AEG Steam oven KS8404701M User Manual
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FoodTemperature (°C)Time (min)Shelf positionFrench Fries, thin190 - 21015 - 252French Fries, thick190 - 21020 - 302Wedges / Croquettes190 - 21020 - 402Hash Browns210 - 23020 - 302Lasagne / Cannelloni, fresh170 - 19035 - 452Lasagne / Cannelloni, frozen160 - 18040 - 602Oven baked cheese170 - 19020 - 302Chicken Wings180 - 20040 - 502 Frozen ready meals FoodFunctionTempera- ture (°C)Time (min)Shelf positionFrozen pizzaTop/Bottom Heatas per man- ufacturer's instructionsas per manufac- turer's instruc- tions2Chips1) (300 - 600 g)Top/Bottom Heat or Turbo Grilling200 - 220as per manufac- turer's instruc- tions2BaguettesTop/Bottom Heatas per man- ufacturer's instructionsas per manufac- turer's instruc- tions2Fruit cakeTop/Bottom Heatas per man- ufacturer's instructionsas per manufac- turer's instruc- tions21) Turn chips 2 or 3 times during cooking.11.20 Preserving • Use only preserve jars of the same dimensions available on the market. • Do not use jars with twist-off and bayonet type lids or metal tins. • Use the first shelf from the bottom for this function. • Put no more than six one-litre preserve jars on the baking tray. • Fill the jars equally and close with a clamp.• The jars cannot touch each other. • Put approximately 1/2 litre of water into the baking tray to give sufficient moisture in the oven. • When the liquid in the jars starts to simmer (after approximately 35 - 60 minutes with one-litre jars), stop the oven or decrease the temperature to 100 °C (see the table).ENGLISH41
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Soft fruitFoodTemperature (°C)Cooking time until simmering (min)Continue to cook at 100 °C (min)Strawberries / Blue- berries / Raspber- ries / Ripe gooseber- ries160 - 17035 - 45- Stone fruit FoodTemperature (°C)Cooking time until simmering (min)Continue to cook at 100 °C (min)Pears / Quinces / Plums160 - 17035 - 4510 - 15 Vegetables FoodTemperature (°C)Cooking time until simmering (min)Continue to cook at 100 °C (min)Carrots1)160 - 17050 - 605 - 10Cucumbers160 - 17050 - 60-Mixed pickles160 - 17050 - 605 - 10Kohlrabi / Peas / As- paragus160 - 17050 - 6015 - 201) Leave standing in the oven after it is deactivated.11.21 DryingFoodTemperature (°C)Time (h)Shelf positionBeans60 - 706 - 82Peppers60 - 705 - 62Vegetables for soup60 - 705 - 62Mushrooms50 - 606 - 82Herbs40 - 502 - 32Plums60 - 708 - 102Apricots60 - 708 - 102Apple slices60 - 706 - 82Pears60 - 706 - 9211.22 Bread Baking Preheating is not recommended.www.aeg.com42
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FoodTemperature (°C)Time (min)Shelf positionWhite Bread190 - 21040 - 601Baguette200 - 22035 - 451Brioche180 - 20040 - 601Ciabatta200 - 22035 - 451Rye Bread190 - 21050 - 701Dark Bread190 - 21050 - 701All Grain bread190 - 21040 - 601Bread rolls200 - 22025 - 35211.23 Core temperature sensor table Beef FoodFood core temperature (°C)Rib / Fillet steak: rare45 - 50Rib / Fillet steak: medium60 - 65Rib / Fillet steak: well done70 - 75 Pork FoodFood core temperature (°C)Shoulder / Ham / Neck joint of pork80 - 82Chop (saddle) / Smoked pork loin75 - 80Meatloaf75 - 80 Veal FoodFood core temperature (°C)Roast veal75 - 80Knuckle of veal85 - 90 Mutton / lamb FoodFood core temperature (°C)Leg of mutton80 - 85Saddle of mutton80 - 85Roast lamb / Leg of lamb70 - 75ENGLISH43
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GameFoodFood core temperature (°C)Saddle of hare70 - 75Leg of hare70 - 75Whole hare70 - 75Saddle of venison70 - 75Leg of venison70 - 75 Fish FoodFood core temperature (°C)Salmon65 - 70Trouts65 - 7011.24 Information for test institutes Tests for the function: Full Steam.Tests according to IEC 60350-1.FoodContainer (Gastro- norm)Quantity (g)Shelf po- sitionTempera- ture (°C)Time (min)CommentsBroccoli1)1 x 1/2 per- forated30029913 - 15Put the bak- ing tray on the first shelf position.Broccoli1)1 x 1/2 per- foratedmax.29915 - 18Put the bak- ing tray on the first shelf position.Frozen peas1 x 1/2 per- forated1500299Until the tempera- ture in the cold- est spot reaches 85 °C.Put the bak- ing tray on the first shelf position.1) Preheat the oven for 5 minutes.12. CARE AND CLEANINGWARNING! Refer to Safety chapters.www.aeg.com44
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12.1 Notes on cleaning • Clean the front of the appliance with a soft cloth with warm water and a cleaning agent. • To clean metal surfaces, use a dedicated cleaning agent. • Clean the appliance interior after each use. Fat accumulation or other food remains may result in a fire. • Clean stubborn dirt with a special oven cleaner. • Clean all accessories after each use and let them dry. Use a soft cloth with warm water and a cleaning agent. • If you have nonstick accessories, do not clean them using aggressive agents, sharp-edged objects or a dishwasher. It can cause damage to the nonstick coating.12.2 Recommended cleaning products Do not use abrasive sponges or aggressive detergents. It can cause damage to the enamel and the stainlesssteel parts. You can buy our products at www.aeg.com/shop and at the best retailer shops. 12.3 Removing the shelf supports Before maintenance, make sure that the appliance is cool. There is a risk of burns. To clean the appliance, remove the shelf supports. 1. Pull carefully the supports up and out of the front catch. 2. Pull the front end of the shelf support away from the side wall. 3. Pull the supports out of the rear catch. Install the shelf supports in the opposite sequence.12.4 Steam Cleaning Remove as much dirt as possible manually. Remove the accessories and the shelf support to clean the side walls. The steam cleaning functions support the steam cavity cleaning of the appliance. For a better performance you should start the cleaning function when the appliance is cool.The specified time is related to the duration of the function and does not include the time required for cleaning of the cavity by the user. When the steam cleaning function is active, the lamp is off. 1. Fill the water drawer to the maximum level (around 950 ml of water) until the acoustic signal sounds or the display shows the message. 2. Choose the steam cleaning function in the menu: Cleaning. Steam Cleaning - the duration of the function is around 30 minutes. a) Activate the function. b) An acoustic signal sounds when the programme is completed. c) Touch a sensor field to deactivate the signal. Steam Cleaning Plus - the duration of the function is around 75 minutes. a) Spray a suitable detergent uniformly in the oven cavity on both enamel and steel parts. Before you start the cleaning procedure, make sure that the appliance is cold. b) Activate the function. After around 50 minutes an acoustic signal sounds when the first part of the programme is completed. c) Press . ENGLISH4512 3
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This is not the end of the cleaning procedure. Follow the message in the display to complete the cleaning. d) Wipe the internal surface of the appliance with a non-abrasive surface care sponge. You can use warm water or oven detergents to clean the cavity. e) Press . The final part of the procedure starts. The duration of this stage is around 25 minutes. 3. Wipe the internal surface of the appliance with a non-abrasive surface care sponge. You can use warm water to clean the cavity. After cleaning keep the appliance door open for approximately 1 hour. Wait until the appliance is dry. To speed up the drying you can heat up the appliance with hot air at temperature 150 °C for approximately 15 minutes. You can get maximum effects of the cleaning function if you manually clean the appliance immediately after the function ends. 12.5 Cleaning Reminder This function reminds you that the cleaning is necessary and that you should perform the function: Steam Cleaning Plus. You can enable / disable the function: Cleaning Reminder in the menu: BasicSettings. 12.6 Steam generation system - Descaling When the steam generator operates, there is an accumulation and deposition of limestone inside because of calcium contents in the water. This can have a negative effect on the steam quality, on the performance of the steam generator and on the food quality. To prevent this, clean the steam generation circuit from residual stone. Remove all accessories. Select the function from the menu: Cleaning. The user interface will guide you through the procedure. The duration of the complete procedure is about 2 hours. The light in this function is off. 1. Make sure that the water drawer is empty. 2. Press . 3. Put the grill- / roasting pan on the first shelf position. 4. Press . 5. Put 250 ml of the descaling agent in the water drawer. 6. Fill the remaining part of the water drawer with water to the maximum level until the acoustic signal sounds or the display shows the message. 7. Press . This activates the first part of the procedure: Descaling. The duration of this part is around 1 hour 40 minutes. 8. After the end of the first part, empty the grill- / roasting pan and put it on the first shelf position again. 9. Press . 10. Fill the water drawer with fresh water to the maximum level until the acoustic signal sounds or the display shows the message. 11. Press . This activates the second part of the procedure: Descaling. It will rinse the steam generation circuit. The duration of this part is around 35 minutes. Remove the grill- / roasting pan after the end of the procedure. If the function: Descaling is not performed in the correct way, the display will show a message to repeat it. If the appliance is humid and wet, wipe it out with a dry cloth. Let the appliance dry fully with the door open. www.aeg.com46
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12.7 Descaling reminder There are two descaling reminders which remind you to perform the function: Descaling. These reminders activate each time you switch off the appliance. The soft reminder reminds and recommends you to perform the descaling cycle. The hard reminder obligates you to perform the descaling.If you do not descale the appliance when the hard reminder is on, you cannot use the steam functions. You cannot disable the descaling reminder.12.8 Steam generation system - Rinsing Remove all accessories. Select the function from the menu: Cleaning. The user interface will guide you through the procedure. The duration of the function is around 30 minutes. The light in this function is off. 1. Put the baking tray on the first shelf position. 2. Press . 3. Fill the water drawer with fresh water to the maximum level until the acoustic signal sounds or the display shows the message. 4. Press . Remove the baking tray after the end of the procedure. 12.9 Tank Emptying Remove all accessories. The cleaning function removes the residual water from the water drawer. Use the function after the steam cooking function. Select the function from the menu: Cleaning. The user interface will guide you through the procedure. The duration of the function is around 6 minutes. The light in this function is off. 1. Put the baking tray on the first shelf position. 2. Press . Remove the baking tray after the end of the procedure. 12.10 Removing and installing the door You can remove the door and the internal glass panels to clean it. The number of glass panels is different for different models. WARNING! Be careful when you remove the door from the appliance. The door is heavy. 1. Open the door fully. 2. Fully press the clamping levers (A) on the two door hinges. 3. Close the oven door to the first opening position (approximately 70° angle). 4. Hold the door with one hand on each side and pull it away from the appliance at an upwards angle. 5. Put the door with the outer side down on a soft cloth on a stable surface. This is to prevent scratches. 6. Hold the door trim (B) on the top edge of the door at the two sides and push inwards to release the clip seal. ENGLISH47 AA
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7.Pull the door trim to the front to remove it. 8. Hold the door glass panels on their top edge one by one and pull them up out of the guide. 9. Clean the glass panel with water and soap. Dry the glass panel carefully. When the cleaning is completed, install the glass panels and the door. Do the above steps in the opposite sequence. Install the smaller panel first, then the larger. 12.11 Replacing the lamp Put a cloth on the bottom of the interior of the appliance. It prevents damage to the lamp glass cover and the cavity. WARNING! Danger of electrocution! Disconnect the fuse before you replace the lamp. The lamp and the lamp glass cover can be hot. 1. Deactivate the appliance. 2. Remove the fuses from the fuse box or deactivate the circuit breaker. The top lamp 1. Turn the lamp glass cover counterclockwise to remove it. 2. Remove the metal ring and clean the glass cover. 3. Replace the lamp with a suitable 300 °C heat-resistant lamp. 4. Attach the metal ring to the glass cover. 5. Install the glass cover. 13. TROUBLESHOOTINGWARNING! Refer to Safety chapters.13.1 What to do if...ProblemPossible causeRemedyYou cannot activate or oper- ate the oven.The oven is not connected to an electrical supply or it is connected incorrectly.Check if the oven is correctly connected to the electrical supply (refer to the connec- tion diagram if available).The oven does not heat up.The oven is deactivated.Activate the oven.The oven does not heat up.The clock is not set.Set the clock.www.aeg.com481 2 B
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ProblemPossible causeRemedyThe oven does not heat up.The necessary settings are not set.Make sure that the settings are correct.The oven does not heat up.The automatic switch-off is activated. Refer to "Automatic switch- off". The oven does not heat up.The Child Lock is on.Refer to "Using the Child Lock".The oven does not heat up.The door is not closed cor- rectly.Fully close the door.The oven does not heat up.The fuse is blown.Make sure that the fuse is the cause of the malfunction. If the fuse is blown again and again, contact a quali- fied electrician.The lamp does not operate.The lamp is defective.Replace the lamp.The display shows F111.The plug of the core tem- perature sensor is not cor- rectly installed into the sock- et.Put the plug of the core tem- perature sensor as far as possible into the socket.The display shows an error code that is not in this table. There is an electrical fault.• Deactivate the oven with the house fuse or the safety switch in the fuse box and activate it again. • If the display shows the error code again, contact the Customer Care De- partment.Steam and condensation settle on the food and in the cavity of the oven.You left the dish in the oven for too long.Do not leave the dishes in the oven for longer than 15 - 20 minutes after the cooking process ends.The descaling procedure is interrupted before it finishes.There was a power cut.Repeat the procedure.The descaling procedure is interrupted before it finishes.The function was stopped by the user.Repeat the procedure.There is no water inside the grill- / roasting pan after the descaling procedure.You did not fill the water drawer to the maximum lev- el.Check if the a descaling agent / water is present in the water drawer body. Repeat the procedure.ENGLISH49
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ProblemPossible causeRemedyThere is dirty water on the bottom of the cavity after the descaling cycle.The grill- / roasting pan is on a wrong shelf position.Remove the residual water and the descaling agent from the bottom of the oven. Put the grill- / roasting pan on the first shelf posi- tion.The cleaning function is in- terrupted before it finishes.There was a power cut.Repeat the procedure.The cleaning function is in- terrupted before it finishes.The function was stopped by the user.Repeat the procedure.There is too much water on the bottom of the cavity af- ter the end of the cleaning function.You sprayed too much de- tergent in the appliance be- fore the activation of the cleaning cycle.Cover all parts of the cavity with a thin layer of the deter- gent. Spray the detergent evenly.There is no good perform- ance of the cleaning proce- dure.The initial oven cavity tem- perature of the steam clean- ing function was too high.Repeat the cycle. Run the cy- cle when the appliance is cold.There is no good perform- ance of the cleaning proce- dure.You did not remove the side grids before the start of the cleaning procedure. They can transfer heat to the walls and decrease the perform- ance.Remove the side grids from the appliance and repeat the function.There is no good perform- ance of the cleaning proce- dure.You did not remove the ac- cessories from the appliance before the start of the clean- ing procedure. They can compromise the steam cycle and decrease the perform- ance.Remove the accessories from the appliance and re- peat the function.13.2 Service data If you cannot find a solution to the problem yourself, contact your dealer or an Authorised Service Centre. The necessary data for the service centre is on the rating plate. The rating plate ison the front frame of the appliance cavity. Do not remove the rating plate from the appliance cavity.We recommend that you write the data here:Model (MOD.).........................................Product number (PNC).........................................Serial number (S.N.).........................................www.aeg.com50