AEG COMPETENCE B4000-1 User manual

COMPETENCE B4000-1
The Versatile Built-in Oven
Operating Instructions

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Dear customer,
Please read these operating instructions carefully.
Pay particular attention to the section “Safety information” on the first
few pages. Please retain these operating instructions for later refer-
ence. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
1 Safety instructions
Warning: Information concerning your personal safety.
Important: Information on how to avoid damaging the appliance.
3 Information and practical tips
2 Environmental information
1. These numbers indicate step by step how to use the appliance.
2. ...
3. ...
In the event of any technical problems please contact your nearest
CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRE at any time. (Addresses and telephone
numbers may be found in the appendix under "Customer Service
Centres“).
You should also refer to the section "Service"“.
Printed on environmentally friendly paper.
Thinking ecologically means acting ecologically ...

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Description of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Oven Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Oven accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Before Using for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Initial Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the Oven On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Oven Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Inserting/Removing the Fat Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mechanical Door Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Uses, Tables and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Baking Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tips for baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Pies and Gratin Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Frozen Ready Meals Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Roasting table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Grilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Grilling Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Defrosting table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Preserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cleaning and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Exterior of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Oven Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fat Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Shelf Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Oven Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Cleaning the Oven Ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Oven Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Oven Door Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
What to do if ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Oven Interior Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Regulations, Standards, Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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1 Safety
Electrical Safety
•The appliance may only be connected by a registered specialist.
•In the event of any faults or damage to the appliance: remove fuses
or switch off.
•It is not permissible to clean the appliance with a steam or high
pressure cleaner for safety reasons!
•Repairs to the appliance may only be carried out by specialists. Re-
pairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious
malfunctioning. If your appliance needs repairing, please contact
your local AEG Service Force Centre or your specialist 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, frying 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 hot rings or to
catch beneath the hot oven door.
•Warning: Risk of burns! The interior of the oven becomes hot dur-
ing use.
•Using ingredients containing alcohol in the oven may create an alco-
hol-air mixture that is easily ignited. In this case, open the door care-
fully. Do not have embers, sparks or naked flames in the vicinity when
opening the door.

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To Avoid Damaging Your Appliance
•Do not line your oven with aluminium foil and do not place a baking
tray or dish on the oven floor, otherwise the oven enamel will be
damaged by the resulting build up of heat.
•Juice from fruit that drips from baking trays will leave marks that
cannot be removed. For very moist cakes, use the universal baking
tray.
•Do not put any weight on the oven door when it is open.
•Never pour water directly into the hot oven. The enamel may be dam-
aged.
•Using force, especially on the edges of the front glass panel, may
break the glass.
•Do not store inflammable objects in the oven. They may ignite when
the oven is switched on.
•Do not store moist food in the oven. The enamel may be damaged.

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2 Disposal
Disposing of the packaging material
All materials used can be fully recycled.
Plastics are marked as follows:
•>PE< for polyethylene, as used for the outer wrapping and the bags
inside.
•>PS< for polystyrene foam, e.g., as used for the padding materials.
They are completely free of CFCs.
Disposal of old appliances
1 Warning: Before disposing of old appliances please make them inoper-
able so that they cannot be the source of danger.
To do this, disconnect the appliance from the mains supply and re-
move the mains lead.
To protect the environment, it is important that worn out appliances
are disposed of in the correct manner.
•The appliance must not be disposed of with household rubbish.
•You can obtain information about collection dates or public refuse
disposal sites from your local refuse department or council.

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Description of the Appliance
General Overview
Control Panel

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Oven Features
Oven Steam Outlet
Steam from the oven is fed out between the upper edge of the door
and the control panel.

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Oven accessories
Combination shelf
For dishes, cake tins, items for
roasting and grilling.
Fat tray
For roasting or for collecting fat.
Baking tray
For cakes and biscuits

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Before Using for the First Time
Initial Cleaning
Before using the oven for the first time you should clean the oven floor.
1 Caution: Do not use any caustic, abrasive cleaners! The surface could
be damaged.
3 To clean metal fronts use commercially available cleaning agents.
1. Turn the oven function switch to oven lighting L.
2. Remove all accessories and the shelf support rails and wash them with
warm water and washing up liquid.
3. Then wash the oven floor with warm water and washing-up liquid, and
dry.
4. Wipe the front of the appliance with a damp cloth.

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Using the Oven
Switching the Oven On and Off
1. Turn the “oven functions” switch to the required function.
2. Turn the “temperature selection” switch to the required temperature.
The yellow oven power indicator will remain on while the oven is in use.
The red temperature pilot light comes on while the oven is heating up.
3. To switch off the oven turn the “oven functions” switch and the “tem-
perature selection” switch to the off position.
3 Cooling fan
The fan comes on automatically when the oven is in use in order
to keep the surfaces of the appliance cool. Once the oven has been
switched off the fan continues running to cool down the appliance
and then switches itself off automatically.

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Oven Functions
The oven has the following functions:
LOven lighting
With this function you can illuminate the oven interior, e.g., for clean-
ing.
The heating element is not in use.
SPizza & baking
For baking cakes on one level and for pastries that need more brown-
ing and a crispy base. These include such foods as pizza, quiche lorraine,
and cheese cake.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
Conventional is used and in addition the fan is switched on.
UFan cooking
For baking on up to three levels at the same time.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
The rear wall heating element is used and in addition the fan is
switched on.
OConventional
For baking and roasting on one level.
The conventional heating elements are in use.
ÜBottom heat
For crisping and browning cakes with crispy bases.
The bottom heating element is in use.

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ADefrost
To begin to thaw and to defrost such items as flan, butter, bread, fruit
or other frozen foods.
For this function the fan operates without heating.
FGrill
For grilling flat foods placed on the middle of the shelf such as steaks,
escalopes or fish, or for toasting.
The grill heating element is in use.
ZDual grill
For grilling larger quantities of flat foods such as steaks, escalopes or
fish, or for toasting.
Top heat and the grill heating element are in use.
IRotitherm
For roasting larger pieces of meat or poultry on one level. This function
is also suited to cooking foods au gratin and browning.
The grill heating element and fan operate alternately.

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Inserting/Removing the Fat Filter
The fat filter protects the rear wall heating element against splashes of
fat when roasting.
Inserting the fat filter
Holding the fat filter by the tab, in-
sert the two retainers into the
opening on the rear wall of the
oven (fan opening) from the top
downwards.
Removing the fat filter
Take hold of the tab on the fat filter
and remove by pulling upwards.

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Mechanical Door Lock
When the appliance is delivered, the door lock is deactivated.
Activate the door lock
Pull the safety catch forwards
until it locks in place.
Open the oven door:
1. Shut the door.
2. Press the safety catch and keep
it depressed.
3. Open the doors.
Close the oven door
Close the door without pressing
the safety catch.
Deactivating the door lock
Press the safety catch back into the panel.
3 Switching off the appliance does not cancel the mechanical door lock.

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Uses, Tables and Tips
Baking
Use the pizza & baking S, fan cooking Uor conventional Ooven
functions for baking.
3 Remove the fat filter when baking, as otherwise the baking time is
longer and the surface will brown unevenly.
Baking tins
•Coated baking tins and tins made of dark metal are suitable for
conventional Oheat.
•Light metallic, glass and ceramic containers are also suitable for pizza
& baking Sand fan cooking U.
Shelf positions
•Pizza & baking Sor conventional Ocan both be used for baking on
one level.
•Using fan cooking Uit is possible to bake flat, dry cakes and pastries
on up to 3 baking trays at the same time
1 Baking tray
e.g., shelf position 3
1 Baking tin:
e.g., shelf position 1
2 Baking trays:
Shelf positions 1 and 4
3 Baking trays:
Shelf positions 1, 3 and 5

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3 General information
•Always count the shelf positions from the bottom upwards.
•Insert baking trays with the sloped edge to the front!
•Always place cake tins in the middle of the shelf.
•With pizza & baking Sor conventional Oyou can also bake two
items simultaneously by placing the tins next to one another on the
shelf. There is no significant increase in baking time.
Notes on the baking tables
In the tables you will find information on temperatures, cooking times
and shelf positions for a selection of dishes.
•The temperatures and cooking times are for guidance only since these
are dependent on the mixture, quantity and cake tin used.
•We recommend that you use the lower temperature initially and only
select a higher temperature if necessary, e.g., if more browning is re-
quired or the cooking time is too long.
•If you cannot find specific information for one of your own recipes,
use information given in a similar recipe for guidance.
•When cakes are baked on trays or in tins on more than one oven po-
sition at once the baking time may be increased by 10-15 minutes.
•Items that might drip (e.g., pizzas, fruit flans) should only be prepared
on one level.
•Variations in the height of the item to be baked can lead to different
degrees of browning at the start of baking. In this case please do not
change the temperature setting. Differences in the degree of
browning will balance out during baking.
2 For longer cooking times switch off the oven approx. 10 minutes before
the end of the cooking time to make use of the residual heat.
Unless otherwise stated, the information in the tables assumes starting
with a cold oven.

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Baking Table
Baking on one shelf position
Type of cake or pastry Pizza & baking SConventional OTime
Shelf
position
from
bottom
Tempera-
ture
ºC
Shelf po-
sition
from
bottom
Tempera-
ture
ºC
For both
functions
Hrs.: Mins.
Cakes in cake tins
Ring-shaped or
bowl-shaped cakes 1150-160 1160-180 0:50-1:10
Madeira cake/
king cake 1140-160 1150-170 1:10-1:30
Sponge cake 1150-160 1160-180 0:25-0:40
Shortcrust pastry flan
base 3170-180 2190-21010:10-0:25
Sponge flan base 3150-170 2170-190 0:20-0:25
Covered apple flan 1150-170 1170-190 0:50-1:00
Savoury flan
(e.g., quiche lorraine) 1160-180 1190-210 0:30-1:10
Cheesecake 1140-160 1170-190 1:00-1:30
Cakes and pastries on
baking trays
Plaited roll/ring 3160-170 3170-190 0:30-0:40
Fruit loaf 3150-17013160-18010:40-1:00
Bread (rye bread) initially
.....................................then 1.180-2001
140-160 22501 160-180
0:20
0:30-1:00
Cream puffs/eclairs 3160-17013190-210 0:15-0:30
Swiss roll 3150-17013180-20010:10-0:20
Dry streusel cake 3150-160 3160-180 0:20-0:40
Butter cake/sugar cake 3160-17013190-21010:15-0:30

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Fruit flan (with a yeast
dough/sponge base)23150-170 3170-190 0:25-0:50
Fruit flans on shortcrust
pastry base13160-170 3170-190 0:40-1:20
Tarts with delicate fillings
(e.g., curd cheese, cream,
sugar-topped cakes)
- - 3 160-18010:40-1:20
Pizza (with deep topping)21180-200 1190-21010:30-1:00
Pizza (thin) 1200-220 1230-30010:10-0:25
Unleavened bread 1200-220 1270-30010:08-0:15
Flat sweet or savoury
pies 1180-200 1210-230 0:35-0:50
Biscuits
Shortcrust biscuits 3150-160 3170-19010:06-0:20
Small piped biscuits 3140-150 3160-180 0:10-0:40
Sponge fingers 3150-160 3170-190 0:15-0:20
Meringues 380-100 3100-120 2:00-2:30
Macaroons 3100-120 3120-140 0:30-0:60
Small pastries made with
yeast dough 3160-170 3170-190 0:20-0:40
Small pastries made with
puff pastry 3170-18013190-21010:20-0:30
Bread rolls 3180-20013180-22010:20-0:35
1) Pre-heat the oven
2) Use the combination/fat tray or the fat tray!
Information printed in bold type indicates the preferred oven function in each
case.
Type of cake or pastry Pizza & baking SConventional OTime
Shelf
position
from
bottom
Tempera-
ture
ºC
Shelf po-
sition
from
bottom
Tempera-
ture
ºC
For both
functions
Hrs.: Mins.