AEG B4142-1-M User Manual
COMPETENCE B4142-1
Pyrolytic Self-Cleaning Electric Oven
User information
Dear customer,
Please read these user information carefully.
Pay particular attention to the section “Safety information” on the first
few pages. Please retain this user information for later reference. Pass
them on to possible new owners of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
1 Safety instructions
Warning: Information concerning your personal safety.
Important: Information on how to avoid damaging the appliance.
3 Information and practical tips
2 Environmental information
1. These numbers indicate step by step how to use the appliance.
2. …
3. …
This user information contain information on steps you can take yourself to rectify a possible malfunction. Refer to the section “What to do
if...”.
In the event of any technical problems please contact your nearest customer service centre at any time. (Addresses and telephone numbers
may be found in the appendix under "Customer Service Centres“).
You should also refer to the section "Service".
Printed on recycled paper.
Thinking ecologically means acting ecologically …
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Contents
Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Description of the Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
General Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Oven Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Oven accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before Using for the First Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Initial Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the Oven On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Oven Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Inserting the Shelf and Universal Baking Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inserting/Removing the Fat Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turnspit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clock Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switching Off the Time Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Oven safety cut-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Uses, Tables and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Baking Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Pies and Gratin Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Frozen Ready Meals Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table for Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Grills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Grilling Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Grilling with the turnspit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Defrosting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Defrosting table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Preserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Cleaning and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Oven Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pyrolytic cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Shelf Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Oven Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Oven Door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Oven door glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What to do if ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Oven Interior Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety Instructions for the Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Operating Instructions
1 Safety
Electrical Safety
• The appliance may only be connected by a registered specialist.
• In the event of any faults or damage to the appliance: remove fuses
or switch off.
• It is not permissible to clean the appliance with a steam or high
pressure cleaner for safety reasons!
• Repairs to the appliance may only be carried out by specialists. Re-
pairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious
malfunctioning. If your appliance needs repairing, please contact
your local AEG Service Force Centre or your specialist dealer.
Child Safety
• Never leave children unsupervised when the appliance is in use.
Safety whilst Using
• This appliance is intended to be used for cooking, frying and baking
food in the home.
• Take care when connecting electric appliances to sockets nearby. Do
not allow connecting leads to come into contact with hot rings or to
catch beneath the hot oven door.
• Warning: Risk of burns! The interior of the oven becomes hot dur-
ing use.
• Using ingredients containing alcohol in the oven may create an alcohol-air mixture that is easily ignited. In this case, open the door carefully. Do not have embers, sparks or naked flames in the vicinity when
opening the door.
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To Avoid Damaging Your Appliance
• Do not line your oven with aluminium foil and do not place a baking
tray or dish on the oven floor, otherwise the oven enamel will be
damaged by the resulting build up of heat.
• Juice from fruit that drips from baking trays will leave marks that
cannot be removed. For very moist cakes, use the universal baking
tray.
• Do not put any weight on the oven door when it is open.
• Never pour water directly into the hot oven. The enamel may be dam-
aged.
• Using force, especially on the edges of the front glass panel, may
break the glass.
• Do not store inflammable objects in the oven. They may ignite when
the oven is switched on.
• Do not store moist food in the oven. The enamel may be damaged.
2 Disposal
Disposing of the packaging material
All materials used can be fully recycled.
Plastics are marked as follows:
• >PE< for polyethylene, as used for the outer wrapping and the bags
inside.
• >PS< for polystyrene foam, e.g., as used for the padding materials.
They are completely free of CFCs.
Disposal of old appliances
1 Warning: Before disposing of old appliances please make them inoper-
able so that they cannot be the source of danger.
To do this, disconnect the appliance from the mains supply and remove the mains lead.
To protect the environment, it is important that worn out appliances
are disposed of in the correct manner.
• The appliance must not be disposed of with household rubbish.
• You can obtain information about collection dates or public refuse
disposal sites from your local refuse department or council.
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Description of the Appliance
General Overview
Control panel
Door
handle
Full glass
door
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Control Panel
Oven Power Indicato
Oven Functions Temperature selector
Oven Features
Shelf positions
Temperature Pilot Light
Time display
Clock function buttons
Top heat and heating elements
Oven lighting
Fat Filter
Turnspit
Rear wall heating
Bottom Heat
Oven shelf runners, removable
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Oven accessories
Combination shelf
For dishes, cake tins, items for
roasting and grilling.
Baking tray
For cakes and biscuits.
Universal baking tray
For moist cakes, juicy roasts or as
baking sheet or collecting vessel for
fat.
Turnspit with support
For roasting larger joints of meat
and poultry.
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Before Using for the First Time
Setting the Time
3 The oven will only function if the time is set.
The set time function indicator will
flash after the appliance has been
connected to the mains or following
a power failure.
Use the + or - buttons to set the
current time.
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After approx. 5 seconds the function indicator will stop flashing and
the clock will show the set time.
The appliance is ready for use.
Initial Cleaning
Before using the oven for the first time you should clean it thoroughly.
1 Caution: Do not use any caustic, abrasive cleaners! The surface could
be damaged.
3 To clean metal fronts use commercially available cleaning agents.
1. Turn the oven function switch to oven lighting L.
2. Remove all accessories and the shelf support rails and wash them with
warm water and washing up liquid.
3. Then wash out the oven with warm water and washing-up liquid, and
dry.
4. Wipe the front of the appliance with a damp cloth.
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Using the Oven
The oven is equipped with retractable buttons for “Oven functions”
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and “Temperature selection”. To use, press the relevant button.
The button then sticks out.
Switching the Oven On and Off
Oven Power Indicator
Temperature Display
Functions Display
Oven Functions Temperature selector
1. Turn the oven function selector to the desired function.
2. Turn the temperature selector to the desired temperature.
The yellow ON indicator light remains lit as long as the oven is in operation.
The red temperature indicator light remains lit as long as the oven is
heating.
3. To switch off the oven, turn the oven function selector and temperature selector to the OFF position.
Temperature Pilot Light
3 Cooling fan
When the oven is switched on, the fan comes on automatically to keep
the surfaces the appliance cool. When the oven is switched off, the fan
continues to operate to cool the appliance down, then switches itself
off.
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Oven Functions
The oven has the following functions:
L Oven lighting
With this function you can illuminate the oven interior, e.g., for cleaning.
The heating element is not in use.
¢ Pizza & baking
For baking cakes on one level and for pastries that need more browning and a crispy base. These include such foods as pizza, quiche lorraine,
and cheese cake.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
Conventional is used and in addition the fan is switched on.
¥ Fan cooking
For baking on up to three levels at the same time.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
The rear wall heating element is used and in addition the fan is
switched on.
¡ Conventional
For baking or roasting on one level.
The conventional heating elements are in use.
» Rotitherm
For grilling larger pieces of meat or poultry on one level. This function
is suitable for soufflés and 'au gratin'.
The grill heating element and Top Heat operate alternately when the
fan is on.
¾ Large grill + Turnspit
For grilling large poultry and meat roasts.
Top Heat and the grill heating element are on.
½ Grill + Turnspit
For grilling poultry and meat roasts.
Top Heat and the grill heating element are on.
U Bottom Heat
For crisping cakes that require a crisp base.
The bottom heating element is in use.
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A Defrost
To begin to thaw and to defrost such items as flan, butter, bread, fruit
or other frozen foods.
For this function the fan operates without heating.
P Pyroluxe
For pyrolytic self-cleaning.
During this process splashes and deposits are burned in the oven and
can be washed off once the oven has cooled.
The oven is heated to approx. 500 °C.
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Inserting the Shelf and Universal Baking Tray
3 Anti-tip device
All slide-in units have a small bulge on the left and right. This bulge is
an anti-tip device and must always point to the rear of the oven.
Tray or universal baking tray:
The anti-tip device must point towards the rear of the oven.
Inserting shelf:
Insert the shelf unit with both guide
rails pointing upwards. The anti-tip
device must point downwards and
be positioned to the rear of the
oven compartment.
Inserting shelf and tray:
When the shelf unit and universal
baking tray are used together, carefully place the shelf anti-tip device
in the bulges on the tray.
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Inserting/Removing the Fat Filter
The fat filter protects the rear wall
heating element against splashes of
fat when roasting.
Inserting the fat filter
Holding the fat filter by the tab,
insert the two retainers into the
opening on the rear wall of the
oven (fan opening) from the top
downwards.
Removing the fat filter
Take hold of the tab on the fat
filter and remove by pulling upwards.
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Turnspit
Attaching the food to be grilled
1. Place one fork on the turnspit.
2. Add the food to be grilled followed
by the second fork
3 Make sure the food is in the middle
of the spit.
3. Tighten the forks using the screws.
Inserting the turnspit
1. Insert the general purpose tray in
the first shelf position from the
bottom.
2. Insert the turnspit support at the
front on the right-hand side in the
third shelf position from the bottom.
3. Place the handle on the spit and
press the clip down.
3 The clip must be kept pressed down to keep the handle secure on the
turnspit.
4. Push the point of the turnspit into the drive at the left-hand side of the
back wall of the oven until it snaps in.
5. Place the groove in front of the handle on the notch provided on the
turnspit support.
6. Remove the handle.
7. Set oven function and temperature
as given in the Turnspit Table.
3 Make sure that the turnspit turns.
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Removing the turnspit
1 Warning: The turnspit is very hot when the cooking process has ended.
When taking it out, there is the risk of burns!
1. Switch off the oven.
2. Place the handle on the turnspit
3. Press the clip down.
3 The clip must be kept pressed down to keep the handle secure on the
turnspit.
4. Remove the turnspit with the food.
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