T-Fal OptiGrill Stainless Steel XL Electric Grill User Guide

T-Fal OptiGrill Stainless Steel XL Electric Grill

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

Use, maintenance, and product installation guidelines: for your own safety, please read through all paragraphs of the instruction manual, including the associated pictograms.

• This appliance is intended for indoor, domestic household use only. It is not intended to be used in the following applications, and the guarantee will not apply to:

1. staff kitchen areas in shops, offices, and other working environments;
2. farm houses;
3. by clients in hotels, motels, and other residential-type environments;
4. bed and breakfast type environments.

• Before first use, remove all packaging materials, stickers, and accessories from the inside and the outside of the appliance.
• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory, or mental capabilities, or a lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by an adult responsible for their safety. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance and do not use it as a toy.
• Keep the appliance and its cord out of reach of children less than 8 years.
• Never leave the appliance unattended when in use.
• This appliance is not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.
• Fully unwind the power cord before plugging in the appliance.
• If the power supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its after-sales service in order to avoid any danger.
• Always plug the appliance into an earthed socket.
• Make sure that the electric power supply is compatible with the power rating and voltage indicated on the bottom of the appliance.

Description

• (A) Control panel
• (A1) On/off button
• (A2) Frozen food mode
• (A3) Automatic cooking programs
• (A4) Manual mode “4 temperature settings”
• (A5) OK button
• (A6) Cooking level/temperature indicator
• (B) Body
• (C) Handle
• (D) Cooking plates
• (E) Drip tray
• (F) Power cord

Colour guide for the cooking level indicator

Guide to cooking programs

If you are uncertain about what cooking mode to use for other foods because it is not listed above, please refer to the “cooking guides” page 15.

NOTE: Maximum thickness of food 4 cm and minimum thickness of food 4 mm* for all cooking programs and manual mode.

Except for the bacon program.

Preparing

• Remove all packaging materials, stickers and accessories from the inside and the outside of the appliance. The colour sticker on the cooking level indicator can be changed according to the language. You can replace it with the one on the inside of the packaging.
• Before using for the first time, thoroughly clean the cooking plates with warm water and a little washing-up liquid, rinse and dry thoroughly.
• Position the removable drip tray at the front of the appliance.

Pre-heating

• For the best results, wipe the cooking plates using a paper towel dipped in a little cooking oil to improve the non-stick release.
• Remove any surplus oil using a clean kitchen paper towel.
• Ensure that the bottom cooking plate and the upper cooking plate are correctly positioned in the product before the pre-heating phase begins. Connect the appliance to a mains outlet. (Note the cord should be fully unwound).
• Press the On/Off button.

CAUTION: Make sure there is no food between the cooking plates during preheating.

• If the food that you wish to cook is frozen, press the “frozen food” button 10 Select the appropriate cooking mode according to what type of food you wish to cook.

Tip, especially for meat: the cooking results on the preset programs may vary depending on origin, cut and quality of the food being cooked; the programs have been set and tested for good quality food.

• Similarly, the thickness of the meat must be taken into account during cooking; you should not cook foods with a thickness greater than 4 cm.
• Press the “OK” button: the appliance starts pre-heating and the cooking level indicator flashes purple.

NB: If you have selected the wrong program, return to point 8. 12 Wait for 4-7 minutes.

• An audible tone is heard, and the cooking level indicator stops flashing purple. The pre‑heating mode is complete.

Note: At the end of pre-heating, if the appliance remains closed, the safety system will turn off the appliance.

Cooking

• After pre-heating, the appliance is ready for use. Open the grill completely and place the food on the cooking plate.

Note: if the appliance remains open for too long, the safety system will turn off the appliance automatically.

• The appliance automatically adjusts the cooking cycle (time and temperature) according to the food thickness and quantity. Close the appliance to start the cooking cycle.

Note for very thin pieces of food: close the appliance, the button “OK” will flash and the indicator will stay “fixed purple”, press “OK” to ensure the appliance recognises the food and that the cooking cycle starts.

• The cooking level indicator turns blue and then becomes green to indicate that the cooking is in progress (for the best results, do not open or move your food during the cooking process). During the cooking process, there is a beep at each stage of cooking to warn the user that a cooking level (eg rare/ yellow) has been reached.
• According to the degree of cooking, the indicator light changes colour. When the indicator light is yellow with a beep, your food is rare; when the indicator light is orange with a beep, your food is medium; and when the indicator light is red, your food is well done.

N.B.: If you like your meat very rare, remove the meat when the cooking level indicator turns green.

Please note, especially with meat, it is normal that cooking results may vary depending on the type, quality and origin of food.

• When the colour of the cooking level indicator (A6) corresponds to the degree of cooking you require, open the appliance and remove the food.
• Close the appliance. If you have finished using the appliance, press the ON/OFF button and unplug it from the mains outlet. If you want to cook a second batch of food, the control panel will light up and set itself to ‘choice of program’ mode (see section below ‘Cooking more food’).

NOTE: The safety system will turn off the appliance automatically if no program selection is made.

Cooking more food

If you want to cook a second batch of food, please preheat the appliance again (see section 2. “Preheating”, starting from point 9) even if you want to cook the same type of food or the same program.

How to cook another batch of food:

After finishing your first batch of food:

1. Make sure the appliance is closed with no food inside.
2. Select the appropriate cooking mode/program (this step is necessary even if you decide to pick the same cooking mode as the previous batch of food).
3. Press the “OK” button: the appliance starts pre-heating. The cooking level indicator flashes purple to indicate the appliance is pre-heating.
4. The pre-heating is complete when an audible beep is heard and the cooking level indicator stops flashing purple.
5. After the pre-heating, the appliance is ready for use. Open the grill and place the food inside the appliance. Proceed as detailed in section “Cooking”, points 14 to 21.

Important:

Please note that preheating is required for each new batch of food.

Reminder: before activating preheating, make sure that the appliance is closed and no remnants of food remain inside.

Then wait for preheating to finish before opening the grill and placing food inside.

Note: if the new pre-heating cycle is activated immediately after the end of the preceding cycle, the pre-heating time will be reduced.

Comments

• If you want to cook food to different personal tastes, open the grill and remove the food when it has reached the desired level and then close the grill and continue cooking the other food. The program will continue its cooking cycle until it reaches the ‘well done’ level.
• Keep warm function: The cooking period is finished once the well-done cooking level is reached, the appliance will automatically go on the keep warm setting and the cooking level indicator will automatically go red, and an audible tone will sound every 20 seconds. If food is left on the grill, it will continue to cook, while the cooking plates are cooling. You can stop the audible tone by pressing the “OK” button.

NOTE: The safety system will turn the appliance off automatically after approximately 30 minutes.

Cleaning and maintenance

• Press the ON/OFF button to turn off the appliance.
• Unplug the appliance from the mains outlet.
• Allow to cool for at least 2 hours. To avoid accidental burns, allow the grill to cool thoroughly before cleaning.

Cleaning

• Before cleaning, unlock the cooking plates by pressing the release buttons on the left side of the appliance. The heating elements and any parts visible after removing the cooking plates should not be cleaned. If they are very dirty, wait until the appliance has completely cooled down and clean them with a dry cloth.

Note: the upper and lower cooking plates are not interchangeable and must be fitted in the correct position.

• Cleaning in a dishwasher: The drip tray and the cooking plates are dishwasher safe. The appliance and its cord cannot be placed in the dishwasher. The heating elements, visible and accessible parts, should not be cleaned after removing the plates. If they are very dirty, wait until the appliance has completely cooled down and clean them with a dry cloth.
• Hand washing: Clean the empty drip tray and cooking plates using warm water and a little washing-up liquid, then rinse to remove any residue. Dry thoroughly using a paper kitchen towel. Do not use metallic scouring pads, steel wool or any abrasive cleaners to clean any part of your grill; only use nylon or non-metallic cleaning pads.
• To clean the grill lid, wipe with a warm, wet sponge and dry with a soft, dry cloth.
• Do not immerse the body of the grill in water or any other liquid.
• Always make sure the grill is clean and dry before storing. Any other servicing should be performed by an authorised service representative.

Troubleshooting guide

Cooking Guide (automatic programs)

Chicken, sausages and pork must only be cooked at a well-done level.

NOTE especially for meat: the cooking results on the preset programs may vary depending on origin, cut and quality of the food being cooked; the programs have been set and tested for good quality food.

Similarly, the thickness of the meat has to be taken into account during cooking; you cannot cook food that is thicker than 4 cm.

Cooking Guide (including Manual Mode)

For frozen food, press before selecting your program.

HOW TO USE THE 4 MANUAL MODE TEMPERATURE SETTINGS

CONTROL PANEL

• Press the POWER button, then press the M button to select manual mode.
• The and OK buttons will flash.
• The colour light indicator will be green.

ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE

• Fixed green colour light indicator: from 110°C to 125°C
• Fixed yellow colour light indicator: from 180°C to 195°C
• Fixed orange colour light indicator: from 220°C to 235°C
• Fixed red colour light indicator: from 265°C to 285°C

Press the button several times until the desired temperature is reached with the help of the colour light indicator.

BEGIN COOKING BY PRESSING THE “OK” BUTTON

• Press OK the button.
• The colour light indicator will flash in the chosen colour (for example, orange temperature is between 220°C and 235°C).
• When the desired temperature is reached, the grill “beeps” and the colour light indicator becomes fixed. Open the grill, add the food and close the lid. Then the cooking process begins.

ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE DURING THE COOKING

You can adjust the temperature during the cooking process:

Press the button in order to reach the desired temperature (the colour light indicator will change).

If the new desired temperature is higher than the current one, the colour light indicator will flash in the chosen colour until it reaches the right desired temperature, then the grill “beeps” and the indicator light becomes fixed in the chosen colour.

END OF COOKING

• Press the POWER button.
• All buttons switch off; the grill stops heating/cooking. Open the grill, remove the food.

COOKING RECOMMENDATIONS: SPECIAL MANUAL MODE

If you are using any kind of sugar or sugar-based sauce on the fruits or vegetables, you should choose the cooking temperature below the recommendation above.

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