PG2000 - Contact grill KENWOOD - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	Contact Grill
Brand	Kenwood
Model	PG2000
Dimensions (approx.)	32 x 28 x 15 cm
Weight (approx.)	3.2 kg
Power Consumption	2000 W
Voltage	220-240 V, 50/60 Hz
Plate Material	Non-stick coated cast aluminum
Temperature Control	Adjustable thermostat
Indicator Lights	Power and ready lights
Functions	Grill, toast, and panini press
Floating Hinge	Yes, accommodates thick foods
Drip Tray	Removable and dishwasher safe
Safety Features	Auto shut-off after 30 minutes of inactivity
Cleaning	Wipe with damp cloth; plates are non-stick
Replacement Parts	Contact Kenwood service for plates and drip tray

Frequently Asked Questions - PG2000 KENWOOD

How do I preheat the Kenwood PG2000 contact grill?

Plug in the grill and set the thermostat to the desired temperature. The power light will illuminate. Wait until the ready light turns on, indicating the grill has reached the set temperature.

Can I adjust the cooking temperature?

Yes, the PG2000 has an adjustable thermostat that lets you choose temperatures from low to high, suitable for different foods like vegetables, meats, and paninis.

How do I clean the non-stick plates?

After unplugging and cooling, wipe the plates with a soft damp cloth. For stubborn residue, use a mild detergent. Avoid abrasive cleaners or metal utensils. The drip tray is removable and dishwasher safe.

What is the floating hinge feature?

The floating hinge allows the top plate to adjust to the thickness of the food, ensuring even contact and consistent cooking for items like thick sandwiches or chicken breasts.

Does the grill have an automatic shut-off?

Yes, the PG2000 includes a safety auto shut-off function that turns off the grill after 30 minutes of continuous use to prevent accidents.

Can I use the grill to toast bread?

Absolutely. The PG2000 can be used as a toaster or open grill for toasting bread, bagels, and other flat items.

What is the maximum food thickness for the PG2000?

The floating hinge accommodates foods up to about 4 cm (1.5 inches) thick, such as thick-cut sandwiches or chicken breasts.

How do I store the contact grill?

Ensure the grill is cool and clean. The cord wrap feature allows you to store the power cord neatly. Keep the grill upright to save space.

Are replacement plates available for the PG2000?

Yes, replacement non-stick plates and drip trays can be ordered through Kenwood customer service or authorized dealers.

Why is the ready light not turning on?

Ensure the grill is plugged in and the thermostat is not set to the minimum. If the light still does not come on, contact Kenwood support as the heating element may need inspection.

USER MANUAL PG2000 KENWOOD

Exterior view of a Kenwood electric grill with open lid and control panel (no visible text or symbols)

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Read these instructions carefully and retain for future reference.

Remove all packaging and any labels. Wash all parts - see "cleaning".

Description

Fig. 1

a Hinge lever

b Control lamp

c Temperature selector

d Handle with positioning yoke

e Closing slide

f Grill guide

top line = average cooking time in minutes

middle line = type of food

bottom line = rated setting of the temperature selector

Safety Instructions!

Connect only to the AC voltage (e.g. 230 V) given on the nameplate.

This appliance satisfies the EC guideline No. 89/336 EEC for radio screening.

Please note that children are not allowed to use the health grill without supervision of parents. This appliance is not intended for usage by persons with lack of required physical or mental capacities.

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

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

The appliance must not be operated unless the hot plates are in place.

Be sure that the hot plates are firmly engaged.

Before turning the plates, let the appliance cool off, pull out mains plug.

Do not bend the connection cable or bring it into contact with hot parts of the appliance.

Functioning of the appliance makes the housing and the grill plates hot during operation - danger of burns!

After use, pull out the plug immediately, open the appliance and let it cool off.

Let appliance cool off before transport.

Carefully lock top and bottom plate before transport.

Never immerse appliance in water for cleaning.

This product satisfies the pertinent safety regulations for electrical appliances.

Repairs on electrical appliances must be performed by trained personnel only. Considerable dangers can arise for the user from improper repairs.

Attention! Housing get hot. Danger of burns!

On not place the appliance on a sensitive surface (e.g. painted furniture) and keep a distance of at least 70cm to burnable materials.

Only use the appliance for its intended domestic use. Kenwood will not accept any liability if the appliance is subject to improper use, or failure to comply with these instructions.

Never use a damaged appliance. Get it checked or repaired: see 'Service and Repair'.

Application possibilities

Contact grilling:

The plates lies directly on the food to be grilled

Party grilling:

Both hot plates lies horizontally with double grilling surface.

Grill toasting:

Hot plate placed above the food to be grilled.

Baking waffles:

Turn plates, plates in the same position as with contact grilling.

Preparation

1. The appliance is delivered in closed condition (Fig. 1).

To open pull the closing slide to the left side and raise (Fig. 2).

2. Turning and removing the hot plates

To do this bring the item in the party position (Fig. 9), pull the respective hot plate lock forward (Fig. 3) and lift up the plate slightly diagonal.

Re-insert the plate in the same way slightly diagonal.

The same figures on the top and bottom plate can be read from the front (Fig. 4). Hot plate 1 (marking on the front) belongs in the bottom shell, hot plate 2 in the top shell.

Before using for the first time, rinse the hot plates, dry them and grease slightly.

Application

1. Grilling

The hot plates are used with the grooved side for grilling. The hot plates have a grease outlet for excessive fat. Please place a small plate beneath (Fig. 5 + 6).

2. Browning

The hot plates are used with the grooved side for browning. The top grill plate may not touch the food. To assure this, the appliance is opened and the hinge levers to the right and left outside on the hinges are tilted forward simultaneously (Fig. 7). When the top part is closed, an interval of 4cm appears. To replace, lift up the top part, tilt the hinge lever back again and close the lid. Do not put the hinge levers back on one side or during operation of the appliance.

3. Party grilling

The grooved grill plates are used. Open up the top shell on the handle, lift up slightly and place to the rear (Fig. 8 + 9). Place a small plate under each of the fat outlets (Fig. 6). Be absolutely sure when grilling that hot plate 1 is covered first. Under no circumstances may plate 2 be used alone for party grilling, only in combination with plate 1 will perfect temperature control be achieved (Fig. 9).

4. Baking waffles

The appliance can be turned into a waffle iron by turning over the grill plates. For turning over the plates, see section „Preparation“.

In all cases

Close the appliance (Fig. 10) and heat up. To do this, insert the mains plug and set the temperature selector to the rated figure as indicated in the grill compass, bottom line. The appliance is not ready for operation until the control lamp has gone out. Then place the food to be cooked. For continuous operations such as baking waffles, for example, always wait until the appliance has become heated up. Only then add the batter!

Temperatures

The temperatures can be set continuously from Position 1 to 5.

Position 1: around 150^ C; Position 2: around 170^ C

Position 3: around 190°C; Position 4: around 210°C

Position 5: around 230°C

The times given in the grill compass assume a preheated appliance (the control lamp has gone out). Vary the times according to the thickness and the desired degree of cooking of the food.

Practical tips:

Contact grilling

Pieces of meat are suitable which you would also use for brief frying in the frying pan. Before grilling, the meat must be completely thawed out and thoroughly dry. Salter after grilling. If aluminium foil is used, grease it slightly on the inside. Breaded foods are preferably cooked at a lower heat for somewhat longer.

Browning

e.g., filled slices of toast.

Toast bread does not have to be pretoasted.

Party grilling

For "sociable grilling" at the table, the appliance is used like a large frying pan for grilling all quickly fried meat cuts. The food must be turned over.

Baking waffles

After they have been heated up, the waffle irons are greased once with oil or vegetable fat. If you are careful in measuring and pouring the batter evenly, you can avoid the running over of the batter. Always let waffles cool off on a kitchen grate. Note: Waffles made with milk and cream become softer and lighter, water waffles become crisper and browner.

Waffle recipes

Cheese waffles

Ingredients for about 20 waffles: 125 g of wheat flour • 125 g of potato flour • 1 teaspoon of baking powder • 200 g of soft margarine • 4 eggs • 6 cl of warm water • 4 tablespoons of grated Emmentaler (or similar) cheese • 1/2 teaspoon of paprica powder • 1 teaspoon of salt. With a handmixer beat all ingredients for about 3 minutes into a liquid batter. With a tablespoon pour the batter carefully into a thin layer on the lower waffle mould (plate 1) Baking-time: 4 to 6 minutes.

Biscuit waffles

Ingredients for about 24 waffles: 6 eggs • 3 teaspoons of hot water • 100 g of sugar • 100 g of wheat flour • 50 g of potato flour • 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder • grated lemon peel • 1/2 teaspoon of rum • 1 teaspoon of lemon juice

With a handmixer set to the highest speed, whip the eggs and the water for about 1 minute. Slowly add the sugar during the second minute and beat for a further 3 minutes. Stir in, little by little, the wheat flour, the potato flour, baking powder and lemon peel into the egg cream. Finally, blend in the rum and lemon juice. Bake the dough mixture immediately (Grease the waffle plates first).

Position: 3 Baking time: 4 to 6 minutes

Cream waffles

Ingredients for 10 - 12 waffles: 3 eggs • 25 g of flour • 1/2 teaspoon of salt • juice of 1/2 lemon.

Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Whip the egg white until stiff. Keep it in an separate bowl. With a handmixer, thoroughly mix the egg yolks with the other ingredients for about 2 minutes at the highest speed setting.

Then fold in the whipped egg white. Fry immediately.

Position: 3 • Frying time: min. 4 to 6 minutes

Yeast dough waffles

Ingredients for about 20 waffles: 500 g of flour • 30 g of yeast • 1/2 litre of milk • 80 g of sugar • pinch of salt • grated lemon peel • 1 packet of vanilla sugar • 50 g of soft margarine • 4 eggs • cinnamon

Sieve the flour into a bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the yeast, which has been previously diluted with a small amount of milk and blend into the mixture from the centre outwards. Sprinkle the mixture with a little flour and leave in a warm place until the layer of flour on the top of the mixture starts breaking open.

Add the remaining milk and sugar and with a handmixer knead all ingredients into a dough. Let the dough rise in a warm place.

Position: 4 • Baking time: 4 to 6 minutes.

Then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Cleaning

Caution: Pull out the mains plug before every cleaning.

The hot plates can be better cleaned if they are still somewhat warm.

Remove the hot plates from the appliance and clean with wash brush and detergent only. Do not use any scouring agents, soaped steel wool or metal scraper, since otherwise the anti-sticking coating will be damaged.

For cleaning the appliance surface and all other parts such as handles, adjusting hinges, etc. a moist cloth, possibly with a little detergent is sufficient.

Storage

To save space, the appliance can be stored resting on its rear side. To do this, close the appliance, press the closing handle into the base and wind up the cable (Fig. 11).

Disposal:

Packaging disposal:

Do not throw away the package materials. Please put it in the recycling bin.

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Gift box: Paper, should be put to the old paper collection point. Plastic packaging material and foils should be collected in the special collection containers.

Correct Disposal of this product

This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with other household wastes throughout the EU. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it

■ responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. To return

your used device, please use the return and collection systems or contact the retailer where the product was purchased. They can take this product for environmental safe recycling.

Service and Repair:

If the cord is damaged it must, for safety reasons, be replaced by Kenwood or an authorised Kenwood repairer.

If you need help with using this product or servicing or repairs

contact the shop where you bought your appliance

Grilling and baking table
The times given in the table are only guidelines. The cooking time can be changed according to your requirements.

Type of food	Position of appliance	Approx. time in minutes	Thermoslat setting
Escalopes of veal		4 - 5	4
Fillet of veal		4	4
Rump steak		3	5
Fillet of steak		3 - 5	5
Entrecôte		5 - 7	5
Escalope of porc		5	4
Pork chops		2 x 5	4
Fillet of porc		4	4
Sirloin of pork		12 - 15	4
Pork cutlet		5 - 7	4
Rolled roast of pork		5	4
Escalope of turkey		3 - 5	4
Escalope of turkey in foil		5 - 7	4
Poultry pieces		10 - 12	4
Small roast chicken - Halved		15 - 20	4
Filet of fish in foil		5	5
Fish fingers		2 x 5	4
Fish cakes		2 x 4 - 6	4

Meaning of the symbols:

Type of food	Position of appliance	Approx time in minutes	appliance setting
Trout, mackerel		8 - 12	3
Prawns		5	4
Sliced liver		3	4
Brain - coated in breadcrumbs		2 x 5	4
Sausages		8 - 103 - 5	4
Burgers		4	4
Kebab		12 - 15	5
Sandwiches		2	4
Open sandwiches, overbaked		8 - 10	4
Escargots on toast in aluminium foil		6 - 8	4
Slices of pineapple		2 - 3	4
Corn on the cob		2 x 4 - 5	4
Tomatoes		5 7	3
Small pieces of meat		depending on sort of meat	5
Cream waffles		4 6	3
Biscuit waffles		4 - 6	3
Cheese waffles		5	3
Yeast dough waffles		4 - 6	4