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Operating instructions
Safety instructions during use
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This will prevent scalding and burns:
– Open the cooking cabinet door carefully during use. Hot steam may escape.
– Wear personal protective equipment if you are removing accessories or
objects from the hot cooking cabinet.
– Only touch the unit on the control panel and the cooking cabinet door when in
operation. The outer surfaces can reach temperatures of over 60°C.
– Only slide containers with food into racks you can see into. Hot food can
otherwise spill out when removing them from the unit.
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This will prevent fire and explosion hazards:
– Do not cook with highly flammable liquids such as alcoholic drinks in the unit.
Highly flammable liquids can self-ignite when cooking.
– With grilling and roasting applications, use a fat collector under the food.
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To prevent material damage due to improper use of accessories:
– Use only original RATIONAL accessories.
– Use only the VarioSmoker to smoke food.
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Cold food is not to be added to the unit for rethermalization while hot food is
being held.
This will prevent injuries when working with transport trolleys and mobile oven racks:
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Carefully push transport trolleys, mobile oven racks or mobile plate racks over
thresholds and uneven floors to prevent them from tilting.
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Apply the brakes on transport trolleys, mobile oven racks or mobile plate racks to
prevent them from rolling away on uneven floors.
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Secure the transport trolley to your unit before sliding a mobile oven rack or
mobile plate rack into the unit or removing them from the unit.
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Apply the container lock on the mobile oven rack and cover containers holding hot
food when moving mobile oven racks. Hot food can otherwise spill out.
Safety instructions after use
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Clean the unit after every use.
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To prevent corrosion in the cooking cabinet, leave the cabinet door slightly open if
it is going to be idle for a prolonged period and overnight.
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For long stoppages, shut off the water, power and gas supplies to the unit.
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For long stoppages and prior to transportation of the unit, empty the steam
generator.
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Safety instructions for units with a gas connection
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This will prevent fire hazards:
