This document is a user manual for the AEG BEK230011M oven, providing instructions for installation, safe use, daily operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. It is available in both English and German.
Function Description
The AEG BEK230011M is a built-in electric oven designed for household cooking purposes. It offers a variety of heating functions to accommodate different cooking needs, including:
- True Fan Cooking: Ideal for baking on up to three shelf positions simultaneously and for drying food. It recommends setting the temperature 20-40 °C lower than for Conventional Cooking. This function is also designed to save energy during cooking by ensuring the oven door remains closed and operating with high energy efficiency.
- Light: Turns on the oven lamp without activating a cooking function.
- Moist Fan Baking: A specific energy-saving function for cooking, where the oven door should remain closed. It's used to comply with energy efficiency class according to EN 60350-1.
- Bottom Heat: Suitable for baking cakes with crispy bottoms and preserving food.
- Grilling: For grilling flat food and toasting bread.
- Fast Grilling: For grilling large quantities of flat food and toasting bread.
- Turbo Grilling: Designed for roasting larger meat joints or poultry with bones on one shelf position, making gratins, and browning.
- Pizza Setting: For baking pizza, achieving intensive browning and a crispy bottom. It recommends setting the temperature to 230°C.
- Conventional Cooking (Top / Bottom Heat): For baking and roasting food on one shelf position.
The oven also features a cooling fan that automatically turns on during operation to keep surfaces cool and may continue to run after the oven is turned off until it cools down. A safety thermostat is included to prevent dangerous overheating by interrupting the power supply and automatically restarting when the temperature drops.
Important Technical Specifications
- Model Identification: BEK230011M 949496155
- Energy Efficiency Index: 95.3
- Energy Efficiency Class: A
- Energy Consumption (Conventional Mode): 0.93 kWh/cycle
- Energy Consumption (Fan-Forced Mode): 0.81 kWh/cycle
- Number of Cavities: 1
- Heat Source: Electricity
- Volume: 72 liters
- Type of Oven: Built-In Oven
- Mass: 27.0 kg
- Electrical Connection: The appliance must be earthed and connected by a qualified electrician. It requires a shockproof socket and does not support multi-plug adapters or extension cables. The mains cable should not be damaged and must be replaced by an Authorised Service Centre if necessary.
- Cable Types (Installation/Replacement): H07 RN-F, H05 RN-F, H05 RRF, H05 VW-F, H05 V2V2-F (T90), H05 BB-F.
- Cable Section (based on total power):
- Maximum 1380 W: 3 x 0.75 mm²
- Maximum 2300 W: 3 x 1 mm²
- Maximum 3680 W: 3 x 1.5 mm²
- Earth Cord: The earth cord (green/yellow) must be 2 cm longer than phase and neutral cables (blue and brown).
- Isolation Device: The electrical installation must have an isolation device that disconnects the appliance from the mains at all poles, with a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm.
Usage Features
- Control Panel: Features a knob for heating functions and a control knob for temperature.
- Shelf Positions: The oven has five shelf positions, counted from the bottom.
- Accessories: Includes a wire shelf for cookware, cake tins, and roasts, and a combi pan for cakes, biscuits, baking, roasting, or collecting fat.
- Preheating: The manual recommends preheating the empty oven before first use, with specific instructions for different functions and durations to remove any odor or smoke.
- Cooking Recommendations: Provides detailed tables with guidelines for temperature, cooking time, and shelf position for various foods, including cakes, bread, pizza, flans, meat, and fish, for both Top/Bottom Heat and True Fan Cooking functions.
- Moist Fan Baking Tips: For best results, users should follow specific suggestions listed in the provided tables.
- Drying - True Fan Cooking: Instructions for drying vegetables and fruits, including covering trays with greaseproof paper, stopping the oven halfway through, opening the door, and letting it cool overnight.
- Child Safety: The appliance can be used by children aged 8 and above with supervision. Children between 3 and 8 years and those with extensive disabilities should be continuously supervised. Children under 3 should be kept away. If a child safety device is present, it should be activated.
Maintenance Features
- Initial Cleaning: Before first use, all accessories and removable shelf supports should be removed and cleaned, along with the oven interior.
- General Cleaning: The oven front should be cleaned with a soft cloth, warm water, and a mild cleaning agent. Metal surfaces require a dedicated cleaning agent. The oven interior and all accessories should be cleaned after each use to prevent fat accumulation and food remains, which can cause fire. Stubborn dirt can be removed with a special oven cleaner. Nonstick accessories should not be cleaned with aggressive agents, sharp objects, or in a dishwasher.
- Stainless Steel or Aluminium Ovens: Clean the oven door and control panel with a damp cloth or sponge, then dry with a soft cloth. Avoid steel wool, acids, or abrasive materials.
- Door Gasket: Regularly check the door gasket for damage. Do not use the oven if the gasket is damaged. Clean it according to general cleaning information.
- Removing Shelf Supports: Instructions are provided for removing shelf supports for easier cleaning of the oven interior.
- Oven Ceiling Cleaning: The heating element can be removed by unscrewing it to facilitate cleaning of the oven ceiling.
- Removing and Installing Door: Detailed instructions are given for removing the oven door and its two glass panels for cleaning. The screen-printing zone of the internal glass panel must face the inner side of the door.
- Replacing the Lamp: Instructions for replacing the oven lamp, including disconnecting power and using a suitable 300 °C heat-resistant lamp. Halogen lamps should be handled with a cloth to prevent grease residue.
- Troubleshooting: A section dedicated to common problems, possible causes, and remedies, such as the oven not heating up (deactivated or blown fuse), or the lamp not operating (defective lamp).
- Service Data: Users are advised to contact an Authorised Service Centre if problems persist, providing the model, PNC, and serial number found on the rating plate.
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