Bosch PPQ9B..90. Built-in Gas Hob User Manual

BOSCH PPQ9B..90. Built-in Gas Hob

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PPQ9B..90 Components

Safety

Observe the following safety instructions.
General information

• Read this instruction manual carefully.
• Keep the instruction manual and the product information safe for future reference or for the next owner.
• Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit.

Intended use
The appliance can only be used safely if it is correctly installed according to the safety instructions. The installer is responsible for ensuring that the appliance works perfectly at its installation location.
Only use this appliance:

• For cooking purposes.
• Under supervision. Never leave the appliance unattended when cooking for short periods.
• In private households and in enclosed spaces in a domestic environment.
• Up to an altitude of max. 2000 m above sea level.

Do not use the appliance:

• On boats or in vehicles.
• as a room heater.
• with an external timer or a remote control. Call the after-sales service if you want to convert your appliance to a different type of gas.

Restriction on user group

• This appliance may be used by children aged 8 or over and by people who have reduced physical, sensory or mental abilities or inadequate experience and/or knowledge, provided that they are supervised or have been instructed on how to use the appliance safely and have understood the resulting dangers.
• Children must not play with the appliance.
• Children must not perform cleaning or user maintenance unless they are at least 15 years old and are being supervised.
• Keep children under the age of 8 years away from the appliance and power cable.

Safe use
WARNING ‒ Risk of explosion!
Escaping gas may cause an explosion.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS OR IF THERE ARE FAULTS IN THE GAS INSTALLATION

• Immediately shut off the gas supply or close the gas cylinder valve.
• Immediately extinguish all naked flames and cigarettes.
• Do not operate any light switches or appliance switches.
• Do not pull any plugs out of any sockets.
• Do not use any telephones or mobile phones within the building.
• Open windows and ventilate the room.
• Call the after sales service or the gas supplier. Escaping gas may cause an explosion. Small amounts of gas can collect over a longer period of time and ignite.
• Close the safety valve for the gas supply when the appliance is out of use for prolonged periods.
  Escaping gas may cause an explosion. If the liquefied gas bottle is not upright, liquefied propane/butane can enter the appliance. Intense darting flames may therefore escape from the burners. Components may become damaged and start to leak over time so that gas escapes uncontrollably.
• Always use liquefied gas bottles in an upright position.

WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!
Using the gas cooking appliance leads to a build-up of heat, moisture and combustion products in the room where the appliance is installed.

• Ensure that the kitchen is sufficiently ventilated, in particular when operating the gas cooking appliance.
• If the appliance is used intensively and for prolonged periods, ensure that there is additional ventilation so that the combustion products are safely fed to the outside, e.g. if using existing ventilation equipment, set a higher performance level and, at the same time, ensure that the air is replaced with fresh air in the room where the appliance is installed.
• Consult specialist personnel when installing additional ventilation equipment.

WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
The accessible parts can become hot during operation.

• Small children should be kept away from the appliance. Hob protective grilles may cause accidents.
• Never use hob protective grilles.
• Empty cookware becomes extremely hot when set on gas burners that are operating.
• Never heat up empty cookware. The appliance becomes hot during operation.
• Allow the appliance to cool down before cleaning.

WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
Incorrect repairs are dangerous.

• Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff.
• Only use genuine spare parts when repairing the appliance.
• If the power cord of this appliance is dam-aged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, the manufacturer’s Customer Service or a similarly qualified person in order to prevent any risk. If the appliance or the power cord is dam-aged, this is dangerous.
• Never operate a damaged appliance.
• Never pull on the power cord to unplug the appliance. Always unplug the appliance at the mains.
• If the appliance or the power cord is dam-aged, immediately unplug the power cord or switch off the fuse in the fuse box and turn off the gas supply.
• Call customer services.
• An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock.
• Do not use steam- or high-pressure cleaners to clean the appliance. The insulation on cables of electrical appliances may melt if it touches hot parts of the appliance.
• Never bring electrical appliance cables into contact with hot parts of the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
Faults or damage to the appliance and re-pairs that have not been carried out correctly are dangerous.

• Never switch on the appliance if there is a fault with it.
• If the appliance is faulty, unplug the mains plug or switch off the fuse in the fuse box. Shut off the gas supply and call the aftersales service.
• Always have repairs carried out to the appliance and damaged gas lines replaced by trained, specialist personnel. Cracks or fractures in the glass surface are dangerous.
• All of the burners and each electrical heating element switch off immediately and dis-connect the appliance from the power sup-ply. Shut off the gas supply.
• Do not touch the surface of the appliance
• Do not use the appliance.
• Call the customer service.

WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!
Children may put packaging material over their heads or wrap themselves up in it and suffocate.

• Keep packaging material away from children.
• Do not let children play with packaging material. Children may breathe in or swallow small parts, causing them to suffocate.
• Keep small parts away from children.
• Do not let children play with small parts.

Preventing material damage

ATTENTION!
Heat can cause damage to adjacent appliances or kitchen units. If the appliance is in operation for an extended period, heat and moisture will be generated.

• Open a window or switch on an extractor hood leading to the outside. A build-up of heat may damage the appliance.
• Do not use two burners or heat sources to heat one single item of cookware.
• Avoid using griddle plates, clay pots, etc. for a longtime at full power. If a control knob is in the wrong position, this could lead to malfunctions.
• Always turn the control knob to the “Off” position when the appliance is not being used.
• Moving the cookware may scratch the glass.
• Lift the cookware when moving it. Damage may occur if hard or pointed objects fall on the hob.
• Do not let hard or pointed objects fall onto the hob.
• Do not bump into any of the edges of the hob. Salt, sugar or sand that may fall from the vegetables will scratch the glass.
• Do not use the hob as a work surface or storage space. Melted sugar or food with a high sugar content may damage the glass.
• Remove boiled-over food immediately with a glass scraper.

Environmental protection and saving energy

Saving energy
If you follow these instructions, your appliance will useless energy. Choose a burner roughly the same size as your pan. Centre the cookware on the hob. Use cookware whose base diameter is the same diameter as the hotplate.
Tip: Cookware manufacturers often give the upperdiameter of the saucepan. It is often larger than thebase diameter.

• Unsuitable cookware or incompletely covered cook-ing zones consume a lot of energy. Cover saucepans with suitable lids.
• Cooking without a lid consumes far more energy. Lift lids as infrequently as possible.
• When you lift a lid, a lot of energy escapes.
  Using a glass lid
• You can see into the pan through a glass lid without having to lift it.
  Use cookware suited to the quantity of food.
• Large items of cookware containing little food need more energy to heat up.
  Cook with little water.

The more water contained in cookware, the more energy is required to heat it up.
Turn down to a lower heat setting early on. Use a suit-able ongoing cooking setting to continue cooking.
If you continue cooking with an ongoing cooking setting that is too high, you’ll waste energy

Disposing of packaging

• The packaging materials are environmentally compatible and can be recycled.
• Sort the individual components by type and dispose of them separately.

Familiarising yourself with your appliance

Control knob
You can use the control panel to configure all functions of your appliance and to obtain information about the operating status. Use the control knobs to set the flame size incrementally.

Burner
You can find an overview of the parts of the burner here.

Pan supports
Insert the pan supports correctly. Place the cookware correctly on the pan supports. Never place the cookware directly on the burner. Always carefully remove the pan supports. When moving a pan support, the pan supports next to it may also move.
Tip: You can remove the metal residue that remains when some items of cookware are moved on the pan support by cleaning it properly. → “Cleaning the pan supports”

Accessories

You can buy accessories from the after-sales service, from specialist retailers or online. Only use original accessories, as these have been specifically designed for your appliance.
Accessories vary from one appliance to another. When purchasing accessories, always quote the exact product number (E no.) of your appliance. → Page 12 You can find out which accessories are available for your appliance in our catalogue, in the online shop or from our after-sales service. www.bosch-home.com

Basic operation

Igniting a gas burner
The hob has automatic ignition of the burners.
WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!
Escaping gas may ignite.

• If the burner does not ignite after 15 seconds, turn the control knob to the “Off” position and open the door or window in the room. Wait at least one minute before igniting the burner again.
• In the event of the burner flames being accidentally extinguished, turn off the burner control and do not attempt to re-ignite the burner for at least one minute.

1. Press the control knob for the selected burner and turn it anticlockwise to the highest level. Keep the control knob pressed in. For all of the burners, sparks are generated and the flame ignites.
2. Wait a few seconds and release the control knob. → “Safety system”, Page 8
3. Turn the control knob to the required position. 4. If the burner does not ignite, turn the control knob to the off position and repeat the steps described above. This time, hold the control knob down for longer (up to 10 seconds).
   Note:

Take the following information into account to ensure that the appliance works correctly:

• The burner parts → Page 7 and the pan supports → Page 7 must be inserted correctly.
• Do not swap the burner caps around.
• It is important to keep the appliance clean. Clean the ignition plugs regularly with a small, non-metallic brush. Take care to prevent the ignition plugs from suffering any heavy knocks.
• The burner holes and grooves must be clean to ensure a correct flame. → “Cleaning the burners”, Page 10

Safety system
The safety system (thermocouple) interrupts the flow of gas if the burners accidentally go out. To ignite the burner, you must activate the system that enables the gas flow.

1. Ignite the burner without releasing the control knob. a The flame ignites.
2. Press and hold the control knob for a further four seconds.

Igniting a gas burner manually
In the event of a power cut, you can light the burners manually.

1. Press the control knob for the selected burner and turn it anticlockwise to the highest level.
2. Hold a lighter or a flame (lighter, match, etc.) against the burner.

Switching off a burner
Turn the control knob clockwise to position ⁠.

Cookware

This information has been provided to help you save energy and avoid damaging your cookware.

Suitable cookware
Only use cookware with a suitable diameter. The cookware must not protrude over the edge of the hob.

Only use cookware with a rounded base on the multi crown burner.

• The hob must have a multi-crown burner and additional wok grid.
• The additional wok grid must be correctly inserted. → “Accessories”, Page 7

Using cookware
The selection and positioning of the cookware affects the safety and energy efficiency of your appliance.
WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!
Flammable objects may ignite. Maintain a distance of at least 50 mm between the cookware and flammable objects.

Recommended settings for cooking

The cooking times and power levels may vary depending on the type of food, its weight and quality, on the type of gas used, and on the material from which the cookware is made.

Cleaning and servicing

To keep your appliance working efficiently for a longtime, it is important to clean and maintain it carefully.

Cleaning product
You can obtain suitable cleaning products from after-sales service or the online shop.
ATTENTION!
Unsuitable cleaning products may damage the sur-faces of the appliance.

• Do not use harsh or abrasive detergents.
• Do not use steel wool.
• Do not use a knife or sharp objects to remove dried-on food remnants from the hob.
• Do not use a knife or sharp objects to clean the connection between the glass and the burner panels, the metal frames or the glass/aluminium plates for cleaning.
• Do not use steam-cleaning appliances.

Cleaning the appliance
ATTENTION!
When the control knob is removed while cleaning the appliance, humidity may get in and damage the interior of the appliance.
When cleaning the appliance, do not remove the controls.

1. Allow the appliance to cool down.
2. Clean using a sponge and soapy water.
3. Dry with a soft cloth.

Tip: Remove spilled liquids immediately. This prevents food remains from sticking, and the time and effort required for subsequent cleaning is reduced.

Cleaning the burners
After each use, clean the surface of the burner parts. This prevents food remains from burning on.
ATTENTION!
Do not clean the burner parts in a dishwasher. This may damage them.

• Do not clean the burner parts in a dishwasher.
  Note: Read the information on the cleaning agents. → “Cleaning product”, Page 10

1. Allow the appliance to cool down.
2. Clean using a non-metallic brush and soapy water.
3. Let the appliance dry completely. If there are waterdroplets or damp areas at the start of cooking, thismay damage the enamel.
4. Insert the burner parts. Ensure that the burner capsare correctly positioned on the flame spreader. → “Burner”, Page 7

Cleaning the pan supports
Note: Read the information on the cleaning agents. → “Cleaning product”, Page 10

1. Allow the appliance to cool down.
2. Carefully remove the pan supports.
3. Clean using a non-metallic brush and soapy water. Carefully clean the area around the rubber pads. Ifthe rubber pads come loose, the pan support mayscratch the hob.
4. Let the appliance dry completely. If there are water droplets or damp areas at the start of cooking, this may damage the enamel.
5. Insert the pan supports correctly. → “Pan supports”, Page 7

Troubleshooting

You can rectify minor faults on your appliance yourself. Read the troubleshooting information before contacting after-sales service. This will avoid unnecessary costs.
WARNING ‒ Risk of injury! Improper repairs are dangerous.

• Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff.
• If the appliance is defective, call Customer Service.

WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
Incorrect repairs are dangerous.

• Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff.
• Only use genuine spare parts when repairing the appliance.
• If the power cord of this appliance is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, the manufacturer’s Customer Service or a similarly qualified per-son in order to prevent any risk.

Malfunctions

Customer Service

If you have any queries on use, are unable to rectify faults on the appliance yourself or if your appliance needs to be repaired, contact Customer Service. Function-relevant genuine spare parts according to the corresponding Ecodesign Order can be obtained from Customer Service for a period of at least 10 years from the date on which your appliance was placed on the market within the European Economic Area.
Note: Under the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty the use of Customer Service is free of charge. Detailed information on the warranty period and terms of warranty in your country is available from our aftersales service, your retailer or on our website.
If you contact Customer Service, you will require the product number (E-Nr.) and the production number (FD) of your appliance. The contact details for Customer Service can be found in the enclosed Customer Service directory or on our website.

Product number (E-Nr.) and production number (FD)
You can find the product number (E-Nr.) and the production number (FD) on the appliance’s rating plate.
The rating plate can be found:

• on the appliance certificate.
• on the lower section of the hob.

Make a note of your appliance’s details and the Customer Service telephone number to find them again quickly.

Disposal

Find out here how to dispose of old appliances correctly.
Disposing of old appliance
Valuable raw materials can be reused by recycling.

1. Unplug the appliance from the mains.
2. Cut through the power cord.
3. Dispose of the appliance in an environmentally friendly manner.
   Information about current disposal methods are available from your specialist dealer or local authority.