AEG COMPETENCE 30006VE User manual

30006VE
User manual Free standing electric
cooker

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Dear Customer
Thank you for choosing one of our highquality products.
With this appliance you will experience the perfect combination of functional
design and cutting edge technology.
Convince yourself that our appliances are engineered to deliver the best per
formance and control  indeed we are setting the highest standards of excel
lence.
In addition to this you find environmental and energy saving aspects as an inte
gral part of our products.
To ensure optimal and regular performance of your appliance please read this
instruction manual carefully. It will enable you to navigate all processes perfect
ly and most efficiently.
To refer to this manual any time you need to, we recommend you to keep it in a
safe place. And please pass it to any future owner of the appliance.
We wish you much joy with your new appliance.
The following symbols are used in this user manual:
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Important information concerning your personal safety and information on
how to avoid damaging the appliance.
3General information and tips
2Environmental information

3Contents
Contents
Operating Instructions 5
Safety instructions 5
Description of the Appliance 7
General Overview 7
Control Panel 8
Cooking surface 9
Oven Features 10
Oven accessories 10
Before Using for the first time 11
Initial Cleaning 11
Operating the hob 12
Setting the heat setting 13
Residual heat indicator 13
Using the Oven 14
Switching the Oven On and Off 14
Oven Functions 15
Inserting the Oven Shelf and the Baking Tray 16
Uses, Tables and Tips 17
Pans 17
Cooking table 18
Baking 19
Baking table 21
Table for Bakes and Gratins 24
Frozen Ready Meals Table 25
Roasting 26
Roasting table 26
Grill Sizes 28
Grilling table 28
Defrosting 29
Defrosting table 29
Drying 30
Making Preserves 31
Cleaning and Care 32
Outside of the appliance 32
Cooking surface 32
Hob Frame 33

Contents4
Oven interior 33
Accessories 33
Shelf Support Rails 34
Oven Lighting 35
Oven Ceiling 36
Oven door 37
Oven door glass 39
Pan drawer 42
What to do if … 43
Disposal 44
Instruction on setting up 45
Setting up 45
Making the appliance level 45
Safety information for the installer 46
Guarantee/Customer Service 47
Service 51

5Operating Instructions
Operating Instructions
1Safety instructions
5This appliance conforms with the following EU Directives:
–73/23/EEC dated 19.02.1973 Low Voltage Directive
–89/336/EEC dated 03.05.1989 EMC Directive inclusive of Amending Directive
92/31/EEC
–93/68/EEC dated 22.07.1993 CE Marking Directive
Electrical safety
•This appliance must be only connected by a registered electrician.
•In the event of a fault or damage to the appliance: Take the fuses out or
switch off.
•Repairs to the appliance must only be carried out by qualified service engi
neers. Considerable danger may result from improper repairs. If repairs be
come necessary, please contact our Customer Services or your dealer.
Child Safety
•Never leave children unsupervised when the appliance is in use.
Safety whilst Using
•This appliance is intended to be used for cooking, roasting and baking food in
the home.
•Take care when connecting electric appliances to sockets nearby. Do not allow
connecting leads to come into contact with or to catch beneath the hot oven
door.
•Warning: Risk of burns! The interior of the oven becomes hot during use.
•Using ingredients containing alcohol in the oven may create an alcoholair
mixture that is easily ignited. In this case, open the door carefully. Do not have
embers, sparks or naked flames in the vicinity when opening the door.
3Information on acrylamides
According to the latest scientific knowledge, intensive browning of food, espe
cially in products containing starch, can constitute a health risk due to acryla
mides. Therefore we recommend cooking at the lowest possible temperatures
and not browning foods too much.

Safety instructions6
How to avoid damage to the appliance
•Do not line the oven with aluminium foil and do not place baking trays, pots,
etc. on the oven floor, as the heat that builds up will damage the oven enamel.
•Fruit juices dripping from the baking tray will leave stains, which you will not
be able to remove. For very moist cakes, use a deep tray.
•Do not put any strain on the oven door when open.
•Never pour water directly into the oven when it is hot. This could cause dam
age to or discoloration of the enamel.
•Rough handling, especially around the edges of the front panel, can cause the
glass to break.
•Do not store any flammable materials inside the oven. These could ignite
when the oven is switched on.
•Do not store any moist foods inside the oven. This could damage the oven
enamel.
•After switching off the cooling fan, do not keep uncovered dishes in the oven.
Moisture may condense in the oven interior or on the glass doors and may get
into the units.
3Note on enamel coating
Changes in the colour of the oven’s enamel coating as a result of use do not af
fect the appliance’s suitability for normal and correct use. They therefore do not
constitute a defect in the sense of the warranty law.

7Description of the Appliance
Description of the Appliance
General Overview
Full glass door
Door
handle
Control panel
Pan drawer

Description of the Appliance8
Control Panel
Oven Power Indicator Temperature Pilot Light
Oven Functions Temperature selector
Hob Cooking Zone Control
Hob Cooking Zone Control

9Description of the Appliance
Cooking surface
Single cooking zone
2300W
Single cooking zone
1200W
S
ingle cooking zone
1800W
Residual heat indicator
S
ingle cooking zone
1200W Oven steam outlet

Description of the Appliance10
Oven Features
Oven accessories
Oven shelf
For cookware, cake tins, roasts and grilled
foods.
Baking tray
For cakes and biscuits.
Top heat and heating elements
Oven lighting
Fan
Bottom Heat
Shelf positions
Oven shelf runners,
removable

11Before Using for the first time
Before Using for the first time
Initial Cleaning
You should clean the appliance thoroughly before using for the first time.
Wipe the glass ceramic cooking surface with a damp cloth.
1Attention: Do not use sharp or abrasive cleaning materials. These could damage
the surface.
3For appliances with metal fronts, use normal commercially available cleaning
agents.
1. Turn the oven functions dial to Light .
2. Remove all accessories and the side rails and clean with warm water and wash
ingup liquid.
3. Wash the oven in the same way, with warm water and washingup liquid, and
dry it.
4. Wipe the front of the appliance with a damp cloth.

Operating the hob12
Operating the hob
3When a cooking zone is switched on, it may hum briefly. This is a characteristic
of all ceramic glass cooking zones and does not impair either the function or the
life of the appliance.
Heat settings
•You may select the heat settings within the range of settings 19.
•Intermediate positions may be selected between settings 2 and 7.
1 = lowest heat setting
9 = highest heat setting
2Switch the cooking zone off approx. 510 minutes before cooking is finished to
make use of the residual heat. This saves electricity.
Hob Cooking Zone Control Knobs
front left
rear left rear right front right

13Operating the hob
Setting the heat setting
1. Select the heat setting.
2. To end the cooking process, turn back to the
Off position.
Residual heat indicator
The residual heat indicator lights up, as soon as the corresponding cooking zone
is hot.
1Danger! Risk of burns from residual heat. After being switched off, the cooking
zones need some time to cool down. Look at the residual heat indicator.
2Residual heat can be used for melting and keeping food warm.

Using the Oven14
Using the Oven
Switching the Oven On and Off
1. Turn the oven functions dial to the desired function.
2. Turn the temperature selector to the desired temperature.
The power indicator is lit as long as the oven is in operation.
The temperature pilot light is lit as long as the oven is heating up.
3. To turn the oven off, turn the oven functions dial and the temperature selector
to the Off position.
3Cooling fan
The fan switches on automatically in order to keep the appliance’s surfaces cool.
When the oven is switched off, the fan continues to run to cool the appliance
down, then switches itself off automatically.
Temperature Pilot Light
Temperature selector
Oven Power Indicator
Oven Functions

15Using the Oven
Oven Functions
The oven has the following functions:
Oven function Application Heating element/fan
Light Using this function you can light up
the oven interior, e.g. for cleaning.

Fanassisted
circulation
For baking on up to two oven levels.
Set the oven temperatures 2040 °C
lower than when using Conventional.
Top heat, bottomheat,
fan
Conventional For baking and roasting on one oven
level.
Top heat, bottomheat
Bottom heat For baking cakes with crispy or
crusty bases.
Bottom heat
Defrost For defrosting e. g. flans and gateaux,
butter, bread, fruit or other frozen
foods.
Fan
Grill For grilling flat foodstuffs placed in
the middle of the grill and for toast
ing.
Grill
Dual gril For grilling flat foodstuffs in large
quantities and for toasting.
Grill, top heat
Rothitherm For roasting larger joints of meat or
poultry on one level.
The function is also suitable for grati
nating and browning.
Grill, top heat, fan

Using the Oven16
Inserting the Oven Shelf and the Baking Tray
3Shelf runner safety and antitip device
As a shelf runner safety device, all insertable components have a small curved
indentation at the bottom on the right and lefthand edge.
Always insert insertable components so that this indentation is at the back of
the oven interior. This indentation is also important for preventing the insertable
components from tipping.
Inserting the baking tray
Push the baking tray between the guide
bars of the selected oven level.
Inserting the oven shelf:
Insert the oven shelf so that the feet point
downwards.
Push the oven shelf between the guide bars
of the selected oven level.
3The high rim around the oven shelf is an
additional device to prevent cookware from
slipping.
Inserting the oven shelf and the baking
tray together:
Lay the oven shelf on the baking tray.
Push the baking tray between the guide
bars of the selected oven level.

17Uses, Tables and Tips
Uses, Tables and Tips
Pans
•You can recognise good pans by their bases. The base should be as thick and
flat as possible.
•Pay particular attention when buying new pans to the diameter of the base.
Manufacturers often give only the diameter of the upper rim.
•Pots with aluminium or copper bases can cause metallic discolouring on the
ceramic glass surface, which is very difficult or impossible to remove.
•Do not use cast iron pans or pans with a rough, burred or damaged base. This
can produce permanent scratching if the pan is slid across the surface.
•When cold, pan bases are normally
bowed slightly inwards (concave). They
should never be bowed outwards (con
vex).
•If you wish to use special types of pan
(e.g. a pressure cooker, simmering pan,
wok, etc.), please observe the manufac
turer's instructions.
2Energy saving tips
•Always position pots and pans before switching on the cooking zone.
•Whenever possible always position the
lids firmly on pots and pans to cover
completely.
•Switch off the cooking zones before the
end of the cooking time to use the resid
ual heat such as to keep foods warm or
for melting.
•The base of the pan should be the same
size as the cooking zone.

Uses, Tables and Tips18
Cooking table
The information given in the following table is for guidance only.
3We recommend when boiling or searing foods using the highest heat setting at
first and then letting foods requiring a longer cooking time finish cooking on
the desired heat setting.
1Overheated fats and oils can ignite quickly. If you are cooking foods in fat or oil
(e.g. chips), remain nearby.
Heat
setting
Cooking
process suitable for Cooking time Tips/Hints
0Residual heat, Off position
1Keeping
food warm Keeping cooked foods warm as required Cover
12 Melting
Hollandaise sauce,
melting butter, chocolate,
gelatine
525 mins. Stir occasionally
Solidifying Fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 1040 mins. Cook with lid on
23
Simmer
ing on low
heat
Simmering rice and milk
based dishes
Heating up readycooked
meals
2550 mins.
Add at least twice as
much liquid as rice, stir
milk dishes part way
through cooking
34 Steaming
Braising
Steaming vegetables, fish
braising meat 2045 mins.
With vegetables add only
a little liquid (a few table
spoons)
45 Boiling
Steaming potatoes 2060 mins.
Use only a little liquid, e.
g.: max. ¼l water for
750 g potatoes
Cooking larger quantities of
food, stews and soups 60150 mins. Up to 3 l liquid plus in gredients
67 Gentle
Frying
Frying escalopes, veal cor
don bleu, cutlets, rissoles,
sausages, liver, roux, eggs,
pancakes, doughnuts
Steady frying Turn halfway through
cooking
78 Heavy
Frying
Hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks, Flädle (pancakes for
garnishing soup)
515 mins.
per pan
Turn halfway through
cooking
9
Boiling
Searing
Deep
frying
Boiling large quantities of water, cooking pasta, searing meat (goulash,
pot roast), deep frying chips

19Uses, Tables and Tips
Baking
Oven function: Fanassisted circulation or Conventional
Baking tins
•For Conventional , dark metal and nonstick tins are suitable.
•For Fanassisted circulation bright metal tins are also suitable.
Oven levels
•Baking with Conventional is only possible on one level.
•With Fanassisted circulation you can bake dry cakes and biscuits on
2 baking trays at the same time.
1 baking tray:
e.g. oven level 3
1 cake tin:
e.g. oven level 1
2 baking trays:
e. g. oven levels 1 and 3

Uses, Tables and Tips20
General Instructions
•Insert the tray with the bevel at the front.
•With Conventional or Fanassisted circulation you can also bake with
two tins next to one another on the oven shelf at the same time. This does not
significantly increase baking time.
3When frozen foods are used the trays inserted may distort during cooking. This
is due to the large difference in temperature between the freezing temperature
and the temperature in the oven. Once the trays have cooled the distortion will
disappear again.
How to use the Baking Tables
The tables give the required temperature settings, baking times and oven shelf
levels for a selection of typical dishes.
•Temperatures and baking times are for guidance only, as these will depend on
the consistency of pastry or mixture, the number and the type of cake tin.
•We recommend using the lower temperature the first time and then if neces
sary, for example, if a deeper browning is required, or baking time is too long,
selecting a higher temperature.
•If you cannot find the settings for a particular recipe, look for the one that is
most similar.
•If baking cakes on baking trays or in tins on more than one level, baking time
can be extended by 1015 minutes.
•Moist recipes (for example, pizzas, fruit flans, etc.) are baked on one level.
•Cakes and pastries at different heights may brown at an uneven rate at first. If
this occurs, please do not change the temperature setting. Different rates
of browning even out as baking progresses.
•Your new oven may bake or roast differently to your previous appliance. So
adapt your normal settings (temperature, cooking times) and oven shelf levels
to the recommendations in the following tables.
2With longer baking times, you can switch the oven off about 10 minutes before
the end of the baking time, in order to utilise the residual heat.
Unless otherwise stated, the values given in the tables assume that cooking is
started with the oven cold.