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Cleaning, Care, Maintenance
Clean your pressure cooker after every use with hot water and
washing-up liquid. Do not use any scratching, abrasive or caustic
cleaners, or any containing chlorine. The pot can also be cleaned
in the dishwasher without its lid.
Please do not clean the pot lid in the
dishwasher!
Cleaning and replacing the sealing ring
Wipe over the sealing ring and rinse it under hot running water and
dry it.
Under conditions of normal use, the sealing ring should be replaced
once a year, or at the latest when it becomes hard or starts to turn
brown.
The safety valve
The safety valve – in conjunction with cleaning the lid – only needs
to be flushed through and rinsed with running water. Check its free
movement by pressing the metal pin with the finger.
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Cleaning the pressure regulator
Remove the plastic cover from the pot lid. To do this, press the valve
and turn it completely to the left to Position
The cover can now be lifted
off, and the valve removed
and cleaned under running
water.
Please make sure that the
grooves in the valve fit into
the matching slots
The cleaned and dried pressure cooker should now be stored in a
clean, dry and protected place. Do not put the lid on the pot, but lay
it upside-down on the pot.
Handles
Check regularly to ensure the handles are tight. Should the handles
have become loose, retighten them with a suitable screwdriver.
When it takes a long time to come to the boil:
•
the source of heat is not hot enough
•
turn up the heat source to maximum
If the red safety valve has not risen, and no steam is escaping
from the valve during cooking:
•
This is normal in the first few minutes (pressure build-up)
•
If it persists, check if:
• the source of heat is hot enough; if not, turn it up
• there is sufficient liquid in the cooker
• the pressure regulator valve is (incorrectly!) set to
• the pressure cooker lid is properly closed
• the sealing ring or the rim of the cooker is damaged
When the safety valve has risen and during cooking no steam
is escaping from the pressure regulator:
•
hold the pressure cooker under running water to release the
pressure,
•
open the pot,
•
clean the pressure regulator and the safety valve
When steam escapes all around the lid, check:
•
whether the lid is properly closed
•
whether the sealing ring is properly fitted
•
the condition of the sealing ring (if necessary, change it)
•
cleanliness of the lid, the safety valve, and the pressure
regulator
•
that the rim of the cooker is in good order
Questions and answers
When the lid cannot be opened:
•
check that the safety valve has dropped completely; if not,
release the pressure
•
if necessary, cool the pot under cold running water
When the food being cooked is either under- or overcooked,
check:
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the cooking time (too short or too long)
•
the hotplate output
•
that the pressure regulator is correctly set
•
the amount of liquid
When the handles on the pot are loose:
•
retighten the screws using a screwdriver
When the food being cooked is burned on in the pot:
•
leave the pot to soak for a good time before cleaning it
•
do not use caustic cleaners or those containing chlorine
When one of the safety devices is triggered:
•
turn off the heat
•
allow the pressure cooker to cool down
•
open it
•
check and clean the pressure regulator, safety valve and
the sealing ring
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