quote the Model and Ser-...
  • Page 47 Electrical connection All electrical work should be carried out by a competent person, in accordance The wires in the mains lead are col- with national and local safety regulations. oured in accordance with the following The microwave oven is supplied with a code: mains cable and plug.for connection to Green/yellow = earth...
  • Page 48 (as applicable to the – built under a wall unit in conjunction design of plug fitted). with a building under frame (M 316 E only). The correct fuse rating of the replace- ment fuses that are ASTA approved to –...
  • Page 49 Technical data Voltage ... . 230-240 V, 50 Hz Voltage ... 230-240 V, 50 Hz Rated load ... see data plate Rated load .
  • Page 52 Alteration rights reserved / 22 / 000 GB - 3198 This paper consists of cellulose which has been bleached without the use of chlorine.

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