Black & Decker SL5470C Care and Cleaning, Caring For Your Slow Cooker, Center Stoneware liner

Care and Cleaning

Caring For Your Slow Cooker

❍Avoid sudden, extreme temperature changes. For example, do not place the hot glass lid or stoneware liner into cold water or onto a wet surface.

❍Avoid hitting the stoneware liner or glass lid against the faucet or other hard surfaces.

❍Do not use stoneware liner or glass lid if chipped, cracked, or severely scratched.

User Maintenance Instructions

This slow cooker requires little maintenance. It contains no user serviceable parts.

Do not try to repair it yourself. Any servicing requiring disassembly other than cleaning must be performed by a qualified appliance repair technician.

Cleaning Your Slow Cooker

Caution: Never immerse cooking base or cord in water or other liquids.

1.Always unplug and allow to cool completely before cleaning.

2.Wash stoneware liner and glass lid in warm, soapy water. If food sticks to the stoneware liner, fill with warm, soapy water and allow to soak before cleaning with a plastic scouring pad.

Note: Both stoneware liner and glass lid are dishwasher-safe.

3.Rinse and dry thoroughly.

4.Wipe interior and exterior of the cooking base with a soft, slightly damp cloth or sponge.

Important: Never use abrasive cleansers or scouring pads to clean the cooking base, as they may damage the surfaces.

Storing Your Slow Cooker

1.Dry thoroughly before storing.

2.Never wrap the cord tightly around the appliance; keep it loosely coiled.

TROUBLESHOOTING

			ENGLISH
PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	SOLUTION
Food is	May have used the	Make sure you did not use
undercooked.	wrong setting.	WARM to cook foods.
	The power may have	If the power was
	been interrupted.	interrupted and you don’t
	The lid may have been	know for how long; discard
	improperly placed on	the food.
	the slow cooker.	Make sure the lid is
	The power in your	placed evenly on top of the
	home may be slightly	stoneware liner.
	different.
The food is	There may be a	As you use the slow
overcooked.	difference between	cooker, make note of any
	your favorite recipe	changes in time on your
	and the operation of	favorite recipes.
	the slow cooker. Not
	all slow cookers cook
	exactly the same.
The vegetables were	The foods may have	Place the vegetables on
not done when the	been improperly	the bottom and sides of
meat was.	placed in the slow	the stoneware liner. Place
	cooker.	the meat on the vegetables
		and in the center of the
		stoneware liner.

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