Vitek VT-1550SR: инструкция

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ELECTRICAL STEAMER

Steamed products keep fragrance and nutritional benefits increasingly. Automatic double boiler

Vitek allows you taking the first step to the health food. It will not keep you waiting because due to

the fast steam formation technology steam is practically formed at the moment of turning on.

Steam cups are characterized by sufficient capacity and oval form allows cooking fish at large.

Automatic products cooking functions facilitate double boiler application. Enjoy health food and

easiness of cooking in automatic double boiler Vitek.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

For reasons of safety before using the double boiler, please read this instruction carefully.

Double boiler

• This device generates steam that can result in burns.

• Take care of burns with outgoing steam especially when removing the cover.

• Take care while operating the double boiler – any liquid or condensate is very hot.

• Use special attachments or gloves to remove cover.

• Do not allow children and disabled people using the double boiler unattended.

• Make sure that the power cord does not hang in places where children can seize it.

• Never use the faulty double boiler. Refer to the authorized service center for repair.

• Never immerse the double boiler, power cord or power plug in water – you can be shocked.

• Never place the double boiler on stove or in oven.

• Never move the double boiler with hot products.

• Double boiler is intended only for domestic application.

Products

• Cook meat, fish and seafood up to doneness.

• Always use only defrosting products except for vegetables, fish and seafood.

• If you do not use several steam cups simultaneously then put meat, chicken or fish to the

lower basket to protect products in other steam cups from melted liquids.

INTRODUCTION INTO DOUBLE BOILER

1. Lower steam cup

2. Medium steam cup

3. Upper steam cup

4. Bowl for rice/soup cooking

5. Cover with steam holes

6. Drain tray with filter

7. Steam sprayer

8. Double boiler casing

9. ON/OFF button

10.Mode button – Keep warm

11.Mode button – Eggs/Meat

12.Mode button – Fish/Vegetables

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13.Mode button – Chicken

14.Mode button – Rice

15.Mode button – Soup

16.Timer

17.Timer setting knob

18.Mesh filter

BEFORE THE FIRST USING

1. Unpack the device and its components.

2. Remove all the labels and stickers.

3. Before using wash the cover, steam cups, steam sprayer and drain tray in warm soapy water.

4. Rinse and dry.

5. Wipe the internal surface of water bowl and double boiler casing with wet cloth.

BEFORE TURNING ON

• Make sure that the line voltage corresponds with operating voltage of the double boiler.

USE

1. Place the double boiler on stable surface in the distance of objects that may be exposed to

steam, for example near walls or hinged cupboards.

2. Set the mesh filter (18) to the water tank. It protects the heating coil of double boiler from

ingress of solid particles.

3. Pour cold water to the tank up to the mark:

"Max", if you cook more than 30 minutes;

"Min", if you cook less than 30 minutes.

Fig. 1: Water filling through the filler hole if tray is set (6).

Fig . 2: Water filling to tank of tray is removed (6).

Use the filtered water; it is characterized by reduced hardness that can avoid deposit on heating

coil. Do not pour water above the level «MAX».

Attention: Do not add salt, pepper, spices, herbs into water tank – it can damage heating

coil.

4. Set the tray (6) on water tank.

5. In order to season the products when cooking, you can add fresh or dry herbs to the tray (6).

Advices

Add fresh or dry herbs to the tray (6) to season the products. Choose the herbs to your liking:

thyme, kinza, sweet basil, fennel, curry and estragon, garlic, caraway, horseradish – it is only a

small list of famous spices. You can combine spices to lace the products with new elaborate taste.

If you use fresh herbs then it is necessary to increase volume as compared with the dry herbs in

two times and you certainly need to cut them. Set the lower steam cup (1) on tray (6) and you can

combine the steam cups set (2, 3, 4).

6. Put the products to steam cup. Large pieces of products are recommended to put to the lower

steam cup (1).

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7. Close the upper cup with cover (5).

8. Insert the power plug to receptacle, choose one of the products cooking modes with buttons

(1115) if necessary, set the required time for double boiler (Section TIMER SETTING). Upon

turning on the double boiler steam formation process will start approximately in 30 sec.

ATTENTION: Do not touch the double boiler, cover and steam cups when cooking – they

are very hot.

9. Upon completing the cooking process double audio signal will be heard and double boiler will

automatically switch to keep warm mode at that the symbol “

” will flash.

10. In 10 minutes 5 audio signals will be heard and double boiler will automatically turn off.

Attention: To avoid burns, use the kitchen gloves to remove cover and steam cups. Slowly

level up the cover to let off steam; keep the cover over the steam cup to drain water. Do

not touch the steam cups if you want to check the products for doneness, use the kitchen

implements with long handle.

11. Upon using cut the device off the mains. Keep waiting until the double boiler cools down and

before cleaning.

ATTENTION!

• Remember that water inside the tank may be hot though the rest of components of

the double boiler cooled down.

• Do not use the double boiler without trays, steam cups and cover.

TIMER SETTING

1. Insert the power plug into receptacle, audio signal will be heard  double boiler is in waiting

mode to enter automatic menu program (Fig. 3).

2. Press one of the buttons to choose automatic menu mode (1015).

3. Double boiler has cooking automatic menu for the following categories of products:

Keep warm Eggs/Meat Fish /Vegetables Chicken Rice Soup

Minutes 10 15 20 30 42 60

• In order to choose the necessary cooking automatic mode, press one of the buttons

(1015) – light indicator for the chosen mode will flash and the time of automatic

products cooking will be displayed. In order to turn on the double boiler, press the

button of chosen cooking mode again – at that the light indicator will evenly light and

after a while steam formation will start.

• If you make a mistake when choosing the automatic cooking program, press ON/OFF

button

(9) to reset erroneously entered function then press «correct» button of

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automatic products cooking (1015) and confirm the chosen cooking mode when

pressing the button again to turn on the double boiler.

• In order to change the products cooking time it is necessary to rotate the timer setting

knob slightly (17) counter/clockwise. Time change will be shown on the timer digital

display. In addition you can change the cooking time when choosing the automatic

cooking mode (light indicator flashes) or when cooking the products.

• In order to turn off the cooking mode, press ON/OFF button

(9); in order to turn off

the double boiler completely, keep ON/OFF button pressed

(9) for two seconds.

EGGS COOKING

1. Fill water to tank.

2. Set the tray (6).

3. Set the steam cup (1) on tray (6).

4. Put eggs in cavities on the bottom of steam cup (1) and close with cover (5).

5. Turn on the automatic cooking mode with button (11).

6. If necessary, set the required time of double boiler (Section TIMER SETTING).

RICE COOKING

1. Fill water to tank.

2. Set the tray (6).

3. Set the steam cup (1) on tray (6).

4. Set the bowl for rice/soup cooking (4) on steam cup (1).

5. Fill 1 bowl of rice to the cup (4) and pour with 1½ glass of water. Maximum amount of rice shall

not exceed 250 g.

6. Close the cup (4) with cover (5).

7. Turn on the automatic cooking mode with button (14).

8. If necessary, set the required time of double boiler (Section TIMER SETTING).

KEEP WARM FUNCTION

Taste and nutritive properties of the cooked products are lost in length of time, that’s why use them

right after cooking, but if it is necessary to keep products hot, press the button «Keep warm» (10)

and if necessary, set the required time of operation (Section TIMER SETTING).

KEEP WARM AUTOMATIC FUNCTION

• Upon expiring the time of automatic products cooking the double boiler will automatically

switch to the mode “Keep warm”.

• Upon completing the mode “Keep warm” 5 audio signals will be heard and double boiler will

turn off automatically.

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ADDING WATER WHEN COOKING

For the products requiring long cooking:

1. When the water level turns out to be less than minimal, periodical audio signal will be heard and

light indicator of button “

” will flash.

2. Check for water level.

3. Check for timer operation time.

4. Add water through inlet hole (Fig. 6).

5. Set the additional time of double boiler operation (Section TIMER SETTING).

NOTE

After adding water the audio signal will stop ringing and symbol “

” will stop flashing.

AUTOMATIC TURNING OFF FUNCTION

Double boiler will automatically turn off if the device is connected to mains but out of use.

In one minute two audio signals will be heard and double boiler will automatically turn off under the

following conditions:

1. Programming function has not been completed.

2. Chosen program has not been confirmed when pressing the products cooking program button

again (1115).

Turning off the double boiler is performed when keeping the button “

” (9) pressed for two

seconds

USEFUL TIPS

1. Food cooking time indicated in Table is considered only for reference purposes it

may differ due to size of pieces, volume of products and personal taste. As far as you manage the

double boiler you can select the desired products cooking time.

2. One layer of products is cooked quicker than several layers, that’s why it is necessary to

increase the cooking time according to the volume of products.

3. In order to achieve the best result, make sure that the pieces of products are of equal size; place

the thicker pieces closer to the edges of steam cup.

4. Do not fill the steam cup completely – keep space for steam.

5. When cooking a great volume of products it is necessary to mix them periodically. At that take a

high care and use the kitchen gloves to protect hands from steam and kitchen implements with

long handle.

6. Do not add salt and spices directly in products when cooking.

7. Liquid accumulating in tray (6) is excellently suitable for soup cooking or can be used as bouillon

or base for sauce. But be more careful – it is very hot.

8. Use only completely defrosting products.

9. When using three steam cups simultaneously:

a. Always put the largest pieces of products in the lower cup.

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