Operating The Appliance; Work Steps - Eltac EKA 178 Bedienungsanleitung

Operating the appliance

The auto-preserving cooker is versatile in use, not only for preservation but also for cooking, heating,
heating in water bath, preparing hot beverages, blanching vegetables etc.
Thick food, which tends to scorch, needs to be heated slowly whilst stirring continuously.
Temperature control/Setting the thermostat
The appliance is equipped with a precision thermostat (capillary tube thermostat). The thermostat is infi ni-
tely variable from approx. 30 °C up to the boiling point. An additional thermometer is not required. The set
temperature will be controlled automatically as follows:
• The set temperature is reached when the pilot lamp glowing during the heating-up process extinguishes
for the fi rst time. Only from that time will the preserving time mentioned in the preserving table and
cookbooks count down.
• For juice making the appliance is equipped with a special operation mode, which ensures continuous
heating. When the cooking process has been completed or needs to be interrupted, reset the
temperature selector to off-position and disconnect the plug.
Notes for cooking
The boiling point of the water varies in accordance with the atmospheric pressure and the altitude of the
location.
A thermostat with too high setting results in continuous heating and consequently strong development of
steam, loss of water in the appliance and furthermore wasting of energy.
To fi nd the correct setting for boiling on your appliance, simply take the following steps:
1. Turn the temperature selector clockwise to the right to the mark "Kochen" (cooking)
2. Wait for the water to boil
3. Slowly turn the temperature selector slightly to the left until the pilot lamp extinguishes. After a
short time the regulator will trigger the heating again.

Work steps

Warning – hazard of injury and burns! During operation, there are hot surface which
might still exist after switch-off. Please keep this in mind when touching the appliance! During
preparation and when lifting the lid, hot steam might escape.
1. Preserving
a. Place the grid insert.
b. Put in prepared glass jars or bottles.
c. Fill with water and put lid on.
d. Connect plug to electrical outlet.
e. Select the temperature.
f. Pilot lamp is on, the appliance is heating.
g. Pilot lamp goes out for the fi rst time means that the set temperature is reached, now, the
cooking time begins. The temperature is maintained automatically.
h. Once the cooking procedure is fi nished, reset the temperature selector to off-position and pull
the mains plug.
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