AEG MICROMAT DUO 220 User Manual
MICROMAT DUO 220/230
Microwave Oven
Four à micro-ondes
Apparecchio à microonde
Magnetronoven
Aparato microondas
Operating Instructions
Mode d’emploi
Istruzioni per l’uso
Gebruiksaanwijzing
Instrucciones para el uso
Dear Customer
Thank you for buying a MICROMAT-DUO microwave oven and
showing trust in the AEG brand name.
Before using the AEG microwave with grill 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-DUO will reward you by giving you
troublefree operation and also avoids unnecessary service
calls.
Printed on recycled'paper.
AEG - putting words into action.
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
Features 9
First use: 10
Micro-wave solo operation
- Setting cooking time/power 11
- Start/interruption 11
- Defrosting 11
Micro-wave operation combined with heat
- Setting cooking time/power/grill 12
- Start/interruption 12
- Recommendations 13
- Combined operation tabie 14
Grill operation - Setting grill time/power
- Start/interruption 15
- Recommendations 16
- Grilling table 16
Hints on power settings 17
Practical hints on working with microwave
appiiances 18
Cooking tables 19-23
Cleaning and care 24
if you think your microwave oven is not functioning
properly 25
Installation and connection
Table-top model 25
Built-in model 26
Service centre 26
Special accessories 27
Technical data 28
Data for test centres 29
Microwaves -
what are they?
Microwaves belong to the family of electromagnetic waves.
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 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
u 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 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 oil (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 buiid up during micro-
wave 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 po\wer 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.
14. The viewing window heats up in combined operation
and when grilling, so keep small children well away
from the appliance.
15. If the viewing window is hot, please close the door by
pressing the trapezium-shaped plate on the lower
right-hand side of the door.
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 appliance, you may only have repairs, par
ticularly to the live parts of the appliance, carried out by a
qualified electrician trained by the manufacturer. In the
case of any defect or breakdown you must therefore con
tact your electrical dealer or our Service 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 replaced 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 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.
I 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.
How to cook
by time
and power
General hints
on cooking,
heating,
and
defrosting
Standing
time
The correct ovenware
The correct
ovenware
Crockery material
De
frost
ing
operating modes
Heat
ing
Cook
ing
Combined
operation
microwave
-1- grill
Glass’)
X X
Glass ceramic X
Porcelain’) X X
Earthenware’)
Plastic crockery^)
Paper cups
P^er plates
X X X X
X X X
X
X
Grease-proof paper®) X
Cardboard®)
Aluminium foiP)
Meta! objects")
Aluminium containers
X X
X X
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X X
X X X
-
- X - -
-
X X
X X
-
- X -
- X X
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-
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Crockery with metal
parts
Keep-fresh foil
Roasting foil
- X X
X X
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-
-
-
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Excluding silver, gold, platinum, or metal parts
Please note the relevant manufacturer’s instructions
3) Important: please follow the Instructions given under
“Practical hints on working with microwave appliances”
For exceptions, see “Golden rules”
With prolonged heating there is a risk of firel
Pre-cleaning
the oven
Before using my oven for the first time, clean all accessories, turn
table, turntable support etc., with warm water and washing-up
liquid.
MC 254
MC 256
J H
MICROMAT DUO 220/230
A Door with viewing window
B 9-level powerswitch @
C
60-minute time-switch ©
D
On/Off switch for turntable
E
Start button <I>
F
3-level grill switch 0
G
Door release
H Wave stirrer cover
I Interior lighting
J Grill heating bar 1300W (MC DUO 220),
K Turntable (must always be in oven during operation)
L Door seal
M Door closer and bolt
N Shelf levels
%
1700W (MC DUO 230)
Features
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