User manual and frequently asked questions OptiGrill+ XL
The smartest grilling technology to ensure perfect results with automatic adjustment in an XL product.
Enjoy perfectly grilled and healthy food for your family and friends all year long with the Indoor OptiGrill + XL. Thanks to its 9 automatic programs, you can enjoy perfect indoor grilling results with the temperature and the cooking time being automatically adjusted to your favorite food. With 3 additional settings (seafood, pork and bacon) and a 33% larger cooking surface than the classic OptiGrill, this panini press keeps all your food juicy and full of flavor. The indicator light and the audible beep tell you where your food stands in the cooking process; green for start of cooking, yellow for rare, orange for medium and red for well done. Lift up the lid and remove the food when it is ready and leave the rest to keep cooking to your desired doneness. Even frozen food regains all its flavor in a couple minutes thanks to the frozen mode. The manual modes with adjustable temperature give your fruits, vegetables or any other personal recipes the delicious and unique taste of grilled food. With removable plates inclined at 7 degrees fat can easily run off. The PTFE nonstick aluminum plates and the drip tray are removable for easy clean up.
No. Once the first batch has finished open the grill fully and remove the food. Close the grill and press OK. You do not have to switch off the grill first. When the lights flash again, choose the mode that you want. The preheating phase should be a lot quicker than the first time as the plates will already be hot. When the Optigrill beeps to say it is ready, open the grill again and put the second batch of food on to the plates and continue as normal.
There are 4 temperature levels, as shown by the colour indicator: Green: 110°C (230°F to 257°F) Yellow: 190°C (356°F to 383°F) Orange: 225°C (428°F to 455°F) Red: 270°C (518°F to 545°F)
Before cleaning your grill, wait around 45 minutes while the device cools. To remove heavy food residue on the grill plates or on the side, we recommend you use a wooden or plastic spatula. To clean the grill and grill components, use a cloth soaked in hot water. Do not immerse the grill in water. Do not use abbrasive cleaning products or products containing alcohol or fuel since these may damage the device.
The appliance has not been fully opened when placing the food on the grill plates before cooking. Solutions: To allow the appliance to detect the start of the cooking cycle, the appliance must be completely opened before each cooking cycle. If not, the cooking cycle will not start. Completely open the grill then close it and press OK.
If you leave the appliance open between 2 cooking cycles it will turn to safety mode and will have to be reset. To ensure the best cooking results, you should not open the appliance for more than 1 minute during cooking cycles. RESET by unplugging it for 2-3 minutes and restart full cooking cycle.
If your food is under 4 mm thick, it is too thin (like bacon slices), it may not be detected. This is not a problem simply press the OK key for confirmation for cooking to start.
You started cooking before preheating had finished. To rectify this: turn off the appliance, remove the food, restart the appliance and then return to the programme selection and wait until preheating has finished before cooking the food. If the problem persists despite adhering to the advice above: the appliance may need to be repaired.
• The grill plates have not been properly placed on the plate hooks and therefore, the sensors cannot correctly detect the food. To rectify this problem, turn off the appliance and allow it to cool down. Then install the cooking plate correctly. • You started cooking food between the plates without preheating. To rectify this: turn off the appliance, remove the food, close the appliance. Turn the appliance back on, select and confirm a programme and wait until preheating has finished. • If the problem persists despite adhering to the advice above: the appliance may need to be repaired.
This may be due to improper cleaning of the cooking plates. We recommend that you pre-wash your cooking plates in the following manner before putting them in the dishwasher to remove any food residue: - Soak the plates in hot water and degreasing dish soap for about 30 minutes, - Scrub both sides of the plate with a sponge or a dish brush, hot water and degreasing dish soap, - Rinse, - Put in the dishwasher.
