For your safety
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1. Before using your pressure cooker for the first time,
make sure to read this information carefully
and rinse
lid and pot thoroughly.
2.
Before each use, check mobility of red safety device, of
the pressure indicator and the lid gasket.
3.
If you use the pressure cooker when children are
nearby
, be particularly careful.
4.
Always fill your pressure cooker with enough liquid for
the building-up of steam. Under no circumstances
whatever must the pressure cooker boil dry
, as this
overheating may cause serious damage to hotplate and
pot (melting of stainless steel sandwich bottom or sticking
of the bottom).
l Always watch carefully when bringing to the boil at hig-
hest level.
l Turn down energy supply in time.
l Use pressure cooker only on corresponding size of hot-
plate.
5.
Please observe the prescribed volumes:
Minimum: 2.5 l Sicomatic
®
=
1
⁄8 water
3.0 l Sicomatic
®
=
1
⁄4 water
4.5 l Sicomatic
®
=
1
⁄4 water
6.5 l Sicomatic
®
=
3
⁄8 water
Maximum:
2
⁄3 of pot’s net volume: i.e. 1.7 l for 2.5 l pot;
2.0 l for 3.0 l pot; 3.0 l for 4.5 l pot;
4.3 l for 6.5 l pot.
Important: Volume of content should not exceed
1
⁄2 of
pot’s volume for foods which increase in
volume or produce large amount of foam
(for ex. legumes; cook them in open pot first
and then close the lid). Maximum volume of
content: 1.3 l for 2.5 l pot; 1.5 l for 3.0 l pot;
2.3 l for 4.5 l pot; 3.3.l for 6.5 l pot.
6.
Do not use pressure cooker to pressure-fry foods with
oil.
7.
Only use the pressure cooker for the prescribed purpo-
se.
Please never put into the oven or the microwave.
8.
Start cooking process only when pot is closed, handles
are exactly aligned with each other and locked.
9.
Handle the pressure cooker very carefully when it is
under pressure.
Do not touch hot areas, but use the
handles instead. If necessary, use hot pads.
10.Never force the pot open when under pressure. Always
adhere to the opening instructions. Do not modify the safe-
ty devices, otherwise there is danger of scalding by hot
steam. When releasing steam, always keep your hands,
face and body out of the way of the escaping steam.
11.
If you have cooked meat with skin (e.g. ox-tongue)
which can swell under pressure, do not pierce it while the
skin is bulging, as you may burn yourself.
12.
After cooking time is over, take the pot off the hob
resting it on a stable, heatproof coaster. Briefly shake it
before opening. Only when not under pressure, the pot will
open easily. Do open only when not under pressure.
13.
Only use original Sicomatic
®
spare parts. This is vital
for the proper functioning and safety of your pressure coo-
ker. Do not use your Sicomatic
®
‚ if it or any of its parts are
damaged or not working as described in the operating
instructions. In this case please immediately contact your
Silit dealer. Do not make any changes or modifications.
Only use spare parts, lids and bottom parts which are
approved for your particular model.
14.
Inside the lid gasket the printed name of Sicomatic
®
must be visible. If rubber gasket and valve plug become
brownish, please replace them by original spares. Handles
with cracks or such not fitting correctly should be replaced
by new original spares.
15.
Under no circumstance use deformed or damaged
pressure cooker.
First have it fixed through authorised
Silit service partner.
16. At least every 10 years, the pressure cooker must be
checked by an authorized dealer.
17.
Keep these instructions in a safe place.
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