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maintenance
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comfortable cooking
Optimal use of the hob
■ Always ensure that the flames remain below the pan. If flames play around
the pan, a lot of energy is lost. In addition, the handles can get too hot.
■ Do not use pans with a base diameter less than 12 cm. Smaller pans will not
be stable.
■ When frying, stir-frying, heating through large quantities and deep-frying it is
better to use the strong or wok burner. Preparing sauces, simmering and
boiling can be done best on the simmer burner. On its high setting this
burner is large enough for cooking food right through. For all other dishes
use the normal burners.
■ Cook with the lid on the pan. This way you save up to 50% energy.
■ Use pans with a flat, clean, dry base. Pans with a flat base stand stably and
pans with a clean base transfer the heat more effectively to the food.
Wok burner
With the wok burner you can prepare dishes at a very high temperature. For
this purpose it is important:
■ to cut the ingredients into strips, slices or pieces before cooking;
■ to use good-quality oil, such as olive, maize, sunflower or peanut oil when
stir-frying. A small quantity is enough. Butter and margarine on the other
hand will burn because of the high heat;
■ to place the dishes with the longest cooking time in the pan first, so that at the
end of the cooking time all ingredients are cooked al dente at the same time.
General
Your appliance has been manufactured from high-grade materials, which are
easy for you to clean.
■ Burner parts should not be cleaned in the dishwasher. The parts may be
damaged by the dishwasher detergent!
Do not use too much water as this can penetrate into the burner or
ventilation openings.
■ Clean the spark plugs preferably with a cloth. Do this carefully. If too much
pressure is applied, the distance from the point of the sparkplug to the
burner may change, causing the burner to ignite poorly or not at all. The
sparkplug will only operate correctly in a dry environment. If the plug is very
dirty, you may clean the point with a tiny brush.
■ Set the pan supports down vertically, without sliding them over the spillage
well.
■ Assemble the burner parts using the guide ridges.
■ Regular cleaning immediately after use prevents over-cooked food being
able to become ingrained and cause stubborn stains that are difficult to
remove. Use a mild cleaning agent.
■ Clean the control knobs, burners and pan supports first and then the spillage
well. This avoids the hob getting dirty again during cleaning.
