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xTronic Gas Convection Range
Use and Care Manual
Cuisinière à gaz Manuel d’utilisation et d’entretien
Estufa de Gas Manual de uso y cuidado
Models: HG2415UC, HG2416UC, HG2515UC, HG2516UC
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A Special Mes A Special Mes A Special Mes A Special Mes A Special Messag sag sag sag sage t e t e t e t e to Our Cus o Our Cus o Our Cus o Our Cus o Our Cust t t t tomer omer omer omer omers s s s s Dear Siemens Range Owner: Thank you and congratulations on the purchase of your Siemens xTronic™ Convection Range. Whether you are an expert chef or an aspiring cook, we know that your new range will exceed your expectations. Decades of knowledge and experience are built into this range making it amo
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Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................ 1 Getting Familiar with Your Range...................................................................................................... 3 Setting Up Your Range Setting and Changing the Clock ..................................................................................................... 5 Setting the Functions .........................
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Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Important Safety Instructions Please read all instructions before using this appliance. Range Safety • Have the installer show you the locations of the circuit WARNING: If the information in breaker or fuse and the gas shut off valve. Mark them this manual is not followed exactly, a for easy reference. fire or explosion may result causing • This appliance must be properly installed and grounded property damage, personal injury or by a
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Important Safety Instructions Please read all instructions before using this appliance. • Have an appropriate fire extinguisher available, nearby, • Use only utensils that are approriate for cooktop highly visible and easily accessible near the oven. use on the cooktop (See “Cookware Selection Guide”, pg. 27 for further details). Other types of utensils may • Keep the oven free from grease build up. break with sudden temperature changes. Use utensils • Do not place food directly on oven bottom
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Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Getting Familiar With Your Range Self-Cleaning Safety (Continued) • Do not clean the oven gasket. It is essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub, damage, move or remove the oven gasket. • Do not use commercial oven cleaners or oven liner protective coatings of any kind in or around any part of the oven. • Clean only oven parts listed in this manual. • Remove the broiler pan, oven racks, oven probe and other utens
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Getting Familiar with Your Range The Oven Control Panel Light Time Cooking Mode Temperature Clock/ Timer Light Cooking Mode AM PM Temperature Time B B BAKE AKE AKE B BAKE AKE Off Start Lock Oven Off Indicator Temperature Preheat or Probe Warming Temperature Probe Start Control Knob Drawer Indicator Indicator Other Indicators and Features Display Window Features Beep - Signals that more information must be entered Clock– Shows the time of day with a 12-hour or 24- or confirms the receipt of an e
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Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Setting Up Your Range Setting the Clock (after power to the range has been off) • Always set the clock after installation or after a power failure. Once power returns to the oven, the clock defaults to 12:00 am. • The time of day is displayed in hours and minutes. • The clock time will appear during all oven operations except when the timer operation is running. Turn knob to display clock when timer is running. • The oven is preset t
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Setting Up Your Range SELECT FUNCTIONS is the section of the menu where you can set or change the following features on your range: VOLUME (decrease or increase loudness of control beeps) TEMPERATURE FORMAT (switch temperature scale to Fahrenheit or Celsius) TIPS for Setting Functions • There will be a slight delay TIME FORMAT (12 hr or 24 hr) before each message (or feature) can be seen in the LOCK KEYS (oven control pad lockout ) display. • Turn knob slowly, and wait LANGUAGE OPTION (for displ
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Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Setting Up Your Range BEEP VOLUME LOCK KEYS • The volume of the control beep can be • The oven keypad can be locked for safety changed from LOW (softest) to HIGH (loudest). purposes. • The control default for beep volume is MEDIUM. • This feature can be used to prevent changes to the oven function. Changing the Beep Volume Locking or Unlocking the Oven Control Panel 1. Access SELECT FUNCTION Menu. 1. Access SELECT FUNCTION Menu. 2. Tu
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Setting Up Your Range SABBATH FEATURE • The oven will bake for 73 hours before automatically turning off. • Oven or warming drawer must be off to set the Sabbath Feature. Setting the Sabbath Feature 1. Verify that both the oven and the warming drawer are off before beginning. 2. Access SELECT FUNCTIONS Menu. 3. Turn knob clockwise until SABBATH OPTION appears. 4. Touch START. BAKE will show in display and temperature will flash. 5. Turn knob to set oven temperature. 6. Turn oven light on if des
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Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Cooktop Features Before Using the Cooktop Burner Grates • Remove all packing materials and labels from the Your cooktop has two grates: one for the left side of the cooktop surface. cooktop and one for the right side of the cooktop. Position • While cool, wipe with a clean, damp sponge and them as shown in the figure below. Do not operate the dry. burner without a pan on the grate. • Optimum cooking results depend on the proper cook
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Cooktop Operation Burner Control Knobs Typical Flame Characteristics Foreign particles in the gas line may cause an orange Control Knobs - Front View flame during initial use. This should disappear with use. Check burner cap to make sure port holes are not obstructed. If the ports are clogged, see “Cleaning the Cooktop”, page 22. For natural gas use, the burner flame OFF OFF should be blue in color and stable with no yellow tips, excessive noise or fluttering. It should burn completely LO HI HI
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Use - The Cooktop Oven Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Oven Modes and Features Oven Racks HG25 models have two flat racks and one full extension Pan Stops Back of Rack rack. HG24 models have three flat racks. The racks are Top Rack designed with a stop so they will stop before coming completely out of the oven and not tilt. Figure 1 - The Flat Rack Bottom Rack Back of Rack Rack Stops Guide Top Rack Rest Front of Rack Front of Rack Figure 1 - The Full Extension Rack CAUTION: To avoid
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Oven Modes and Features Rack Position Rack Positions (see graphic at right for further details) RACK 6 (highest position) – Use for melting cheese and broiling thin foods. 6 RACK 5 – Use for broiling most meats and toasting bread. 5 4 RACK 4 – Use for broiling thicker meats. 3 RACK 3 – Use for most baked goods when baking on one 2 rack, such as on a cookie sheet or baking pan. Use for 1 cakes, frozen convenience foods, biscuits, brownies, and muffins. RACK 2 – Use for pies, casseroles, breads,
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Use - The Oven Oven Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Oven Modes - Bake and Convection Bake BAKE, PROOF and WARM CONVECTION BAKE Baking is cooking with dry, heated air. Both the upper Convection Baking is similar to Baking. In this case, heat and lower element cycle to maintain the oven comes from the lower heating element and a third temperature: element behind the backwall. The main difference in convection baking is that the heat is circulated throughout the ove
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Oven Modes - Broil and Convection Broil BROIL Broiling uses intense heat radiated from the upper element: The Broil mode is best suited to cooking thin, tender cuts of meat (1” or less), poultry and fish. It can also be used to brown breads and casseroles. The benefits of Broiling include: • Fast and efficient cooking • Cooking without the addition of fats or liquids • Browning as the food cooks For Best Results: • Preheat oven 3-4 minutes. • Steaks and Chops should be at least 3/4” thick. • Bru
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Use - The Cooktop Getting Started Self Help Care and Cleaning Use - The Oven Oven Modes - Dehydrate DEHYDRATE Dehydrate dries with heat from a third element behind Dehydrate Chart the back wall of the oven. The heat is circulated Approximate throughout the oven by the convection fan. Test for Food Preparation Drying Doneness Time*(hrs) Fruit Dipped in ¼ cup lemon 11-15 Slightly pliable Apples juice and 2 cups water; ¼" slices Dipped in ¼ cup lemon 10-15 Soft, pliable juice and 2 cups water, Bana
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Selecting the Oven Mode Setting the Cooking Mode 1. Touch COOKING MODE. 2. BAKE will flash in the display. 6: 35 6: 35 6: 35 6: 35 6: 35 PM 380º 380º 380º 380º 380º If no further setting is made within 5 seconds, control will beep and flash. If this occurs, press 1 1 1 1 100 00 00 00 00 B B BAKE AKE AKE B BAKE AKE START. 3. To change the cooking mode, turn knob. 4. Push START. The selected mode will appear in the display, along with the default temperature for that mode, which will be blinking.
