Ariston Comprehensive Oven Manual: Maintenance, Care, and Safety Tips

How to Keep Your Oven in Shape

Important: The appliance should be disconnected from the mains supply before starting cleaning operations. To ensure a long life cycle for the appliance, it is essential to carry out a thorough general clean frequently, while observing the following instructions:

Inside the oven door:

Clean the surface with a cloth moistened with hot water and non abrasive liquid detergent, then rinse and dry thoroughly.

Inside the oven:

•The inside of your oven is coated with a special self- cleaning microporous enamel glaze which, at a normal cooking temperature of between 200 and 300°C, oxidises and completely eliminates all grease spots or other substances that inevitably attack the inner walls of the oven. This way, cleaning is kept right down to a minimum: as a matter of fact, you just need to rub the surfaces of the oven with a wet cloth regularly, after cooking, to remove the thin layer of ash that may have been deposited during cooking, in order to maintain the self-cleaning property of the oven intact.

•After cooking where liquid has overflowed or when the dirt has not been eliminated completely (for example when grilling food, and the temperatures reached are not high enough for the full self-cleaning action of the enamel to be performed), we recommend you leave the oven on at maximum temperature so that all grease residue and the like are eliminated.

•If, after long-term use, you find evident grease stains deposited on the self-cleaning oven walls, probably due to your failing to follow the above maintenance advice, clean the surfaces thoroughly with hot water and a soft cloth (do not use any detergents), then rinse and dry thoroughly.

•Do not remove any dry caked-on grease using sharp objects, as these could etch the self-cleaning coating.

•If the self-cleaning surfaces inside the oven are damaged or worn, due to incorrect or poor maintenance or after many years of use, you can request a kit of self-cleaning panels to line the inside of the oven. To order these, just contact an authorised Service Centre.

Before cleaning your oven, or performing maintenance, disconnect it from the power supply. To extend the life of your oven, it must be cleaned frequently, keeping in mind that:

•The self-cleaning panels and the enameled parts should be washed with warm water - abrasive powders and corrosive substances should be avoided;

•The inside of the oven should be cleaned immediately after use with warm water and soap; the soap should be rinsed away and the interior dried thoroughly;

•Stainless steel can be stained if it remains in contact with agressive detergents (containing phosphorus) or water with a high lime content. We recommend that you rinse these parts thoroughly and dry them well after cleaning. It is also a good idea to dry any water spills;

•Never line the bottom of the oven with aluminium foil

because the buildup of heat will not only impede the cooking process, but could also damage the enamel.

Replacing the Lamp in the Oven

•Cutoff the supply of power to the oven by turning off the omni-polar switch connecting it to the mains, or by removing the plug if it is accessible;

•Unscrew the glass cover attached to the lamp holder;

•Unscrew the lamp and replace it with another high- temperature lamp (300°C) with the following characteristics:

-Voltage: 230/240 V

-Wattage: 15W

-Socket: E14

• Remount the glass cover and reconnect the appliance to the power supply.

Protective kit

During operation, the oven glass door and adjacent parts of the appliance become hot. Make sure, therefore, that children do not touch the appliance.

For greater safety, an additional child-safety device is available from our Head Office and our Authorised Service Centres (see enclosed list). When ordering this, please give the code: BAB - followed by the appliance model. The model is stamped on the plate which is visible on the front part of the oven upon opening the door.

Disassembling/assembling the oven door

To make it easier to clean the inside of your oven, the oven door can be removed, by proceeding as follows (fig. 1-2):

•Open the door completely and lift the 2 levers “B” (fig. 1);

•Now, shutting the door slightly, you can lift it out by pulling out the hooks “A” as shown in figure 2.

To reassemble the door:

•With the door in a vertical position, insert the two hooks “A” into the slots;

•Ensure that seat “D” is hooked perfectly onto the edge of the slot (move the oven door backwards and forward slightly);

•Keep the oven door open fully, unhook the 2 levers “B” downwards and then shut the door again.

Fig 1 Fig 2

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