Whirlpool ACM 845-BH: POWER LEVEL TABLE

POWER LEVEL TABLE

Power level Type of cooking Level use

(indicating cooking experience and habits)

Ideal for rapidly increasing the temperature of food to fast boiling in the case of water or rapidly

Boost Fast heating

heating cooking liquids

Max. power

8-9 Frying - boiling

Ideal for browning, starting to cook, frying deep frozen products, fast boiling

Browning - sautéing - boiling -

Ideal for sautéing, maintaining a lively boil, cooking and grilling (for a short period of time,

7-8

grilling

5-10 minutes)

High power

Browning - cooking - stewing -

Ideal for sautéing, maintaining a light boil, cooking and grilling (for a medium period of time,

6-7

sautéing - grilling

10-20 minutes), preheating accessories

Cooking - stewing - sautéing -

4-5

Ideal for stewing, maintaining a gentle boil, cooking (for a long period of time). Creaming pasta

grilling

Ideal for long-cooking recipes (rice, sauces, roasts, fish) with liquids (e.g. water, wines, broth, milk),

Medium power

3-4

creaming pasta

Cooking - simmering -

thickening - creaming

Ideal for long-cooking recipes (quantities under 1 litre: rice, sauces, roasts, fish) with liquids (e.g. water,

2-3

wine, broth, milk)

Ideal for softening butter, gently melting chocolate, thawing small products and keeping just-cooked

1-2

food warm (e.g. sauces, soups, minestrone)

Melting - defrosting - keeping

Low power

food warm - creaming

Ideal for keeping just-cooked food warm, for creaming risottos and for keeping serving dishes warm

1

(with induction-suitable accessory)

Zero

OFF

Support surface

Hob in stand-by or off mode (possible end-of-cooking residual heat, indicated by an “H”)

power

Function Description of function

Automatically identifies a power level that is suitable for simmering long-cooking recipes. Suitable for cooking tomato sauce, ragu,

soups, minestrone, maintaining a controlled cooking level (ideal for cooking in a bain-marie). Prevents food from boiling over (e.g.

Simmering

spurting) or sticking to the bottom and burning, as often happens with these recipes. Use this function after bringing the pot to the

boil.

Automatically identifies a power level that is suitable for slowly melting delicate products without compromising their sensorial

Melting

quality (chocolate, butter, etc.).

6th Sense

Automatically identifies when water reaches boiling point and reduces the power to maintain the boil until the food is added. When

Sixth sense

the water reaches boiling point an acoustic signal is emitted, and any ingredients can be added (e.g. condiments, pasta, rice,

bringing water to

vegetables, meat and fish to be boiled) but also homemade preserves or accessories to be sterilized.

the boil

This function combines two cooking zones and allows you to exploit the combined surface area for large rectangular or oval shaped

cooking receptacles or grilles. For grilling large quantities or pieces of food (fish, kebabs, vegetables like red chicory, steaks, German

Flexi cook

sausages).

For cooking recipes like rolled roast joints or whole fish, generally accompanied with a sauce or stock, using a casserole dish/fish

kettle/pan

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