SS-10460 - Food Dehydrator Sogo - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL SS-10460 Sogo

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Electric Food Dehydrator

Caution: please read and preserve these important instructions

• This manual can also be downloaded from our website www.sogo.es
- Do not make the appliance work longer than 40 hours without stopping. After finishing uninterrupted work of the appliance during 40 hours, turn off the appliance (the switch should be in the position “OFF”), unplug the appliance and let it cool down.
- Improper use of the appliance can cause its damage and in jury to this user.
- Use the appliance only for its intended use and always follow the manual guidelines.
• Unplug the appliance when it is not use.
- Keep the power base away from water. Do not switch on the appliance if its surfaces are wet.
- Do not use appliance with damaged electric cord, plug, after appliance is dropped or with other damages. If it has happened contact

service center.

• Do not allow children to use the appliance without close supervising.
  • Unplug the appliance before cleaning it.
• When you want to remove the plug from the wall contact, please do this at the plug itself and not by pulling on the cable or the appliance itself.
• Use the appliance only for household purposes, it is not designed for commercial use.
• Do not cover the appliance.
• Do not leave the appliance unattended while in use.
• Put the appliance only on to the flat surface.
• Never immerse the appliance or the plug-in water or any other liquid. In the event of the appliance falling in water, disconnect immediately from the mains supply and take it to an authorised service agent for repair before reusing.
• Do not place or operate the appliance and its power cord on or near hot surfaces (e.g. stove plates) or open flames.
• Ensure that the voltage indicated on the nameplate matches the mains voltage before plugging in the appliance.
  • Make sure your hands are dry before plug or unplugging.

- This appliance is not intended for use by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

• Never use accessories that are not recommended by the manufacturer.

- The appliance is not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or a separate remote-control system

- 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 hazards involved.

• Children shall not play with the appliance.

- Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.

- If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.

USE OF THE APPLIANCE

ATTENTION! Before using the first time:

• Unpack the appliance.
• Before use, make sure that the electric parameters of your appliance, indicated on the technical characteristics table, match the characteristics of your local electric network.
• Wash lids and sections of appliance. Wash sections in warm water adding a small quantity of detergents for washing dishes. Clean the power base with the help of wet cloth (do not put it into a water).

FUNCTIONING

Drying products is an effective way for its conservation.

Warm air of a fixed controllable temperature circulates freely inside the appliance between upper and lower lids and the products which are situated in the various sections of the appliance, dry evenly with minimum loss of vitamins. So you can enjoy fruits, vegetables and mushrooms, without using unhealthy substances for preservation.

You can also dry flowers, medicinal plants and prepare cereals with the help of this appliance.

USE OF THE APPLIANCE

1. Put the prepared products (food) in the removable section. Food should be placed in such way to let the air circulate freely between them (the regulation of height of the sections is possible). You should not put too many products in the sections or on top of each other.
2. Put the sections(Trays) on to a power base.
3. Put the upper lid on the appliance. During drying, the upper lid should always be on the appliance.
4. Plug and turn on the appliance by putting the switch to the position "ON". The indicator light becomes red.
5. When you finish using the appliance turn it off by putting the switch to the position "OFF". Let the products cool down. Put dried products into a container/package for keeping food and put it into a freezer.
6. Unplug the appliance.

NOTE: It is recommended to put all 5 sections on to the appliance during using it, even if some of the sections are empty.

ADITIONAL INSTRUCTION

Wash products before putting in the appliance. Do not put wet products into appliance, rub it dry.

ATTENTION: Do not put sections with products if there is water in it.

Cut off the spoiled parts of products. Slice the products in such a way to situate it freely between the sections.

The duration of drying products depends on the thickness of pieces into which it is sliced etc.

You can change the position of the sections if not all products on it have dried well. You can replace the position of the lower section with the upper sections. Some of the fruits can be covered by its natural protective layer and that is why the duration of drying may increase. To avoid this, it is better to boil products for about 1-2 minutes and then put it in cold water and rug after that.

APROXIMATE DURATION OF DRYING.

The duration of drying depends on the temperature and humidity of the room the level of humidity of products, thickness of the pieces etc.

DRYING FRUITS

• Wash the fruits.
  • Take out the pit and cut off the spoiled parts.
• Slice into pieces which you can place freely between the sections.
• You can put the fruits down to natural lemon or pine apple juice not to let them fade
• If you want your fruits to smell pleasantly, you can add cinnamon or coconut swaft.

DRYING VEGETABLES

• Wash the vegetables.
  • Take out the pit and cut off the spoiled parts.
• Slice into pieces which you can be placed freely between the sections.
• It is better to boil vegetables for about 1-5minutes and then put it in cold water and then rug dry.

DRYING MEDICINAL PLANTS

• It is recommended to dry leaves, propagules.
• After drying it is better to put medicinal plants in paper bags or glass cans and place it in dark cool place.

STORAGE OF DRYING FRUITS

• Containers for storage the dried products should be clean and dry.
• For better storage of dried fruits use glass containers with metal lids and put it into a dark dry place where the temperature should be 5-20 degrees.
• During first week after drying it is better to check if it is any moisture in container. If yes,

it means that products are not dried well and you should dry it again.

ATTENTION! Do not place hot and even warm products into containers for its further storage.

PRELIMINARY PREPARING OF THE FRUITS

Preliminary preparing of the fruits saves its natural color, taste and flavor. Below you can see some useful

recommendations how is better to prepare fruits for drying:

Take 1 - 4 glass of juice (natural preferably). Remember that the juice, which you take, should correspond to the fruit which you prepare. For example for preparing apples you should take apple juice.

Mix the juice with 2 glasses of water. Than immerse preliminary processed fruits (see "table of preparing the fruits for drying" into prepared liquid for 2 hours.

TABLE OF PREPARING THE FRUITS FOR DRYING

NAME	PREPARING COND	ION AFTER DRYING	DURATION OF DRYING (HOURS)
Apricot	Slice it and take out the pit	Soft	13-28
Orange peel	Cut it to long stripes	Fragile	8-16
Pine apple(fresh)	Peel it and slice into pieces or square parts	Hard	8-36
Pine apple(tinned)	Pour out the juice and dry it	Soft	8-36
Banana	Peel it and slice to round pieces(3-4mm thickness)	Crispy	8-38
Grapes	No need to cut it	Soft	8-26
Cherry	It is not necessary to take out the pit (you can take it out when cherry is half-dried)		8-12
Pear	Peel it and slice	Soft	8-30
Fig	Slice it	Hard	8-26
Cranberry	No need to cut	Soft	8-26
Peach	Cut into 2 pieces and take out the pit when the fruits is half-dried	Soft	8-26
Date-fruit	Tale out the pit and slice	Hard	8-26
Apple	Peel it, take out the heart, slice it into round pieces or segments	Soft	8-12

NOTICE: Time and ways of preliminary processing of the fruits which are described in the table only fact-finding. Personal preferences of customers can differ from what is described in the table.

PRELIMINARY PREPARING OF THE VEGETABLES

1. It is recommended to boil green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus and potato, Because those vegetables often are preparing for first and second dishes, it saves its natural color.

How to boil: put the preliminary prepared vegetables into a saucepan with boiling water for about 3-5 minutes. Then pour out the water and put vegetable into the appliance.

1. If you want to add a smack of lemon to green beans, asparagus etc., just put it into a lemon juice for about 2 minutes.

TABLE OF PREPARING THE FRUITS FOR DRYING

NAME	PREPARING COND	ION AFTER DRYING	DURATION OF DRYING (HOURS)
Artichoke	Cut it to stripes(3-4mm thickness)	Fragile	8-13
Egg-plant	Peel it and slice it into pieces(6-12mm thickness)	Fragile	8-18
Broccoli	Peel it and cut it. steam it for about3-5min.	Fragile	8-20
Mushrooms	Slice it for dry it whole(small mushrooms)	Hard	8-14
Green beans	Cut it and boil till become transparent	Fragile	8-26
Vegetable marrows	Slice it into pieces(6mm thickness)	Fragile	8-18
Cabbage	Peel it and cut into stripes(3mm thickness)Take out the heart	Hard	8-14
Brussels sprouts	Cut the stems into 2 pieces	Crispy	8-30
Cauliflower	Boil till becomes soft	Hard	8-16
Potato	Slice it, boil for about 8-10min	Crispy	8-30
Onion	Slice it into thin round pieces	Crispy	8-14
Carrot	Boil till becomes soft. shred it or slice into round pieces	Crispy	8-14
Cucumber	Peel it and slice into round pieces(12mm thickness)	Hard	8-18
Sweet pepper	Cut it to stripes or to round pieces(6mm thickness).Take out the heart	Crispy	8-14
Piquant pepper	No need to cut it	Hard	8-14
parsley	Put the leafs into sections	Crispy	6-10
Tomato	Peel it. Cut it into pieces or into round pieces	Hard	8-24
Rhubarb	Peel it and slice it into pieces(3mm thickness)	Loss of humidity in a vegetable	8-38
Beetroot	Boil it, let it cool down, cut off the roots and the tops.Slice it to round pieces	Crispy	8-26

TABLE OF PREPARING THE FRUITS FOR DRYING

NAME	PREPARING COND	ON AFTER DRYING	DURATION OF DRYING (HOURS)
Celery	Slice it into pieces (6mm thickness)	Crispy	8-14
Spring onion	Shred it	Crispy	8-10
Asparagus	Slice it into pieces (2.5mm thickness)	Crispy	8-14
Garlic	Peel it and slice into round pieces	Crispy	8-16
Spinach	Boil till it becomes fade	Crispy	8-16
Champignons	Choose the mushrooms with hats which bend inside. cut into pieces or dry whole	Hard and crispy	6-10

NOTICE: Time and ways of preliminary processing of the vegetables which are described in the table are suggestions only. Personal preferences of customers can differ from what is described in the table.

PRELIMINARY PREPARING OF THE MEAT, FISH, POULTRY AND GAME ANIMALS.

Preliminary preparing of the meat is indispensable and necessary for hygiene. It is recommended to pickle, it helps to remove the water out of the meat and save it better.

Standard pickle:

1/2 glass of soybean sauce
1 denticle of garlic, cut to small pieces
2 big spoons of ketchup
1 and 1/4 dessert spoon of salt
1/2 dessert spoon of dried pepper

All ingredients should be mixed carefully.

POULTRY

Prior to drying, poultry should be prepared. It is better to boil it or fry it. Dry it for about 2-8 hours or till moisture is gone.

FISH

It is recommended to boil or bake it on a stove before prior to drying (bake it for about 20 minutes with temperature 200 degrees or till the fish become friable).

Dry it for about 2-8 hours and till all moisture is gone.

MEAT AND GAME ANIMALS

Prepare it, cut it into small pieces and put into the appliance for about 2-8 hours or till all moisture is gone.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Before cleaning check if the appliance is unplugged and cool down.

· Clean the body of the appliance with the help of a wet sponge and then rug it dry.

· Do not use metal brushes, abrasive and rigid purifier for cleaning the appliance, because it can damage the surface.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION:

Voltage / Frequency: 220 - 240V \~ 50/60Hz

Power Consumption: 250W

INSTRUCTIONS DE SÉCURITÉ

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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

This device complies with Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EC, Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2014/30/EU, Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and Directive 2009/125/EC on the eco-design requirements applicable to energy-related products.

DÉCLARATION DE CONFORMITÉ

This symbol means that in case you wish to dispose of the product once its working life has ended, take it to an authorised waste agent for the selective collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Imported by:

Sanysan Appliances S.L, NIF: B98753056, C/ Barcas 2, 2

46002 Valencia, Spain

Product made in P.R.C. – Designed by SOGO based on the European Quality Standards

Customer Service: www.sogosat.com / [e-mail] / 0034 902 222 161