ELBA EAF-J3213D(BK) Air Fryer Owner’s Manual

ELBA EAF-J3213D(BK) Air Fryer

Please read this manual carefully before operating your set.
Retain it for future reference.
Record model number and serial number of the set.
See the label attached on the set and quote this information to your dealer when you require service.

For The Warranty Terms & Conditions, Please Refer To Warranty Certificate.

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

Before using the electrical appliance, the following basic precautions should always be followed:

1. Read all instructions before using.
2. Before using check that the voltage of wall outlet corresponds to the one shown on the rating plate.
3. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or after the appliance malfunctions, or is dropped or damaged in any manner. Return appliance to the nearest authorized service agent for examination, repair or electrical or mechanical adjustment.
4. To protect against electric shock do not immerse cord, plugs, or housing in water or other liquid.
5. To avoid the hazard caused by overload of the circuit, do not use the extension cord.
6. Do not let the power cord hang over edge of table or counter, or touch on hot surface.
7. Do not place the appliance on unstable surfaces or surfaces that can affected by heat, near walls or furniture. Leave at least 10cm free space at the back, both sides and top of the appliance.
8. Do not cover the air inlet or air outlet when the appliance is operating.
9. The use of accessory not recommended by the appliance manufacturer may cause injuries.
10. This appliance is not intended for used 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 appliances by a person responsible for their safety.
11. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
12. Do not place any items on top or next to this appliance at any time to prevent fire. Keep this appliance clear of contact with any flammable material including curtain, walls, walls, cloth, paper, cardboard, plastic material, etc at all times.
13. Do not let the appliance operates unattended.
14. When operating the appliance, hot steam will release through air outlet. Keep hands and face at a safe distance from the air outlet. Beware of hot steam and hot surfaces when removing the tray from the appliance.
15. Do not overfill the basket! Oversized food must not be inserted into the basket as it may cause fire.
16. Improper handling of the tray or basket may cause the non-stick coating to peel off.
17. Do not fill the tray with oil or use this appliance as a deep fryer as this may cause fire hazards.
18. Immediately unplug the appliance if you see dark smoke coming out from the appliance. Wait until the smoke emission to stop before removing the tray from the appliance.
19. Always unplug from the wall outlet when not in use. Let the appliance to cool down completely before putting on or taking off parts before cleaning or putting away.
20. This appliance has been incorporated with a grounded plug. Please ensure the wall outlet in your house is well earthed.
21. This appliance has been designed for domestic and household use only. Any commercial use, inappropriate use or failure to comply with the instructions, ELBA accepts no responsibility and the warranty will not apply.
22. Be CAUTION: the surface may get hot during the operation.
23. Do not use outdoors.
24. Save these instructions.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

1. Digital Control Panel
2. Air Outlet
3. Power Cord
4. Frying pot
5. Frying basket
6. Basket Release Button
7. Frying Basket Handle

CONTROL PANEL

| Power Button
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| Start / Pause Button
| Menu Button
| Adjustable Timer & Temperature Button
| Timer & Temperature Switch Key
| Power & Cooking indicator

BEFORE THE FIRST USE

1. Remove all packing materials and stickers or labels from appliance.
2. Thoroughly clean the basket and pot with water and some washing liquids. Use a non-abrasive sponge.
3. Wipe the inside and outer surface of the appliance with a moist cloth.
   Note: There is no need to fill the tray with oil or frying fat as this appliance works on hot air.

OPERATION PREPARATION

1. Put the appliance on a levelled, even and stable surface. Do not put the appliance on non-heat-resistant surface.
2. Put the frying basket into the frying pot properly and you hear the sound signal “tang” when fix into position. Slide the frying pot back to the appliance completely and appliance only can start working.
3. Do not put anything on top of the appliance this to prevent the air flow and affects the hot air frying result.
   Note: Do not fill the frying tray with oil or any other liquid.

OPERATING THE APPLIANCE

1. Insert the plug into grounded socket.

2. Put the appliance on a levelled, even and stable surface. Do not put the appliance on non-heat-resistant surface.

3. Carefully slide out the frying pot and insert the ingredient into the basket.
   Note:

4. Do not fill the frying pan with oil or any other liquid.

5. Do not put anything on top of the appliance this to prevent the air flow and affects the hot air frying result.

6. Do not exceed the maximum line.

7. Ensure frying pot is slide into the position completely, and appliance is ready to operate now.

8. Power on the appliance and will light up. Press the power button, the control panel will light up. The display shows 15 minutes and 180°C as default setting.

9. By pressing to select the desired cooking menu of french fries, frozen french fries, chicken wing, steak, fish, shrimp, cake and vegetable. wing, steak, fish, shrimp, cake and vegetable.

10. Press the adjustable buttons to set timer and temperature according to the ingredients.

11. Press the start/ pause button , to start the appliance. Now power and cooking indicator will light up . The red indicator will on and off regularly, this is indicates the heating element is switched on and off to maintain the set temperature.
    Note: Without any operation in 5 min. The appliance will go back standby mode, to restart the appliance press the power button to light up the control panel again.

12. The appliance is featured with a default preheat timer of 3 minutes. The cooking timer will start counting down after the preheat timer is over.

13. The timer will begin to count down when the appliance reaches the set temperature. The “MIN” symbol behind the timer will extinguish when there is only one minute left and the cooking time will count down from 60 seconds to 0. When cooking complete, the “MIN” symbol will light up again and the time show 0 on the display.

14. During the cooking operation, you can press the start/ pause button to stop the appliance, the timer will stop and shows the remaining time. Press this button again to continue the cooking operation.

15. Press the menu button to select the pre-setting programs for convenient operation. The control panel shows the program with symbols as per below:Remark: Temperature and timer may vary according to portion of foods.

16. The setting of timer and temperature is adjustable by pressing timer and temperature button to your desired setting.

17. Once the timer and temperature is confirmed, press start /pause button to start the cooking process.

18. Some ingredients required shaking halfway through cooking. To shake the food ingredients, hold the frying basket handle, pull out the frying pan from the appliance and shake. The appliances will stop operating immediately. After shaking the foods, slide it back into the appliance and the appliance will resume back the cooking process immediately.
    Note:

19. Do not press the basket release button of the frying basket during shaking.

20. To reduce weight, you can remove the frying basket from the frying pot. To do this, pull the frying pot out from the appliance, place it on a heat resistance surface and push the release button on the handle.

21. When the cooking time is finished, the appliance will “beep” three times it mean the cooking process is complete. Pull the frying pot from the appliances and place it on a heat resistance surface.
    Note: If there is no operation within 2 minutes after cooking complete, the appliance will show the default setting on the display.

22. Check the foods and if there are not well cooked, slide the frying pot back into appliance and set a few more minutes to cook.

23. To pour out the small size food (e.g. Fried) please press the basket button of the frying basket and take the frying basket out of the frying pot.

24. To remove large or fragile foods, you can use the clamp to take them out from the frying basket by using a pair of tongs.
    Note:

25. Do not turn the basket up and down with the frying pot still attached to it, as any redundant oil that has collected on the bottom of frying pot will leak onto the ingredients.

26. After hot air frying, the frying pot and the ingredients are still very hot. Depending on the type of ingredients in the appliance, steam may escape from the frying pot.

COOKING TIPS

1. Smaller size of foods usually require a slightly shorter preparation time than larger size of foods.
2. Shaking smaller ingredients halfway during the preparation time optimize the end result and can help to prevent unevenly cooking.
3. Add a few drops of oil to fresh potatoes for a crispy result. Cook your foods within a few minutes after adding the oil.
4. Place a baking tin or oven dish in the basket if you want bake a cake or quiche or if you want to fry fragile or filled ingredients.
5. You can use the appliance to reheat the food. To reheat food, set the temperatures at 150°C, the maximum cooking time is 10 minutes.

COOKING REFERENCE
When using the appliance to cook based on one’s own recipe, the cooking result may vary from the original recipe. In this case, the temperature as well as preparations time needed to be adjusted accordingly for optimum cooking result.

Ingredient| Min. to Max. Amount (gram)| Time (minutes)| Temperature (°C)| Tips
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Thin Frozen Fries| 300-500| 15-18| 200| Shake
Thick Frozen Fries| 300-500| 18-22| 200| Shake
Frozen Chicken Nuggets| 250-500| 10-13| 180| Shake
Chicken Wings| 300-600| 15-18| 180| Shake
Shrimp| 200-400| 5-9| 160|
Chicken Chop| 250-600| 8-12| 180|
Croissant| 240-480| 13-16| 160|
Steak| 250-600| 10-16| 180|

Note: The above suggested cooking times are approximate and may vary according to personal taste and conditions. Please serve this cooking reference as guidance only.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Always remove the plug from wall outlet when not in use. Let the appliance to cool down completely before cleaning.

1. Use a clean damp cloth to wipe the product body.
   Note: Do not use thinner, benzene, blench, abrasive cleaning agents or sources to clean the appliance, frying pot and frying basket.

2. Remove the frying pot and frying basket from the appliance. Clean them with soapy water and rinse thoroughly. Dry with a soft cloth.

3. If dirt is stuck to the frying basket or bottom of the tray, fill the tray with warm water with some washing-up liquid. Put the frying basket into the tray and let the tray and basket soak for about 10 minutes.

4. Clean the inside the appliance with warm water and non-abrasive sponge.
   Note: Any residue, seasonings, vinegar or salt may cause the coating of the tray to corrode.

5. Clean the heating element with a damp cloth or a cleaning brush to remove any food residues.

APPLIANCE STORAGE

1. Unplug the appliance and let it cool down thoroughly.
2. Make sure that all the parts are cleaned and dry.

TROUBLESHOOTING

plug into the grounded power socket
Did not press power button and start / pause button| Press start/ pause button after all settings to make appliance start working
No frying pot in the appliance| Put frying pot back into appliance. The switch will be on when it is in place.
2.| The ingredients fried by the frying tray not ripe enough| The amount of the ingredients in the basket is too big| Put smaller batches of ingredients in the basket. Smaller batches are fried more evenly
The set temperature is too low| Adjust the temperature button to set the temperature required
The cooking time is too short| Adjust the timer button to decide the time for cooking
3.| The ingredients are fried unevenly in the Air Fryer| Certain types of ingredients need to be shaken halfway through the preparation time| Ingredients that lie on top of or across other (e.g. Fries) need to be shaken halfway through the preparation time.

No.

| ****

Problem

| ****

Possible Causes

| ****

Solution

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4.| Fried snacks are not crispy when they come out of the Air Fryer| You used a type of snacks meant to be prepared in a traditional deep fryer| Use oven snacks or lightly brush some oil onto the snacks for a crispier result
5.| I cannot slide the tray into the appliance properly| There are too much ingredients in the basket| Do not fill the basket beyond the maximum line.
The basket is not placed in the tray correctly| Push the basket down into the tray until you hear a “click” sound
6.| While smoke coming out of the product| You are preparing greasy ingredients| When you are preparing greasy ingredients in the Air fryer, it will caused large amount of oil fume will infiltrate into the frying tray. The oil will produce while fume, and the frying tray might be hotter than usual. But this will not affect the final cooking effect
The frying pot still contains greasy residues from previous use| White smoke is caused by greasy heating up in the tray. Make sure you clean the frying tray properly after each use
7.| Fresh fries are fried unevenly in the Air Fryer| You did not soak the potato sticks properly before you fried them| Soak potato sticks in a bowl for a  least

30 minutes, take them out and dry them with kitchen paper

You did not use the right potato type| Use fresh potatoes and make sure they stay firm during frying
8.| Fresh fries are not crispy when they come out from Air Fryer| The crispiness of the fries depends on the amount of oil and water in the fries.| Make sure you dry the potatoes sticks properly before you add the oil
Cut the potato sticks smaller for a crispier result
Add slightly more oil for a crispier result

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ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY DISPOSAL

Correct Disposal of this appliance:
This marking indicates that this appliance should not be disposed with other household wastes. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.

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