AEG MICROMAT 125 User Manual

MICROMAT 125/135 AEG

Microwave Oven

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Contents

Microwaves - what are they?		4
Safety instructions		5/6
Other important points ...
How to cook by time and power		7
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
appliances		23
Cooking tables		24-29
Cleaning and care		30
If you think your microwave oven is not functioning		31
properly
Installation and connection
Table-top model		32
Built-in model		32
Service centre		33
Technical <lata		34
Data for test centres		35

Microwaves -	Microwaves belong to the family of electromagnetic waves.
what are they?	These waves are able to transmit energy like radio waves.
	Microwaves are close 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.

Safety instructions

The golden rules for trouble-free and save working with a	Safety
microwave oven	instructions
1. Switch the appliance on only when food has been	for the user
placed in the cooking space, and only operate it when
the turntabie 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-frained 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 able for handling pots and pans.

Safety 10. Do not leave the appliance to operate unattended if

instructions	food is to	be warmed or cooked in	disposable	contain-
for the user	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:
	B to boil eggs and escargots in their shells, since they
		will otherwise burst!
	B to heat large quantities of		cooking oii	(fondue,
		deep-frying) and drinks containing a high percent­
		age of alcohol (danger of spontaneous combus­
		tion!)
	B to heat unopened cans, bottles, etc.
	B to dry animals, textiles, and paper
	B	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 aii the reievant safety regulations. Never, ever use the microwave oven if it is no longer functioning properiy.

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.

What’s also important:

To familiarise easily and quickly with the operation of the microHow- to cook wave oven, please use the “Cooking Tables” section. by time Cooking time depends on the quantity of food. As a guide: and power

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 differentGeneral hints quantities, therefore the times and amounts of energy necessaryon cooking, for defrosting, heating or cooking are different heating,

and defrosting

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

The correct ovenware

The correct ovenware

Crockery material		Operaiting model		5
	Defrost­ Heating			Cook­
	ing			ing
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 foiP)	X		X	X
Aluminium containers,	X		X	X
ready meal containers
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 appiiances”.

For exceptions, see “Golden rules”.

Under prolonged heating, there is a risk of fire!

Since, during microwave cooking with short roasting times orSpecialwith very lean meat, no heavy browning of the food is achieved, spebrowning­ cial browning skillets and grill plates are obtainable from yourskillet 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 skiilet, the grid (ac­ cessory available from the AEG service centre) must absoiutely be inserted on the turntable (see illustration)!

ET-no. 661 917 375 (MICROMAT 125)

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!

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 <t>

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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