AEG MICROMAT 135 User Manual
MICROMAT 125/135
Microwave Oven
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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.
Printed on recycled paper.
AEG - putting words into action.
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Contents
Microwaves - what are they?
Safety instructions
Other important points ...
How to cook by time and power
General hints on cooking, heating, and defrosting
Standing time
The correct ovenware
Special browning skillet
Features MICROMAT 125/135
First use
Setting and correcting the time of day/timer
Cooking time and power
Automatic cooking
Automatic defrosting
Saving three cooking programmes of your own
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Hints on power settings
Practical hints on working with microwave appliances
Cooking tables
Cleaning and care
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instailation and connection
Table-top model
Built-in model
Service centre
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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
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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
able for handling pots and pans.
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
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How to cook
by time
and power
General hints
on cooking,
heating,
and
defrosting
Standing
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The correct ovenware
The correct
ovenware
Crockery material Open
Defrost
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Ceramic X
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Earthenware^) X
Plastic crockery^)
Paper cups
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Paper plates X
Grease-proof paper^) X
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Aluminium foil®) X
Aluminium containers,
ready meal containers
Metal objects'^)
Crockery with metal base
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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
very lean meat, no heavy browning of the food is achieved, spe
cial browning skillets and grill plates are obtainable from your
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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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
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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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