AEG-Electrolux EKM601101W User Manual

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Mixed-Fuel Cooker

EKM601101

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Contents

Safety information 2
Product description 4
Accessories 5
Operating instructions 5
Before first use 8

Subject to change without notice

Helpful hints and tips 8
Care and cleaning 14
What to do if… 16
Technical data 17
Installation 18

Safety information

Important! You MUST read these warnings
carefully before installing or using the
appliance. If you need assistance, please,
contact to our Customer Care Department.

Installation

• The work of installation must be carried out
by competent and qualified installers ac­cording to the regulations in force.

• Any modifications to the domestic electri­cal mains which may be necessary for the
installation of the appliance should be car­ried out only by competent personnel.

• Check your appliance for any transport
damage. Never connect a damaged ap­pliance. If your appliance is damaged, con­tact your supplier.

• It is dangerous to modify, or attempt to
modify, the characteristics of this appli­ance.

• Avoid installation of the appliance near in­flammable material (e.g. curtains, tea tow­els, etc.).

• This appliance is heavy. Take care when
moving it.

• This appliance cannot be positioned on a
base.

• Remove all packaging before using the ap­pliance.

• Some parts have a shock-resistant plastic
film protection. Be sure to remove this
plastic film before you start operating the
appliance and clean the parts involved us­ing a soft cloth wrung out in warm water to
which a little washing up liquid has been
added.

• Ensure that the gas and electrical supply
complies with the type stated on the rating
plate, located near the gas supply pipe.

Child safety

• This appliance is not intended for use by
children or other persons whose physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of
experience and knowledge prevents them
from using the appliance safely without su­pervision or instruction by a responsible
person to ensure that they can use the ap­pliance safely.

• This appliance is designed to be operated
by adults. Do not allow children to play
near or with the appliance.

• The appliance gets hot when it is in use.
Children should be kept away until it has
cooled.

• Children can also injure themselves by
pulling pans or pots off the appliance.

During use

• This appliance is intended for domestic
cooking only. It is not designed for com­mercial or industrial purposes.

• Ensure a good ventilation around the ap­pliance. A poor air supply could cause lack
of oxygen.

• This appliance is not connected to a com­bustion products evacuation device. It
shall be installed and connected in accord­ance with current installation regulations.
Particular attention shall be given to the
relevant requirements regarding ventila­tion.

• When in use the appliance will produce
heat and moisture in the room in which it
has been installed. Ensure there is a con­tinuous air supply, keeping air vents in
good condition or installing a cooker hood
with a venting hose.

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• When using the appliance for a long period
of time, the ventilation should be improved,
by opening a window or increasing the ex­tractor speed.

• If the appliance is fitted with a cover, its
function is to protect the surface from dust
when closed and to accumulate splashes
of grease when open. Do not use for
other purposes .

• Always clean the cover before closing.

• Leave the burners to cool before closing
the cover.

• Do not use this appliance if it is in contact
with water. Do not operate the appliance
with wet hands.

• Ensure the control knobs are in the OFF
position when not in use.

• During use the appliance becomes hot.
Care should be taken to avoid touching
heating elements inside the oven.

• Always stand back from the oven when
opening the oven door, to allow any build
up of steam or heat to release.

• When using other electrical appliances,
ensure the cable does not come into con­tact with the hot surfaces of the appliance.

• Unstable or misshapen pans should not be
used on the hob burners as unstable pans
can cause an accident by tipping or spill­age.

•

To facilitate ignition, light the burners
before placing pans on the grid . After

having lit the burners check that the flame
is regular.

• Always lower the flame or turn it off before
removing the pan.

• Never leave the appliance unattended
when cooking with oil and fats.

• This appliance should be kept clean at all
times. A build-up of fats or foodstuffs could
result in a fire.

• Never use plastic dishes in the oven or on
the hob burners. Never line any part of the
oven with aluminium foil.

• Always ensure that the oven vent which is
located at the centre back of the hob is left
unobstructed to ensure ventilation of the
oven cavity.

• Perishable food, plastic items and areosols
may be affected by heat and should not be
stored above the appliance.

• During cooking the storage drawer may
become hot if the oven is on high for a long

period of time, therefore flammable mate­rials such as oven gloves, tea towels, plas­tic aprons etc. should not be stored in the
drawer.

• Oven accessories such as baking sheets,
will also become hot, therefore care should
be taken when removing these items from
the drawer whilst the oven is in use or still
hot.

• Only heat-resistant plates may be placed
in the drawer situated under the oven. Do
not put combustible materials there .

• Never use steam or high pressure steam
cleaners to clean the appliance.

• Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or
sharp metal scraper to clean the oven door
glass since they can scratch the surface,
which may result in shattering of the glass.

Service

This appliance should only be repaired or
serviced by an authorised Service Engineer
and only genuine approved spare parts
should be used.

Environmental information

• After installation, please dispose of the
packaging with due regard to safety and
the environment.

• When disposing of an old appliance, make
it unusable, by cutting off the cable.

•

The symbol

on the product or on its
packaging indicates that this product may
not be treated as household waste. In­stead it shall be handed over to the appli­cable collection point for the recycling of
electrical and electronic equipment. By en­suring this product is disposed of correct­ly, you will help prevent potential negative
consequences for the environment and
human health, which could otherwise be
caused by inappropriate waste handling of
this product. For more detailed information
about recycling of this product, please
contact your local city office, your house­hold waste disposal service or the shop
where you purchased the product.

Important! Keep this instruction book for
future reference and ensure it is passed on
to any new owner.

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Important! These instruction are only valid

in the countries whose symbols appear on
this booklet’s cover.

Product description

Control panel

8

1 2 3 4

1 Electric ignition push button
2 Back left burner control knob (semi-rapid)
3 Front left burner control knob (rapid pow-

er)

4 Front right burner control knob (auxiliary)

The oven cavity

1 2

3

5 6 7

5 Back right hotplate control knob (solid)
6 Oven function control knob
7 Oven thermostat control light
8 General control light

1 Grill element
2 Oven light
3 Oven shelves

Accessories

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Dripping tray

It is used to collect juice when cooking in it.
If you do not use the dripping tray, remove it
from the oven.

Baking tray

Operating instructions

Control knobs on the gas hob

The knobs for using the gas hob of the cook­er are found on the control panel. The regu­lation knobs could be turned in anti clockwise
direction until the small flame symbol, and
vice-versa for the larger symbol.

No gas supply
Maximum gas supply
Minimum gas supply

Oven shelf

One or two, depending on the model.
All accessories can be stored in the drawer
which is located underneath the oven cavity.

Warning! During cooking the storage
drawer may become hot.

Ignition of hob burners

To ignite a burner, before positioning the sau­cepan:

1. press the electric ignition push button
marked by a small spark

2. push the corresponding knob in com­pletely and turn in an anticlockwise direc­tion to the maximum position

3. keep the knob pushed for about 5 sec­onds. This will allow the thermocouple to
be heated and the safety device to be
switched off, otherwise the gas supply
would be interrupted

4. upon ignition regulate the flame as re­quired

If after a few attempts the burner does not
ignite, check that the baffle and its cap are
correctly positioned. To interrupt the supply
of gas, turn the knob in a clockwise direction

to the position

Warning! During cooking, when using
fats or oils, take particular care as they
can, when overheated, self-ignite.

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Warning! Do not keep the control knob

pressed for more than 15 seconds. If the
burner does not light even after 15
seconds, release the control knob, turn
it the off position and wait for at least 1
minute before trying to light the burner
again.

Lighting the hob manually

When lighting the hob manually (in case of
lack of electricity) hold a flame near the burn­er. Never turn the control knob before ap­proaching the burner with the flame.

Control knob of the electric hotplate

To switch on a hotplate, turn the relevant
control knob to the required heat setting.

The control knob is numbered 0- 3.
0 - OFF
1 - Minimum
3- Maximum
The hob has a normal hotplates (back right).
We recommend the plates are switched to
maximum (position 3) for a short while to
boost the plate, and then adjusted to the re­quired setting.

Different kinds of burners
The hob has 2 kinds of burners: electric

hotplate and gas burner (picture below).

1

2

3

4

1 Burner cap
2 Burner crown
3 Spark generator

4 Thermocouple

To ensure maximum burner efficiency, use
only pots and pans with a flat bottom fitting
the size of the burner used.

The hob lid

The lid is meant to avoid dust to settle on the
hob, when it is closed, and to collect
splashes of oil or fat, when it is open. Do not
use it for any other purpose.
Always wipe off any splash of liquid before
opening the lid.
Always clean the lid from cooking residue
before opening it or taking it off.

Warning! The glass lid may shatter
when heated. Turn off all the burners
before shutting the lid.

Use only pans or pots with flat bottom.

Warning! If you use a saucepan which
is smaller than the recommended size,
the flame will spread beyond the bottom
of the pan, causing the handle to
overheat.

As soon as a liquid starts boiling, turn
down the flame so that it will barely keep
the liquid simmering.

Important! The stainless steel can become
tarnished if excessively heated. Therefore
prolonged cooking with postpones,
earthenware pans or cast-iron plates is
inadvisable. Also, do not use aluminium foil
to protect the top during use.

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Warning! Pots must not enter the
control zone.

Oven functions and thermostat control
knob

The oven function and thermostat control
knob allows to set the oven on the required
cooking function and temperatures.

Set the temperature on the oven func-

°

tion control knob between 50

C and
maximum to activate conventional
cooking.

Function Description

The oven is off

Oven light

50°C-maximum

Bottom heating

Upper heating

Inner grill

It’s lighted once the oven function knob is turned on and lights during
the oven functioning

Thermostat position (temperature selection), by choosing the temper­ature between 50

vated

The heat comes from the bottom of the oven only

The heat comes from the top of the oven only

It can be used for grilling small quantities

If you want more heat coming from the
bottom or more heat coming from the
top, turn the oven function knob so as to

place the pointer on the symbol
tom heat) or

(upper heat).

(bot-

Under these circumstances the temper-

º

ature will never exceed about 215

C.

Warning! When cooking with the oven
or grilling, leave the lid open in order to
avoid overheating.

To choose an oven function, turn the function
control clockwise to the symbol the desired
function.
To select the temperature turn the oven func­tion knob clockwise until the pointer indicat­ing the desires temperature between 50ºC
and maximum. The temperature will be kept
constant by the thermostat.

°

C and maximum the conventional cooking is acti-

Oven thermostat control light

The thermostat control light will come on
when the thermostat control knob is turned.
The light will remain on until the correct tem­perature is reached. It will then cycle on and
off to show the temperature is being main­tained.

The safety thermostat

This oven is provided with a safety thermo­stat. In case of malfunctioning of the main
thermostat, and consequential over heating,
the safety device will stop the power supply

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to the appliance. If this happens, call your lo­cal Service Force Centre. Under no circum­stances should you attempt to repair the ap­pliance yourself.

General control lamp

The general control lamp will switch on when
the oven function control knob and/or the
cooking zone control knobs are set.

Before first use

Warning! Before using the appliance,
remove all packaging, both inside and
outside the appliance, including the
advertising labels and any protective
film.

Before cooking for the first time, carefully
wash the oven accessories.

Heating the empty oven

Before first use, the oven should be heated
without food. During this time, an unpleasant
odour may be emitted. This is quite normal.

1. Set the oven function control knob to
maximum temperature, conventional
cooking will be activated

2. Open a window for ventilation

3. Allow the oven to run empty for approxi­mately 45 minutes

Oven light

It’s lighted once the oven function knob is
turned on and lights during the oven func­tioning.

This procedure should be repeated with the
grill function

nutes.

Once this operation is carried out, let the
oven cool down, then clean the oven
cavity with a soft cloth soaked in warm
water to which a little mild washing-up
liquid has been added.

Heating the hotplate

When using the hob for the first time, it is im­portant to note that the plate may smoke a
little and produce a slightly unpleasant odour
when used for the first time. This is quite nor­mal and will disappear after a few minutes.

for approximately 5-10 mi-

Helpful hints and tips

Using the gas hob

Start your cooking with a big flame by turning
the knob to the symbol

flame as necessary.
The outside of the flame is much hotter than
its inside (nucleus). Accordingly , the top of
the flame should lick the bottom of the pan.
Excessive flames mean a waste of gas.
In contrast with electric grids, gas burners do
not require flat-bottomed pans: the flames
lick the bottom and spread the heat all over
the surface.

No special pans are required for gas
burners. However, thin walled pans
transmit the heat to the food more quick­ly than thick-walled ones.

Since heat doesn't spread evenly on the
pan's bottom, the food may only be partially
heated. Consequently it is advisable to stir
the food many times.

. Then adjust the

A thick pan bottom prevents partial over­heating as it allows sufficient thermic com­pensation.
Avoid very small pans. Wide and shallow
pans are more suitable than narrow and
deep ones as they allow a faster heating.
Cooking is not quickened by placing narrow
pans on wide burners. The result is just a
waste of gas. For a proper usage, place small
pans on small burners and large pans on
large burners.

Remember to cover pans to reduce gas
consumption.

Using the hotplate

Saucepans suitable for use on solid hotplate
should have several characteristics:

• they should be heavy duty

• they should fit the heat area exactly, or be
slightly larger for efficient use, NEVER
smaller