Melchioni Family GIOIA Manual De Instrucciones página 27

5. USING THE APPLIANCE
Cooking involves placing the food inside the drawer and inserting it completely into the
compartment until it clicks into place, before any operation on the control panel. At the
end of cooking, the appliance stops all heating, emits a few prolonged beeps, shows the
word "OFF" on the display and, after a brief cool-down, goes into standby. At this point,
the drawer can be pulled out and the food inside can be removed and consumed, while
the appliance can be left to cool down, preferably with the drawer pulled out, for
subsequent cleaning.
How to arrange food in the drawer:
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Large single-piece foodstuffs should be placed as centrally as possible in the
drawer, minimising the impact of differing distances from the walls on air flow
and steam circulation, thus ensuring more even cooking.
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Fractionated foodstuffs (stews, meatballs, nuggets, chips, snacks, etc.) should
be arranged in such a way as to cover as much as possible of the bottom
surface, keeping the upper profile as flat as possible. This will equalise the
distance from the heating element, similarly ensuring more even cooking.
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Never remove the grease trap grille from the bottom of the drawer. In addition
to capturing the least healthy part of the food once it has liquefied, it also
promotes air circulation in the bottom part of the container, that is, the part
furthest from the heating element, considerably reducing the possibility of the
lower portions being less cooked.
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Never overfill the drawer. The weight of food can vary, sometimes quite
considerably, depending on its density. Therefore, the drawer should not be
filled to more than three-quarters of its height regardless of the weight of the
food. Excessive filling can make it difficult to close the drawer, exposing the
food to possible contact with the heating element and the consequent
generation of smoke and bad smells, in addition to malfunctions, and almost
always results in poor or uneven cooking.
There are four "free" cooking settings in addition to nine "pre-set" cooking settings,
depending on the type of food and expected result. Below are the details of the free-
setting programs:
1) Steam cooking – STEAM, icon (13)
The food is heated and cooked by means of water vapour produced by the appliance.
Cooking at 100 degrees Celsius preserves the main nutrients that would otherwise be
lost at higher temperatures, keeping the flavours intact and reducing the fat content.
Steam cooking is also odourless.
2) Air frying – AIR FRY, icon (14)
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