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• Chocolate and chocolate sauces should not be heated on the grilling plate but
placed in the raclette level. These types of dips will be over-heated easily and
may get an unpleasant bitter taste or get lumpy.
CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE
Temperature and cooking time depend on your liking and the thickness, type, and
consistency of your food. However, do not select too high temperature values to
avoid burning.
Raclette and Grilling Function
Adjust the raclette and grilling temperature with the right-hand raclette control dial.
NOTE
The raclette level is not equipped with a separate heating element. The raclette
dishes are heated via heat radiation from the grilling plate. For using the raclette
function, you must select a sufficient temperature for the grilling plate.
• Select a
low temperature
to defrost and re-heat food. Additionally, these set-
tings are suited for shortly pre-heating delicate fondue sauces directly on the gril-
ling plate (e.g. chocolate, nougat, nut butter, and cream sauces or Hollandaise).
• Use
medium temperature
settings to cook seafood and scallops. Use this setting
to keep small portions of insensitive fondue sauces hot by heating them directly
on the grilling plate via the raclette dishes (e.g. stocks and gravy).
• Use
high temperature
settings (maximum position of the raclette control dial) for
meat and poultry. With this setting, your raclette dishes should be heated in the
raclette level only.
Fondue Function
The fondue temperature is set via the left-hand fondue control dial.
NOTE
For saving energy and time, and to avoid splashing as well, it is best to keep the
lid closed during operation, whenever possible.
•
Low settings
: for tender sauces and dips (e.g. cheese sauce and chocolate dip)
and for heating heavy sauces that may splash when heated.
•
Medium settings
: to keep the contents hot and/or boiling.
•
Maximum setting
: for bringing water or bouillon to the boil, or heating oil.
NOTE
To speed-up heating in the fondue pot, turn the fondue control dial clockwise to
the stop. Thereafter, turn the fondue control dial to the desired temperature setting.
However, avoid high settings for delicate and glutinous sauces.
BEFORE FIRST USE
WARNING
–
DO NOT let young children play with the appliance, or any
part of it, or the packaging!
Always unplug the appliance from the power supply
and let it cool down to room temperature, before moving or cleaning the appli-
ance. Do not immerse the appliance or the power cord in water or other liquids
or spill any liquids on the appliance.
Do not place the housing or power cord in
an automatic dishwasher.
The grilling plate, grill shovel, raclette dishes, fondue
forks, fondue pot, lid, and folks holder inset are dishwasher-safe.
1. Unpack the appliance and all accessories carefully and check that no parts are
damaged or missing.
2. Carefully remove all shipping materials and tags, but DO NOT remove the
model label on the bottom of the appliance. Especially ensure that there are no
foreign objects in the raclette level or fondue pot.
3. Before first use and after an elongated period of storage, clean the appliance
and all accessories (see: ‘Care and Cleaning’).
4.
Before the very first use:
heat the appliance without any food to prepare the
heating elements for operation (see: ‘First Heating’). Thereafter, prepare the non-
stick coatings for use (see: ‘Preparing the Non-Stick Coating’).
FIRST HEATING
Prior to initial cooking, the protective layer of the heating elements has to be burned
in. This could cause some smoke escaping accompanied by a fine smoke haze, due
to the first heating of some of the components. To prevent smell and taste of your food
from being affected, you should heat the appliance on the maximum position of both
heating control dials for 10 minutes before placing any food on the grilling plates.
CAUTION
– Do not operate the appliance without the grilling plate properly
in place. Additionally, if the fondue function is in operation, there must be a mini-
mum amount of liquid in the fondue pot (at least 150 ml).
