ZKE320X - Cooker ZANKER - Free user manual and instructions

Product type	Freestanding cooker
Brand	Zanker
Model	ZKE320X
Dimensions (W x H x D)	60 x 85 x 60 cm
Net weight	45 kg
Power supply	230 V / 50 Hz / 3 kW
Gas type	Natural gas (G20) / Butane (G30)
Number of burners	4 gas burners
Oven type	Electric fan oven
Oven capacity	65 L
Oven functions	Convection, top/bottom heat, grill, defrosting, interior light
Thermostat	Integrated timer with alarm
Oven door	Removable glass for easy cleaning
Safety	Electric ignition with gas safety (thermocouple), cool door, child lock
Care and cleaning	Clean with a damp cloth and mild detergent. Do not use abrasive products.
Spare parts available	Grates, burners, thermocouples, door gaskets, bulbs
Repairability	Repairability index: 7.5/10
Energy class (oven)	A
Noise level	50 dB(A)

Frequently Asked Questions - ZKE320X ZANKER

How to install the Zanker ZKE320X cooker?

Installation must be carried out by a qualified professional. Ensure the room is well ventilated and that electrical and gas connections comply with current standards. Refer to the installation diagram in the manual.

How to clean the gas burners?

Remove the burners and clean them with warm water and mild soap. Use a soft brush for the openings. Rinse and dry completely before reassembling.

What to do if the oven no longer heats up?

First check the power supply (fuse or circuit breaker). If the problem persists, the thermostat or heating element may be defective. Contact an authorized after-sales service.

How to lock the oven door for child safety?

Press and hold the 'Lock' buttons (often represented by a padlock) for 3 seconds until a beep sounds. To unlock, repeat the operation.

What is the oven capacity?

The oven of the ZKE320X has a capacity of 65 liters, ideal for preparing family meals.

Can I use butane gas on this cooker?

Yes, the cooker is compatible with butane gas (G30). Make sure to use the appropriate injectors supplied with the appliance or available as spare parts.

How to set the oven timer?

Turn the timer knob clockwise to set the desired time. An alarm sounds at the end of cooking. For a programmed cooking function, refer to the manual.

The oven bulb does not light up, what to do?

Turn off and unplug the appliance. Replace the bulb with a special oven halogen bulb (model: G9, 25W, max 300°C). Consult the manual for details.

Where to find spare parts for the ZKE320X?

Spare parts (grates, burners, thermocouples) are available on the official Zanker website or from authorized dealers. Use the model number ZKE320X to identify them.

What to do in case of gas smell?

Immediately close the gas valve, open windows, do not operate any electrical appliances, and leave the room. Contact emergency services (fire department) and your gas supplier. Do not attempt to repair yourself.

USER MANUAL ZKE320X ZANKER

Safety information	11
Safety instructions	12
Product description	13
Daily use	14
Helpful hints and tips	14

Care and cleaning	14
Troubleshooting	15
Installation	16
Technical information	18
Environment concerns	18

Subject to change without notice.

Safety information

Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible if an incorrect installation and use causes injuries and damages. Always keep the instructions with the appliance for future reference.

Children and vulnerable people safety

⚠ Warning! Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.

• 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 are supervised by an adult or a person who is responsible for their safety.
• Do not let children play with the appliance.
• Keep all packaging away from children.
• Keep children and pets away from the appliance when it operates or when it cools down. Accessible parts are hot.
• If the appliance has a child safety device, we recommend that you activate it.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.

General Safety

• The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Do not touch the heating elements.
• Do not operate the appliance by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.

• Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.

• Never try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire blanket.

• Do not store items on the cooking surfaces.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids should not be placed on the hob surface since they can get hot.

Safety instructions

Installation

Warning! Only a qualified person must install this appliance.

• Remove all the packaging.
• Do not install or use a damaged appliance.
• Obey the installation instruction supplied with the appliance.
• Keep the minimum distance from the other appliances and units.
  • Always be careful when you move the appliance because it is heavy. Always wear safety gloves.
• Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to prevent moisture to cause swelling.
• Protect the bottom of the appliance from steam and moisture.
• Do not install the appliance adjacent to a door or under a window. This prevents hot cookware to fall from the appliance when the door or the window is opened.
• If the appliance is installed above drawers make sure that the space, between the bottom of the appliance and the upper drawer, is sufficient for air circulation.
• The bottom of the appliance can get hot. We recommend to install a non-combustile separation panel under the appliance to prevent access to the bottom.

Electrical connection

Warning! Risk of fire and electrical shock.

• All electrical connections must be made by a qualified electrician.
  • The appliance must be earthed.

• Before carrying out any operation make sure that the appliance is disconnected from the power supply.

• Use the correct electricity mains cable.
• Do not let the electricity mains cable tangle.
• Make sure the mains cable or plug (if applicable) does not touch the hot appliance or hot cookware, when you connect the appliance to the near sockets
• Make sure the appliance is installed correctly. Loose and incorrect electricity mains cable or plug (if applicable) can make the terminal become too hot.
• Make sure that a shock protection is installed.
• Use the strain relief clamp on cable.
• Make sure not to cause damage to the mains plug (if applicable) or to the mains cable. Contact the Service or an electrician to change a damaged mains cable.
• The electrical installation must have an isolation device which lets you disconnect the appliance from the mains at all poles. The isolation device must have a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm.
• Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses removed from the holder), earth leakage trips and contactors.

Use

Warning! Risk of injury, burns or electric shock.

• Use this appliance in a household environment.
• Do not change the specification of this appliance.
• Do not let the appliance stay unattended during operation.

• Do not operate the appliance with wet hands or when it has contact with water.

• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on the cooking zones. They become hot.

• Set the cooking zone to "off" after use.
• Do not use the appliance as a work or as a storage surface.

Warning! Risk of fire or explosion.

• Fats and oil when heated can release flammable vapours. Keep flames or heated objects away from fats and oils when you cook with them.
• The vapours that very hot oil releases can cause spontaneous combustion.
  • Used oil, that can contain food remnants, can cause fire at a lower temperature than oil used for the first time.
• Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammable products in, near or on the appliance.

Warning! Risk of damage to the appliance.

• Do not keep hot cookware on the control panel.
• Do not let cookware to boil dry.
• Do not activate the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.
• Do not put aluminium foil on the appliance.

- Do not let acid liquids, for example vinegar, lemon juice or limescale remover touch the hob. This can cause matt patches.

Care and Cleaning

Warning! Risk of damage to the appliance.

• Clean regularly the appliance to prevent the deterioration of the surface material.
• Do not use water spray and steam to clean the appliance.
• Clean the appliance with a moist soft cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do not use abrasive products, abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or metal objects.

Disposal

Warning! Risk of injury or suffocation.

• Contact your municipal authority for information on how to discard the appliance correctly.
• Disconnect the appliance from the mains supply.
• Cut off the mains cable and discard it.

Service

- Contact the Service to repair the appliance. We recommend only the use of original spare parts.

Product description

Cooking surface layout

Electric cooking zones control knobs

Symbol Function
0 off position

1 Rear cooking zone 1500 W
2 Front cooking zone 1000 W
3 Power indicator
4 Control knobs

Symbol Function

1 minimum heat

6 maximum heat

Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.

To switch on and increase the heat setting turn the knob counterclockwise. To decrease the heat setting turn the knob clockwise. To switch off turn the knob to the 0.

Power indicator is activated when either of the zones are turned on, and will stay on until the cooking zones are switched off.

Before first use

Put cookware containing water on each cooking zone, set the maximum position and operate the appliance for 10 min. This is to burn off the residue in the appliance.

After that, operate the appliance at minimum position for 20 min. During this period, an odour and smoke can occur. This is normal. Make sure that the airflow is sufficient.

Rapid hot plate

A red dot in the middle of the plate shows a rapid hot plate. A rapid hot plate heats up faster than usual plates.

The red dots are painted on the plates. They can deteriorate during use and even disappear completely after a period of time. It does not have an effect on the performance of the appliance.

Helpful hints and tips

Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.

Cookware

- The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.

Energy saving

• If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a solid hotplate before you start it.
• Stop the solid hotplate before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.
• For satisfactory results, the diameter of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimensions.

Use pots and pans with bottom applicable to the dimension of the cooking zones.

Cooking zone Diameters of cookware

Front max. 145 mm

Cooking zone Diameters of cookware

Rear max. 180 mm

Examples of cooking applications

Heat setting:	Use to:
0 Off position
1 Keeping warm
2 Gentle simmering
3 Simmering
4 Frying / browning
5 Bringing to the boil
6 Bringing to the boil / quick frying / deep-frying

Care and cleaning

Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.

Clean the appliance after each use.

Always use cookware with clean bottom.

Warning! Before any maintenance or cleaning can be carried out, you must disconnect the hob from the electricity supply.
The hob is best cleaned while it is still warm, as spillage can be removed more easily than if it is left to cool.
Warning! Sharp objects and abrasive cleaning agents will damage the appliance.

For your safety, do not clean the appliance with steam blasters or high-pressure cleaners.

Scratches or dark stains have no effect on how the appliance operates.

Removing the dirt:

1. Use the fine scouring powder or a scouring pad to remove the dirt.

2. Clean the appliance with a damp cloth and some detergent.

3. Heat the hotplate to a low temperature and leave to dry.
4. To maintain the hotplates, wipe the plates with a drop of olive oil on a kitchen towel to prevent rust.

Important! For stainless steel edges of the hob use cleaner for stainless steel.

The stainless steel edge of the plate can be slightly discoloured as a result of the thermal load.

The stainless steel can become tarnished if it is too much heated. Refer to this you must not cook with potstones, earthenware pans or cast iron plates.

Troubleshooting

Problem Possible cause and remedy
The appliance does not operate.	Examine the fuse in the electrical system of the house in the fuse box.If the fuses blow time after time, speak to an authorised electrician.
The cooking zone does not heat up.	Make sure that the appliance is plugged in and the electrical supply is switched on.Make sure that you turn the correct control knob.Examine the fuse in the electrical system of the house in the fuse box.If the fuses blow time after time, speak to an authorised electrician.
The effectiveness of the hob is not satisfactory.	Make sure that the hob is clean and dry.Make sure that the cookware is the correct size for the cooking zone.Make sure that the cookware has a flat bottom.Make sure that the heat setting is correct for this type of cooking.

If there is a fault, first try to find a solution to the problem yourself. If you cannot find a solution to the problem yourself, speak your dealer or the local Service Force Centre.

If you operated the appliance incorrectly, or the installation was not carried out by a registered engineer, the visit from the customer service technician or dealer may not take place free of charge, even during the warranty period.

These data are necessary to help you quickly and correctly. These data are available on the supplied rating plate.

• Model description ......
  • Product number (PNC) ....
• Serial Number (S.N.) ....

Use the original spare parts only. They are available at Service Force Centre and approved spare parts shops.

Labels supplied with the accessories bag

Stick the adhesive labels as indicated below:

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    A["MOD.<br>PROD.NO.<br>SER.NO<br>DATA"] --> B["MODEL MODEL"]
    C["MOD.<br>PROD.NO.<br>SER.NO<br>DATA"] --> B
    D["MODELMODEL"] --> B
    E["CODE 0049<br>03 IT<br>MADE IN ITALY"] --> F["OUTPUT"]
    G["12"] --> A
    H["TYPE<br>230V-50Hz<br>IP20"] --> F
    I["Cutting"] --> B

1 Stick it on Guarantee Card and send this part
2 Stick it on Guarantee Card and keep this part

3 Stick it on instruction booklet

Installation

Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters. Installation

Warning! Read and follow the instructions carefully. There is a risk of injury or damage to the appliance.

• Make sure that there is no damage to the appliance from the transportation. Do not connect a damaged appliance. Speak to the supplier if necessary.
  • Install built-in appliances only after you assemble the appliance into correct built-in units and work surfaces. Make sure that built-in units and surfaces obey the standards.

- Obey all orders and standards in force in the country where you use the appliance (safety standards, recycling standards, electrical safety standards etc.)

Warning! Risk of injury from electrical current.

• The electrical mains terminal is live.
- Make electrical mains terminal free of voltage.
- If the fixing bracket is near to the terminal block, do not let the connection cable come in contact with the edge of the bracket.

Electrical connection

- Ground the appliance according to safety precautions.

• Make sure that the rated voltage and type of power on the rating plate agree with the voltage and the power of the local power supply.
• This appliance is supplied with a mains cable. It has to be supplied with a correct plug, able to support the load marked on the rating plate. The plug has to be fitted in a correct socket.
• Any electrical component must be installed or replaced by the Service Force Centre technician or qualified service personnel.
  • Always use a correctly installed shockproof socket.
• Make sure that there is an access to the mains plug after installation.
• Do not pull the mains cable to disconnect the appliance. Always pull the mains plug.
• The appliance must not be connected with an extension cable, an adapter or a multiple connection (risk of fire). Check that the ground connection is in conformity with the standard and regulations force.
• The power cable must be placed in such a way that it does not touch any hot part.
• Connect the appliance to the mains with a device that lets to disconnect the appliance from the mains at all poles with a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm, eg. automatic line protecting cut-out, earth leakage trips or fuse.
• None of a parts of the connection cable can not get a temperature 90 °C. The blue neutral cable must be connected to the terminal block label with "N". The brown (or black) phase cable (fitted in the terminal block contact marked with "L") must always be connected to the live phase.

Replacement of the connection cable

To replace the connection cable use only H05V2V2-F T90 or equivalent type. Make sure that the cable section is applicable to the voltage and the working temperature. The yellow/green earth wire must be approximately 2 cm longer than the brown (or black) phase wire.

Assembly

If several 30 cm hobs are to be installed side by side into the same cut out, an assembly kit including a support side bracket and supplementary seals is available at our Service Centres. The relevant installation instructions are supplied within the kit package.

A — seal to remove

B — supplied brackets

Caution! Install the appliance only on a worktop with flat surface.

Possibilities for insertion

Kitchen unit with door

The panel installed below the hob must be easy to remove and let an easy access in case a technical assistance intervention is necessary.

a) Removable panel
b) Space for connections

Kitchen unit with oven

The hob recess dimensions must obey the indication and the kitchen unit must be equipped with vents to let a continuous supply of air. The electrical connection of the hob and the oven must be installed separately for

safety reasons and to let easy remove oven from the unit.

Technical information

Hob dimensions

Width: 290 mm
Length: 510 mm

Hob recess dimensions

Width: 270 mm
Length: 490 mm

Hot plate rating

Rear cooking zone 180 mm	1.5 kW
Front cooking zone 145 mm	1.0 kW
Total rating 2.5 kW
Electric supply 230 V ~ 50 Hz

Environment concerns

The symbol ☒ on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the appropriate collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product. For more detailed information about recycling of this product,

please contact your local council, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

Packaging material

The packaging materials are friendly to the environment and can be recycled. The plastic components are identified by marking: >PE<,>PS<, etc. Discard the packaging materials as household waste at the waste disposal facilities in your municipality.

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