8.3 Öko Timer (Eco Timer)
To save energy, the heater of the cooking
zone deactivates before the count down
timer sounds. The difference in the operation
time depends on the heat setting level and
the length of the cooking operation.
8.4 Examples of cooking
applications
The correlation between the heat setting of a
zone and its consumption of power is not
Heat setting
Use to:
1
Keep cooked food warm.
1 - 2
Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco‐
late, gelatine.
1 - 2
Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs.
2 - 3
Simmer rice and milkbased dishes,
heat up ready-cooked meals.
3 - 4
Steam vegetables, fish, meat.
4 - 5
Steam potatoes.
4 - 5
Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups.
6 - 7
Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts.
7 - 8
Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks.
9
Boil water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep-fry chips.
Boil large quantities of water. PowerBoost is activated.
8.5 Hints and Tips for Hob²Hood
When you operate the hob with the function:
• Protect the hood panel from direct
sunlight.
• Do not spot halogen light on the hood
panel.
• Do not cover the hob control panel.
• Do not interrupt the signal between the
hob and the hood (e.g. with the hand, a
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linear. When you increase the heat setting, it
is not proportional to the increase of the
consumption of power. It means that a
cooking zone with the medium heat setting
uses less than a half of its power.
The data in the table is for
guidance only.
Time
Hints
(min)
as neces‐
Put a lid on the cookware.
sary
5 - 25
Mix from time to time.
10 - 40
Cook with a lid on.
25 - 50
Add at least twice as much liquid as
rice, mix milk dishes halfway through
the procedure.
20 - 45
Add a couple of tablespoons of liquid.
20 - 60
Use max. ¼ l of water for 750 g of po‐
tatoes.
60 - 150
Up to 3 l of liquid plus ingredients.
as neces‐
Turn halfway through.
sary
5 - 15
Turn halfway through.
cookware handle or a tall pot). See the
picture.
The hood pictured below is for illustration
purpose only.