BODUM 12069-01 MELIOR Air Fryer Instruction Manual

BODUM 12069-01 MELIOR Air Fryer

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

• When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be followed. Please read all instructions:
• Do not touch hot surfaces.
• To protect against electric shock do not immerse cord, plugs, or base in water or other liquid.
• WARNING! This electrical appliance contains a heating func-tion. Surfaces, also different than the functional surfaces, can develop high temperatures. Since temperatures are dif-ferently perceived by different persons, this equipment shall be used with caution. The equipment shall be touch only at intended handles and gripping surfaces, use heat protection like gloves or similar. Surfaces other than intended gripping surfaces shall get sufficiently time to the cool down before getting touched.
• Unplug from outlet when not in use and before cleaning. Allow to cool before putting on or taking off parts.
• Type Y: If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualified per-sons in order to avoid a hazard.
• The use of accessory attachments not recommended by the appliance manufacturer may cause injuries.
• Do not use outdoors.
• Do not let cord hang over edge of table or counter or touch hot surfaces.
• Do not place on or near a hot gas or electric burner, or in a heated oven.
• Extreme caution must be used when moving an appliance containing hot oil or other hot liquids.
• Always attach plug cord in the wall outlet. To disconnect, turn any control to “off,” then remove plug from wall outlet.
• Do not use appliance for other than intended use.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the haz-ards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by chil-dren unless they are older than 8 and supervised.
• Keep the appliance and its cord out of reach of children less than 8 years.
• The appliances are not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

• IMPORTANT! Please read this manual carefully before you use the appliance and save it for future reference.

• Never immerse the housing, which contains electrical com-ponents and the heating elements, in water nor rinse it under the tap.

• Do not let any water or other liquid enter the appliance to prevent electric shock.

• Always put the ingredients to be fried in the basket, to prevent it from coming into contact with the heating elements.

• Do not cover the air inlet and the air outer openings while the appliance is operating.

• Do not fill the pot with oil as this may cause a fire hazard.

• Never touch the inside of the appliance while it is operating.

• The temperature of accessible surfaces may be high when the appliance is operating.

• WARNING! Check if the voltage indicated on the appliance fits the local mains voltage.

• Do not use the appliance if there is any damage on plug, mains cord or other parts.

• Do not go to any unauthorized person to replace or fix dam-aged main cord.

• Keep the mains cord away from hot surfaces.

• Do not plug in the appliance or operate the control panel with wet hands.

• Do not place the appliance against a wall or against other appliances.

• Leave at least 10cm free space on the back and sides and 10cm free space above the appliance.

• Do not place anything on top of the appliance.

• Do not use the appliance for any other purpose than described in this manual.

• Do not let the appliance operate unattended.

• During hot air frying, hot steam is released through the air outlet openings. Keep your hands and face at a safe distance from the steam and from the air outlet openings. Also be careful of hot steam and air when you remove the drawer from the appliance.

• Any accessible surfaces may become hot during use (Fig. 1).
  Immediately unplug the appliance if you see dark smoke coming out of the appliance. Wait for the smoke emission to stop before you remove the drawer from the appliance.

• CAUTION! Ensure the appliance in placed on a horizontal, even and stable surface.

• This appliance is designed for household use only. It may not suitable to be safely used in environments such as staff kitch-ens, farms, motels, and other non-residential environments. Nor is it intended to be used by clients in hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and other residential environments.

• If the appliance is used improperly or for professional or semi-professional purposes or if it is not used improperly or for professional or semi-professional purposes or it is not used according to the instructions in the user manual, the guar-antee becomes invalid and we could refuse any liability for damage caused.

• Always unplug the appliance while not using.

• The appliance needs approximately 30 minutes to cool down for handle or cleaning safely.

Retain these user instructions for future reference.
FOR INDOOR HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY

INTRODUCTION

This Air Fryer provides an easy and healthy way of preparing your favorite ingredients. By using hot rapid air circulation and a top grill, it can make numerous dishes. The best part is that the Hot-air fryer heats food at all directions and most of the ingredients do not need any oil.

BEFORE FIRST USE

1. Remove all packaging materials.

2. Remove any film, paper or tape from the appliance.

3.  Separate the basket from the drawer by lifting the button cover and pressing the release button (Fig. 2 and 3).
   CAUTION! The release button is made to remove the bas-ket from the drawer. To remove the drawer, carefully pull the handle towards you.
   WARNING! Make sure the outer pot is safely placed on a flat surface before removing the basket.

4.  Thoroughly clean the basket and pot with hot water, some washing-up liquid and a non-abrasive sponge.

5. Wipe inside and outside of the appliance with a moist cloth. This is an oil-free fryer that works on hot air, do not fill the basket nor the pot with oil or frying fat.

PREPARING FOR USE

1. Place the appliance on a stable, horizontal and even surface.
   CAUTION! Do not place the appliance on non-heat-resis-tant surface.

2. Place the basket in the pot (Fig. 4).
   NOTE: The basket is properly secured only once it snaps into place.

3. Pull the cord from the storage compartment which locates on the bottom of the appliance.
   WARNING! Do not fill the basket nor the pot with oil or any other liquid.
   WARNING! Do not put anything on top of the appliance, the airflow will be disrupted and affects the hot air frying result.

USING THE APPLIANCE

The oil-free Air Fryer can prepare a large range of ingredi-ents. The recipe table, page 14, helps you get to know the appliance.

1. Connect the mains plug into an earthed wall socket.

2. Carefully pull the drawer out of the Air Fryer (Fig. 5).

3.  Put the ingredients in the basket (Fig. 6).
   CAUTION! Do not exceed MAX line when filling the inner basket.

4. Slide the drawer back into the Air Fryer (Fig. 7).
   NOTE: Carefully align the basket with the guides in the body of the fryer.
   CAUTION! Never use the outer pot without the inner basket in it.
   CAUTION! Do not touch the outer pot during and after use, as it gets very hot. Only hold the basket by the handle.

5. Determine the required preparation time for the ingredient (see section ‘Settings’ in this chapter).

6.  Some ingredients require shaking halfway through the pre-paration time (see section “Settings” in this chapter).
   NOTE: A timer bell will ring when the time is halfway through (3 x beep), in order to alert when it’s time to shake the food.

7. To shake the ingredients, pull the drawer out of the appliance by the handle and shake it. Then slide the drawer back into the Air Fryer.
   CAUTION! Do not press the release button on the handle during shaking.
   TIP: To reduce the weight, you can remove the basket from the drawer and shake the basket only. To do so, pull the drawer out of the appliance (Fig. 5), place it on a heat-resis-tant surface, press the release button on the handle (Fig. 2) and lift the basket out of the pot (Fig. 3).

8. When the program has finished, the timer bell goes off (6x beep). The set preparation time has elapsed. Pull the drawer out of the appliance and place it on a heat-resistant surface.
   NOTE: You can also switch off the appliance manually. To do this, keep power button pressed until the unit turns off.

9. Check if the ingredients are ready.
   If the ingredients are not ready yet, simply slide the drawer back into the appliance and set the timer to a few extra minutes.

10. To remove ingredients (e.g. fries), pull the drawer out of the Air Fryer (Fig. 5) and place it on a heat-resistant surface, press the basket release button (Fig. 2) and lift the basket out of the pot (Fig. 3).
    CAUTION! Do not turn the basket upside down while still attached to the drawer, as any excess oil that has collected on the bottom of the pot will leak onto the ingredients.
    CAUTION! The basket, the ingredients and the whole Air Fryer are hot after use. Depending on the type of the ingre-dients in the Air Fryer, steam may escape from the basket.

11.  Empty the ingredients from the basket into a bowl or onto a plate.
    TIP: To remove large or fragile ingredients, lift the ingre-dients out of the basket with the help of a pair of tongs.

12. When a batch of ingredients is ready, the Air Fryer is ins-tantly ready for preparing another batch.

CONTROL PANEL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Power Button
   Once the drawer is properly placed in the main housing, the Power button will light on. By pressing the power button for 3 seconds will make the unit’s default temperature 200°C
   (400°F), while the cooking time will be set to 15 minutes. By pressing the Power button a second time will start the cook-ing process. Press the power button for 3 seconds to shut down the entire device while cooking. All the lights turn off, the fan stops working.
   NOTE: During cooking, you can touch the button to control the pause and start of cooking.

2. Preset Button
   the 8 popular food choices. Once selected, the predeter-mined time and cooking temperature function begins.

3. Temperature Control buttons
   The and symbols enable you to increase or decrease cooking temperature 5°C (10°F) at a time. Keeping the button pressed will rapidly change the temperature. Temperature Control range: 80°C – 200°C (170°F – 400°F).

4. Timer Control buttons

5. Heating indicator light.

6. Fan indicator light.

7. Temperature indicator light.

8. Timer indicator light.

9. Recipe indicator light.

SETTINGS

The below table will help you to select the basic settings for the ingredients.
NOTE: Keep in mind that these settings are indications. As ingredients differ in origin, size, shape as well as brand, we cannot guarantee the best setting for your ingredients.
Because the Rapid Air technology instantly reheats the air inside the appliance instantly, pulling the drawer briefly out of the appliance during hot air frying barely disturbs the process.
TIPS:

• Smaller ingredients usually require a slightly shorter preparation time than larger ingredients.
• A larger amount of ingredients only requires a slightly longer preparation time, a smaller amount of ingredients only requires a slightly shorter preparation time.
• Shaking smaller ingredients halfway through the preparation time optimizes the result and can help prevent unevenly fried ingredients.
• Lightly brush some oil to fresh potatoes for a crispy result. Fry your ingredients in the Air Fryer within a few minutes after you added the oil.
• Do not prepare extremely greasy ingredients such as sausages in the Air Fryer.
• Snacks that can be prepared in an oven can also be pre-pared in the Air Fryer.
• The optimal amount for preparing crispy fries is 500 grams (1.10 lb).
• Use pre-made dough to prepare filled snacks quickly and easily. Pre-made dough also requires a shorter prepara-tion time than home-made dough.
• Place a baking tin or oven dish in the Air Fryer basket if you want to bake a cake or quiche or if you want to fry fragile ingredients or filled ingredients.
• You can also use the Air Fryer to reheat ingredients. To reheat ingredients, set the temperature to 150°C (300°F) for up to 10 minutes.

NOTE: Add 3 minutes to the preparation time if you start frying when the Air Fryer is still cold.

CLEANING

Clean the appliance after every use.
Do not use metal kitchen utensils or abrasive cleaning mate-rials to clean the pot and the basket, as this may damage the non-stick coating.

1. Remove the mains plug from the wall socket and let the appliance cool down.
   TIP: Remove the drawer to let the Air Fryer cool down more quickly.

2. Wipe the outside of the appliance with a moist cloth.

3. Clean the pot and basket with hot water, some washing-up liquid and a non-abrasive sponge.
   NOTE: You can use degreasing liquid to remove any remain-ing dirt.
   TIP: If dirt is stuck in the basket or on the bottom of the pot, fill the pot with hot water with some washing-up liquid. Put the basket in the pot and let them soak for approximately 10 minutes. The basket only can be placed in the dishwasher.

4. Clean the inside of the appliance with hot water and non-abrasive sponge.

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

STORAGE

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

TROUBLESHOOTING

plug in an earthed wall socket
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Incomplete entry

| Start the cooking cycle by pressing the button

The ingredients fried with the Air Fryer are not done

| ****

The amount of ingredients in the basket is too big

| Put smaller batches of ingredients in the basket. Smaller batches are fried more evenly
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The set temperature is too low

| Press  or  to increase or to reduce the cooking temperature desired
| The preparation time is too short| Press  or  to increase or to reduce cooking time  desired

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 each other (e.g. fries) need to be shaken halfway through the preparation time.

See section ‘Settings’

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

I cannot slide

the pan into the appliance properly

| ****

The basket is too full

| ****

Do not fill the basket beyond the MAX indication

| The basket is not placed in the pan correctly| Push the basket down into the pan until you hear a click

White smoke comes out of the appliance

|

You are preparing greasy ingredients

| When you fry greasy ingredients in the air fryer, a large amount of oil will leak into the pan. The oil produces white smoke and the pan may heat up more than usual. This does not affect the appliance or the end result
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The pan still contains grease residues from previous use

| White smoke is caused by grease heating up in the pan. Make sure you clean the pan properly after each use

Fresh fries are fried unevenly in the air fryer

|

You did not use the right potato type

|

Use fresh potatoes and make sure they stay firm during frying

| You did not rinse the potato sticks properly before you fried them| Rinse the potato sticks properly to remove starch from the outside of the sticks
Fresh fries are not crispy when they come out of the air fryer| The crispiness of the fries depends on the amount of oil and water in the fries| Make sure you dry the potato sticks properly before you add the oil
| | Cut the potato sticks smaller for a crispier result
| | Add slightly more oil for a crispier result

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• EU mains voltage 220-240V~ 50/60Hz
• USA mains voltage 120V~ 60Hz
• EU nominal power 2000 Watt
• USA nominal power 1700 Watt
• Capacity 5.0l / Max 1.2kg — 170 fl.oz / Max 2.5lb

MANUFACTURER GUARANTEE FOR THE USA & CAN, THE EU AND CH.
Guarantee: BODUM® AG, Switzerland, guarantees the MELIOR Air Fryer for a period of two years from the date of original purchase against faulty materials and malfunctions that can be traced back to defects in design or manufacturing. Repairs are carried out free of charge if all guarantee conditions are met. Refunds are not available.
Guarantor: BODUM® (Schweiz) AG, Kantonsstrasse 100, Postfach 463, 6234 Triengen.
Guarantee conditions: The guarantee certificate must be completed by the seller at
the time of purchase. You must present the guarantee certificate to obtain guarantee services. Should your BODUM® product require guarantee service, please contact your BODUM® retailer, a BODUM® store, your country’s BODUM® distributor, or visit www.bodum.com.
BODUM® will not provide warranty for damage resulting from inappropriate use, improper handling, normal wear and tear, inadequate or incorrect maintenance or care, incorrect operation or use of the appliance by unauthorized persons.
This Manufacturer Guarantee does not affect your statutory rights under applicable national laws in force, nor your right against the dealer arising from their sales/purchase contract.

ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE DISPOSAL
This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with other household wastes throughout the EU. 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. To return your used device, please use the return and collection systems or contact the retailer where the product was purchased. They can take this product for environmentally safe recycling.

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