Siemens HB 56 M.50B User manual

HB 55 M.50B
Installation and
Operating Instructions

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Making cooking as much fun as eating
Please read this instruction manual. This will ensure that you
make use of all the technical benefits the cooker has to offer.
It will provide you with important safety information. You will
then be familiarised with the individual components of your
new cooker. And we will show you how to make settings
step by step. It is quite simple.
The tables list the settings and shelf positions for numerous
well-known dishes. All these dishes are tested in our cooking
studio.
In the unlikely event of a fault, look here for information on
how to rectify minor faults yourself.
A detailed table of contents will help you to find your way
around quickly.
Enjoy your meal!

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Table of contents
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Before installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reasons for damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Your new cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Function selector – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rotary knob – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Function selector – Mini oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rotary knob – Mini oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control buttons and display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Push-in control knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Types of heating – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Types of heating – Mini oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Oven and shelving accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cooling fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Before using for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Heating up the oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Pre-cleaning the accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
If the oven is to switch off automatically –
Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
If the oven is to switch on and off automatically
– Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Residual heat indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rapid heating – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Table of contents
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Basic settings – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Automatic time limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Oven exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning the glass panels – Main and Mini oven . . . 33
Cleaning the rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the oven light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
After-sales service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Packaging and old appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tables and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cakes and pastries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Baking tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Meat, poultry, fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips for roasting and grilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Frozen foods – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Defrosting – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Drying – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Table of contents
Preserving – Main oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Energy saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Acrylamide in food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
What can you do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Test dishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Assembly instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
For the installer and kitchen expert . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Important installation notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installation of the built-in oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Important information
Read this instruction manual carefully.
Only then will you be able to operate your cooker
safely and correctly.
Please keep the instruction and installation manual in
a safe place. Please pass on the instruction manual
to the new owner if you sell the appliance.
Before installation
Transport damage Check the appliance after unpacking it.
Do not connect the appliance if it has been
damaged in transport.
Electrical connection The cooker may only be connected by an approved
specialist. Losses resulting from damage caused by
incorrect connection will invalidate warranty claims.
Safety information
This appliance is intended for domestic use only.
Only use the cooker for food preparation.
Hot oven Open the oven door carefully. Hot steam may
escape.
Never touch the internal surfaces of the oven or the
heating elements. There is a risk of burning. Children
must be kept at a safe distance from the appliance.
Never store combustible items in the oven.
Risk of fire.
Never clamp leads of electrical appliances in the hot
oven door. The insulation on the leads could melt.
There is a risk of short-circuiting.

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Repairs Incorrectly done repairs are dangerous.
There is a risk of electrocution.
Repairs may only be carried out by after-sales
service technicians who have been fully trained by
BSH.
If there is a fault, switch off the oven fuse at the fuse
box. Call the after-sales service.
Reasons for damage
Baking tray, aluminium foil Do not place the baking tray on the oven floor.
or dishes on the oven floor Do not cover it with aluminium foil.
Do not place dishes on the oven floor.
This will cause heat accumulation. The baking and
roasting times will no longer be correct and the
enamel will be damaged.
Slide-in accessories To avoid damage, insert slide-in accessories
carefully.
Water in the oven Never pour water directly into a hot oven.
This could damage the enamel.
Fruit juice When baking very moist fruit cakes, do not put too
much on the baking sheet. Fruit juice dripping from
the baking sheet leaves stains that cannot be
removed.
It is recommended that you use the deeper universal
pan.
Cooling with the oven door Only leave the oven to cool with the door closed. Do
open not allow anything to become trapped in the oven
door. Even if you only leave the oven door open
slightly, the fronts of adjacent units may become
damaged over time.
Very dirty oven seal If the oven seal is very dirty, the oven door will no
longer close properly when the oven is in use. The
fronts of adjacent units could be damaged. Keep the
oven seal clean.
Using the oven door as a Do not stand or sit on the oven door.
seat

Your new cooker
Here you will learn more about your new oven. The
control panel and its switches and indicators are
explained here. The heating modes and the
accessories included with your oven will be explained
here.
The control panel Details vary according to the appliance model.
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Function selector
Main oven
Function selector
Mini oven
Temperature
selector
Main oven
Temperature
selector
Mini oven
Display panel
and control
buttons
Function selector
Main oven Use the function selector to select the type of
heating for the oven.
Settings
/Conventional heat
˜3D-hot air*
TIntensive fan-assisted cooking / pizza setting
.Bottom heating
,Hot air grilling

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Settings
VRadiant grill – small area
)Radiant grill – large area
eDefrosting
sRapid heating
* Type of heating with energy efficiency class
determined in accordance with EN50304.
The oven light switches on when you select a
function.
Rotary knob
The default values and set values can be altered
using the rotary knob.
Ranges
20 – 275 Temperature in °C
The maximum temperature for the 3D hot
air ˜and intensive hot air / pizza
setting T= 275° C
1–3 Vfor grill settings, small areas
Turn back to
1–3 )for grill settings, large areas
The temperature in the display lights up while the
oven is heating up.
The values you have set are shown in the display
panel.
The rise in temperature or the residual heat in the
oven is shown in the preheating indicator below the
temperature display.
Grill settings You can adjust the grill setting on the radiant grill to
small area Vor large area )using the temperature
selector.

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Function selector
Mini oven Use the function selector to select the type of
heating for the oven.
Settings
ZOven light
/Conventional heat
VRadiant grill – small area
)Radiant grill – large area
The oven light switches on when you select a
function.
Rotary knob
The default values and set values can be altered
using the rotary knob.
Range
50-275 Temperature in °C
1–3 Vfor grill settings, small areas
Turn back to
1–3 )for grill settings, large areas
The temperature in the display lights up while the
oven is heating up.
The values you have set are shown in the display
panel.
The rise in temperature or the residual heat in the
oven is shown in the preheating indicator below the
temperature display.
Grill settings You can adjust the grill setting on the radiant grill to
small area Vor large area )using the temperature
selector.