AEG MICROMAT 135 User Manual

MICROMAT 125/135

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Dear Customer

Thank you for buying a MICROMAT microwave oven and show­ ing trust in the AEG brand name.

Before using the AEG microwave for the first time please read the instruction booklet thoroughly.

It has been written to help you take advantage of all the features that this microwave offers.

In return the MICROMAT will reward you by giving you troublefree operation and also avoids unnecessary service calls.

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Contents

Microwaves - what are they?	4
Safety instructions	5/6
Other important points ...	7
How to cook by time and power
General hints on cooking, heating, and defrosting	7
Standing time	7
The correct ovenware	8
Special browning skillet	9
Features MICROMAT 125/135	10/11
First use	12/13
Setting and correcting the time of day/timer
Cooking time and power	14/15
Automatic cooking	16/17
Automatic defrosting	18/19
Saving three cooking programmes of your own	20/21
Hints on power settings	22
Practical hints on working with microwave	23
appliances
Cooking tables	24-29
Cleaning and care	30
if you think your microwave oven is not functioning
properiy	31
instailation and connection	32
Table-top model
Built-in model	32
Service centre	33
Technical data	34
Data for test centres	35

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Microwaves - what are they?

Microwaves belong to the family of electromagnetic waves. These waves are able to transmit energy like radio waves. Microwaves are dose relatives of the short waves known in radio and TV, being used, not to transmit music and TV pictures, but to cook food.

During the cooking cycle, the microwaves penetrate inside the food. Without any intermediate carrier, they generate heat below the surface by causing the food molecules to vibrate. The heat of friction thus generated propagates through the food, enabling the latter to be defrosted, heated, and cooked.

This is the basic difference between a microwave appliance and conventional cooker. Cookers externally apply heat to the food via heat flux (oven), heat conduction (hob), or heat radiation (grill).

How quickly a microwave oven cooks food depends very strong­ ly on the quantity, quality, and shape of the food.

Since, during microwave cooking, heat is not uniformly generated at all locations, it is important that the food to be heated is stirred or turned when large quantities are being cooked.

Since this cooking method involves generation of heat inside the food itself and not via an intermediate carrier (fat or water), nutrient-conserving cooking is possible.

Vitamins and minerals are retained in the food and not swept away as during conventional cooking.

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Safety instructions

The golden rules for trouble-free and save working with a microwave oven

1. Switch the appliance on only when food has been placed in the cooking space, and only operate it when the turntable is inserted.

2.Always keep the appliance clean, especially in the vicinity of the door seals and door seal surfaces.

3.Never damage:

■the door

■the door hinges

■the door seals and their surfaces

■the door frame

(e.g. never jam anything between door and frame)

Clean the door seals and their surfaces (also the door frame) with a mild detergent and hot water.

Note:

Should the door seals and door seal surfaces be damaged, the appliance should not be operated until it has been re­ paired by the AEG Service Centre or by an AEG-trained elec­ trician!

4.Only use suitable ovenware.

5.When heating liquids, please always additionally place a tea­ spoon In the container to avoid delayed boiling.

But it must not touch the walls.

During delayed boiling, the boiling temperature is attained without typical steam bubbles rising. Even when the contain­ er is only slightly shaken, the liquid may then suddenly vigor­ ously boil over or spurt. Risk of scalding.

6.Food with a “skin” or “peel”, such as potatoes, tomatoes, sau­ sages, and the like should be pierced with a fork so that any steam present can escape and the food will not burst.

7.Make sure that a minimum temperature of 70 °C is attained for the cooking/heating of food. This will be achieved if you follow the instructions given in the cooking tables (time/ power). Never use a mercury or liquid thermometer for meas­ uring the food temperatures.

8.Babyfood in jars or bottles should basically be heated with­ out a lid or top and well stirred or shaken after heating to en­ sure uniform distribution of the heat. Before giving your child the babyfood, please check the temperature.

9.Please note that, at high power and time settings, the

ovenware heats up. Therefore use protective mittens suit­ oCO able for handling pots and pans.

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Safety instructions for the user

Safety instructions for the user

10. Do not leave the appliance to operate unattended if food is to be warmed or cooked in disposable contain­ ers made of plastic, paper, or other inflammable mate­ rials.

Should smoke be observed the oven door must be kept closed and the oven switched off or else discon­ nected from the power supply.

11.Never use your microwave oven:

■to boil eggs and escargots in their shells, since they will otherwise burst!

■to heat large quantities of cooking oil (fondue, deep-frying) and drinks containing a high percent­ age of alcohol (danger of spontaneous combus­ tion!)

a to heat unopened cans, bottles, etc. a to dry animals, textiles, and paper

a for crockery (porcelain, ceramics, earthenware, etc.) having voids that fill with water and which may cause vapour pressures to build up during microwave cooking. Please follow the respective manu­ facturer’s instructions.

12. Use your appliance only as instructed and as indicated in the “Cooking tables”. Never overcook your food by exces­ sive times and excessive power settings.

Specific areas of the food will otherwise dry out and my ig­ nite.

13. Should the power cable fitted to the appliance be damaged, it must be replaced with an identical one. This work may only be carried out by the manufacturer’s staff or by qualified electricians who have been trained by the manaufacturer.

AEG electrical appliances comply with all the relevant safety regulations. Never, ever use the microwave oven if it is no longer functioning properly.

In order to maintain the safety of your appiiance, you may only have repairs, particularly to the live parts of the appli­ ance, carried out by a qualified electrician trained by the manufacturer, in the case of any defect or breakdown you must therefore contact your electrical dealer or our Ser­ vice Centre direct.

if repairs are carried out improperly, the result can be seri­ ous danger for the user.

The interior lighting in the cooking space can only be re­ placed by the AEG Service Centre or by an AEG-trained electrician.

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What’s also important:

To familiarise easily and quickly with the operation of the microwave oven, please use the "Cooking Tables” section.

Cooking time depends on the quantity of food. As a guide:

Double Quantity = Almost Double Time

Please refer to the Tables. Initially always select the shorter cook­ ing time. Only when necessary extend the time as required.

Food comes in different qualities and is prepared in different quantities, therefore the times and amounts of energy necessary for defrosting, heating or cooking are different.

The standing time referred to in the “Cooking tables" means: Allow the food to stand without power i. e. inside or outside the appliance, to ensure that the heat in the food is uniformly distribut­ ed.

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How to cook by time

and power

General hints on cooking, heating,

and defrosting

Standing time

The correct ovenware

The correct ovenware

Crockery material	Open	3ting mode	s
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Glass^)	X	X	X
Ceramic	X	X	X
Porcelain^)	X	X	X
Earthenware^)	X	X	X
Plastic crockery^)	X	X	X
Paper cups	X	-	-
Paper plates	X	-	-
Grease-proof paper^)	X	X	-
Board®)	X	X	-
Aluminium foil®)	X	X	X
Aluminium containers,		X	X
ready meal containers	X
Metal objects'^)	-	-	-
Crockery with metal base	-	-	-
Keep-fresh foil	X	-	-
Roasting foil	X	X	X

But without silver, gold, platinum, or metal base. Please note the relevant manufacturer’s Instructions. Please follow the instructions given under “Practical hints on working with microwave appliances”.

'*) For exceptions, see “Golden rules”.

®) Under prolonged heating, there Is a risk of fire!

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Since, during microwave cooking with short roasting times or with	Special
very lean meat, no heavy browning of the food is achieved, spe­	browning
cial browning skillets and grill plates are obtainable from your	skillet
electrical retailer.
Browning skillets have a bottom coating which becomes very hot
when the skillets are preheated empty. The preheating time for
this skillet is variously long and depends on the required degree
of browning of the food concerned.
Caution: When working with browning skillet, the grid (ac­
cessory available from the AEG service centre) must absolutely
be inserted on the turntable (see illustration)!
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ET-no. 661 917 400 (MICROMAT 135)

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If this is not observed, the turntable can be damaged dur­ ing operation or when the door of the appliance is opened!

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Features

Features A Door closer and bolt

B Wave stirrer cover

C Interior lighting

D Turntable (must always be In oven during operation)

E Door seal

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F Door with viewing window

G Electronic timer

H Button for time of day/cooking time ©

I Buttons for advance and return run

J Button stop and/or cancel programme

K Button for cooking power

L Start button ^

M Off/On button for turntable

N Door release ^

O Buttons for programme sequence memory

P Button automatic cooking ®

Q Button automatic defrosting ®

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