Before Using For The First Time - WMF Lono Gebrauchsanweisung

▪ Stop using the appliance and/or pull the mains plug out of the socket immediately if
⋅ The appliance or the mains cable is damaged
⋅ You suspect that the device may be defective following a fall or similar incident.
In such cases, take the appliance in for repair.
▪ No liability is accepted for any damage resulting from misuse, incorrect operation or improper
repair. Warranty claims are likewise excluded in such cases.
Use of Sous Vide Cooker
Sous vide (French for under vacuum) or vacuum cooking is a method for the cooking of meat, fish,
vegetables and fruit in special plastic pouches (vacuum pouches) at relatively low temperatures
of under 100°C. The vacuum packing and the slow cooking process massively reduces oxidation
and retains minerals, vitamins and flavours within the food. The influence on the flavour of
the food from adding herbs and spices is also more intense and salts and intrinsic flavours are
preserved. Meat also stays moist. As, because of the relatively low temperatures, there can be
no Maillard reaction with sous vide cooking, there are also no crusts formed on the food. Crusts
can be achieved before or after the sous vide cooking by quick frying in the pan using a kitchen
blowtorch.
The sous vide method pasteurises the food at 60°C to 62°C, which also extends shelf life.
Note: After pasteurisation, the food in the vacuum pouches must be eaten immediately or
cooled in ice water and stored in the fridge at below 7°C or frozen at -18°C.
Unpasteurised food must reach the target temperature and be served within 4 hours. Make
sure that unpasteurised foods are not consumed by people with compromised immune
systems, children or pregnant women.
Using the Slow Cook insert
The Slow Cook insert (2) allows food to be gently cooked for longer periods of between 3 and 12
hours at temperatures below boiling point. This prevents the food from burning. In order to enable
optimum heat transfer from the water bath to the Slow Cook insert, it is most suited to foods
with a large amount of sauce, e.g. stews, goulash or soups.

Before using for the first time

Cleaning
Before using the appliance for the first time, clean all parts except the main appliance (5)
thoroughly and dry them. Please also note the cleaning notes in this instruction manual.
Vacuum packing the food
Before cooking, the food must be vacuum packed in pouches suitable for sous vide and sealed.
When sealing, make sure there are no spaces near the seal as these can prevent a proper
hermetical seal.
Cooking times and temperatures
Please note that the cooking time depends on the thickness and temperature of the food. The
cooking time is longer for frozen food.
Note: The temperatures and times listed in the appendix are approximate values for non-
frozen foods and can be adjusted to taste but not reduced.
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Sous Vide cooking
1. Place the filled vacuum pouch on the meat and vegetable holder (3). The removable top shelf
prevents the vacuum pouch floating up because of residual air or air bubbles produced during the
cooking process. For larger portions, the three internal metal rods can simply be removed.
Note: Make sure that the vacuum pouches touch each other as little as possible so that the food is
surrounded by water as much as possible. This ensures consistent results.
2. Place the water tank (4) on the main appliance (5).
Note: The appliance will not work without the water tank.
3. Place the loaded meat and vegetable holder into the water tank. Then fill the water tank with as
much clean water as is required to completely cover the vacuum pouch. Note the
marking "Sous Vide" on the back of the water tank.
4. Connect the appliance to the mains. The appliance is now in standby mode. Press the on/off button
(7) to switch the appliance on.
5. Next, use the selector knob (12) to set the temperature you want and confirm by pressing the
selector knob. The default setting for the appliance is 60°C. Temperatures can be sent in the range
from 35°C to 90°C.
6. The preset cooking time is 00:00 hours. Confirm this cooking time setting or set your own cooking
time using the selector knob and confirm by pressing the selector knob.
7. Now press the start/stop button (8) to start the heating process. The icon
that the appliance is working. Once the pre-set temperature is reached, a beep sounds and the
timer begins to count the minutes and hours forwards. If a cooking time is set, the timer begins to
count the minutes and hours backwards (countdown). The maximum cooking time is 72 hours.
Note: You can program up to two temperature and cooking time settings permanently. To do this,
press the settings button (9). The
icon flashes. Now press the knob. You can set the desired
temperature and cooking time for the first custom program. Now press the start/stop button (8) to
save the values and start the heating process.
Warning: Do not go below the temperatures and cooking times shown in the cooking time
chart.
8. Press the start/stop button (8) to pause the cooking process. In this case, the
the cooking process starts again.
9. Press the on/off button (7) in order to stop the cooking process and put the appliance into standby
mode.
Note: When you remove the water tank from the device after use, a small residual amount of
water will spill from the pump onto the top of the main appliance. This is normal. Remove the
mains plug and empty the main appliance into the sink.
MAX
lights up and indicates
icon flashes until
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