Defrosting Frozen Foods; Packing Food; Freezing Capacity; Super Cooling - Siemens KS 40 U 640 Instrucciones De Uso

Freezing and storing
Wrapping food
Pack food in suitable portions for your
household.
Vegetables and fruit portions must NOT be
heavier than 1 kg; meat portions must NOT
be heavier than 2.5 kg. Smaller portions
freeze quicker and maximum quality is
retained during thawing and preparation.
To prevent food from losing its flavour or
drying out, wrap the food in airtight
containers.
The following products are suitable for
wrapping/packing food:
Plastic film, polyethylene blown film,
aluminium foil and freezer boxes. These
products can be purchased from your
dealer.
The following products are NOT suitable:
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper,
cellophane, refuse bags and used shopping
bags.
Wrap up the food. Press out all the air and
seal the wrapping.
The following products are suitable for
sealing the wrapped food:
Rubber bands, plastic clips, string, cold-
resistant adhesive tape or similar. Bags and
polyethylene blown film can be sealed with a
film sealer.
Before placing the food in the freezer
compartment, label and date the wrapped
food.
Max. freezing capacity
To retain the vitamins, nutritional value,
appearance and flavour, freeze the food as
quickly as possible. Do NOT exceed the
max. freezing capacity of your appliance.
Within 24 hours the following amounts of
food can be frozen at once in the freezer
compartment.
KS40U640 max. 6.5 kg
KS36U641 max. 7 kg
KS36U630
max. 7 kg
KS30U641 max. 6 kg
Place small amounts (up to 1 kg) of food in
the fast freezer compartment, Fig. 1/12.
The food will freeze solid very quickly.
Distribute fairly large amounts of food over
the bottom of the freezer compartment.
Ensure that frozen food does not come into
contact with fresh food. If required, stack the
frozen food. This will prevent the frozen food
from becoming warm or thawing.
Before placing hot food or drinks in the
freezer compartment, leave them to cool
down to room temperature.

Super cooling

If you are going to buy fresh food you should
switch on super cooling 3-4 hours before or
at the latest when placing fresh food in the
refrigerator. To switch on "super cooling"
simply press the "super cooling" button
(Fig. 2/2). Display "SU" (Fig. 2/4) and the
"Super" display (Fig. 2/5) indicate that
"super cooling" is on. "Super cooling"
reduces the temperature in the refrigerator
compartment for 6 hours. Then the
appliance automatically switches to the
temperature, which was selected prior to
"super cooling"

Fast freezing

If frozen food is already being stored in the
freezer, you should switch on fast freeze
several hours before putting in fresh food
to freeze.
Normally, it will suffice to switch on fast
freeze 4–6 hours ahead. If you are planning
to make full use of maximum freezing
capacity, switch on 24 hours in advance.
Smaller quantities of food (up to 2 kg) can
be frozen without the fast freeze facility. To
switch on "super" freeze, simply press the
"super" freeze button, Fig. 2 /10.
Display "SU" (Fig. 2 /7) and the "Super"
display (Fig. 2 /6) indicate that "super
cooling" is on. After switching on, a very low
temperature is achieved in the freezer
compartment. Fast-freezing switches off
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