Koenic KBH 26521 User Manual

KBH 26521

EN

User Manual

DE

Benutzerinformation

Hob

CONTENTS

Safety information 2
Safety instructions 4
Product description 6
Daily use 7
Hints and tips 9

Care and cleaning 10
Troubleshooting 11
Installation 12
Technical data 14
Energy efficiency 15

Subject to change without notice.

SAFETY INFORMATION

Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully
read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not
responsible for any injuries or damages that are the result of
incorrect installation or usage. Always keep the instructions
in a safe and accessible location for future reference.

Children and vulnerable people safety

• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years

and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if
they have been given supervision or instruction concerning
the use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the
hazards involved.

• Do not let children play with the appliance.

• Keep all packaging away from children and dispose of it

appropriately.

• Keep children and pets away from the appliance when it

operates or when it cools down. Accessible parts are hot.

• If the appliance has a child safety device, this should be

activated.

• Children shall not carry out cleaning and user maintenance

of the appliance without supervision.

• Children aged 3 years and under must be kept away from

this appliance when it is in operation at all times.

General Safety

• WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts

become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid

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touching heating elements. Children less than 8 years of
age shall be kept away unless continuously supervised.

• Do not operate the appliance by means of an external

timer or separate remote-control system.

• WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil

can be dangerous and may result in fire.

• NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the

appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire
blanket.

• CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised. A

short term cooking process has to be supervised
continuously.

• WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the

cooking surfaces.

• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids

should not be placed on the hob surface since they can get
hot.

• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.

• If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked,

switch off the appliance and unplug it from the mains. In
case the appliance is connected to the mains directly using
junction box, remove the fuse to disconnect the appliance
from power supply. In either case contact the Authorised
Service Centre.

• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the

manufacturer, an authorized Service or similarly qualified
persons in order to avoid a hazard.

• WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by the

manufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by the
manufacturer of the appliance in the instructions for use as
suitable or hob guards incorporated in the appliance. The
use of inappropriate guards can cause accidents.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Installation

WARNING! Only a qualified

person must install this
appliance.

WARNING! Risk of injury or
damage to the appliance.

• Remove all the packaging.

• Do not install or use a damaged
appliance.

• Follow the installation instruction
supplied with the appliance.

• Keep the minimum distance from the
other appliances and units.

• Always take care when moving the
appliance as it is heavy. Always use
safety gloves and enclosed footwear.

• Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to
prevent moisture to cause swelling.

• Protect the bottom of the appliance
from steam and moisture.

• Do not install the appliance adjacent to
a door or under a window. This
prevents hot cookware to fall from the
appliance when the door or the window
is opened.

• If the appliance is installed above
drawers make sure that the space,
between the bottom of the appliance
and the upper drawer, is sufficient for
air circulation.

• The bottom of the appliance can get
hot. Make sure to install a separation
panel made from plywood, kitchen
carcass material or other non­flammable materials under the
appliance to prevent access to the
bottom.

Electrical Connection

WARNING! Risk of fire and

electrical shock.

• All electrical connections should be
made by a qualified electrician.

• The appliance must be earthed.

• Before carrying out any operation make
sure that the appliance is disconnected
from the power supply.

• Make sure that the parameters on the
rating plate are compatible with the
electrical ratings of the mains power
supply.

• Make sure the appliance is installed
correctly. Loose and incorrect electricity
mains cable or plug (if applicable) can
make the terminal become too hot.

• Use the correct electricity mains cable.

• Do not let the electricity mains cable
tangle.

• Make sure that a shock protection is
installed.

• Use the strain relief clamp on the cable.

• Make sure the mains cable or plug (if
applicable) does not touch the hot
appliance or hot cookware, when you
connect the appliance to the near
sockets.

• Do not use multi-plug adapters and
extension cables.

• Make sure not to cause damage to the
mains plug (if applicable) or to the
mains cable. Contact our Authorised
Service Centre or an electrician to
change a damaged mains cable.

• The shock protection of live and
insulated parts must be fastened in
such a way that it cannot be removed
without tools.

• Connect the mains plug to the mains
socket only at the end of the
installation. Make sure that there is
access to the mains plug after the
installation.

• If the mains socket is loose, do not
connect the mains plug.

• Do not pull the mains cable to
disconnect the appliance. Always pull
the mains plug.

• Use only correct isolation devices: line
protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type
fuses removed from the holder), earth
leakage trips and contactors.

• The electrical installation must have an
isolation device which lets you

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disconnect the appliance from the
mains at all poles. The isolation device
must have a contact opening width of
minimum 3 mm.

Use

WARNING! Risk of injury,

burns and electrical shock.

• Remove all the packaging, labelling
and protective film (if applicable) before
first use.

• Use this appliance in a household
environment.

• Do not change the specification of this
appliance.

• Make sure that the ventilation openings
are not blocked.

• Do not let the appliance stay
unattended during operation.

• Set the cooking zone to “off” after each
use.

• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on
the cooking zones. They can become
hot.

• Do not operate the appliance with wet
hands or when it has contact with
water.

• Do not use the appliance as a work
surface or as a storage surface.

• If the surface of the appliance is
cracked, disconnect immediately the
appliance from the power supply. This
to prevent an electrical shock.

• When you place food into hot oil, it may
splash.

WARNING! Risk of fire and
explosion

• Fats and oil when heated can release
flammable vapours. Keep flames or
heated objects away from fats and oils
when you cook with them.

• The vapours that very hot oil releases
can cause spontaneous combustion.

• Used oil, that can contain food
remnants, can cause fire at a lower
temperature than oil used for the first
time.

• Do not put flammable products or items
that are wet with flammable products
in, near or on the appliance.

WARNING! Risk of damage to
the appliance.

• Do not keep hot cookware on the
control panel.

• Do not put a hot pan cover on the glass
surface of the hob.

• Do not let cookware to boil dry.

• Be careful not to let objects or
cookware fall on the appliance. The
surface can be damaged.

• Do not activate the cooking zones with
empty cookware or without cookware.

• Do not put aluminium foil on the
appliance.

• Cookware made of cast iron, aluminium
or with a damaged bottom can cause
scratches on the glass / glass ceramic.
Always lift these objects up when you
have to move them on the cooking
surface.

• This appliance is for cooking purposes
only. It must not be used for other
purposes, for example room heating.

Care and cleaning

• Clean regularly the appliance to
prevent the deterioration of the surface
material.

• Deactivate the appliance and let it cool
down before you clean it.

• Disconnect the appliance from the
electrical supply before maintenance.

• Do not use water spray and steam to
clean the appliance.

• Clean the appliance with a moist soft
cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do
not use any abrasive products,
abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or
metal objects.

Disposal

WARNING! Risk of injury or

suffocation.

• Contact your municipal authority for
information on how to discard the
appliance correctly.

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• Disconnect the appliance from the
mains supply.

• Cut off the mains electrical cable close
to the appliance and dispose of it.

Service

• To repair the appliance contact an
Authorised Service Centre.

• Use original spare parts only.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Cooking surface layout

120/210

mm

120/210

mm

145 mm

145 mm

170 mm

265 mm

170 mm

265 mm

1

1

1 1

2

1

Cooking zone

2

Control panel

Control panel layout

1 2 3 4 75 6

910 8

Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays, indicators and sounds tell
which functions operate.

Sen‐
sor
field

Function Comment

1

ON / OFF To activate and deactivate the hob.

2

Lock / The Child Safety
Device

To lock / unlock the control panel.

3

- To activate and deactivate the outer ring.

6

Sen‐
sor
field

Function Comment

4

- Heat setting display To show the heat setting.

5

- Timer indicators of cooking
zones

To show for which zone you set the time.

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- Timer display To show the time in minutes.

7

- To activate and deactivate the outer ring.

8

- To select the cooking zone.

9

/

- To increase or decrease the time.

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/

- To set a heat setting.

Heat setting displays

Display Description

The cooking zone is deactivated.

-

The cooking zone operates.

Automatic Heat Up function operates.

+ digit

There is a malfunction.

A cooking zone is still hot (residual heat).

Lock / The Child Safety Device function operates.

Automatic Switch Off function operates.

Residual heat indicator

WARNING! There is a risk

of burns from residual heat.

DAILY USE

WARNING! Refer to Safety
chapters.

Activating and deactivating

Touch for 1 second to activate or
deactivate the hob.

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Automatic Switch Off

The function deactivates the hob
automatically if:

• all cooking zones are deactivated,

• you do not set the heat setting after you
activate the hob,

• you spill something or put something
on the control panel for more than 10
seconds (a pan, a cloth, etc.). An
acoustic signal sounds and the hob
deactivates. Remove the object or
clean the control panel.

• you do not deactivate a cooking zone
or change the heat setting. After some

time comes on and the hob
deactivates.

The relation between the heat setting
and the time after which the hob
deactivates:

Heat setting The hob deacti‐

vates after

, 1 - 2

6 hours

3 - 4 5 hours

5 4 hours

6 - 9 1.5 hour

The heat setting

Touch to increase the heat setting.
Touch to decrease the heat setting.
Touch and at the same time to

deactivate the cooking zone.

Activating and deactivating the
outer rings

You can adjust the surface you cook to
the dimension of the cookware.

Use sensor field:
To activate the outer ring: touch the

sensor field. The indicator comes on.
To deactivate the outer ring: touch the

sensor field until the indicator goes out.

Automatic Heat Up

If you activate this function you can get a
necessary heat setting in a shorter time.
The function sets the highest heat setting
for some time and then decreases to the
correct heat setting.

To activate the function the
cooking zone must be cold.

To activate the function for a cooking
zone: touch until the correct heat

setting comes on. After 3 seconds
comes on.

To deactivate the function: touch .

Timer

Count Down Timer

You can use this function to set how long
the cooking zone should operate for a
single cooking session.

First set the heat setting for the cooking
zone then set the function.

To set the cooking zone: touch again
and again until the indicator of a
necessary cooking zone comes on.

To activate the function or change the
time: touch or of the timer to set the

time (00 - 99 minutes). When the indicator
of the cooking zone starts to flash slowly
the time counts down.

To see the remaining time: set the
cooking zone with

. The indicator of the
cooking zone starts to flash quickly. The
display shows the remaining time.

To deactivate the function: set the
cooking zone with and touch . The

remaining time counts back to 00. The
indicator of the cooking zone goes out.

When the time comes to an
end, the sound operates and
00 flashes. The cooking zone
deactivates.

To stop the sound: touch .

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Minute Minder
You can use this function as a Minute
Minder when the hob is activated and the

cooking zones do not operate. The heat
setting display shows .

To activate the function: touch .
Touch or of the timer to set the time.

When the time comes to an end, the
sound operates and 00 flashes.

To stop the sound: touch

.

To deactivate the function: touch and
then touch . The remaining time counts

back to 00

The function has no effect on
the operation of the cooking
zones.

Lock

You can lock the control panel while
cooking zones operate. It prevents an
accidental change of the heat setting.

Set the heat setting first.

To activate the function: touch .

comes on for 4 seconds. The Timer stays
on.

To deactivate the function: touch .
The previous heat setting comes on.

When you deactivate the hob,
you also deactivate this
function.

The Child Safety Device

This function prevents an accidental
operation of the hob.

To activate the function: activate the hob
with

. Do not set the heat setting. Touch

for 4 seconds. comes on.

Deactivate the hob with .
To deactivate the function: activate the

hob with . Do not set the heat setting.
Touch for 4 seconds. comes on.
Deactivate the hob with .

To override the function for only one
cooking time: activate the hob with .

comes on. Touch for 4 seconds. Set

the heat setting in 10 seconds. You can

operate the hob. When you deactivate the
hob with the function operates again.

HINTS AND TIPS

WARNING! Refer to Safety
chapters.

Cookware

The bottom of the cookware
must be as thick and flat as
possible.

Cookware made of enamelled
steel and with aluminium or
copper bottoms can cause the
colour change on the glass­ceramic surface.

Examples of cooking
applications

The data in the table is for
guidance only.

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Heat setting Use to: Time

(min)

Hints

- 1

Keep cooked food warm. as

nec‐
essary

Put a lid on the cookware.

1 - 2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: but‐

ter, chocolate, gelatine.

5 - 25 Mix from time to time.

1 - 2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked

eggs.

10 ­40

Cook with a lid on.

2 - 3 Simmer rice and milkbased

dishes, heating up ready­cooked meals.

25 ­50

Add the minimum twice as
much liquid as rice, mix milk
dishes part procedure
through.

3 - 4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat. 20 -

45

Add some tablespoons of liq‐
uid.

4 - 5 Steam potatoes. 20 -

60

Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g
of potatoes.

4 - 5 Cook larger quantities of food,

stews and soups.

60 ­150

Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredi‐
ents.

6 - 7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cor‐

don bleu, cutlets, rissoles,
sausages, liver, roux, eggs,
pancakes, doughnuts.

as
nec‐
essary

Turn halfway through.

7 - 8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin

steaks, steaks.

5 - 15 Turn halfway through.

9 Boil water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep-fry chips.

CARE AND CLEANING

WARNING! Refer to Safety
chapters.

General information

• Clean the hob after each use.

• Always use cookware with clean
bottom.

• Scratches or dark stains on the surface
have no effect on how the hob
operates.

• Use a special cleaner applicable for the
surface of the hob.

• Use a special scraper for the glass.

Cleaning the hob

• Remove immediately: melted plastic,
plastic foil, sugar and food with sugar. If
not, the dirt can cause damage to the
hob. Take care to avoid burns. Put the
special scraper on the glass surface at
an acute angle and move the blade on
the surface.

• Remove when the hob is sufficiently
cool: limescale rings, water rings, fat
stains, shiny metallic discoloration.
Clean the hob with a moist cloth and
non-abrasive detergent. After cleaning,
wipe the hob dry with a soft cloth.

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