en-us Operation
Chicken breast
1
Bacon
Eggs
Fish
Pancakes
1
Turn the food several times.
Deep-fat frying
Fry in 1-2 qt. oil without a lid.
Deep-frozen foods, e. g. chicken
nuggets (0.5 lb per serving)
Other, e. g. doughnuts (0.5 lb per serv-
ing)
5.5 PowerBoost®
With this function you can heat larger quantities of water
faster than with power level 9. This function temporarily in-
creases the top output of the selected cooking zone.
The PowerBoost® function is available on the cooking
zone marked with
Activating PowerBoost®
WARNING
Oil and fat heat up quickly with the PowerBoost® function.
Overheated oil and fat may ignite.
Never leave the cooktop unattended during cooking.
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Requirement: The outer ring of the dual cooking zone has
to be activated to use this function.
→ "Using the dual cooking zone", Page 11
Press
to select the cooking zone.
1.
Touch POWER BOOST.
2.
lights up in the cooking zone display.
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Deactivating PowerBoost®
If you do not deactivate the PowerBoost® function, it turns
off automatically after 20 minutes. The cooking zone con-
tinues operating with power level 9.
Press
to select the cooking zone.
1.
Press POWER BOOST.
2.
goes out.
a
Frying levels
The CookSmart® function offers 4 frying levels.
Frying
Temperature
level
MIN
Low
LOW
Medium-low
MED
Medium-high
MAX
High
Setting CookSmart®
CAUTION
Hot oil or fat may ignite.
Never leave hot fat or oil unattended.
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12
5 - 6
6 - 7
5 - 6
5 - 6
5. - 6.
8 - 9
4. - 5.
.
Suitable for
Chicken breast, omelettes, french toast, hash browns, fried food in butter or olive oil
Thick pan-fried foods such as pork chop, hamburger, pancakes
Veal cutlet, ground meat, thin slices of meat, vegetables
Steaks medium-rare, fried boiled potatoes
The cooking zone switches to power level .
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5.6 CookSmart®
With the CookSmart® function, a sensor controls the tem-
perature of the pan. You can fry while the pan maintains
the selected temperature.
Cooking zones marked with
with this function.
Advantages when using the CookSmart® function:
The cooking zone only continues heating for as long as
¡
this is necessary to maintain the temperature. This
saves energy and prevents the oil or fat from overheat-
ing.
The frying function reports when the empty frying pan
¡
has reached the optimum temperature for adding oil
and then for adding the food.
Suitable pans for CookSmart®
A suitable sensor frying pan for the CookSmart® function
is available as an optional accessory.
You can purchase suitable sensor frying pans from Cus-
tomer Service, in our online shop www.thermador.com/us/
accessories or in specialized stores. Always indicate the
relevant reference number.
Reference number
Special accessory
CHEFSPAN08
Sensor frying pan Ø 10" (26 cm)
Suitable for 8" (21 cm) and
9" (23 cm) cooking zones
The sensor frying pans have a non-stick coating, which
means that very little oil is needed for frying.
Conventional frying pans
CAUTION
When using a conventional frying pan observe the follow-
ing notes.
The CookSmart® function has been configured specifi-
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cally for our system pans.
Other frying pans may overheat. They may reach a tem-
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perature above or below the selected frying level. Try
the lowest frying level first and then change it according
to your requirements.
Make sure that the diameter of the base of the frying
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pan corresponds to the size of the cooking zone. Place
the pan in the center of the cooking zone.
Do not place a lid on the frying pan. This will prevent the
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CookSmart® function from activating correctly. Use a
mesh splatter guard to prevent fat from spitting out.
Only use fat or oil that is suitable for frying.
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are equipped