Sunbeam GR8450B, GR8450, GR8250B User Manual

Café Press

Instruction Booklet

This book covers the use and care of the following products

GR8450 Café Press - 4 Slice Stainless Sandwich Press

GR8450B Café Press - 4 Slice Stainless Brushed Sandwich Press

GR8250B Compact Café Press - 2 Slice Brushed Stainless Sandwich Press

Please read these instructions carefully and retain for future reference.

Contents

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions 1

Features of your Sunbeam Café Press 2

DuPont Teflon

Using your Sunbeam Café Press 5

Hints for Best Results 7

Care and Cleaning 8

Recipes 9

Platinum Pro™ 4

Important instructions – retain for future use.

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SUNBEAM CAFÉ PRESS

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Use well away from walls and curtains.

• Avoid using on metal surfaces e.g. sink.

• Do not use in confined spaces.

• Do not immerse the unit in water or any other liquid.

• Do not place your press in a dishwasher.

• Ensure that the cord is kept well away from the cooking plates during use.

Sunbeam is very safety conscious when

designing and manufacturing consumer products, but it is essential that the product user also exercise care when using an electrical appliance. Listed below are precautions which are essential for the safe use of an electrical appliance:

• Read carefully and save all the instructions provided with an appliance.

• Always turn the power off at the power outlet before you insert or remove a plug. Remove by grasping the plug - do not pull on the cord.

• Turn the power off and remove the plug when the appliance is not in use and before cleaning.

• Do not use your appliance with an extension cord unless this cord has been checked and tested by a qualified technician or service person.

• Always use your appliance from a power outlet of the voltage (A.C. only) marked on the appliance.

• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

• The temperature of accessible surfaces may be high when the appliance is operating.

If you have any concerns regarding the performance and use of your appliance, please visit

www.sunbeam.com.au or contact the Sunbeam Consumer Service Line.

Ensure the above safety precautions are understood.

• Do not touch the outside or the top of the press when in use, as these surfaces may be hot.

• Ensure you use the handle to open the top press plate. Avoid touching hot surfaces.

• The press may generate steam from between the grill plates while cooking and when the top plate is opened.

• Take care when removing food from the press.

• The temperature of accessible surfaces may be high when the appliance is operating.

• Never leave an appliance unattended while in use.

• Do not use an appliance for any purpose other than its intended use.

• Do not place an appliance on or near a hot gas flame, electric element or on a heated oven.

• Do not place on top of any other appliance.

• Do not let the power cord of an appliance hang over the edge of a table or bench top or touch any hot surface.

• Do not operate any electrical appliance with a damaged cord or after the appliance has been damaged in any manner. If damage is suspected, return the appliance to the nearest Sunbeam Appointed Service Centre for examination, repair or adjustment.

• For additional protection, Sunbeam recommend the use of a residual current device (RCD) with a tripping current not exceeding 30mA in the electrical circuit supplying power to your appliances.

• Do not immerse the appliance in water or any other liquid unless recommended.

• Appliances are not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote control system.

• This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments; farm houses; by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments; bed and breakfast type

environments.

Features of your Sunbeam Café Press

2400W (GR8450, GR8450B )

2000W (GR8250B)

High wattage commercial power for super fast heating.

DuPont Teflon® Platinum Pro™ non-stick cooking surface

Three layers of premium scratch resistant non-stick coating. Safe to use with metal utensils. Easy to clean, simply wipe down plates after use.

Brushed stainless steel housing

Cord wrap

Die-cast metal arms

GR8450 GR8450B

Warm Up and Ready lights

Warm Up light indicates when unit is switched on and heating up. Ready light indicates that it is ready to use.

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RotoDial

adjustable height control dial with

locking mechanism (patent pending)

Turn the dial to suspend the top plate at various heights. Perfect for creating cheese melts or preventing sandwiches from squashing. Turn the dial in the opposite direction to lock the plates together for easy handling and vertical storage.

Floating hinge

The floating hinge system automatically adjusts the top plate to fit snacks of varying thicknesses. Even contact is maintained on your food to give you perfectly toasted snacks.

Flat cooking plates

Toast snacks on both sides for even browning and faster cooking.

Compact Café Press GR8250B

DuPont Teflon® Platinum Pro

Superior nonstick top surface

Primer + scratch resistant minerals

Reinforced intermediate coat

Grill plate base

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Professional Use

Your Sunbeam Café Press features a special scratch and abrasive-resistant non-stick cooking coating that makes it safe to use metal utensils when cooking. Teflon Platinum Pro DuPont’s toughest non-stick coating to date – up to 10 times more scratch resistant than single layer non-stick coatings.*

DuPont is the world leader in non-stick coatings and today more than 2 billion households have Teflon cookware.

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– Professional Use is

non-stick coated

The result is a non-stick coating that can be treated like ordinary cookware, enabling the use of metal utensils. However, Sunbeam recommends that care is taken with the nonstick coating when using metal utensils.

Do not use sharp objects or cut food inside the Café Press. Damage caused to your Café Press as a result of misuse of metal utensils will void your warranty.

SUNBEAM OTHER BRANDS

Results from DuPont’s ‘In-house Cooking Abuse Test’

Teflon® Platinum Pro™ – 3 layer scratch resistant coating

Teflon

Platinum Pro™ is a premium 3 layer non-stick coating. It features special scratch resistant minerals causing metal utensils to slide over these particles without damaging the Teflon properties of the non-stick coating and the life of the Café Press.

matrix. This preserves the release

* The images shown here and performance

claims are based upon the DuPont In-house Cooking Abuse Test used to evaluate scratch resistance and release properties of non-stick coatings.

Using your Sunbeam Café Press

Before using your Café Press

Before using your Café Press for the first time, the non-stick cooking plates must be seasoned. Turn the power ON and preheat your Café Press until the Ready light illuminates. Turn the unit OFF.

Using paper towel, carefully wipe a small amount of cooking oil onto the plates, rub lightly and then wipe away any excess oil.

Note: When using your Café Press for the first time you may notice a fine smoke haze being emitted from the unit. This is normal. It is due to the initial heating of internal components.

Using your Café Press

1. Plug the power cord into a 230-240 volt

AC power outlet.

Important: Ensure that the cord is kept well away from the cooking plates during use.

2. Turn the power ON and preheat your Café

Press until the Ready light illuminates.

Note: Ensure the top plate is fully closed for more efficient preheating.

3. Once you have prepared your snack, place

it onto the bottom cooking plate.

4. Gently lower the lid by pulling down the

handle. The floating hinge system will adjust automatically ensuring that the top cooking plate lies evenly on your snack, for perfect toasting every time.

Note: The Warm Up and Ready lights are thermostatically controlled and will cycle on and off during cooking to ensure that the correct temperature is maintained.

5. Allow your snack to toast for approximately 3 minutes, depending on the bread, filling and personal taste. Your Café Press toasts both sides of the bread at the same time.

Note: The cooking plates are coated with a durable high grade non-stick coating. Some fillings such as cheese may melt and cause your snack to stick to the cooking plates.

6. To remove your snack use heat-resistant plastic utensils or wooden utensils. Take care if using metal utensils. Do not use sharp objects.

7. After you have completed grilling or toasting, turn the power OFF.

Caution: Do not touch the outside or top of the unit when in use, as these surfaces may be hot. Ensure you use the handle to open and close the top plate. Avoid touching hot surfaces. The press may generate steam from between the grill plates while food is cooking and when the top plate is opened. Take care when removing food from the press.

Using your Sunbeam Café Press® (continued)

Using the RotoDial control dial

Sunbeam’s specially designed patent pending RotoDial™ is located on the right side arm and can be adjusted to control the height of the top plate. With the top plate lifted, turn the

RotoDial™ clockwise through a series of

settings to adjust the height of the top plate.

Bring the top plate down to rest on the selected dial setting. The top plate should sit just above your snack without coming into contact with it.

This allows you to make cheese melts, open sandwiches and snacks in your sandwich press.

The

RotoDial™ also allows you to control the height of the top plate when making toasted sandwiches. With the top plate lightly pressing down, you can brown your snacks evenly on both sides without squashing the sandwich.

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adjustable height

Locking mechanism

The

RotoDial™ has been specially designed to also function as a locking mechanism. Close the lid to bring the plates together. Take hold of the

RotoDial™ on the side arm and turn

anti-clockwise until it locks into position.

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