Midea MB-FS3018 1L Smart Rice Cooker Instruction Manual

Midea MB-FS3018 1L Smart Rice Cooker

Safety warning

Reminder

Basic safety precautions should always be followed to ensure secure use and avoid injury and/or property loss to user and others.

Note: Conditions unconsidered: the appliance is used by unsupervised children or the disabled. the appliance is played with by children.

Represents [FORBIDDEN] content

• Keep the appliance away from combustibles. During operation, stay away from curtains, drapes, curtain Or in similar articles to avoid the risk of fire.
•  Do not use the appliance for food that may cause vent clogging: food in sheets (e.g. laver and Chinese cabbage), food in bands (e.g. kelp), food in pieces (e.g. corn dregs), to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
• During operation, do not place your hands or face close to the steam vent to avoid burns.
• During operation, do not cover the steam vent with cloth or other articles to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
• Do not reform the appliance: except for maintenance technicians, persons are not allowed to disassemble or repair the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons.
• Do not use the appliance on any voltage except for 220V AC to avoid the risk of fire and electric shock. In case of power wire damage, do not use the appliance.
• Do not operate the appliance in the following ways to avoid fire risk and electric shock due to power line damage: Forcibly bend the power cord, keep it close to high-temperature objects, tie up the line or use it to carry weights.
• In case of power plug damage, do not use the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
• Do not pull the plug with wet hands to avoid electric shock and injury to persons.
• During operation, do not move or shake the appliance.
• Keep the appliance out of the reach of unsupervised children and babies to avoid dangerous accidents such as electric shock and burns.
• Do not put the appliance in unsteady, damp places or close to other fire and heat sources (e.g. stove). The optimum distance is 30cm. Otherwise, damage or accident may happen to the appliance.
• Do not insert pin, iron wire or other articles into the steam vent at the bottom of the appliance to avoid electric shock and injury to persons.

Represents [MANDATORY] contents

• Don’t immerse the appliance in water or drench with water.
•  Independently use grounding socket with rated current of above 10A. When used with Others electrical appliances, the socket will go wrong and lead to dangers such as fire disaster.
• If the power line is too short, user should use an extension socket for connection. Please do not use poor-quality socket. The power consumption of the appliances must not exceed the maximum load of the extension socket.
• Clean the dust and water on both ends of the power line and the socket of the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
• When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the authorized professional service centre for maintenance of Midea. to avoid hidden dangers caused by improper maintenance or improper selection of accessories.
•  The plug should be thoroughly inserted into the socket to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
• In case of supply cord damage, the cord should be replaced by professionals of the Manufacturer, the Maintenance Department or similar.
•  The appliance is for household use only.

Note: Improper repair or short-circuiting without permission of some important accessories including fuse may lead to protection failure of the appliance and cause overheating or fire.

Represents [ATTENTION] Matters that may cause minor injuries or property loss

•  The appliance can only use the original cooking pot to avoid overheating and anomaly.
• Do not drop the cooking pot to avoid deformation.
•  Do not impact the cooking pot with hard materials to avoid deformation.
•  When operation is being performed or just finished, do not directly touch the inner cooking pot to avoid burns.
• Before operation, wipe dry the water outside the cooking pot to avoid malfunction.
• Before operation, clean the foreign materials including water drops and rice to avoid overheating and short circuit.

Represents [GENTLE REMINDER] content

• Any discrepancy between the picture and the product is subject to the real object.
•  Before operation, check whether the cooking pot and steam valve are in place to avoid accident.
•  Before the first usage or after a long time of storage, add water to the steam water level line, select “steam” function and steam for one to two times to clean the interior of the cooker.
• During use, it is normal that the appliance slightly ticks or fizzes. Please do not panic.
• Do not use the appliance immediately after the first cooking, press the “Cancel” button and wait above 15 minutes for the heating plate to cool down.
•  Do not boil rice with hot water to avoid affecting the judgement of the temperature control and worsening the result.
• Please regularly clean the steam valve.
• Please regularly clean the countertop on which the appliance is placed.
• The altitude scope for the appliance to properly function is 0~2000m.
• When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the authorized service centre for maintenance of Midea to obtain professional quality service. Please keep the manual for future reference. Thank you.
• 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。
• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance。
•  This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as:
  • Staff kitchen areas in shops, office and other working environments;
  •  farm houses;
  •  by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
  • bed and breakfast type environments;
•  If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by a special cord or assembly available from the manufacture or its service agent
• Please turn off and unplug the appliance before cleaning, maintenance or relocation and whenever it is not in use
• Do not immerse any part of the appliance in water or other liquid。
•  The heating element surface is subject to residual heat after use, do not touch。
•  Warning: Avoid spillage on the connector。
• Warning: Misuse may cause potential injury。

Product overview

Parts and features

Accessories list

Operation panel

Instructions for use

Quick start guide
Reserve cooking For example, pre-set 3 measurement cups of (Simiao) long grain rice for cooking the essence rice, and completes after 8 hours.

1. Prepare rice and water Eg: Cook 3 cups of (Simiao) long grain rice Place the rinsed rice into the inner pot and choose the appropriate water level according to rice amount.
2. Function selection Close the rice cooker lid, press the “Function” button, select the features you need (such as “Sweet cooking”).
3. Set the timer for cooking completion Gentle Reminder: Display status refers to actual product; Press the “Preset ” button, enter the pre-set time adjustment mode, then press “Hour” or “ Min” button to adjust the pre-set time.
4. Start cooking Press “Start” button, the cooking will be finished at appointed time.
5. Cancel cooking Press the “Keep warm/Cancel” button can cancel the selected cooking function.

Gentle Reminder:

• The time displayed under preset timer mode is the length of time from the start to the completion of cooking;
• The pre-set the time is suggested not for more than 12 hours, otherwise the off-flavor may occur;
• To ensure “Cake”, “Clay pot Rice”, “Reheat” functions do not have pre-set time mode;
• The selected cooking function’s preset time should not be less than the cooking time, such as “Porridge”, the cooking time is 2 hours, the pre-set time should be more than 2 hours, otherwise cooking will started immediately.

Functional description

“Function” buttons user instructions: Press the “Function” button, the indicated light is at the selected function. After selecting the desired function, Press the “Start” button to start the selected function.

Function: Sweet cooking/Congee/Reheat/Porridge/Soup/Clay pot rice/Cake/Fast cook

Regarding the special instructions on “Fast cook ” (it is only limited to products with this function): The “Fast cook ” function is based on the principle of Midea’s rice cooker “Five Trilogy” cooking program. When the amount of rice and other factors are the same, the cooking time is shorter than other modes.

Cake

1. Materials preparation: Small amount: 3 eggs, 100g caster sugar, 120g cake flour (baking powder), 30g butter (not melted); Large amount: 5 eggs, 180g caster sugar, 200g cake flour (baking powder), 50g butter (not melted).
2. Put sugar, add in eggs, stir the eggs with the egg mixer until it foams. Add in cake powder, stir and mix quickly, and before the foams disappears, quickly pour it into the electric cooker to bake.
3. Press the “Function” button, select the “Cake” function.
4. Press the “Start” button to enter the working state.

Soup

1. Prepare soup ingredients (such as pig bone, corn, carrots etc.), wash all ingredients and cut into small pieces, then put them into the inner pot, and add water no more than maximum water line.
2. Close the lid, press the “Function” button to select the “Soup”, then press the “Start” button, and wait for cooking to end.
3. Press the “Function” button, select the “Soup” Function.
4. Close the rice cooker lid, press the “Start” button, and wait patiently for the function to end.

Clay pot rice

1. Mix and stir the ingredients (such as pork ribs) and seasonings (such as onion, ginger, garlic and soy sauce) evenly, and according to individual’s taste, pickle the marinated ingredients for a short time.
2. In the measurement cup, put the washed white rice (no more than 4 cups) into the inner pot, add the corresponding amount of water, and add suitable amount of peanut oil and stir with white rice together in the inner pot.
3. Press “Function” button to select “Clay pot Rice” function, and press “Start” button.
4. During the cooking process, when you hear the notification sound, spread the marinated ingredients on the rice, close the lid, and wait patiently for the function to end.

Reheat

When using Reheat function, the maximum amount of rice cannot exceed Mark 4.

1. Loosen the rice; sprinkle 50-80 grams of water on the surface of the rice (take the amount of rice below the Mark 2 as an example).
2. Press “Function” button to select the “Reheat” function and press the “Start” button.
3. After entering the warm-keeping process, please loosen the rice within 30 minutes for a better taste.

Keep warm

1. Press “Keep warm/Cancel” button to enter warm-keeping mode.
2. It is recommended that the rice should be loosened within 30 minutes under warm-keeping mode, the taste will be better.

Gentle Reminder

• After all functions finished cooking, it will automatically enter the warm-keeping mode;
• During the process of warm keeping, the product will be heated to maintain the temperature above 65 degrees Celsius.
• The product can achieve 24-hours water keeping function;

The use of water level lines

Water Level Line

Rice: Refer to the corresponding water level according to the type of rice when adding water.
Note: Clay pot rice can cook up to 4 cups of rice only Rice

• Maximum rice amount: 5.5 cups
• Minimum rice amount: 1 cup

Congee: Refer to the congee water line when adding water.

Congee

• Maximum rice amount: 1 cup
• Minimum rice amount: 0.5 cups

Porridge: Refer to the porridge water line when adding water.

Porridge

• Maximum rice amount: 0.5 cups
• Minimum rice amount: 0.25 cups

Care and Cleaning

Disassemble the lid plate for cleaning

Note: Make sure the product is not connected to power supply when cleaning.

1. Press white button a, pull outwards and remove the lid.
2. Rinse the whole cover with water and wipe it dry with cloth;
3. Align top lid slot band insert the lid, press the lid near the button a, when hears a “click” sound then the installation is complete.

Steam valve cleaning

1. Pull it up and remove the steam valve.
2. According to the disassembly mark on the steam valve, after dismantling, clean the steam valve inside, then install it according to the disassembly and installation mark.
3. Simply press the steam valve back in place with strength while installing.

Cleaning the cooker body

1. Wipe the inner lid with a damp cloth; do not wash directly with water.
2. Use a clean cloth to clean the water, rice grain and other debris on the water storage tank and heating plate.
3. Wipe the bottom and outer surface of the inner pot with a clean cloth.

Service guide

Technical data of the product

• Model: MB-FS3018
• Rated Voltage/ Rated Frequency: 220-240V~50/60Hz
• Rated Power: 605-720W
• Rated Capacity: 1.0L
• Rice amount: 1-5.5 Cup
• Producf Size Length x Width x HeightL: 330245198mm
• Weight: 3.00Kg

Cooking time for reference

Porridge/Soup
Cooking Time| around 30 min| around 37min| around 53 min| around 25min| around36min| around 43min| djustable

from 1h~4h

 | Cooking time is not adjustable| Cooking time adjustable
*The Jasmine rice is based on three cups of Jasmine rice, and the porridge is based on half cups of rice.The congee is basedon one cup of rice. The above data are for reference only.

Circuit principle diagram

Reminder

The electrical wiring is subject to change without prior notice.

Anomaly self-checking

When you think that cooking is not normal, please check the following conditions to confirm if it is really a malfunction.

Abnormal situation

Items to check

| Fast cook/

Sweet cook (rice)/clay pot rice,Reheat/ Porridge/Soup/Congee

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Keep warm

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Too hard| Too soft| Not cooked| Odour| Rice stuck on pot| Crispy/burned rice| Rice soup overflow| Porridge/soup/ congee too thick| Not boiling| Warm preservation not working| Odour| Discoloration| Rice surface is dry| Water dripping
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Stir loose rice after cooking| ○|  |  |  |  | ○|  |  |  |  |  | ○| ○| ○
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Rice not washed properly| ○|  | ○| ○|  | ○| ○|  |  |  | ○| ○|  |
Rice or foreign objects stick on the seal ring or inner pot edge|  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |

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Rice spoon inside the inner pot|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ○| ○| ○| ○
Water and rice is not stirred well|  |  | ○|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

After the inspection of the above conditions, if it is confirmed that there is a malfunction, please send it to the local maintenance network for repairing.

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