Electrolux B8100-1 User Manual
COMPETENCE B8100-1
The Versatile Built-in Oven
Operating Instructions
Dear customer,
Please read these operating instructions carefully.
Pay particular attention to the section “Safety information” on the first
few pages. Please retain these operating instructions for later reference. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
Safety instructions
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Warning: Information concerning your personal safety.
Important: Information on how to avoid damaging the appliance.
Information and practical tips
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Environmental information
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1. These numbers indicate step by step how to use the appliance.
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In the event of any technical problems please contact your nearest
CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRE at any time. (Addresses and telephone
numbers may be found in the appendix under "Customer Service
Centres“).
You should also refer to the section "Service"“.
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Thinking ecologically means acting ecologically ...
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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Description of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Oven Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Oven accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Before Using for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Initial Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Electronic Oven Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Oven Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inserting the Shelf and Universal Baking Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inserting/Removing the Fat Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Additional Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Clock Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Oven Child Safety Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Button Locking Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Oven safety cut-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Uses, Tables and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Baking Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pies and Gratin Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Frozen Ready Meals Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Roasting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Meat Probe Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Grilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Grilling Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Bio-Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Low Temperature Roasting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Making Yoghurt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Proving Dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Defrosting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Preserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Oven Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fat Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Shelf Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Oven Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cleaning the Oven Ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Oven Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Oven Door Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
What to do if ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Oven Interior Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Regulations, Standards, Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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1 Safety
Electrical Safety
• The appliance may only be connected by a registered specialist.
• In the event of any faults or damage to the appliance: remove fuses
or switch off.
• It is not permissible to clean the appliance with a steam or high
pressure cleaner for safety reasons!
• Repairs to the appliance may only be carried out by specialists. Re-
pairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious
malfunctioning. If your appliance needs repairing, please contact
your local AEG Service Force Centre or your specialist dealer.
Child Safety
• Never leave children unsupervised when the appliance is in use.
Safety whilst Using
• This appliance is intended to be used for cooking, frying and baking
food in the home.
• Take care when connecting electric appliances to sockets nearby. Do
not allow connecting leads to come into contact with hot rings or to
catch beneath the hot oven door.
• Warning: Risk of burns! The interior of the oven becomes hot dur-
ing use.
• Using ingredients containing alcohol in the oven may create an alcohol-air mixture that is easily ignited. In this case, open the door carefully. Do not have embers, sparks or naked flames in the vicinity when
opening the door.
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To Avoid Damaging Your Appliance
• Do not line your oven with aluminium foil and do not place a baking
tray or dish on the oven floor, otherwise the oven enamel will be
damaged by the resulting build up of heat.
• Juice from fruit that drips from baking trays will leave marks that
cannot be removed. For very moist cakes, use the universal baking
tray.
• Do not put any weight on the oven door when it is open.
• Never pour water directly into the hot oven. The enamel may be dam-
aged.
• Using force, especially on the edges of the front glass panel, may
break the glass.
• Do not store inflammable objects in the oven. They may ignite when
the oven is switched on.
• Do not store moist food in the oven. The enamel may be damaged.
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2 Disposal
Disposing of the packaging material
All materials used can be fully recycled.
Plastics are marked as follows:
• >PE< for polyethylene, as used for the outer wrapping and the bags
inside.
• >PS< for polystyrene foam, e.g., as used for the padding materials.
They are completely free of CFCs.
Disposal of old appliances
Warning: Before disposing of old appliances please make them inoper-
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able so that they cannot be the source of danger.
To do this, disconnect the appliance from the mains supply and remove the mains lead.
To protect the environment, it is important that worn out appliances
are disposed of in the correct manner.
• The appliance must not be disposed of with household rubbish.
• You can obtain information about collection dates or public refuse
disposal sites from your local refuse department or council.
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Description of the Appliance
General Overview
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Control Panel
Mains button
For switching the entire appliance on and off.
Mains button on appliances with a metal front
In the following text and in the illustrations the
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symbol N is always used to indicate the mains button.
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Oven Features
Oven steam vent
Steam from the oven is fed out below the door handle.
Relates only to appliances with a metal front:
Steam from the oven is fed out between the upper door edge and the
control panel.
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Oven accessories
Combination shelf
For dishes, cake tins, items for
roasting and grilling.
Baking tray
For cakes and biscuits
Fat tray
For roasting or for collecting fat.
Meat probe
For determining exactly how far
joints of meat are cooked.
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Before Using for the First Time
Setting the Time
The oven will only operate when the time has been set.
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After connection to the mains or
following a power failure “12.00” is
illuminated and “TIME” flashes.
1. Using buttons + or - set the cur-
rent time.
2. Wait for approx. 5 seconds.
The flashing will stop and the set
time is displayed.
The appliance is ready for use.
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Initial Cleaning
Before using the oven for the first time you should clean it thoroughly.
Important: Do not use any caustic, abrasive cleaners! The surface could
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be damaged.
Tip: Use commercially available cleaners for metal fronts.
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Switch on the appliance using the
mains button.
The symbol above the button will be
illuminated.
3. Press selection button X once for
oven functions.
“LIGHT” is illuminated and the oven
lighting is switched on.
4. Remove all accessories and the shelf support rails and wash them with
warm water and washing up liquid.
5. Then wash out the oven with warm water and washing-up liquid, and
dry.
6. Wipe the front of the appliance with a damp cloth.
7. After cleaning switch off the oven lighting using selection button Y
for oven functions.
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Using the Oven
The Electronic Oven Control
General information
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• Always switch the appliance on first using the mains button N.
• When the selected function is illuminated the oven starts to heat up
and the set time begins to count down.
• The oven lighting comes on as soon as an oven function is selected.
• Switch the appliance off using the mains button N.
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Oven Functions
The oven has the following functions:
The BAKING, CONVENTIONAL and ROTITHERM functions include an au-
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tomatic fast warm up. This ensures that the selected temperature is
reached as quickly as possible.
BAKING
Suggested temperature: 150 °C
For baking cakes on one level and for pastries that need more brown-
ing and a crispy base. These include such foods as pizza, quiche lorraine,
and cheese cake.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
Conventional is used and in addition the fan is switched on.
FAN COOKING
Suggested temperature: 150 °C
For baking on up to three levels at the same time.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
The rear wall heating element is used and in addition the fan is
switched on.
CONVENTIONAL
Suggested temperature: 200 °C
For baking and roasting on one level.
The top and bottom heating elements are in use.
ROTITHERM
Suggested temperature: 180 °C
For roasting larger pieces of meat or poultry on one level. This function
is also suited to cooking foods au gratin and browning.
The grill heating element and top heat operate alternately with the fan.
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DUAL GRILL
Suggested temperature: 300 °C
For grilling larger quantities of flat foods such as steaks, escalopes or
fish, or for toasting.
Top heat and the grill heating element are in use.
SINGLE GRILL
Suggested temperature: 300 °C
For grilling flat foods placed on the middle of the shelf such as steaks,
escalopes or fish, or for toasting.
The grill heating element is in use.
KEEPING FOOD WARM
Temperature setting: 80 °C
To keep food warm.
The top and bottom heating elements are in use.
DEFROST
Temperature setting: 30 °C
To begin to thaw and to defrost such items as flan, butter, bread, fruit
or other frozen foods.
For this function the fan operates without heating.
BOTTOM HEAT
Suggested temperature: 150 °C
For crisping and browning cakes with crispy bases.
The bottom heating element is in use.
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LIGHT
To switch the oven lighting on and off.
The oven lighting is switched on automatically as long as the oven is in
operation.
Switching On Oven Functions
1. Switch the appliance on with the
mains button N.
2. Press selection button X or Y un-
til the required function is illuminated.
A suggested temperature will appear in the temperature display.
The temperature pilot light comes
on while the oven is heating up.
Changing the Oven Temperature
Press the + or - button to increase or decrease the temperature.
The temperature may be set at intervals of 5 °C.
Changing the Oven Function
Press the X or Y button repeatedly until the required function is illuminated.
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Switching the Oven Off
To switch the oven off press selection button X or Y repeatedly until none of the oven functions is
illuminated.
Cooling fan
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The fan comes on automatically when the oven is in use in order to
keep the surfaces of the appliance cool. Once the oven has been
switched off, the fan continues running to cool down the appliance
and then switches itself off automatically.
Switching the Oven Lighting On and Off
You can also switch on the oven lighting without an oven function.
1. Switch the appliance on using the
mains button N.
2. Press selection button X once for
oven functions.
“LIGHT” is illuminated and the oven
lighting is switched on.
3. Press selection button Y once for
oven functions.
The oven lighting is switched off.
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Inserting the Shelf and Universal Baking Tray
Anti-tip device
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All slide-in units have a small bulge on the left and right. This bulge is
an anti-tip device and must always point to the rear of the oven.
Tray or universal baking tray:
The anti-tip device must point towards the rear of the oven.
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Inserting shelf:
Insert the shelf unit with both guide
rails pointing upwards. The anti-tip
device must point downwards and
be positioned to the rear of the
oven compartment.
Inserting shelf and tray:
When the shelf unit and universal
baking tray are used together, carefully place the shelf anti-tip device
in the bulges on the tray.
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Inserting/Removing the Fat Filter
The fat filter protects the rear wall heating element against splashes of
fat when roasting.
Inserting the fat filter
Holding the fat filter by the tab, insert the two retainers into the
opening on the rear wall of the
oven (fan opening) from the top
downwards.
Removing the fat filter
Take hold of the tab on the fat filter
and remove by pulling upwards.
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Additional Functions
PIZZA
To bake ready meals such as pizza, lasagne, foods au gratin and chips
from the freezer.
There is no need to pre-heat the oven as recommended on the packaging when this special additional function is used.
Refer to the maker's instructions for preparation.
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Use the oven temperature for hot air.
1. Press additional functions selection
button Y repeatedly until the
“PIZZA” function is illuminated.
The suggested temperature of
“200 °C” will appear in the temperature display.
2. By pressing the relevant + or button the suggested temperature
can be increased or decreased in
stages of 10 °C.
Turn chips etc. 2 - 3 times during cooking.
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CAKES
For baking prepared cakes and cake mixtures. There is no need to preheat the oven as recommended on the packaging when this special additional function is used.
Refer to the maker's instructions for preparation.
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Use the oven temperature for hot air.
1. Press additional functions selection
button Y repeatedly until the
“CAKES” function is illuminated.
The suggested temperature of
“160 °C” will appear in the temperature display.
2. By pressing the relevant + or button the suggested temperature
can be increased or decreased in
stages of 10 °C.
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