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6.9 Keep warm
This function is suitable for melting chocolate or butter and
for keeping food warm.
Activating the keep warm function
1.
Select the cooking zone.
2.
Press
keep warm
.
a
lights up on the cooking zone display.
Deactivating the keep warm function
1.
Select the cooking zone.
2.
Press
keep warm
.
a
goes out.
a
The cooking zone turns off and the residual heat indica-
tor lights up.
6.10 AutoChef®
With the AutoChef® function, a sensor controls the tem-
perature of the pan. You can fry while the pan maintains
the selected temperature.
Advantages when using the AutoChef® function:
¡
The cooking zone only continues heating for as long as
this is necessary to maintain the temperature. This
saves energy and prevents the oil or fat from overheat-
ing.
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The frying function reports when the empty frying pan
has reached the optimum temperature for adding oil
and then for adding the food.
General notes for using the AutoChef® function:
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Do not place a lid on the frying pan. This will prevent the
function from activating correctly. Use a splatter guard
to prevent fat from spitting out.
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Use suitable oil or fat. If you are using butter, mar-
garine, cold-pressed olive oil or lard, use temperature
setting 1 or 2.
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Never leave fat or oil unattended while you are heating
it.
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If the cooking zone is a higher temperature than the
cookware or vice versa, the cooking sensor is not acti-
vated correctly.
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If you are frying with a large amount of oil, always use
the following cooking sensor functions: Deep-fat frying
with a large amount of oil in a saucepan, set the tem-
perature to 320 - 355° F (160 – 180 °C).
Suitable pans for AutoChef®
A suitable sensor frying pan for the AutoChef® function is
available as an optional accessory.
You can purchase suitable sensor frying pans from Cus-
tomer Service, in our online shop www.bosch-home.com/
us/shop or in specialized stores. Always indicate the rele-
vant reference number.
Reference number
Special accessory
HEZ390210
Sensor frying pan Ø 6" (15 cm)
HEZ390220
Sensor frying pan Ø 7" (18 cm)
HEZ390230
Sensor frying pan Ø 8¼" (21 cm)
The sensor frying pans have a non-stick coating, which
means that very little oil is needed for frying.
Conventional frying pans
CAUTION
When using a conventional frying pan observe the follow-
ing notes.
▶
The AutoChef® function has been configured specifi-
cally for our system pans.
▶
Other frying pans may overheat. They may reach a tem-
perature above or below the selected frying level. Try
the lowest frying level first and then change it according
to your requirements.
▶
Make sure that the diameter of the base of the frying
pan corresponds to the size of the cooking zone. Place
the pan in the center of the cooking zone.
Frying levels
The AutoChef® function offers 5 frying levels.
Frying
level
Temperature
Suitable for
1
Very low
Preparing and reducing sauces, sweating vegetables and frying food in extra virgin
olive oil, butter or margarine.
2
Low
Frying food using extra virgin olive oil, butter or margarine, e.g. omelettes, French
toast, hash browns.
3
Medium-low
Frying fish, pancakes and thick food such as Hamburgers or pork chops.
4
Medium-high
Frying ground meat, vegetables or thin slices of meat, e.g. veal cutlet.
5
High
Frying food at high temperatures, e.g. steaks medium rare or fried cooked potatoes.
Setting AutoChef®
CAUTION
Hot oil or fat may ignite.
▶
Never leave hot fat or oil unattended.
▶
When you cover the pan with a lid, the automatic regu-
lation will not work. You can use a mash splatter guard,
it will not affect the automatic regulation.
▶
Only use fat or oil that is suitable for frying.
▶
When you are using butter, margarine, olive oil or lard,
select frying level 1 or 2.
▶
Do not use AutoChef® for boiling.
Notes
¡
If AutoChef® is fitted on the dual cooking zone of your
cooktop, the additional heating ring automatically turns
on when you select AutoChef®
