Miele H 251 User Manual

							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Notes on the use on hobs
(both ceramic and enclosed hot-
plates)
Before switching on, place a saucepan
containing water or food to be cooked
on the hotplate or cooking area. This
prevents unnecessary use of energy or
the hotplates warping or burning them-
selves out.
Before starting to cook, make sure that
the hotplates or cooking areas and the
base of saucepan are clean and dry.
This saves extra cleaning later on.
Additional notes for ceramic hobs
Take care before starting to cook
that there is no grit or sand on the
surface of the hob.
This would scratch the surface, espe-
cially if a pan was pushed across.
Do not use any pots or pans where
the base has ridges, a pronounced
edge or is poorly enamelled.
These could also cause scratches.
Do not push roasting tins or baking
trays etc across the ceramic sur-
face. Scratches could occur.
Aluminium or stainless steel pans
with aluminium bases can leave
marks with a metallic sheen on the
ceramic surface. Clean these away
at the earliest opportunity, (see Sec-
tion on Cleaning and Care).
Never leave boiled-over sugar or sy-
rups, plastic items or aluminium foil
on the hob. If this does happen,
switch the cooking zones off and
while the hob is still warm scrape
the sugar, plastic and aluminium re-
mians from the hob with a shielded
scraper blade, taking care not to
burn yourself.
If these residues are allowed to cool be-
fore the hob surface has been cleaned,
the ceramic surface will be susceptible
to pitting or even cracking.
Additional notes for enclosed hot-
plates
Do not lay anything wet or damp
across the hotplates.
If this does however happen, wipe the
hotplate clean and switch on briefly to
dry. This is necessary to avoid corro-
sion.
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Description of the oven systems
Fan Heat D
This system works by the circulation of
heated air.
A fan situated on the back wall of the
oven draws in the air, heats it over a
ring element and blows the heated air
through the carefully spaced openings
in the rear panel of the oven. 
The oven does not usually need to be
pre-heated as the heated air reaches
the food straight away. 
Exception: Pre-heat the oven when
roasting meat or baking bread made
with dark flour.
Using the fan heating system you can
bake and roast on different levels at the
same time.
The heated air used by this system is
of a lower temperature than that used
with the Conventional heating system.
Conventional heating A
With this conventional method of heat-
ing, radiant heat is directed on the food
from above and below.
Pre-heating the oven is only necessary
when 
–baking biscuits or cakes with a 
short cooking time (up to approx.
30 minutes).
–baking some types of doughs.
–baking bread made with dark flour.
–roasting a joint of meat.
Defrost G
No heating is used.
At this setting air at room temperature
is circulated by the fan, for gentle de-
frosting.
Grill ,
The inner part of the upper heating ele-
ment acts as the grill. This will glow red
a few minutes after switching it on and
is then ready for use. 
Pre-heat the grill for 5 minutes with the
oven door closed, before placing the
food on the rack.
Description of the oven systems
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Ovens - use
Controls
There is an oven function selector and
a temperature selector.
Function selector
(Type of selector depends on model)
With this control you select the oven
function required.
The selector can be turned clockwise
or anti-clockwise.–Light H
Turns on the oven light inde-
pendently.
–Fan heat D
For baking or roasting on several le-
vels at the same time.
–Conventional A
Top and bottom heat for baking  /
roasting traditional recipes, for
soufflés.
–To p  h e a t  C
For browning dishes, finishing
dishes with a cheese topping.
–Bottom heat B
Use this setting towards the end of
baking, to brown the base of a cake.
–Defrost G
For gentle defrosting of deep frozen
foods.
–Grill ,
For grilling fish and cuts such as
chops, steaks, poultry pieces, and
kebabs .
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Temperature selector
(Type of control depends on model)
Select the appropriate temperature for
the food to be cooked.
The temperature can be freely selected
within the given range.Turn the temperature selector only
in a clockwise direction, and back,
otherwise the control could be dam-
aged.
Defrost G: Do not set a tempera-
ture when selecting “Defrosting”.
Whilst the temperature selector is
switched to the chosen temperature,
the indicator light above this switch
comes on.
Whilst the temperature is reached, the
heating element switches itself off.
When the temperature falls below that
selected, the heating switches on
again automatically. 
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Using the oven
The @ symbol must show in the
timer display if you wish to operate
the oven manually, i.e. using the
temperature and function selectors
without the timer.  Press i to
allow you to do this.
Place the food in the oven.
Turn the oven selector to the re-
quired function.
Use the temperature selector to set
the required temperature.
Pre-heating the oven
This is only necessary in a few cases.
With Fan Heat D
–for baking bread made with dark
flour,
–for roast beef and beef fillet.
,With “Conventional” A
–for baking biscuits and cakes with a
short cooking time.
–for baking some doughs.
–for baking bread made with dark flour
–for roasting sirloin.
Pre-heating
Turn the oven selector to the re-
quired function.
Set the temperature selector to the
required temperature.
When the indicator light above the
temperature goes out for the first
time, put the food to be roasted or
baked into the oven.
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Accessories
Baking tray, roasting / grill pan
and rack
The baking tray, roasting / grill pan and
rack are fitted with non-tip safety not-
ches which prevent them being pulled
right out when they only need to be par-
tially pulled out.
When pushing the tray, pan and
rack back in, always ensure that the
safety notches are at the rear of the
oven. (See illustration).
The tray, pan and rack can then only
be taken out of the oven by raising
them upwards and then pulling out.
Roasting (grease) filter
When roasting on the rack, in an open
pot or using Fan heat D make sure
that you fit the roasting filter in front of
the fan opening.
The droplets of fat caught up in the
circulating air are deposited on the
roasting filter. This helps to keep the
oven and the area behind the interior
back panel cleaner.
Accessories
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Handle
(depending on model)
To take the baking trays or the roast-
ing / grill pan out of the oven, or to put
them into it.
Anti-splash tray
(depending on model)
To be placed in the grill pan when
grilling.
The juices from the food being grilled
are gathered under the anti-splash tray,
rather than being dried out, and they
can then be used in sauces etc.
Accessories
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Timer
Your appliance may be fitted with a
timer, depending on model.
Functions
The timer can:
–show the time of day,
–switch the oven off, or on and off
automatically.
Push buttons
With the push buttons you can:
l
–enter a short time as a minute
minder.
g
–enter the duration of a cooking
process.
)
–enter the end of a cooking process.
i
–cancel an entered cooking process.
–Switch the oven to manual oper-
ation (@ lights up in the display).
+ and –
–enter or change times.Symbols in the display
The following symbols appear:
l
–lights up when a short time is set.
AUTO
–lights up when a cooking process is
selected.
–flashes when the cooking time is
complete.
AUTO and @
–light up as the cooking time pro-
ceeds.
@
–lights up when the oven can be
switched on independently of the
timer (manual operation).
Timer
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Time of day
(24 hour display)
When the appliance is first con-
nected to the power supply, or after
a power cut 0
•00 and “AUTO”
flash in the display.
To set the time of day:
Press the buttons “g” and “)” at
the same time.
“0
•00 and ”AUTO continue to flash.
Enter the time of day in
hours
•minutes with the + or – button.
As soon as the + or – button is
pressed, “@” lights constantly in the
display.
Once the time has been entered it pro-
ceeds in minute intervals.
If a cooking process had been entered,
this will now be cancelled.
Please note:
The time of day can also be altered
after the i button has been pressed,
using the + or – buttons. 
Short time (Minute minder)
The minute minder can be used to time
any activity in the kitchen, e.g. boiling
eggs.
The short time can be entered inde-
pendently of another entered process.
A short time in the range of 1 minute up
to 23 hours 59 minutes can be entered.
Enter the short time
Press the “l” button.
Enter the required time in
hours
•minutes using the + button.
“l” appears in the display.
At the end of the short time 
- The “l” symbol goes out.
- An audible tone sounds for approx. 7
minutes.
The audible tone can be cancelled at
any time by pressing the “l” button.
Timer
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							Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Controlling length of cooking
time automatically
Switch off automatically
Turn the oven function and tempera-
ture selectors to the required set-
tings.
Press the “g” button.
“0•00 appears in the display.
Use the + button to enter the
required time in hours
•minutes (up to
a maximum of 10 hours).
“AUTO” appears in the display.
Delaying the start of cooking time
Turn the oven function and tempera-
ture selectors to the required set-
tings.
First enter the cooking time:
Press the “g” button.
“0
•00 appears in the display.
Use the + button to enter the
required time in hours•minutes (up
to a maximum of 10 hours).
Now postpone the end of cooking
time:
Press the “)” button.
The time of day plus the cooking time
entered appear in the display.
Use the + button to postpone the
end of cooking time.
The oven goes off and AUTO appears
in the display.Please note the following:
For baking do not delay the start too
long. This may affect the rising proper-
ties of the dough or cake mixture, as it
will dry out.
The end of cooking time
When the end of cooking time is
reached
–the oven heating switches off auto-
matically.
–an audible tone sounds for approx. 7
minutes.
–“AUTO” flashes.
Pressing the button “i” cancels the
audible tone and visual symbol.
However, as soon as the “i” but-
ton is pressed the oven heating
comes on again.
You must switch off the oven.
Turn the oven function and tempera-
ture selectors to 0.
Timer
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