Esse 600T User manual

600T
Heat Storage Range Cooker
Instruc�on Manual
UK & I Version

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CONTENTS
1. GENERAL HEALTH & SAFETY......................................................................................................3
2. WELCOME TO YOUR ESSE .........................................................................................................4
3. PRODUCT OVERVIEW................................................................................................................5
4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ......................................................................................................6
THE DOORS.....................................................................................................................................6
SLUMBER ........................................................................................................................................7
THE CONTROLS ...............................................................................................................................7
THE OVENS .....................................................................................................................................8
THE STEAM VENTS..........................................................................................................................9
THE GRILL......................................................................................................................................10
THE HOTPLATE..............................................................................................................................11
HEAT UP TIMES.............................................................................................................................11
ESSE ACCESSORIES AND COOKWARE ...........................................................................................12
INSIDE DOOR LINERS ....................................................................................................................12
CLEANING & MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................12
WARRANTY...................................................................................................................................14
TROUBLESHOOTING .....................................................................................................................15
PLANNING THE INSTALLATION .....................................................................................................16
5. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................................16
REQUIRED SPACE..........................................................................................................................16
POWER SUPPLY.............................................................................................................................18
CONTROLS ....................................................................................................................................18
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION.............................................................................................................18
VENTILATION ................................................................................................................................19
UNPACKING THE APPLIANCE ........................................................................................................19
SWITCHING THE COOKER ON FOR THE FIRST TIME......................................................................19

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All ESSE heat storage range cookers are designed and manufactured to be simple and efficient to
use, and we’ve taken great care to ensure that they meet the applicable safety requirements,
when appropriately installed and used. Before use, ensure you are familiar with the following:
The appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with
reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if
they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe
way and understand the hazards involved.
Children should not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance MUST not be
made by children without supervision.
WARNING: Accessible parts may become hot during use. Young children should be kept
away from the appliance.
The appliance must be installed on a level surface, capable of taking the weight of the
cooker. If installing on a base, the appliance must not be able to slip off the base.
WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Care should be
taken to avoid touching heating elements inside the ovens.
WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be dangerous and may result
in a fire.
WARNING: Danger of fire. Do not store items on the cooking surfaces.
CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised. A short term cooking process has to
be supervised continuously.
Ensure that the kitchen is well ventilated. Natural ventilation holes within the room must
be left open, or install a mechanical ventilation device, such as an extractor hood.
Metallic objects such as cutlery, cooking utensils and pan lids should not be placed on the
hob surface, as they may become hot.
WARNING: Any spillages on the bolster lids should be removed before they are opened.
WARNING: Do not use a steam cleaner to clean any part of this appliance.
The appliance must be installed in such a way that allows for disconnection from the
power supply after installation.
CAUTION: This appliance is not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or
separate remote-control.
If any of the supply cords are damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its
service agent or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the appliance and then cover
flame e.g. with a lid or a fire blanket.
The appliance must not be placed behind a decorative door, so as to avoid overheating.
1. GENERAL HEALTH & SAFETY

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Welcome to the ESSE family. All ESSE cookers are manufactured at our factory in Barnoldswick,
Lancashire, and we’re confident that if appropriately installed, maintained and cared for, your ESSE
will provide you with many years of cooking, baking, heating, drying and general comfort and joy.
Before you switch on your ESSE for the first time, ensure that your installer has installed the cooker
inline with the ‘Installation’ section of this manual, and that the protective plastic film has been
removed from the inside face of the two doors.
This appliance is designed for domestic cooking only. Use for any other purpose could invalidate
the warranty.
These instructions provide all the necessary information to both install, then operate your ESSE, so
please retain them for reference. The key information relating to your ESSE, including the serial
number, can be found on the data plate, located on the rear of the control box. Please quote the
model and serial number, in any future communication with your retailer or the manufacturer.
At ESSE, we work hard to continuously look for ways to improve our products, and as such, we
reserve the right to change specifications and make modifications to the appliance described
within this manual, at any time.
Data plate location
2. WELCOME TO YOUR ESSE

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Key features and parts
INCLUDED WITH YOUR ESSE
✔
Oven Shelves (X3)
✔
Oven Glove and Apron
✔
Grill Pan
✔
Control Box Feet (X2)
✔
Roasting Dish
✔
Instruction Manual
✔
Wire Brush
3. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Bolster lid
Steam vents
Top oven & grill
Control panel
Hotplate
Bottom oven

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4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
THE DOORS
The two cast iron doors are opened by lifting the chrome catch upwards, then swinging the door
forwards. Take care not to allow the door to swing open freely and clash with adjacent cabinets /
surfaces.
To close the doors, carefully but firmly push the door back into position, until the door catch
engages and holds the door shut.
Adjusting the door
catches
Over time, the door catches may need adjusting. This is typically a result of
the rope seals flattening, (and the doors becoming a little loose), or the cast
iron doors expanding naturally over time, (and becoming a little tight).
To adjust a door catch…
STEP 1
STEP 2
Open the door to be adjusted.
Using a 2mm Allen key, loosen the grub
screw on the underside of the handle, by
turning anti-clockwise.
STEP 3
STEP 4
Using a Philips head screwdriver, rotate the
screw head visible from the end of the
catch…
• Clockwise
Tighten the catch
• Anticlockwise
Loosen the catch
Re-tighten the 2mm grub screw, before
closing the door and reviewing whether it
now feels right. Repeat the process if
required.
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4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
SLUMBER
ESSE heat storage range cookers are designed to be permanently left on, ensuring the cooker is
ready to provide the unique surround heat for perfect cooking and baking. However, when not in
use, we recommend setting each cooking area to ‘slumber’, which will allow the cooker to heat up
to cooking temperature more quickly, whilst managing power consumption and running costs.
Keeping your ESSE in slumber will also allow you to enjoy all the benefits which an ambient heat
source brings.
THE CONTROLS
The controls are located on a control box, which is connected to the cooker via a cable. The control
box can either be placed on a horizontal surface close to the cooker, mounted to a wall, or hidden
within an adjacent cabinet.
The top oven, bottom oven, grill and hotplate are controlled by simply rotating the appropriate
dial. When the dial is rotated clockwise, the relevant indicator light will switch on, to indicate that
it is in use.
Controls overview
1
Grill temperature dial
7
Top oven indicator light
2
Hotplate temperature dial
8
Bottom oven indicator light
3
Top oven temperature dial
9
Suggested hotplate slumber setting
4
Bottom oven temperature dial
10
Suggested top oven slumber setting
5
Grill indicator light
11
Suggested bottom oven slumber setting
6
Hotplate indicator light

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4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
THE OVENS
Your 600T incorporates two cooking ovens, all of which incorporate ESSE’s patented wrap around
elements. The heating elements provide a unique even heat source from front to back and top to
bottom, so there’s no need to rotate oven trays, or adjust shelf heights. As a result, during cooking
the bottom of each oven can also be used to place oven trays on to.
Top oven
Variable temperature control up to 240°C.
Incorporates the grill, with a dedicated control.
Bottom oven
Variable temperature control up to 200°C.
Oven shelves
The oven shelves are designed to slide in and out of the ovens. They
incorporate a feature to prevent them from sliding forward and out of the
oven unintentionally.
To insert the shelves, offer the shelf up to the oven at a 45° angle, resting
the angled end of the wire shelf on the desired runner within the oven, and
gently push it forwards. Once the angled end has passed under the metal
pins on the side walls of the oven, swing the wire shelf down until it is
horizontal, then push it forward all the way into the oven.
To remove the shelf, repeat the process in reverse.
The oven shelves will be hot when the oven is in use, and for a time afterwards. Always
use an oven glove when adjusting their position.

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4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
THE STEAM VENTS
All cookers produce steam when in use. Your ESSE incorporates two ‘steam vents’ located at the
rear of the top surface. The steam vents can be adjusted to either retain or release the steam,
depending upon what you are cooking in the ovens.
Opening and closing the steam vents
For example…
Steam vent closed
If you are cooking something which will benefit from retaining the moisture,
(such as baking a sponge cake), the steam vent can be left closed, to keep
the moisture within the oven.
Steam vent open
If you are cooking something which would benefit from the moisture
escaping, (such as roast potatoes), the steam vents can be swung open, to
allow the moisture to escape.
For certain items, (such as when roasting a joint or poultry), it may make sense to have the steam
vents closed throughout the majority of the cooking time, before opening it towards the end, to
crisp up the outside.
The Steam Vents are marked to indicate which oven they are linked to…
I
Top oven
II
Bottom oven
The steam vents can become hot during use, so always wear the supplied glove when
adjusting them, to open or close.

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4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
THE GRILL
The door must be left fully open when using the grill.
The grill is located within the top oven. When in use, the grill overrides the oven, so the top oven
elements will switch off when the grill is turned on. (The two bottom ovens and hotplate remain
unaffected by the grill being in use). If the top oven was in use when the grill was switched on, the
oven will switch back on automatically, once the grill is switched off.
The grill is switched on by rotating the control dial clockwise, and the power level set as
appropriate. The grill indicator light glows red when the grill is switched on, to indicate it is in use.
For best results, allow 4 – 5 minutes for the grill to heat up to temperature before starting to use it,
when it is heated up from cold.
As a safety feature, the grill is programmed to be active for a maximum of 30 minutes, and will
switch off automatically after this time period. If you wish to continue to use the grill, you must
manually turned the dial back to the ‘Off’ position, and then turn it back to the desired setting.
The supplied grill pan should be positioned on a wire shelf, which can be fitted on any of the four
heights of oven shelf runners. Typically the top shelf runner is used for grilling, but take care to
ensure that the food to be grilled does not touch the grill element. We recommend positioning the
wire shelf in the correct position, before switching on the grill.
Grill pan
The supplied grill pan comes in three parts – the pan, the wire rack and the
handle. The wire rack simply drops in place into the pan. To fit the handle,
first drop the wire hook over the inside of the pan, then slide it to the
centre, to lock in position.We recommend removing the handle whilst
grilling, so it does not get too hot.
Assembling the grill pan
The towel rail may become hot when the grill has been used for a prolonged period. Do
not place towels or similar items on the towel rail during or immediately after grilling.