Daily use
Before first use
Put on all cooking zones a pan filled with some water.
Set the maximum position and operate the appliance
for approximately 10 minutes until water inside the pans
boils. After that, operate the appliance at minimum po-
sition for 20 minutes. During this period, an odour and
smoke can occur. This is normal. Make sure that the
airflow is sufficient.
After this operation, clean the appliance with a soft
cloth soaked in warm water.
Rapid hot plate
A red dot in the middle of the plate shows a rapid hot
plate. A rapid hot plate heats up faster than usual
plates.
The red dots are painted on the plates. They can deteri-
orate during use and even disappear completely after a
period of time. It does not have an effect on the per-
formance of the appliance.
Helpful hints and tips
Cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick
and flat as possible.
Energy saving
• If it is possible, always put the lids on the cook-
ware.
• Put cookware on a solid hotplate before you
start it.
• Stop the solid hotplate before the end of the
cooking time to use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and solid hotplates must
have the same dimension.
Examples of cooking applications
Heat
setting:
Use to:
0
Off position
1
Keeping warm
Heat
setting:
Use to:
0
Off position
2
Gentle simmering
3
Simmering
4
Frying / browning
5
Bringing to the boil
6
Bringing to the boil / quick frying / deep-
frying
Care and cleaning
Clean the appliance after each use.
Always use cookware with clean bottom.
Scratches or dark stains on the surface cause no
effect on how the appliance operates.
To remove the dirt:
1. Use the cleaning powder or the cleaning pad.
2. Clean the appliance with a moist cloth and some
detergent.
3. Heat the hotplate to a low temperature and let it to
dry.
4. To keep the hotplates in good shape, regularly rub
in a sewing machine oil. Polish off the oil with ab-
sorbent paper.
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