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Advice and hints for using the
cooking zones
If you use the advice below
you will save energy and
make your cleaning tasks
easier.
Adjust the cooking zones
correctly.
Select the highest setting
for the cooking zones until the food is
brought to the boil. Then reduce the
setting as far as possible, without the
food going off the boil.
Use level saucepans. An
uneven saucepan may
increase the electricity
consumption by up to 50 per
cent. Check whether your
saucepans have level bases
by placing the item in question
upside down on a work top and
positioning a ruler on the base.
A curved base, both inwards and
outwards, will prolong the
cooking time and increase the
energy consumption
The saucepan should match
the cooking zone – or be
slightly larger. Remember
that a large saucepan can also
hold small quantities. If the
diameter of the base is too small,
the energy consumption will
increase, and any food boiling
over will burn onto the hot
cooking zone.
Saucepans with very
shiny/bright bases will
prolong the cooking time
slightly compared with
cooking utensils with
matt/dark bases.
Use a tightly fitting lid on the
saucepan. Without a lid you
use more than three times as
much electricity.
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Stainless steel surfaces
Clean the appliance after use with a
soft cloth well wrung out in warm
water, use a small amount of liquid
detergent for stubborn soiling.
Stainless steel parts may become straw
coloured with use, use a proprietary
stainless steel cleaner to remove this
straw discolouration.
Never use metal wool, metal sponges
or other abrasive cleaning agents.
The ceramic glass hob
Immediately scrape off stains caused
by food which has boiled over using
the scraper supplied with the hob,
spilled sugar, dishes containing sugar
(jam, juice, etc.), melted plastic and
aluminium foil while the ceramic hob
is still hot. If the ceramic hob is
allowed to cool it may become
damaged. A dirty ceramic hob
decreases the heat transfer between
cooking zones and cookware.
After use the cooking zones should be
wiped with a damp cloth with washing
up liquid. For severe soiling you can
follow these steps:
1. Remove stains etc., with the
ceramic hob scraper.
2. Make sure that the ceramic hob
has cooled down. Use a ceramic
cleaning agent, such as vitroclen.
3. Wipe the ceramic hob clean with
a damp cloth or kitchen roll.
Tough stains can be removed by
rubbing the stain hard with
kitchen roll.
4. Wipe off remaining cleaning
agent with a damp cloth.
5. Wipe with a dry cloth, if
required.
Make sure that the ceramic hob is dry
when you heat it up again. Ceramic
hobs can develop rainbow-like stripes
if heated while damp.
