Electrolux WOK 38TCi O User manual

OPERATING AND
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Glass-ceramic induction wok
WOK 38TCi O
CH
374 448 13/05.04

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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 keep
these operating instructions in a safe place for future
reference. Pass them on to any new owner of the
appliance.
1 The warning triangle and/or signal words
(Warning!, Caution!, Danger!) emphasise
instructions important for your safety or
proper functioning of the appliance. Please
observe these without fail.
0 This symbol guides you when operating the
appliance.
3 This symbol is followed by supplementary
information for the operation and practical
use of the appliance.
2 This symbol indicates tips and advice for the
economic and environmentally-friendly
application of the appliance.
These operating instructions contain instructions to
assist you to independently rectify possible faults,
see the section «What to do, if...».
Should these instructions not suffice, you always
have two possibilities for obtaining assistance:
• Your local After-sales agent (see the section
«After-sales agencies ») oder
Here you will receive replies to any queries
concerning the equipment and the operating of
your appliance.
We are of course also keen to hear your wishes,
suggestions and criticisms. It is our aim to further
improve our products and services to the benefit
of our customers.
• Our After-sales service is available at all times to
deal with technical problems (see the section
«After-sales agencies » for addresses and
telephone numbers.
Note also the section «Service».
We request that you read through the operating
instructions attentively.

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CONTENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Appliance description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Function and mode of operation of
the induction wok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cooking surface and control panel layout . . . . . . . 6
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Before first use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Initial cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating the wok cooking surface . . . . . . . . . . 9
Switching on the control panel
(Stand-by mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Switching on the cooking surface . . . . . . . 10
Parboiling with the Power-Level . . . . . . . . . 10
Changing the cooking level . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching off the cooking surface . . . . . . . 11
Pan detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The control panel lock (child-proof feature) 11
Safety functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Frying with the wok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Handling the wok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using, tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Methods of preparation in the wok . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Stir frying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deep frying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Poaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Boiling/simmering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Stewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Steaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Information on the use of fats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cleaning and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Advantages of cleaning and care
with the induction wok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glass-ceramic cuvette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wok pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
If something should go wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What to do, if... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SERVICE/CUSTOMER
SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Spare-parts sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cooking advice / sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . 18
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Regulations, standards, guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety instructions for the installer . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Electrical connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Function test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rating plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Air inlet and outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fitting/installation in working surface: surface
mounting (coated, lined, Inox or stone) . . . . . . . . 21
Fitting/installation: flush mounting in
stone working surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
1 Safety information
The safety of this appliance complies with recognised
engineering practice and the appliance safety laws. In
addition, as manufacturers, we are prompted to
acquaint you with the following safety information.
Electrical safety
• The new appliance is only to be installed and con-
nected by a certified installer.
3 Please comply with this instruction. In the
event of non-compliance, your claims under
the warranty lapse if damage should result
from this.
• Repairs to the appliance are only to be carried out
by certified experts. Serious damage can occur
through inexpert repairs. For repairs, contact our
customer support centre or your specialist dealer.
• In the event of faults occurring on the appliance,
fractures, fissures or cracks:
– switch the appliance off,
– trip the appliance circuit breaker or remove the
fuse.
Child safety
When you are cooking or roasting, the appliance and
the wok pan become hot and there is a risk of injury
through the spraying of hot fat. In principle therefore,
keep young children clear of the cooking area.
Safety during use
• This appliance may only be used for normal
household boiling, roasting and grilling of food.
• Due to the induction heating process, the wok pan
heats up much faster than you will be accustomed
to with other cooking appliances. Risk of burns.
• Only (rounded base) wok pans specially intended
for this appliance may be used.
• The glass-ceramic cuvette is warmed up by the
heat of the wok pan. To avoid burns, do not touch
the cuvette.
• Caution when connecting electrical appliances to
nearby power sockets. Connector leads are not to
come into contact with the hot appliance or hot
wok pan.
• Overheated fats and oils ignite quickly. Watch the
cooking process constantly when preparing food
in fat or oil.
• Switch the appliance off after each use and when
removing the wok pan for a long period of time.
This ensures that the appliance must be intention-
ally switched on again with the touch controls and
you avoid any inadvertent automatic heating up as
soon as a wok pan is placed in/on the cuvette.
• No paper, card, cloth etc. is to be placed between
the glass-ceramic cuvette and the wok pan as this
could result in a fire.
• A flow of cooling air must be continuously supplied
to the cooking appliance and extracted. Do not
close off the air inlet (in the base unit underneath
the appliance) and the air outlet (underneath the
working surface).
• To avoid overheating the wok pan, never heat the
wok pan without food and unsupervised.
• If fat or oil is added to the heated wok pan it will
ignite suddenly and you can sustain burns through
sprayed fat or oil.

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Special information concerning the
induction wok
Electromagnetic fields are produced when using
induction cooking appliances. Comply therefore with
the following instructions:
• Scientific investigations have indicated that no
influencing or endangering of patients with
implanted heart pacemakers is normally to be
anticipated through induction cooking appliances.
In spite of this, please consult a physician to put
your mind at rest.
• However, you should maintain a distance of 30 cm
between the upper part of the body and the appli-
ance!
• Electromagnetic fields can influence electronic
switching circuits and interfere with portable radio
receivers.
• When using the appliance do not place magneti-
cally chargeable objects (e.g. credit cards, phone
cards, cassettes etc.) in the glass-ceramic
cuvette.
• Do not place any metal objects (e.g. cutlery, metal
plates or dishes, food cans, jar lids etc.) in the
glass-ceramic cuvette as these can heat up during
operation under some circumstances.
• During operation, objects worn by the user such
as rings, watches etc. can under certain circum-
stances become hot when held too close to the
glass-ceramic cuvette.
Safety when cleaning
• For electrical safety reasons, cleaning the appli-
ance with a steam-jet, high-pressure or steam
cleaning device is forbidden.
How to avoid damage to the
appliance
• The glass-ceramic cooking surface (cuvette) is not
susceptible to thermal shocks and is very strong,
though not unbreakable. It can suffer damage in
particular from sharp and hard objects falling on to
the glass-ceramic cooking surface (cuvette).
• If sugar or a preparation with sugar should fall on
to the hot glass-ceramic cuvette and melts,
remove it at once using a wooden scraper. If the
mass is allowed to cool, the surface may be dam-
aged when attempts are made to remove it.
• Keep all meltable objects and materials away from
the glass-ceramic cuvette (e.g. plastics, alumin-
ium foils or oven foils). If any of these should melt
on, they must be removed at once using a wooden
scraper.
• Never operate the appliance with empty cooking
vessels. Avoid cooking with the wok pan empty.
This can damage the base of the wok pan and the
glass-ceramic cooking surface (cuvette).
2 Disposal
Disposal of packing material
• All parts of the packing are recyclable, films and
hard foam parts are appropriately marked. Please
dispose of packing material and your worn-out
appliances in accordance with regulations.
• Please comply with the national and regional reg-
ulations and the material marking (material sepa-
ration, refuse collection, resource recovery
centres).
Disposal information
• The appliance is not to be disposed of with the
household refuse.
• You can obtain information on collection times or
collecting centres from your local municipal clean-
ing authority or the local administration.
• Warning! Before disposal please render old, worn
out appliances unusable. Remove the main con-
nector cable.

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Appliance description
Function and mode of operation of the induction wok
• Located under the glass-ceramic cuvette is a cop-
per wire induction coil. This produces electromag-
netic fields which act directly on the base of the
wok pan and heat it up. So with this system the
wok pan base is heated directly, and the glass-
ceramic does not have to be heated first, as with
other types of heating, thus saving time and
energy.
• As the heat required for cooking is generated
directly in the base of the wok pan, the glass-
ceramic cuvette itself is hardly heated at all; it
receives only the reflected heat from the base of
the wok pan.
• If no (rounded bottom) wok pan is standing on the
glass-ceramic cuvette, there in no energy transfer
(heating up). This guarantees safety against inad-
vertent switching on.
3 Integrated in the glass-ceramic induction wok
is a cooling fan which is automatically acti-
vated according to the appliance tempera-
ture.
Soft switching noises (clicks) can be heard;
these are due to the distribution of the power.
Some cooking vessels have a tendency to
produce operating noise. Likewise, “hum-
ming” can occur at high power levels. This
does not impair the function.
Cooking surface and control panel layout
Cuvette ø 300 mm
Control panel
ON/OFF touch control
Control panel lock (child-proof feature)
Plus and minus touch controls for cooking level selection
Display for control panel lock (child-proof feature)
Display for cooking level

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Accessories
Wok pan (included in supply)
• ø 390 mm, 6 litre, with handle and grip
• WOK P 6.0 stainless steel
Wok pan domed cover (special accessory)
• ø 390 mm
• WOK DG 39 stainless steel
Drip rack ( special accessory)
• ø 390 mm, half surface
• WOK A 39 stainless steel

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Before first use
Initial cleaning
Wipe the glass-ceramic cooking surface (cuvette)
with a damp cloth to remove any residues from the pro-
duction process.
1 Attention: Do not use sharp, abrasive clean-
ing agents. These could damage the surface.
Comply with the instructions in the chapter
"Cleaning and care".
Wash the accessories (wok pan, cover and drip rack)
thoroughly before first use.
3 All accessory parts are suitable for washing in
a dishwasher.
1 Attention: Do not use sharp, abrasive clean-
ing agents.

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Operating the wok cooking surface
1 Never add fat or oil to an already heated wok
pan. Risk of burns from being splashed with
hot fat!
The wok pan heats up very quickly after being switched
on. Never heat up an empty wok pan; first add fat or oil
or other liquid to the wok pan and then switch the appli-
ance on.
As the heat storage capacity of the induction wok is
extremely low, the food to be cooked reacts immedi-
ately to changes in cooking level. This permits a much
more direct intervention into the cooking process, e.g.
in order to prevent overcooking by reducing the cooking
level. On the other hand greater attention must be paid
when cooking with the induction wok than with conven-
tional cooking.
1 Comply with the safety instructions!
1 Make sure an empty wok pan is never present
in a cuvette which is already switched on. It
overheats very quickly through the high power
of the cooking surface.
Switching on the control panel (Stand-by mode)
0 Activate the touch control ON/OFF (stand-by
switch).
– The cooking surface is ready to operate.
– The cooking level display indicates Level „0“.
Stand-by mode automatically switches off again if:
• no other touch control is activated within 10 seconds
after switching on,
• no touch control is activated again after switching off
the cuvette. The contact break-time for this is
10 seconds,
• one or more touch controls are activated for longer
than 10 seconds.

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Switching on the cooking surface
The induction cooking surface has 10 cooking levels
(„1“ to „9“ and Power-Level „P“).
0 Switch the cooking surface on by setting the
desired cooking level with the plus or minus
touch controls.
– The number of the cooking level appears in
the display.
When the plus touch control is activated, the cooking
zone starts on level „1“.
– Then the value of the cooking level can be set.
When the minus touch control is activated, the cooking
level starts at the maximum level (Power-Level „P“).
– Then the value of the cooking level can be set.
Parboiling with the Power-Level
With the Power-Level „P“ you can sear or boil very
quickly at full power. After 10 minutes the induction
cooking surface switches automatically down to cook-
ing level „9“.
0 Select cooking level „9“ and then activate the
plus touch control once.
– A „P“ is shown in display. The Power-Level is
activated.
Changing the cooking level
A brief activation of the minus or plus touch control
changes the cooking level by one unit.
A longer activation of the minus or plus touch control
reduces or increases the cooking level up to the corre-
sponding stop.
3 Parboil using the highest possible cooking level
and continue boiling at a lower level.
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