AEG KE8404021M - Manual (Page 12)

Heating function Application
Bread Baking To bake bread.
Au gratin To prepare dishes such as lasagna or pota-
to gratin. Also to brown.
Preserving To make vegetable preserves such as pick-
les.
Drying To dry sliced fruit such as apples, plums or
peaches and vegetables such as tomatoes,
zucchini or mushrooms.
Plate Warming To preheat a plate for serving.
Eco Roasting The ECO functions let you optimize the
energy consumption during cooking. It is
necessary to set the cooking time first. To
get more information about the recom-
mended settings, refer to the cooking ta-
bles with the equivalent heating function.
7.4 Activating a heating
function
1. Activate the appliance.
2. Select the Heating Functions menu.
Press OK to confirm.
3. Set a heating function. Press OK to
confirm.
4. Set the temperature. Press OK to
confirm.
Press to go directly to the
Heating Functions menu. You
can use it when the appliance is
activated.
7.5 Heat-up indicator
When you activate a heating function,
the bar on the display comes on. The bar
shows that the temperature increases.
Fast Heat Up Indicator
This function decreases the heat-up
time. To activate the function, hold
for 3 seconds. The heat-up indicator al-
ternates.
Residual heat
When you deactivate the appliance, the
display shows the residual heat. You can
use the heat to keep the food warm.
7.6 Energy saving
The appliance contains features
which help you save energy
during everyday cooking:
• Residual heat:
– When the heating function or pro-
gramme operates, the heating ele-
ments are deactivated 10% earlier
(the lamp and fan continue to oper-
ate). For this feature to operate, the
cooking time must be longer than
30 minutes or you must use the
clock functions ( Duration , End
Time ).
– When the appliance is off, you can
use the heat to keep food warm.
The display shows the remaining
temperature.
• Cooking with the lamp off - touch
and hold for 3 seconds to deacti-
vate the lamp during cooking.
• When you use the Moist Fan Baking
function, the lamp deactivates after 30
seconds. The lamp activates again
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