BOSCH NKM6-GAS Hob User Manual

: June 5, 2024
: Bosch

Table of Contents

BOSCH NKM6-GAS Hob
Safety
Preventing material damage
Environmental protection and saving energy
Familiarising yourself with your appliance
Basic operation
Cleaning and servicing
Disposal
Customer Service
References
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BOSCH NKM6-GAS Hob

BOSCH-NKM6-GAS-Hob-PRODUCT

Safety

Observe the following safety instructions.

General information

Read this instruction manual carefully.
Keep the instructions, the appliance pass and the product information safe for future reference or for the next owner.
Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit.

Intended use
Only a licensed professional may connect ap-pliances without plugs. Damage caused by in-correct connection is not covered under the warranty.

Only use this appliance:

To prepare meals and drinks.
Under supervision. Never leave the appli- ance unattended when cooking for short periods.
In private households and in enclosed spaces in a domestic environment.
Up to an altitude of max. 2000 m above sea level.
Do not use the appliance:
- With an external timer or a separate remote control. This does not apply if operation with appliances included in EN 50615 is switched off.

Restriction on user group

This appliance may be used by children aged 8 or over and by people who have reduced physical, sensory or mental abilities or inad-equate experience and/or knowledge,
provided that they are supervised or have been instructed on how to use the appliance safely and have understood the resulting dangers.
Do not let children play with the appliance. Children must not perform cleaning or user maintenance unless they are at least 15 years old and are being supervised.
Keep children under the age of 8 years away from the appliance and power cable.

Safe use
WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!
Leaving fat or oil cooking on an unattended hob can be dangerous and may lead to fires.

Never leave hot oil or fat unattended.
Never attempt to extinguish a fire using wa-ter; instead, switch off the appliance and then cover with a lid or a fire blanket.
The cooking surface becomes very hot.
Never place flammable objects on the cooking surface or in its immediate vicinity.
Never place objects on the cooking sur-face.
Hob covers can cause accidents, for example due to overheating, catching fire or materials shattering.
Do not use hob covers.
Food may catch fire.
The cooking process must be monitored. A short process must be monitored continu-ously.
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
The appliance and its parts that can be touched become hot during use, particularly the hob surround, if fitted.
Caution should be exercised here in order to avoid touching heating elements.
Young children under 8 years of age must be kept away from the appliance.
Hob protective grilles may cause accidents.
Never use hob protective grilles.
The appliance becomes hot during operation.
Allow the appliance to cool down beforecleaning.WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
Incorrect repairs are dangerous.
Repairs to the appliance should only becarried out by trained specialist staff.
Only use genuine spare parts when repair-ing the appliance.
If the power cord of this appliance is dam-aged, it must be replaced with a specialconnection cable, which is available fromthe manufacturer or his Customer Service.
A damaged appliance is dangerous.
Never operate a damaged appliance.
If the surface is cracked, you must switchoff the appliance in order to prevent a pos-sible electrical shock. To do this, switch offthe appliance via the fuse in the fuse box.
Set the hotplate control to zero.
Call customer service.
Repairs to the appliance must only be car-ried out by trained and qualified personnel.
An ingress of moisture can cause an electricshock.
Do not use steam- or high-pressure clean-ers to clean the appliance.
The insulation on cables of electrical appli-ances may melt if it touches hot parts of theappliance.
Never bring electrical appliance cables intocontact with hot parts of the appliance.WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
Saucepans may suddenly jump due to liquidbetween the saucepan base and the hotplate.
Always keep hotplates and saucepanbases dry.WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!
Children may put packaging material overtheir heads or wrap themselves up in it andsuffocate.
Keep packaging material away from chil-dren.
Do not let children play with packaging ma-terial.
Children may breathe in or swallow smallparts, causing them to suffocate.
Keep small parts away from children.
Do not let children play with small parts.

Preventing material damage

ATTENTION!

Rough pot and pan bases will scratch the ceramic.
Check your cookware.
Boiling pans dry may damage cookware or the appli-ance.
Never place empty pans on a heated hotplate or al-low to boil dry.
Incorrectly positioned cookware can cause the appli-ance to overheat.
Never place hot pots or pans on the controls or thehob surround.
Damage can occur if hard or pointed objects fall ontothe hob.
Do not let hard or pointed objects fall onto the hob.
Non heat-resistant materials will melt on heated hot-plates.
Do not use oven protective foil.
Do not use aluminium foil or plastic containers.

Overview of the most common damage
Here you can find the most common types of damageand tips on how to avoid them.

Damage	Cause	Measure
Stains	Food boiling over	Remove boiled-over food immediately with a glass

e.g. aluminium

| Lift pots and pans to move on the hob.
Blisters| Sugar or food with a high sugar content| Remove boiled-over food immediately with a glass scraper.

Environmental protection and saving energy

Disposing of packaging
The packaging materials are environmentally compat-ible and can be recycled.

Sort the individual components by type and disposeof them separately.

Saving energy
If you follow these instructions, your appliance will useless energy.
Select the cooking zone to match the size of yourpan. Centre the cookware on the hob.
Use cookware whose base diameter is the same dia-meter as the hotplate.
Tip: Cookware manufacturers often give the upperdiameter of the saucepan. It is often larger than thebase diameter.

Unsuitable cookware or incompletely covered cook-ing zones consume a lot of energy.
Cover saucepans with suitable lids.
Cooking without a lid consumes considerably moreenergy.
Lift lids as infrequently as possible.
When you lift the lid, a lot of energy escapes.
Use a glass lid.
You can see into the pan through a glass lidwithout having to lift it.
Use pots and pans with flat bases.
Uneven bases increase energy consumption.
Use cookware that is suitable for the quantity of food.
Large items of cookware containing little food needmore energy to heat up.
Cook with only a little water.
The more water that is contained in the cookware,the more energy is required to heat it up.
Turn down to a lower power level early on.
If you use an ongoing power level that is too high,you will waste energy.
Take advantage of the hob’s residual heat. Withlonger cooking times switch off the hotplate5-10 minutes before the end of cooking.
Unused residual heat increases energy consump-tion.
Product Information according (EU) 66/2014 can befound on the attached appliance pass and online onthe product page for your appliance.

Familiarising yourself with your appliance

The instruction manual is the same for various different hobs. You can find the hob dimensions in the overview of models. → Page 2

Hotplates
You can find an overview of the different activations of the hotplates here.

Hotplate	Activating and deactivating
Single-circuit cooking zone
Dual-circuit hotplate	Activating: Turn the hotplate switch to the right until

.

Select the heat setting. Deactivating: Turn the hot- plate switch to 0 and reset. Never turn the hotplate switch past the symbol to 0.

Notes

Dark areas in the glow pattern of the hotplate are part of the technical design. They do not affect the functionality of the hotplate.
The hotplate regulates the temperature by switching the heat on and off. The heat may also switch on and off when at the highest setting.
This protects easily damaged components from overheating.
The appliance is protected against electrical overload.

Combi-cooking zone

The combi-cooking zone allows you to combine the two single-circuit hotplates with the bridge heating element. The hotplates can also be operated independently of each other.
The small extended cooking zone (1 and 3) and the single-circuit hotplate (2) can also be operated independently with different heat settings. This produces different temperature areas, for example for the large roaster, the teppanyaki or the grill plate.
With the small extended cooking zone you can fry one food while simultaneously using the single-circuit hotplate to keep another warm.
Tip: Suitable cookware is available from customer service or our online shop.

Hotplate display and residual heat indicator
The hob has a hotplate display and a residual heat indicator. The display lights up when a hotplate is warm.

Display	Meaning
Hotplate display	Lights up during operation, shortly after switching on.
Residual heat indic- ator	Lit up after cooking when the hotplate is still

warm.

Note: You can keep small dishes warm or melt cooking chocolate.

Basic operation

Switching the hob on or off
You can switch the hob on and off with the hotplateswitch.

Setting the hotplates
You can use the hotplate control to adjust the heat out-put of the hotplate.

Heat setting

1| Lowest setting
9| Highest setting

Recommended cooking settings
You can find an overview of different foods with appro-priate power levels here.
The cooking time varies depending on the type, weight,thickness and quality of the food. The ongoing powerlevel depends on the cookware used.

Cooking tips

To bring food to the boil, use heat setting 9.
Stir thick liquids occasionally.
Food that needs to be seared quickly or that initiallyloses a lot of liquid during frying should be fried insmall portions.
Tips for saving energy when cooking. → Page 5

Melting

Food	Ongoing cooking setting	Ongoing cooking time in minutes
Butter, gelatine	1	–

Poaching or simmering

Dumplings1, 2	3–4	20–30
Fish1, 2	3	10–15
White sauce, e.g. béchamel	1	3–6

1 Bring the water to the boil with the lid on.

2 Continue to cook the dish without a lid.

Boiling, steaming or stewing

Rice with double the volume of water	3	15–30
Unpeeled boiled potatoes	3–4	25–30
Boiled potatoes	3–4	15–25
Pasta, noodles1, 2	5	6–10
Stew, soup	3–4	15–60
__ Vegetables, fresh or frozen	3–4	10–20
Food in a pressure cooker	3–4	–

1 Bring the water to the boil with the lid on.

2 Continue to cook the dish without a lid.

Braising

Roulades	3–4	50–60
Pot roast	3–4	60–100
Goulash	3–4	50–60

Frying with little oil

__ Escalope, plain or breaded	6–7	6–10
Chops, plain or breaded1	6–7	8–12
Steak, 3 cm thick	7–8	8–12
Fish or fish fillet, plain or breaded	4–5	8–20
Fish or fish fillet, breaded and frozen, e.g. fish fingers	6–7	8–12
Stir fry, frozen	6–7	6–10
Pancakes	5–6	one by one

1 Turn the dish several times.

Cleaning and servicing

To keep your appliance working efficiently for a longtime, it is important to clean and maintain it carefully.

Cleaning products
You can obtain suitable cleaning products and glassscrapers from customer service, the online shop or aretailer.

ATTENTION
Unsuitable cleaning products may damage the sur-faces of the appliance.

Never use unsuitable cleaning products.
Unsuitable cleaning products
Undiluted detergent
Detergent intended for dishwashers
Abrasive cleaners
Aggressive cleaning products such as oven sprayor stain remover
Abrasive sponges
High-pressure or steam jet cleaners

Cleaning the glass ceramic
Clean the hob after every use to stop cooking residues from getting burnt on.
Note: Note the information on unsuitable cleaning products. → Page 7

Requirement: The hob has cooled down.

Remove heavy soiling using a glass scraper.
Clean the hob with a cleaning product for glass ceramic.
Follow the cleaning instructions on the product packaging.
Tip: You can achieve good cleaning results using a special sponge for glass ceramic.

Cleaning the hob surround
Clean the hob frame after use if dirty or stained.

Notes

Note the information on unsuitable cleaning products. → Page 7
Do not use the glass scraper.

Clean the hob frame with hot soapy water and a soft cloth. Wash new sponge cloths thoroughly before use.
Dry with a soft cloth.

Disposal

Find out here how to dispose of old appliances correctly.

Disposing of old appliance
Valuable raw materials can be reused by recycling.

▶ Dispose of the appliance in an environmentally friendly manner.
Information about current disposal methods are available from your specialist dealer or local authority.

Customer Service

If you have any queries on use, are unable to rectify faults on the appliance yourself or if your appliance needs to be repaired, contact Customer Service.
Function-relevant genuine spare parts according to the corresponding Ecodesign Order can be obtained from Customer Service for a period of at least 10 years from the
date on which your appliance was placed on the market within the European Economic Area.
Note: Under the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty the use of Customer Service is free of charge.
Detailed information on the warranty period and terms of warranty in your country is available from our aftersales service, your retailer or on our website.
If you contact Customer Service, you will require the product number (E-Nr.) and the production number (FD) of your appliance.
The contact details for Customer Service can be found in the enclosed Customer Service directory or on our website.

Product number (E-Nr.) and production number (FD)
You can find the product number (E-Nr.) and the production number (FD) on the appliance’s rating plate.

The rating plate can be found:

on the appliance certificate.
on the lower section of the hob.
Make a note of your appliance’s details and the Customer Service telephone number to find them again quickly.