MICROMAT 125/135
Microwave Oven
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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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Microwaves - what are they? |
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Safety instructions |
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Other important points ... |
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How to cook by time and power |
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General hints on cooking, heating, and defrosting |
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Standing time |
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The correct ovenware |
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Special browning skillet |
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Features MICROMAT 125/135 |
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First use |
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Setting and correcting the time of day/timer |
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Cooking time and power |
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Automatic cooking |
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Automatic defrosting |
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Saving three cooking programmes of your own |
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Hints on power settings |
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Practical hints on working with microwave |
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appliances |
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Cooking tables |
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Cleaning and care |
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if you think your microwave oven is not functioning |
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properiy |
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instailation and connection |
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Table-top model |
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Built-in model |
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Service centre |
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Technical data |
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Data for test centres |
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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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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.
■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.
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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!
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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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
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General hints on cooking, heating,
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Standing time
The correct ovenware
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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 |
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very lean meat, no heavy browning of the food is achieved, spe |
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Browning skillets have a bottom coating which becomes very hot |
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this skillet is variously long and depends on the required degree |
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of browning of the food concerned. |
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Caution: When working with browning skillet, the grid (ac |
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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 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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