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  • Page 1 COMPETENCE B8871-4 Built-In Electric Oven User information...

  • Page 2: Dear Customer

    Dear Customer, Please read this user information carefully and keep it to refer to later. Please pass the user information on to any future owner of the appli- ance. The following symbols are used in the text: Safety instructions Warning! Information that affects your personal safety. Important! Information that prevents damage to the appliance.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    The Electronic Oven Control ........
  • Page 4 Oven Door Glass ........

  • Page 5: Operating Instructions

    • Warning: Risk of burns! The interior of the oven becomes hot dur- ing use. • Using ingredients containing alcohol in the oven may create an alco- hol-air mixture that is easily ignited.

  • Page 6: Disposal

    How to avoid damage to the appliance • Do not line the oven with aluminium foil and do not place baking trays, pots, etc. on the oven floor, as the heat that builds up will dam- age the oven enamel.

  • Page 7: Description Of The Appliance

    Description of the Appliance General Overview Control panel Door handle Full glass door...

  • Page 8: Control Panel

    Control Panel Oven Features Shelf positions Oven display Function buttons Oven Top heat and heating elements Oven shelf runners, removable Oven lighting Meat probe socket Oven lighting Fan heating element Bottom heat...

  • Page 9: Oven Accessories

    Oven Accessories Shelf For dishes, cake tins, items for roasting and grilling. Baking Shelf For baking or for collecting fat Grill pan with handle Support for the grill tray as a col- lecting vessel for fat Grill tray Insert for the grill pan for grilling...

  • Page 10: Before Using For The First Time

    Before using for the first time Setting and changing the current time The oven only operates when the time has been set. When the appliance is connected to the electrical supply or when there has been a power cut, Time flashes automatically.

  • Page 11: Initial Cleaning

    For the metal surfaces, use commercially available cleaning agents. 1. The oven function switch to oven lighting 2. Remove all oven accessories, and clean them with warm water and a scouring agent. 3. Wash the oven in the same way, and wipe dry.

  • Page 12: Operating The Oven

    General instructions • Always switch the appliance on first by pressing the On/Off button. • When the selected function is lit, the oven begins to heat up or the time set begins to count down. • The Operating time display shows how long the oven has been oper- ating.

  • Page 13: Selecting The Oven Function

    • If the suggested temperature is not changed within approx. 5 seconds, the oven begins to heat The oven function can be changed while the oven is working. Changing the oven temperature Press the lower the temperature.

  • Page 14: Heat Indicator

    Cooling fan The fan switches on automatically in order to keep the appliance’s sur- faces cool. When the oven is switched off, the fan continues to run to cool the appliance down, then switches itself off automatically. Heat indicator Indicates warming up...

  • Page 15: Speedcook

    After an oven function is selected, with the use of the additional function Speedcook ly short time. Important: Do not put the food to be cooked into the oven, until Speedcook is completed and the oven is operating using the desired function.
  • Page 16 To keep dishes warm. For automatic pyrolytic cleaning of the oven. It burns off residues in the oven, which can then be re- moved with a cloth when the oven has cooled down. The oven is heated to approx. 500 °C.

  • Page 17: Inserting The Shelf And Roasting Pan

    Inserting the shelf: Insert the shelf so that the two guide bars point upwards. The anti- tip device must point downwards and be at the back of the oven inte- rior. Inserting the shelf and the roast- ing pan: When using the shelf and the roast- ing pan together, insert the shelf’s...

  • Page 18: Attaching/Removing The Grill Pan Handle

    Attaching/Removing the Grill Pan Handle The handle is particularly useful for removing the grill pan and tray more easily from the hot oven. Attaching the handle Insert the handle at an angle from above into the recess in the side of...

  • Page 19: Meat Probe

    Meat probe For switching off the oven when the temperature at the centre of a roast reaches a set temperature. There are two temperatures to be set: – The oven temperature: see Roasting Table – The core temperature: See Meat probe Table Important: Only the meat probe supplied may be used.
  • Page 20 5. Select the desired oven function and temperature. As soon as the core temperature set is reached, an audible signal sounds and the oven switches itself off au- tomatically. 6. To switch off the signal, press any button. Warning: The meat probe is hot.

  • Page 21: Clock Functions

    To set a countdown. A signal sounds after the time has elapsed. This function does not affect the operation of the oven. Cook time To set how long the oven is to be in use. End time To set when the oven is to switch off again.
  • Page 22 When the Cook time oven switches the heating elements off, when 90% of the time set or calculated has elapsed. The residual heat present is used to continue the cooking process until the time set has elapsed (3 to 20 mins.).
  • Page 23 Countdown 1. Press the Select button repeat- edly until Countdown 2. Set the desired Countdown using button (max. 99.00 minutes). After about 5 seconds the display shows the time remaining. Countdown lights up. When 90% of the time set has elapsed, an audible signal sounds.
  • Page 24 Cook time 1. Select the oven function and temperature. 2. Press the Select edly until Cook time 3. Set the desired cooking time using button (max. 09.59 hours). Cook time When the time has elapsed, “00.00” and Cook time An audible signal sounds for 2 minutes.
  • Page 25 End time 1. Select the oven function and tem- perature. 2. Press the Select button repeat- edly until End time 3. Using the button set the desired switch-off time. End time lights up and the cook time calculated is displayed.
  • Page 26 When the Cook time set has elapsed, an audible signal sounds for 2 minutes and the oven switches itself off, for example: at 14:05. combined can be used at the same time, if the oven function, set function, set light...

  • Page 27: Other Functions

    1. If required, switch off the appliance using the On/Off 2. Press the Select button at the same time until the display goes out. As soon as the oven is switched on again, the display comes on auto- matically. When the appliance is switched off again, the clock display goes out again.

  • Page 28: Button Lock

    Cancelling the button lock Press and hold the Select “LOC” disappears from the display. The button lock is automatically lifted when the oven function is switched off. Oven safety cut-out If not switched off after a certain time, or if the temperature is not modified, the oven switches off automatically.

  • Page 29: Usage, Tables And Tips

    Usage, Tables and Tips Baking Oven function: Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking tional Cooking Baking tins • For Conventional Cooking ble. • For Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking suitable. Oven levels • Baking with Conventional Cooking • Using Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking...
  • Page 30 • Insert the tray with the bevel at the front. • With Conventional Cooking Fan Cooking on the oven shelf at the same time. This does not significantly in- crease baking time. When frozen foods are used the trays inserted may distort during cook- ing.

  • Page 31: Baking Tables

    Large Christmas cake (10“) Victoria Sandwich Pastry cases Bakewell tart Swiss roll Flans & quiches Using baking sheets Short bread Biscuits Macaroons Shelf- Oven functions position Pizza Setting Pizza Setting Pizza Setting Pizza Setting Conventional Cooking Pizza Setting Conventional Cooking Pizza Setting...
  • Page 32 Biscuits, Bread, Pies Apple strudel Choux pastry buns Buns / cup cakes Scones Meringues Sausage rolls Pizza Bread Wholemeal bread White bread 1) Pre-heat oven Shelf- Oven functions position Pizza Setting Conventional Cooking Pizza Setting Conventional Cooking Pizza Setting Conventional...
  • Page 33 Baking on more than one oven level Type of baking Cakes/pastries/biscuits on baking trays Cream puffs/Eclairs Dry streusel cake Biscuits Short pastry biscuits Viennese whirls Biscuits made with sponge mixture Pastries made with egg white, meringues Macaroons Biscuits made with yeast...

  • Page 34: Tips On Baking

    The cake sinks (be- comes soggy, lumpy, streaky) Cake is too dry Cake browns unevenly Oven temperature too high Cake is not cooked within the baking time set Possible cause Wrong shelf level Oven temperature too high...

  • Page 35: Table: Desserts

    Rice pudding Fruit crumble Pineapple upside down cake Pavlova Baked custard Baked apples Bread and butter pudding Apple charlotte Soufflé - sweet/savoury 1) Pre-heat oven Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking Shelf Tempera- Hr. : Min. position ture °C 180-190 0:45-050...
  • Page 36 Apple cake, covered Vegetable pie Unleavened bread Puff pastry flan Flammekuchen (Pizza-like dish from Alsace) Piroggen (Russian version of calzone) 1) Pre-heat the oven table Temperature Shelf position °C 180 - 200 180 - 200 180 - 200 160 -180...

  • Page 37: Table For Bakes And Gratins

    Table for Bakes and Gratins Dish Pasta bake Lasagne Vegetables au gratin Baguettes topped with melted cheese Sweet bakes Fish bakes Stuffed vegetables 1) Pre-heat the oven Frozen Ready Meals Table Food to be Oven function cooked Conventional Frozen pizza Cooking Chips Rotitherm...

  • Page 38: Roasting

    • Baste large roasting joints and poultry several times during the cook- ing time. This will give better roasting results. • Switch off the oven approx. 10 minutes prior to the end of the cook- ing time in order to use the residual heat.

  • Page 39: Table: Meat, Roasting, Casseroles

    Beef Inexpensive cuts Prime cuts -rare -medium -well done Yorkshire pudding - small - large Lamb Veal 1) Pre-heat oven Tempera- Shelf position Rotitherm 170-180 Roasting Rotitherm 160-170 Roasting Rotitherm 3 or 2 150-160...

  • Page 40: Table: Roasting, Casseroles, Au Gratin

    Meat Loaf Poultry / Game Chicken Chicken Duck Goose Turkey Turkey Pheasant, Wild Duck, Rabbit Partridge/Pigeon per Quantity Oven function approx. 1 kg/2 lbs Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cookin 1 kg/2 lbs Conven- tional Cooking 1 kg/2 lbs Conven- tional...
  • Page 41 Whole fish 1-1.5 kg/ 2-3 lbs Fish pies, bakes 750 g-1 kg/ 1.5-2 lbs Vegetables Stuffed pepper/ aubergines Au gratin dishes --- Tempera- Oven function Shelf position Conven- tional Cooking Rotitherm 3 or 2 Roasting Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cookin...

  • Page 42: Meat Probe Table

    Meat Probe Table Food to be cooked Beef Rib steak or filet steak, rare medium well done Pork Shoulder of pork, ham joint, neck Chop (saddle), smoked pork loin Meat loaf Veal Roast veal Knuckle of veal Mutton / Lamb Leg of mutton Saddle of mutton Roast lamb, leg of lamb...

  • Page 43: Grill Sizes

    Oven function: Single Economy Grill with maximum temperature setting Important: Always grill with the oven door closed. The empty oven should always be pre-heated with the grill functions for 5 minutes. • When grilling, use the oven shelf and drip pan together.

  • Page 44: Defrosting

    Defrosting Oven function: Fan Controlled Defrosting setting) • Unpack the food and place it on a plate on the oven shelf. • Do not cover with a plate or bowl, as these can substantially lengthen the defrosting time. • For defrosting, place the shelf on the 1st oven level from the bot- tom.

  • Page 45: Making Preserves

    • Pour approx. 1/2 litre of water into the shelf, so that there is suffi- cient moisture in the oven. • As soon as the liquid in the first jars starts to simmer (after approx. 35-60 minutes for 1 litre jars), switch off the oven or adjust the tem- perature to 100°C (see table).

  • Page 46: Preserves Table

    Unripe gooseberries Stone fruit Pears, quinces, plums Vegetables Carrots Mushrooms Cucumbers Mixed pickles Kohlrabi, peas, asparagus Beans 1) Leave standing in oven when switched off Cooking time Temperature until simmering in°C in mins. 150-160 35-45 150-160 35-45 150-160...

  • Page 47: Cleaning And Care

    Pyroluxe ® Cleaning is used. 1. For cleaning, turn the oven light on. 2. After every use, wipe the oven with a solution of water and washing-up liquid and allow to dry. In the event of stubborn dirt, clean using Pyroluxe ® Cleaning.

  • Page 48: Pyrolytic Cleaning

    If you use the oven shelf runners that are available as special accesso- ries, these must be removed before pyrolytic cleaning. If the oven shelf runners are still in place, ‘C1’ appears in the time dis- play. The pyroluxe process then cannot be started due to a safety cut-out that protects the oven shelf runners.

  • Page 49: Shelf Support Rails

    Shelf Support Rails The shelf support rails on the left and right hand sides of the oven can be removed for cleaning the side walls. Removing the shelf support rails First pull the front of the rail away from the oven wall (1) and then un- hook at the back (2).

  • Page 50: Oven Lighting

    – Switch off the oven! – Disconnect from the electricity supply. Place a cloth on the oven floor to protect the oven light and glass cov- Replacing the oven light bulb/ cleaning the glass cover 1. Remove the glass cover by turning it anti-clockwise and then clean it.

  • Page 51: Oven Door

    Oven Door The oven door of your appliance may be removed for cleaning. Removing the oven door 1. Open the oven door completely. 2. Completely fold back the brass- coloured clamping lever on both door hinges. 3. Grip the oven door with both hands...

  • Page 52: Oven Door Glass

    Oven Door Glass The oven door is fitted with four glass panels mounted one behind the other. The inner panels can be removed for cleaning. Caution: The following steps are to be performed only when the oven door has been removed. If the glass is removed while the door is at- tached, the lighter weight may cause it to spring up and cause injury.
  • Page 53 Replacing the centre glass panels 1. Insert the centre panels at an angle from above into the section of the door in which the handle is located, á one after the other ( 2. Lower the centre panels down and push them towards the lower edge of the door as far under the retain- ing frame as they will go (...

  • Page 54: What To Do If

    Time is lit F1 appears in the display F2 appears in the display Possible cause The oven is not switched on The clock is not set The required settings have not been set The oven’s safety cut-out has been tripped The fuse in the house’s elec-...
  • Page 55 Advice on cookers with metal fronts: Because of the cold surface at the front of the cooker, opening the oven door during (or just after) baking or roasting may cause the glass to steam up. Possible cause Fault in the electronics...

  • Page 56: Electrical Connection

    Connection Cooker Control Circuit It is necessary that you install a double pole switch between the oven and the electricity supply (mains), with a minimum gap of 3mm between the switch contacts and of a type suitable for the required load in compliance with the current regulations.

  • Page 57: Installation Instructions

    Installation Instructions Attention: The new appliance may only be installed and connected by a registered expert. Please comply with this. If you do not, any damage resulting is not cov- ered by the warranty. Safety information for the installer • The electrical installation is to be set up so that the appliance can be isolated from the mains with a minimum 3mm all-pole contact sepa- ration.

  • Page 61: Warranty Conditions

    Warranty conditions Great Britain Standard guarantee conditions We, AEG, undertake that if within 12 months of the date of the purchase this AEG appliance or any part thereof is proved to be defective by reason only of faulty workmanship or materials, we will, at our discretion repair or replace the same FREE OF CHARGE for labour, materials or carriage on condition that: •...

  • Page 63: Service And Spare Parts

    0870 5 929 929 For Customer Service in the Republic of Ireland please contact us at the ad- dress below: AEG/ Electrolux Group (Ire) Ltd Long Mile Road/ Dublin 12 Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 1 4090754 Email: service.eid@electrolux.ie...
  • Page 64 From the Electrolux Group. The world´s No.1 choice. The Electrolux Group is the world´s largest producer of powered appliances for kitchen, cleaning and outdoor use. More than 55 million Electrolux Group products (such as refrigerators, cookers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, chain saws and lawn mowers) are sold each year to a value of approx. USD 14 billion in more than 150 countries around the world.

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