4
5
Using your Sunbeam Café Press
®
Before using your Café Press
Before using your Café Press for the first
time, the non-stick cooking plates must be
seasoned. Turn the power ON and preheat
your Café Press until the Ready light
illuminates. Turn the unit OFF.
Using paper towel, carefully wipe a small
amount of cooking oil onto the plates, rub
lightly and then wipe away any excess oil.
Note: When using your Café Press for the
first time you may notice a fine smoke haze
being emitted from the unit. This is normal.
It is due to the initial heating of internal
components.
Using your Café Press
1. Plug the power cord into a 230-240 volt
AC power outlet.
Important: Ensure that the cord is kept well
away from the cooking plates during use.
2. Turn the power ON and preheat your Café
Press until the Ready light illuminates.
Note: Ensure the top plate is fully closed for
more efficient preheating.
3. Once you have prepared your snack, place
it onto the bottom cooking plate.
4. Gently lower the lid by pulling down the
handle. The floating hinge system will
adjust automatically ensuring that the top
cooking plate lies evenly on your snack, for
perfect toasting every time.
Note: The Warm Up and Ready lights are
thermostatically controlled and will cycle on
and off during cooking to ensure that the
correct temperature is maintained.
5. Allow your snack to toast for approximately
3 minutes, depending on the bread, filling
and personal taste. Your Café Press toasts
both sides of the bread at the same time.
Note: The cooking plates are coated with a
durable high grade non-stick coating. Some
fillings such as cheese may melt and cause
your snack to stick to the cooking plates.
6. To remove your snack use heat-resistant
plastic utensils or wooden utensils. Take
care if using metal utensils. Do not use
sharp objects.
7. After you have completed grilling or
toasting, turn the power OFF.
Caution: Do not touch the outside or top of
the unit when in use, as these surfaces may
be hot. Ensure you use the handle to open
and close the top plate. Avoid touching hot
surfaces. The press may generate steam from
between the grill plates while food is cooking
and when the top plate is opened. Take care
when removing food from the press.
Using the RotoDial
™
adjustable height
control dial
Sunbeam’s specially designed patent pending
RotoDial
™
is located on the right side arm
and can be adjusted to control the height of
the top plate. With the top plate lifted, turn
the RotoDial
™
clockwise through a series of
settings to adjust the height of the top plate.
Bring the top plate down to rest on the
selected dial setting. The top plate should
sit just above your snack without coming into
contact with it.
This allows you to make cheese melts,
open sandwiches and snacks in your
sandwich press.
The RotoDial
™
also allows you to control
the height of the top plate when making
toasted sandwiches. With the top plate lightly
pressing down, you can brown your snacks
evenly on both sides without squashing the
sandwich.
Locking mechanism
The RotoDial
™
has been specially designed to
also function as a locking mechanism. Close
the lid to bring the plates together. Take hold
of the RotoDial
™
on the side arm and turn
anti-clockwise until it locks into position.
Using your Sunbeam Café Press
®
(continued)
