Freezer Compartment - Temperature Control / Interior Accessories / Hints - Küppersbusch ike 178-6 Gebrauchsanleitung

the appliance is fully loaded, the compressor may
run continuously, causing frost or ice to form on the
evaporator. If this happens, turn the knob to a
warmer setting (lower numbers) to allow automatic
defrosting and so a saving in electricity
consumption.
¥ Do not place warm foods inside the appliance.
Allow warm foods to cool first.
¥ Put frozen food in the fridge to defrost. The cold in
the frozen food will then be used to cool the fridge.
Hints for refrigeration
¥ Do not store warm food or evaporating liquids in
the refrigerator and do cover or wrap up the food,
particularly if it has a strong smell.
To help you use your refrigerator correctly, here are
some useful hints:
¥ Raw meat (beef, pork, lamb & poultry): wrap in
polythene bags and place on top of the salad
compartment, this being the coldest spot in the
refrigerator. Meat can only be stored safely in
this way for one or two days at the most.
¥ Cooked food, cold cuts, jelly, etc.: these should
be well covered and can be stored on any of the
glass shelves.
¥ Fruit & vegetables: these should be thoroughly
cleaned and placed in the bottom
¥ Butter & cheese: these should be placed in
special airtight containers or wrapped in aluminium
foil or polythene bags to keep out as much air as
possible.
¥ Milk bottles: these should have a top and should
be stored in the bottle rack on the door.
Bananas, potatoes, onions and garlic, if not
packed, must not be kept in the refrigerator.
Freezer compartment
Temperature Control
¥ To freeze fresh foods it is not necessary to change
the setting of the thermostat knob.
¥ For a quicker freezing operation,
temperature regulator to setting Ò6Ó several hours
before freezing fresh items, or press the
SUPERFROST button if the model has one. The
yellow indicator will light up.
¥ In this condition, the refrigerator compartment
temperature might drop below 0¡C. If this occurs
return the temperature regulator to a warmer
setting or switch off the SUPERFROST function. To
do that, press the SUPERFROST button again.
The yellow indicator will go off.
¥ At the first starting-up or after a period out of use,
Interior Accessories
Ice-cube production
This appliance is equipped with one or more trays for
the production of ice-cubes.
Fill these trays with water, then put them in the
freezer compartment.
Freezing of fresh food and storage of frozen food
¥ Prepare food in small portions to enable it to be
¥ Wrap up the food in aluminium foil or polythene
drawer/s.
¥ Do not allow fresh, unfrozen food to touch food
¥ Do not touch frozen food with wet hands. Your
¥ It is advisable to show the freezing-in date on each
¥ Be sure that frozen foodstuffs are transferred from
¥ Do not put carbonated liquids (fizzy drinks,
¥ Once defrosted, food deteriorates rapidly and
turn the
before putting the products in the compartment, let
the appliance run for at least two hours on the
coldest setting, then turn the thermostat knob to
the normal operating position.
Do not use metallic instruments to remove
the trays from the freezer.
Hints
rapidly and completely frozen and to make it
possible subsequently to thaw only the quantity
required.
and make sure that the packages are airtight.
which is already frozen, thus avoiding a rise in
temperature of the latter.
hands could stick to the food and cause skin
abrasions.
individual pack to enable you to keep tab of the
storage time.
the foodstore to the freezer in the shortest possible
time.
etc.) in the freezing compartment as they may
burst.
cannot be refrozen.
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