Helpful Hints/Energy Saving - Pkm GS 75.4 A++T Bedienungsanleitung

4.4 Helpful hints/energy saving

 Cooked food can be stored in the appliance. Let it cool down to room
temperature before you put it into your appliance.
 Store your food in colourless, airtight and tasteless materials.
 Some food like meat, fish etc. may become dry and release strong odours. You
can avoid these by wrapping them into aluminium foil or plastic wrap or putting
them into an airtight bag or container.
 Allow ample storage place for your food. Do not overfill your appliance.
 Wrap your food in plastic wrap or suitable paper and place each kind of food in
a particular location in your appliance. This will prevent any contamination, a
loss of water and a mingling of odours.
 Let warm or hot food cool down to room temperature before you put it into
your appliance. Otherwise the energy consumption will increase.
 Put the frozen food you want to defrost into the cooling-compartment of you
appliance.
 Try opening the door as little as possible, especially when the weather is warm
and humid. If you open the door, close it as fast as possible.
 Permanently check , that the appliance is well-ventilated. The appliance has to
be well-ventilated from all sides.
How to freeze food
 Protect fresh food you want to freeze using aluminium foil, cling film, air and
water tight plastic bags, polyethylene containers or other suitable plastic
containers with a lid.
 Leave some free space between the single pieces of frozen food as proper air
circulation is required.
 The food is frozen completely after 24 hours (you find the relevant information
about the maximum freezing capacity within 24 hours in chapter technical data).
 Only buy frozen food, when its packaging is not damaged. Damaged packaging
may indicate an interruption of the cold chain.
 Avoid or reduce variations in temperature: buy frozen food at the end of
shopping and transport it in thermally insulated bags.
 Do not refreeze defrosted and semi-defrosted food. Consume within 24 hours.
 Observe the complete information on the packaging of frozen food.
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