Midea MB-18YJ Rice Cooker Instruction Manual

Midea MB-18YJ Rice Cooker

NOTICE

1. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
2. This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications as:
   • Staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;
   • Farm houses;
   • By clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments ;
   • Bed and breakfast type environments.
3. If the power cord is damaged, it must be replaced by a special cord or assembly available from the manufacturer or its service agent.
4. This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children ) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

OPERATION INSTRUCTION

1. Rice metering and washing

   • The measuring cup is mainly used to measure the amount of rice. A flat cup of rice is 0.18L (approx.150g)
   • Do not wash rice directly with the inner pot to avoid scratching its non-stick coating, distorting it due to collision or resulting in lower heat efficiency due to poor contact with the electric heating plate.

2. Put washed rice into the inner pot and add water to the corresponding level ( e.g., add water to high level “3” if 3 cups of rice are to be cooked ), add or reduce the amount of water depending on your personal taste highest level.

   • To steam food off the water, add a proper amount of water lest water overflows the steamer when boiling.

3. Mop up the interior and exterior of the inner pot with a dry cloth, and place it into the cooker body. Turn the inner pot gently several times to allow its bottom to come into contact with the electric heating plate.

   • No foreign matter can be allowed between the inner pot and the electric heating plate.
   • The non-stick coating of the inner pot is in conformity with standards of food sanitation and unharmful for human health.

4. Press down the cover until it snaps in place. Make sure the cover is properly closed, other wisee the cooking effect may be affected.

5. Cooking
   The “warm” lamp is illiuminated after plugging into the outlet. The Rice Cooker are entering the cooking process until you have pressed the “Cooking” Otherwise, the Rice Cooker will be still in warming process ( Please ensure that you have pressed the “Cooking” Otherwise, the Rice Cooker will be still in warming process.)

6. When cooking is finished, the cooking switch will pop up and a “click” will be heard. At the same time, the cooking light will go out and keep warm light will go on.

7. Food steaming. Put the amount of water into the inner pot. The amount of water varies according to the food and its quantity (DO NOT exceed the height of the steam tray)

   • Install the steam tray into the pot and place food on the tray.
   • Operate the cooker according to the 4,5,6 above said.
   • When food steaming is finished, you must turn off the switch button manually(push up). The cooker will automatically keep the food warm until serving.

8. When filling a bowl with rice, the attached spoon, not a metal spoon, should be used to avoid scuffing the non-sticky coating of the inner pot and causing exfoliation of coating, at
   the same time, dry grain of cooked rice should be removed.

9. In order to keep clean and sanitation, please clean up the rice water in the water holder after cooking.

WATER HOLDER

1. As the position is shown by the right figure, you should place your hand at the position of two lines and put it toward till hearing the sound of “click”, the water holder can be opened. Note need not
   to put with a rush force when you put toward, otherwise, the water may spill out of the water holder.

2. The water holder can be taken out inclined upward when it is opened to the position shown as the right figure. Note you should slowly take the water holder out to prevent water spill out.

3. After washing it, the water holder should be replaced and inclined downward into the seat of water case.

4. After placing the water holder in the seat of the water holder correctly. you should put it toward with thumb till hearin the sound of “click”.
   Precautions: The placement of the water holder could be felt with tightness at the beginning, but it will be easily after 3 – 5 times.

STEAM VALVE

Disassembling Method

1. Shown as a figure, it can be disassembled after rotating it rightward and leftward when pulling it up.
2. If the above method is difficult to disassemble, the method of lightly pushing the steam valve out with hands can be adopted and the concrete steps should refer to the figure.
3. The part assembly can be divided by rotating it along with the direction of “open” shown as the arrowhead and pull it forward.

Method of Installation

1. Make the triangle mark (.6.) on the seat of the steam valve pointed to the position of the triangle mark (.6.) on the cover of the steam valve.
2. Rotate it along the direction of the arrowhead “close” till hearing the sound of “click”.
3. Insert it correctly in the hole of the steam valve and guarantee the position of the seal ring in the steam valve exactly before placing the steam valve. (the edge should be placed into the groove, that is the edge of the steam valve pointed to the handle )

Cleanness Method

1. The component of the steam valve should be washed timely and the cover and seat of the steam valve should be washed separately.
2. Wipe the cover, seat, and inside of the steam valve dryly and cleanly with a cloth.

PRECAUTIONS

1. If there is foreign matter in the component of the steam valve, it should be removed timely in order to keep the effect of preventing spillover and cooking rice.
2. When washing the component of the steam valve, please do not pull and push the seal ring of the steam valve at discretion.

PRECAUTIONS

1. The inside pot cannot be heated on any other furnace, otherwise, it can be deformed easily.
2. The cooked rice starts to keep warm, it is not suitable for eating immffdiately and it will be more soft and delicious if leave it stewing for 15 minutes.
3. The time of keeping warm doesn’t exceed 12 hours in order to avoid the cooked rice off-flavor.
4. The product without the function of cooking porridge cannot be
   used for porridge and soup in order to avoid a large quantity of soup or water overfall from the damaged element.

CLEANNESS METHOD

1. take the inner pot out of the electric rice cooker, and wash it with domestic liquefied detergent and rinse with fresh water and then wipe it dry with soft cloth.
   • Do not use a metal brush or another hard tool to wash the inner pot in order to avoid damaging the non-sticking coating on its surface.
2. Take the water holder down and spill over water or soup and then install it after washing clean.
3. The grain of cooked rice or other sundries may attach to an electric hot tray, the fine sandpaper can be used for grinding them away and wiping it with a soft cloth to keep the fully contact between the inner pot and the electric heating plate.

SAFE NOTE

1. The earthed wall socket should be used and the plug must be inserted reliably. Do not use a multipurpose socket while using other electric appliances at the same time.
2. When do not use it, please pull the power cord out of the socket?
3. After insert the power cord into the socket, it must be inserted to the death; otherwise, the element may be burnt out by poor connection.
4. The electric rice cooker can not be placed on an unstable, wet place near fire otherwise it will be damaged or go wrong.
5. When cooking, the steam port is extremely hot,do not approach it with face or hands to avoid scald.
6. The body and cover of the electric rice cooker cannot be washed with water or in water, otherwise, the insulator will be damaged and become dangerous.
7. If the power cord is damaged, it must be changed with new power cord produced by the manufacturer.
8. Children are not allowed to operate the product individually. Put it out of the reach of babies to avoid electric shock, scald and other dangerous accidents.

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