Elba EFS-1149 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Food steamer
MODEL: EFS-1149

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
When using electrical appliance, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including
the following:
1. Read all instruction before using the food steamer.
2. Before connecting the appliance to the power supply, check the voltage on the label
corresponds with the voltage in you home, if this is not the case, please don’t use the
appliance and contact your dealer.
3. Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles or knobs, Always use mitts when handling hot
materials, avoid hot steam rising from top of steamer at all times when in use, do not lean
over appliance while it is generating steam, Remove lid by lifting slowly away from you,
Always use the handle when moving the unit.
4. Allow the unit to cool completely before cleaning or storing.
5. Allow the unit to cool before putting on or taking off parts.
6. When the appliance is not in use and before cleaning, unplug the food steamer from the
outlet.
7. To protect against the risk of electrical shock, do not immerse the unit bottom, cord or plug
in water or other liquid.
8. Close supervision is always necessary when this or any appliance is used near children.
9. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or after the appliance
malfunctions or has been damaged in any manner. Return appliance to the nearest
authorized service facility for examination, repair or adjustment.
10. Do not use attachments not recommend by manufacturer, they may cause fire, electric
shock or injury.
11. Use the appliance on a level and stable work surface away from water.
12. Do not use outdoors or for commercial purpose, do not use this for other than intended
purpose.
13. Do not let the cord hang over the edge of table or counter.
14. Do not let cord touch any hot surface.
15. Do not place the appliance near the hot gas or electronic burner or other toaster oven.
16. Do not operate the appliance without water, it may damage the heating element, if this
allowed happening, you should immediately unplug the appliance from the mains outlet.
After cooling the appliance for 15 minutes, pour cool water in to the appliance.
17. Always use sufficient water for steaming time
18. When using, position the appliance on a balanced surface away from Children.
19. During steaming, please be careful of the steam coming out from the steamer lid and don’t
face directly to any part of the body when opening the lid.
20. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY

Product introduction:
Tube
Control panel
Drip tray
Steamer lid
Support
Reservoir Gauge
Steam plate
Handle
Rice pan
Control panel:

1. On/Off: Control the appliance working state
2. Mode: press the button to select your desired program (5 programs), see the following
figure.
0:16 0:30 0:15
0:200:25
b.steam rice c.steam fish
d.steam chick or meat e.steam vegetable
a.steam bread
3. Adjust: set the steaming food time within 59 minutes
4. Hr/Min: the unit has the automatic start function, press the button to change between the
“hour” and “minute” and set the automatic start time.
5. Power: it has red and green, when it indicates green and not flash, it indicates stand by, if it
indicates green and flash, indicates the automatic start time and start count down. The red
indicates the working state.
6. Display: indicate the working mode and time
Before the first use:
Before using the food steamer for the first time, please clean the food steamer completely, put
the attachments such as steam plates, supports, drip tray, steamer lid etc into water (also
adding the proper cleanser) and clean them thoroughly. Fill the reservoir with water to the max
mark, assemble all parts and begin to operate, when the water is boiling, discard the water.
Note: assemble all parts, place drip tray in reservoir, make sure it is fixed to the correct position
and it sits flat. When using, make sure the water level in the reservoir is between the maximum
and minimum mark.
Parts:
1. Reservoir: holds water for steaming food, do not place any other liquid in the reservoir.
2. Drip tray: prevents water condensation and food liquids from dripping back to the reservoir to
ensure the water in the reservoir is clean.
3. Steam plate and support: you can use the single steam plate and support; you also may use
the three plates together or two layers together.
Note: When assembling the steam plate and steam support, make sure the two fasteners on
the steam plate are downward, then insert the two fasteners into the steam support and
make sure they are locked to prevent the steam plate from dropping (if the steam plate
can be pushed down easily, it is not locked)
4. Rice pan: it is placed on the steam plate and used to cook rice.
5. Steamer lid: it has a convenient handle on top to avoid scalding when it is removed.
6. Tube: Cover around of the heating element and make the water boils rapidly.
7. Gauge: indicates the water level.

Operation:
1. Place the food steamer on a stable and level surface.
2. Fill the reservoir with water according to food type and quantity. If the food needs steaming
for 15-60 minutes, add water to the maximum mark, but if the steaming time is less than 15
minutes, add water to the minimum mark. If food steamer stops producing steam or steam
rate is obviously slow before the food is ready, it indicates you should add water to the
reservoir.
Note: Don’t add any salt, pepper, flavouring, essence, wine or other liquids in tap water in
the reservoir.
Using the appliance, ensure the water level is between the minimum and maximum.
The tube must cover around of the heating element and make the less water boiling, and
produce the steam rapidly.
3. The appliance can be used in three ways:
. Only using thesingle steam plate and support: Put food in steam plate, then position the
steam plate on the reservoir.
. Using three steam plate and support together: use the three layers together. (See
product introduction)
. Using two steam plates and supports: use any two layers.
Note: the food of cooking in the lower plate is more rapid than in the upper plate, put difficult
to cook food in the lower plate.
4. Cover with the steamer lid.
5. Plug into the mains outlet.
Note: Do not operate without steam plates and lid in place.
6. Plug the power outlet, a long buzzers will be heard, the display will display “0:00” after 1
second, the indicator is green, only the “Mode” button can be activated.
7. Press the “Mode” button, the display will display continuously: a. steamed bread b. steam
rice c. steam fish d. steam chicken or meat e. steam vegetable, you can select your desired
program, the LCD will display the default steam time, and you can change the steam time
by pressing the “Adjust” button.
8. The unit has automatic start function; the max delay time is 12 hours and 59 minutes. If you
do not want the steamer start operation immediately, you may set the automatic start
function by pressing the “Hr/Min” as follows:
For example: set the unit to begin working after 2 hours 30minutes.
. Operate according to the above 1-8 steps, press “Hr/Min” button once, an alarm clock
icon will display in the left of display, and the “00” begin to flash.
. Adjust the “00” to the “30” by pressing the “Adjust” button, then press the “Hr/Min”
button again and “0” begin to flashing, adjust the “0” to “2” by pressing “Adjust” button,
and confirm the setting by pressing “Hr/Min”.
. Press the “On/Off” button, a long buzzer will be heard, the indicator will indicate green
and flash, the LCD counts down, when the time is “0:00”, the icon of the alarm clock will
disappear, the indicator will indicate red and stop flashing, the unit begins working.
. When the operation is finished, the buzzer will beep.
Note: the minimum operation time of every mode is a default time, the maximum is 59
minutes. During operation, you can cancel the setting by pressing the “On/Off” button
for 2 seconds.
Cancel the automatic start program: press the “On/Off” for 2 seconds and a long buzzer
will be heard. Green indicator will stop flashing, the icon of alarm clock will disappear,
the time return to zero and cancel all the setting.
9. During operation do not touch the base, steam plates, steam bowl, steam plate and steam
support. Always use groves when handling the food steamer.
10. After finishing steaming, unplug the appliance from the mains outlet and let it cool
completely before removing the reservoir.
Note: be careful when removing the drip tray, while other parts of the unit may cool down,

water in the reservoir and drip tray is still very hot.
11. Discard the water after each use.
12. Store the food steamer after all parts cool down completely and place it in a dry location
such as a table top or counter top or a cupboard shelf. The power cord may be wound
under the bottom of steamer.
Operating dry protective:
During working, please note check that there is enough water in the reservoir, if it has no water
or the water level is lower than minimum in the reservoir, the operating dry protective will shut off
the power and buzzers will be heard, the LCD will display:
Cleaning and maintenance:
1. Allow the appliance to cool down completely before cleaning
2. Wash the steam plates, steamer lid, drip tray in hot soapy water, rinse and dry completely.
3. Don’t clean any part with abrasive cleaners such as metal scouring pads, and scouring
powder
4. Do not immerse the reservoir in water, first pour the warm water into the reservoir, then
rinse thoroughly and discard water, finally dry with a soft cloth.All parts except the reservoir
can be cleaned in a dishwasher; however, continual cleaning in a dishwasher may result in
a slight loss of polish.
5. Store the food steamer after all parts have cooled down completely and place it in a dry
location such as a table top or counter top or a cupboard shelf.
Descale the reservoir:
After using for about 2-3 months, some chemical deposits may build up in the reservoir.
Or on the heating element, this is normal, the amount of deposits depends on the hardness of
water in your area, it is essential to de-scale the reservoir for the purpose of prolonging the
product life.
1. Fill the reservoir with a mixture of vinegar and water to the maximum mark; don’t use any
other chemical or detergent.
2. Plug into the outlet, drip tray, steam plates and steamer lid should be in the correct place
during this procedure.
3. Set the timer for approx.20-25 minutes to start steaming, in case white vinegar is
overflowing from the reservoir, unplug from the outlet, switch off timer and reduce some
white vinegar.
4. When the timer rings, unplug from the outlet and allow the unit to cool down before pouring
the white vinegar out.
5. Rinse the reservoir several times with cold water and clean other parts as described in
cleaning and maintenance.
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Tips:
1. Steaming time stated in recipes is only referenced; also it depends on food size, location,
freshness and taste, as you are familiar with it, set time accordingly.
2. Simple layer food steams faster than multilayered food, therefore, steaming time for a large
quantity of food is much longer.
3. For better results, Select proper size food to steam, if food size is differs greatly; it is
advisable you place the small food on the top.
4. Do not fill the rice pan with full, as there should be enough space between foods to allow for
the maximum steam flow.
5. When steaming a large quantity of food, remove steamer lid and stir the food halfway by a
long handled tool.
6. For preventing damage to the heating element, don’t add any salt, pepper, flavouring, or
essence in to the steam plate.
7. Save liquid in drip tray for making soup, sauces or gravy.
8. Please defrost it first before steaming frozen meat or poultry.
9. Steaming time stated in recipes is based on the use of cold water.
10. The steam plates are also used for steaming other food such as fruits, vegetables,
puddings, quick bread etc.
11. When using three steam plates, always place the food with long steaming time in lower
steam plates.
12. You may place different food respectively in three steam plates, as steam will drip from the
upper layer; make sure food flavour is consistent to each other. If steaming meat and
vegetables, always place meat in the lower layer so that gravy can’t drip onto other food.
13. Steaming time for food in the upper steam plate is usually longer than 5 minutes, if you
need steam food with different cooking times, start steaming the food with the long cooking
time in the lower steam plate, then when the remaining time reaches that of food with the
short cooking time, carefully remove steam lid with oven gloves and place lower support
and lower steam plate filled with food, eventually, cover with steam lid and continue
steaming.
Recipes
Type weight water capacity Steaming time
of reservoir
Rice rice330g water200g 1200ml 38-50minutes
Egg 6pcs（drill a hole on the top）1200ml 18-26minutes
Fish 300g 1200ml 12-18minutes
Meat 300g 1200ml 18-22minutes
Chicken chop 400g 1200ml 20-28minutes
Potato 1pcs（cut 1 inch in thickness）1200ml 35-42minutes
Carrot 250g（cut 1 inch in thickness）1200ml 45-50minutes

The time or weight above mentioned is for reference only; you can adjust them according to
your taste for obtaining the best results.
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