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Users Guide
TC3 & TC5
PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE USING THIS APPLIANCE
09/12 EOPI 515862
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24/09/2012
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  • Page 1 Users Guide TC3 & TC5 PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THIS APPLIANCE 09/12 EOPI 515862 Page 16:56 24/09/2012 515862_Layout EOPI 09-12...
  • Page 2 © AGA Rangemaster Limited 2011 AGA is a trading name of AGA Rangemaster Ltd. AGA words and logos are registered trademarks of the AGA Rangemaster Group, Juno Drive, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 3RG www.agaliving.com | www.agacookshop.co.uk...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Warnings Using The Zones of the AGA Total Control Introduction The Hotplates A Brief Description - AGA TC3 The Boiling Plate A Brief Description - AGA TC5 The Simmering Plate (Hotcupboard Option) The Top Plate Equipment supplied with your...

  • Page 4: Warnings

    Warnings WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements. Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept away unless continuously supervised. • The appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction Your new AGA Total Control gives you everything you love about the classic AGA heat storage cooker, but with the added convenience of touchscreen technology and the ability to turn each cooking area on and off, as and when you want it.
  • Page 6 A Brief Description - AGA TC3 Simmering plate Boiling plate Top plate Control door Roasting oven Baking oven Simmering oven Hotplates Roasting Oven The two hotplates are at different heats; the boiling plate being The hottest oven for high temperature cooking; pastries, the hottest of the two and the simmering plate at a lower heat.
  • Page 7 A Brief Description - AGA TC5 (Hotcupboard Option) Warming plate Boiling plate Hotcupboard ON/OFF Simmering plate Slow cooking oven Top plate Warming oven Control door Roasting oven Baking oven Simmering oven Hotplates Warming Oven (Hotcupboard) The two hotplates are at different heats; the boiling plate being Used for warming plates and serving dishes.
  • Page 8 Handset This is situated behind the top left hand door. The control panel Your AGA Total Control cooker also comes with a Handset contains touch sensitive buttons with a green or orange light which can be used to programme the ovens. It displays the (LED indicator) to indicate which zone is activated.

  • Page 9: Equipment Supplied With Your

    Equipment supplied with your AGA Total Control Large Size Roasting Tin with Grill Rack Half Size Roasting Tin and Grill Rack This is designed to slide onto the oven runners without the This tin can be slid onto the oven runners width-ways or can sit need for it to sit on an oven grid shelf.
  • Page 10 1 Floor Grid 3 Oven Grid Shelves 1 Cold Plain Shelf Roasting Oven Perforated Baffle This grid is used on the floor These are for inserting in Known as the cold plain shelf of the ovens, in particular the each oven to provide a because it is recommended A roasting oven perforated roasting and simmering...
  • Page 11 Toaster Wire Brush This is for toasting bread on the boiling plate. AGA toast is This is for cleaning the raw renowned for its excellence, crisp on the outside and soft in cast iron surfaces, keeping the centre. Take thick slices of bread and place in the AGA...
  • Page 12 Specialist for details. A demonstration will show you how to get stacking lids so that the maximum use of oven space is made the best from your new AGA and will give you hints and tips. and an AGA kettle for boiling water. AGA Accessories can be...

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    AUTO AUTO/Slumber selection The AGA cooker will emit an odour for a short while, this is simply due to the protective oil we put on the hotplates and Boil (Boiling plate) ovens burning off. Due to the newness in the first couple of...
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  • Page 15: Aga Total Control Operating Modes

    This button must be on i.e. green to operate any part of your AGA Total Control, or for any Timed events. The handset will have been set up by the engineer, it should Manual have the correct time of day set.
  • Page 16 AUTO/Slumber PLEASE NOTE:- (ovens only) - brings selected ovens up to full heat from Slumber. • Don’t forget to include time for warm-up. The ovens can be selected to operate once or twice each day. • Don’t forget if you have set the AUTO/Slumber programme Each operation is termed an ‘event’, the start and finish time is and have selected the AUTO/Slumber mode, an oven or chosen by you unless you use the pre-set time.

  • Page 17: Powered Oven Venting

    Also ensure the vent fan is on if food is left in the AGA to keep warm. Please refer to Page 38 for Cleaning of the ovens.

  • Page 18: General Advice

    If a large combination of zones are it has warmed up, AGA recommends that for full heat to turned on simultaneously, it may slow down the individual saturate the castings it is best to leave them for one hour for warm up times.

  • Page 19: Handset

    LCD screen. Button Operations 1. Communication or ‘Handshake’ button used initially to synchronise the handset to the AGA Total Control. 2. Clock button Opens and closes the date and time settings screen. 3. Left/Back Button Moves back and highlights the previous setting.

  • Page 20: Communication/Handshake

    3. There is a power cut In the unlikely event of handset failure, the appliance would still 4. If the handset is out of range of the AGA Total Control be operational with the last selected programme. The cooker cooker can also be changed to Manual mode from one of the auto modes using the mode button on the control panel.
  • Page 21 Communication/Handshake This process will be required on the original installation of the AGA Total Control. If the handset is replaced for any reason the new handset will need to be synchronised. • You will also need to set the time and date.
  • Page 22 Step 3 Step 5 Simultaneously press the buttons, the serial Set the correct time and date see Page 22. number will be ‘found’ by the handset. Step 6 The following screen message then appears briefly. You have the option to set your own Auto programme at this stage, see Page 24.

  • Page 23: The Date/Time Setting Screen

    The Date/Time Setting Screen Press and hold Clock button until the screen is displayed. In this screen the time, date, month and year can be altered/set. Press the buttons to alter the highlighted time, date, month and year settings. Press the buttons to cycle between the time, date, month and year.
  • Page 24 Press button at any stage to save the settings and exit the DATE/TIME screen. ‘Message sent OK’ will appear on the screen when the handset is in range of the cooker. ‘Changes stored on handset only’ will appear on the screen, when the controller handset is out of range of the cooker.

  • Page 25: Auto/Events Program Screen

    Auto/Events Program Screen This screen is opened by pressing the 7-day event button In this screen, the number of events and the start and end time of events can be set. Each day can have a different number of events, and start and end times, or all seven days can be the same.
  • Page 26 What you can do How you do it The current day is shown on the display, this can be Press the buttons to navigate through the changed to the day that you wish to edit by pressing settings on the screen. When a setting is selected buttons.

  • Page 27: Information (Home) Screen

    Press any button on the handset to open this screen, from ‘Sleep’ mode. Symbol indicating the battery life. If there is no communication between the AGA Total Control and the handset because: the cooker is not powered, in standby or the handset is out of range from the cooker.

  • Page 28: Power Cuts

    Power Cuts under 10 minutes When the power is restored, the AGA Total Control will resume PLEASE NOTE: The handset time will need to be updated with normal operation as was set prior to the power interruption. Spring and Autumn time changes B.S.T / G.M.T. See page 22.
  • Page 29 The boiling plate is on the left hand side and the simmering convenient to you. For instance you may prefer to use just the plate is on the right hand side of the AGA Total Control. The hotplates for a quick dinner in the week or there can be a...
  • Page 30 The same size as the boiling plate the simmering plate is also place in a dishwasher between two dinner plates. machined flat to give the best all-over contact with the AGA saucepans, grill pan, frying pan and kettle. Please be advised the boiling plate is too hot to cook food direct on it.

  • Page 31: The Ovens

    The Ovens The top plate is the enamelled surface surrounding the Your AGA Total Control has three ovens, each of which is hotplates. It will become warm when the AGA Total Control pre-set at a different heat, just like the classic AGA heat hotplates are in use.
  • Page 32 As each oven is vented to the outside, operation of the fan The recipes below can be cooked on slumber, see separate when food is placed in the oven means cooking smells and recipe book steam are directed to the outside rather than being evacuated 62 | Pears with Cardamom into the kitchen.
  • Page 33 These elements heat the air and the cast iron within to provide cooking results consistent with the classic AGA heat-storage cooker, with the flexibility of being able to turn it to Slumber or Off when not required.
  • Page 34 60 | Cherry and Almond Tart 72 | Homemade Burgers with Chunky Wedges 86 | AGA Loaf 90 | Classic Cream-Tea 92 | The Ultimate Roast Chicken 94 | Dad’s Favourite Steak and Ale Pie...
  • Page 35 These elements recipe book. heat the air and the cast iron within to provide cooking results consistent with classic AGA heat-storage cookers, with the 14 | Muffins flexibility of being able to turn it to Slumber or Off when not 52 | Cosy Night in with Venison and Bramble Sauce required.
  • Page 36 This element heats the air and the cast iron within to provide cooking results consistent with the traditional simmering oven of the classic AGA heat-storage cooker, with the flexibility of being able to turn it to Off when not required. The simmering oven is always at a simmer or Slumber mode ideal for long slow cooking.
  • Page 37 • To get the very best performance, we recommend to use AGA cookware with thick bases and stacking lids. • Do not place dishes directly on to the oven base. Always place onto either a shelf or the floor grid.
  • Page 38 AGA TC5 (Hotcupboard Option) Slow Cooking Oven plus Warming Oven Points to remember when Slow Cooking: These ovens are heated by a single element at the rear of the • Pre-heat the oven for 30 minutes before starting to cook.
  • Page 39 Top Plate and Front Plate and make sure the linings are dry before closing the covers. The easiest way to clean the AGA top plate and front plate is to mop up spills as soon as they happen. It maybe useful to keep Oven door linings - the linings can be cleaned with hot soapy a damp cloth handy to do this.
  • Page 40 To clean the insulating covers, ensure the hotplates are turned off and allowed to cool before cleaning. They may be cleaned The enamelled roasting tins supplied with the AGA Total with a cream cleaner or soap impregnated pad. Control should be cleaned in hot soapy water, soaking if necessary.

  • Page 41: Fitting Of Oven Shelves

    Fitting Of Oven Shelves When using the oven shelves for the first time follow Figs. 4 - 7. fig 4 fig 5 Removal Of Oven Shelves fig 6 fig 7 Page 16:58 24/09/2012 515862_Layout EOPI 09-12...

  • Page 42: Error Codes

    • In the event of your appliance requiring maintenance, Make a note of your AGA Total Control Serial Number when it is please contact AGA Service or your AGA Specialist. being installed. The serial number can be found behind the •...
  • Page 43 Burns and injuries are caused almost invariably by picking up the burning pan to carry it outside. • Do not hang clothes on the left hand side of the AGA hand-rail. The electrical controls are behind the top left hand door, blocking the air vent can cause excessive control temperatures, and will prevent easy access to the controls.

  • Page 44: Steaming Vegetables

    Take thick slices of bread and place in hotplates using a steamer over an AGA saucepan, alternatively the AGA toaster – if the bread is very moist or very fresh, heat if you have the simmering oven, (or any oven at Slumber), the toaster beforehand to prevent sticking –...
  • Page 45 Place all the ingredients into a saucepan. over the cast iron with the wire brush, supplied with your new AGA Total Control. Pointing the spout towards the lid lining will help keep it clean, as the steam can loosen splashes. Give the AGA hotplate cooking: Place on the simmering plate and use a lining a quick wipe over after removing the kettle.
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