Fridge Compartment; Freezer Compartment; Max. Freezing Capacity; Freezing And Storing - Siemens KA90I Serie Gebrauchs- Und Montageanleitung

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Fridge compartment

The fridge compartment is the perfect place for keeping
ready meals, bread and pastries, jams and preserves,
condensed milk and hard cheeses.
When placing food in the fridge, follow
these guidelines:
Keep fresh, untouched food in the fridge. In that way
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it will keep longer and stay fresher.
In the case of ready-made products and packaged
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foods and liquids, pay attention to the manufacturer's
specified best-before or use-by date.
In order to maintain flavour, colour and freshness,
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keep food well packed or covered over. That also
prevents flavours from mixing and the plastic parts
from becoming discoloured in the fridge
compartment.
Allow warm food and beverages to cool before
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putting them into the appliance.
Note
Keep food from coming into contact with the rear panel.
Otherwise, the air circulation will be impaired.
Food or packaging could also become frozen to the
rear panel.
Pay attention to the temperature zones in
the fridge compartment
The air circulation produces different temperature
zones in the fridge compartment:
The coldest zones are close to the rear panel.
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The warmest zone is at the very top of the door.
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Note
Keep items such as hard cheese and butter in the
warmest zone. That will allow the cheese to continue
developing its flavour and the butter will remain
spreadable.

Freezer compartment

Use the freezer compartment for the
following:
Storing deep frozen food.
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To make ice cubes.
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To freeze food.
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Note
Make sure that the freezer compartment door is always
closed. When the door is open, the frozen foods defrost
and the freezer compartment ices up heavily. In
addition: Energy is wasted due to the power
consumption.
Note
The 2-star door pockets can be used to store ice and
food at -12 °C for short periods.
The rest of the freezer compartment is 4-star rated.
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Max. freezing capacity

You will find information on the maximum freezing
capacity in 24 hours on the rating plate.
Conditions for use of max. freezing
capacity
Switch on the fast freezing function before placing
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the food in the freezer (see section headed Fast
freezing).
Remove the freezer compartment fittings.
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Stack the food directly on the shelves and the
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bottom of the freezer compartment.
Note
Do not cover over the ventilation slots in the rear
panel with the food you are freezing.
Preferably, large quantities of food for freezing
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should be placed in the top compartment. There it
will freeze quickly and, therefore, without adversely
affecting the food quality.

Freezing and storing

Purchasing frozen foods
Packaging must not be damaged.
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Observe the best before date.
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The temperature in the commercial chest freezer
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must be -18 °C or colder.
As far as possible, frozen food must be transported
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in an insulated container and quickly placed in the
freezer compartment.
When arranging the food, note the
following:
Preferably, large quantities of food for freezing
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should be placed in the top compartment. There it
will freeze quickly and, therefore, without adversely
affecting the food quality.
Spread the items out well in the compartments/trays.
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Note
Food that is already frozen must not come into
contact with the food that is to be freshly frozen. If
necessary, move already frozen items to other
freezer trays.
Storing frozen food
Push the freezer trays in as far as they will go so as to
ensure perfect air circulation.