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09/2018
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Copyright © 2018, Fast ČR, a.s.
EN
Slow cooker
User'smanual
■ Prior to using this appliance, please read the user’smanual thoroughly, even in cases,
when one has already familiarised themselves with previous use of similar types of
appliances. Only use the appliance in the manner described in this user’smanual.
Keep this user’smanual in asafe place where it can be easily retrieved for future use.
In the event that you hand this appliance over to somebody else, make sure to also
include this user’smanual.
■ Carefully unpack the appliance and take care not to throw away any part of the
packaging before you find all its parts. We recommend saving the original cardboard
box, packaging material, purchase receipt and responsibility statement of the vendor
or warranty card for at least the duration of the legal liability for unsatisfactory
performance or quality. In the event of transportation, we recommend that you pack
the appliance in the original box from the manufacturer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SLOW COOKER
A1 Lid handle
A2 Steam exhaust outlet
A3 Lid from hardened glass
A4 Stainless steel steamer insert
Suitable for cooking in steam or
baking large portions.
A5 Cooking bowl handles with lid
fastening locks
Serves to hold the lid to the cooking
bowl when cooking and when
storing the slow cooker.
A6 Removable 6-litre aluminium
cooking bowl
With anon-stick inner layer and cool
handles.
A7 Slow cooker unit handles
A8 Slow cooker unit
Contains aheating element.
A9 Control panel
B1 Keep warm button with indicator
B2 Plus (+) and minus (-) buttons
Serve to increase or decrease the
cooking time.
B3 Cancel button
B4 LED display
B5 On/Off / start button with indicator
B6 MENU button
It is used for selecting acooking
mode.
C1 Browning mode – gentle heat
C2 Browning mode – low heat
C3 Browning mode – medium heat
C4 Browning mode – sauté
C5 Browning mode – high sear
C6 Cooking mode – yoghurt
C7 Cooking mode – steam cooking
C8 Cooking mode – slow cooking on
high heat
C9 Cooking mode – slow cooking on
low heat
PURPOSE OF USE
■ A slow cooker is intended for slow cooking of food, steam cooking and making
yoghurt.
■ Slow cooking currently belongs to recent healthy and tasty cooking trends. Thanks
to this method, food acquires new, more intense flavours, making it possible to
use smaller amounts of flavour enhancers like salt and fat. The slow cooker is used
to cook, bake and stew. Cooking is simple and economical. The result is always
exceptional and anyone can do it.
Attention:
This appliance is not intended to be operated using an external
timer switch or aremote control system.
USING THE SLOW COOKER
PREPARING FOR USE
■ Before using it for the first time, wash the cooking bowl A6, glass lid A3 and the
steamer insert A4 using ahot detergent solution and dry thoroughly.
■ Before inserting the cooking bowl A6 into the slow cooker unit A8, check that the
slow cooker unit and the external side of the removable cooking bowl A6 are clean
and free of food scraps. Place the glass lid A3 on to the cooking bowl A6 so that it is
horizontal and sits evenly on the edge of the bowl. Press the locks on both handles
A5 of the cooking bowl and slide them toward the lid handle A1 until they slide into
place, see figure D.
■ The lid A3 is locked on to the cooking bowl A6, however, the cooking bowl can easily
be taken out of the slow cooker unit A8 using the cooking bowl handles A5.
■ The removable cooking bowl A6 is made from aluminium with anon-stick surface,
it is not suitable for use on burners or gas, electric or ceramic hotplates and may not
be used in ovens. All cooking processes must be performed with the cooking bowl
A6 being safely located inside the slow cooker unit A8.
Warning:
Do not lift the removable cooking bowl A6 using the lid handles
A1. Only use the cooking bowl handles A5 located on both sides.
TURNING ON
■ Connect the power cord plug of the slow cooker to apower socket. The slow cooker
will beep and switch to stand-by mode.
STAND-BY MODE
■ The stand-by mode means that the slow cooker is ready for use. Four lines are shown
on the display B4.
■ Put the slow cooker into stand-by mode by connecting it to mains power or by
pressing button B3 at any time when making or changing cooking settings or while
actually cooking.
SLEEP MODE
■ Put the slow cooker into sleep mode:
– automatically, when nothing is done in the stand-by mode for 1 minute;
– by holding down button B5 for 3 seconds.
■ Wake the slow cooker from sleep mode by pressing any button B1 to B6.
TURNING OFF
■ To completely turn off the slow cooker, disconnect the power cord from the power
socket.
SELECTING ACOOKING MODE
■ Press button B6 repeatedly to activate the individual modes C1 to C9. The mode C1
is always activated first, the other modes follow sequentially in aclockwise direction.
Activation of the individual modes is accompanied by abeep, by the flashing of the
respective mode indicator and the default cooking time on the display B4 and by the
flashing of the indicator of button B5.
ADJUSTING THE COOKING TIME
■ Each cooking mode has apreset default time value, which is shown on the display
B4. This value can be increased or decreased using buttons B2, always in certain
intervals and within the scope of the available range, see the table below.
Default cooking time values and adjustable range:
MODE
DEFAULT
VALUE
ADJUSTABLE
TIME RANGE
KEEP WARM
BROWNING
Gentle heat 15 minutes
5 to 60 minutes
(in 5 minute
increments)
manual
Low heat 15 minutes
5 to 60 minutes
(in 5 minute
increments)
manual
Medium heat 15 minutes
5 to 60 minutes
(in 5 minute
increments)
manual
Sauté 15 minutes
5 to 60 minutes
(in 5 minute
increments)
manual
High sear 15 minutes
5 to 60 minutes
(in 5 minute
increments)
manual
COOKING
Slow cooking at low
temperature
(Slow Cook Low)
8 hours
6 to 14 hours
(in 10 minute
increments)
auto / manual
Slow cooking at high
temperature
(Slow Cook High)
6 hours
2 to 8 hours
(in 10 minute
increments)
auto / manual
Steam cooking
(Steam)
20 minutes
10 to 120 minutes
(in 1 minute
increments)
manual
Yoghurt 8 hours
6 to 12 hours
(in 10 minute
increments)
manual
Note:
All browning modes have automatic preheating. The set time will
start counting down only after the preheating phase is finished.
In the event of apower outage while running in the BROWNING or
COOKING mode, the slow cooker will remember the current mode
and set cooking time if the power outage does not last longer than
15 minutes. After power is restored, the slow cooker will continue
in the given mode. In the event that the power outage exceeds 15
minutes, it is necessary to again select acooking mode and set the
cooking time.
■ Amanually set time can be cancelled at any time by pressing button B3.
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