AGA CITY24 (Gas Top Burners) Users Instruction CAUTION: THIS UNIT IS HEAVY, PROPER EQUIPMENT AND ADEQUATE MANPOWER MUST BE USED IN MOVING THE RANGE TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE UNIT OR THE FLOOR. REMEMBER, when replacing a part on this appliance, use only spare parts that you can be assured conform to the safety and performance specification that we require. DO NOT use reconditioned or copy parts that have not been clearly authorised by AGA.
My AGA Details AGA City24 (Gas Top Burners) Serial No AGA Service No Date of Installation DATA PLATE LOCATED BEHIND REMOVABLE PLINTH 1
Contents My AGA Details 2 PRODUCT SAFETY 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 5 Introduction 6 A Brief Description - AGA City24 (Gas Top) 7 Equipment supplied with your AGA City24 (Gas Top) 8 How To Use Your AGA City24 (Gas Top) 9 Range Hoods and Oven Venting 10 General Advice 10 Using the Zones of the AGA City24 10 The Gas Top Burners 11 Cast Iron Grates 12 Assembly of Burners 12 The Ovens 13 Hints and Tips for using the AGA City24 (Gas Top) 18 Caring and Cleaning 21 2
PRODUCT SAFETY MEANING/DESCRIPTION WARNING/CAUTION An appropriate safety instruction should be followed or caution to a potential hazard exists. SYMBOL ! SIGNIFICATION/DESCRIPTION AVERTISSEMENT Une consigne de sécurité appropriée doivent être suivies ou garde d’un danger potentiel exists. DANGEROUS VOLTAGE TENSION DANGEREUSE To indicate hazards arising from dangerous voltages. Pour indiquer les dangers résultant des tensions dangereuses.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ! ! INCORRECT USE OF THIS RANGE CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCKS OR INJURY TO PERSONS. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE THESE RISKS. This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) 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.
Introduction Welcome to the world of AGA. Your AGA City24 is a compact range which combines the design values and cooking principles of the traditional AGA with the flexibility to turn each cooking area off and on as you require, thereby fitting into your lifestyle beautifully. Your range has a gas top and two electric cast iron ovens. Your AGA City24 has been made in the heart of Shropshire in England, as AGA ranges have been for generations, from cast iron manufactured at the Coalbrookdale Foundry.
A Brief Description - AGA City24 (Gas Top) 4 Burner Gas Top Top Oven (Roasting Oven and Baking Oven setting) Slow Cook Oven Top Oven (Roasting Oven Setting) The AGA City24 Gas Top has the iconic cast iron ovens with the flexibility of four gas top burners. The hottest oven setting for high temperature cooking; pastries, breads, roasting of meat, vegetables and poultry, broiling at the top of the oven and frying on the floor grid on the base of the oven.
Equipment supplied with your AGA City24 (Gas Top) Large Size Roasting Pan with Broiling Rack 1 Cold Plain Shelf Wire Brush This is designed to slide onto the oven runners without the need for it to sit on an oven grid shelf. The roasting pan can be used with the broiling rack, in its high position, for broiling at the top of the roasting oven. It can be used for roasting meat, or poultry with or without the broiling rack. Large quantities of roast potatoes can be cooked in this pan.
How To Use Your AGA City24 (Gas Top) Getting started When switching on the AGA range for the first few times, there are two things you may notice, neither of which should cause concern. The AGA range will emit an odour for a short while, this is simply due to the protective oil we put in the ovens, burning off. Due to the newness in the first couple of hours, it is advisable to open the kitchen window while this takes place.
Range Hoods and Oven Venting General Advice The use of a gas cooking range results in the production of heat and moisture in the room in which it is installed. Ensure that the kitchen is well ventilated, keep the natural ventilation holes open or install a range hood. Food SHOULD NOT be placed into any oven until the oven is up to normal operating heat. The oven doors should not be left open for long periods of time during cooking and heating up.
The Gas Top Burners SOME SAFETY POINTS The hob has four gas burners: • front left - ultra rapid (wok) burner - rated at 12,000 Btu’s • Simmering aids such as mesh mats are not recommended. They can impede burner performance, damage the pan supports and waste fuel. • rear left - semi-rapid burner - rated at 6,150 Btu’s • Commercially available foil spillage aids are unnecessary on this cooker and could effect the combustion.
Cast Iron Grates FITTING OF BURNER CAP (RAPID AND SEMI-RAPID) PLACE BURNER CAP OVER RETAINING LUGS, THEN TURN CAP CLOCKWISE TO LOCK INTO POSITION. It is important for performance and reliability that the pan supports are fitted correctly. They must locate in the recesses in the gas top casting. (See Fig. 1.2). BURNER CAP RETAINING LUGS Fig. 1.2 DESN 517195 Fig. 1.4 DESN 511617 Assembly of Burners WOK BURNER ASSEMBLY OF RAPID AND SEMI-RAPID BURNER Fig. 1.3 DESN 513513 Fig. 1.
The Ovens Your AGA City24 has two ovens which are pre-set at a different heat, just like the traditional AGA heat storage range. The top oven has two heat settings one for the roasting and one for baking. Top Oven The Roasting Oven Setting for high temperature cooking The Baking Oven Setting for moderate temperature cooking The Slow Cook Oven for long. slow cooking.
The Roasting Oven Setting See page 9 for oven symbols and brief description. The roasting oven setting is excellent for bread and pastries. Quiches in ceramic or pies in Pyrex dishes need not be baked blind as when they are in placed on the floor grid on the base of the oven the pastry cooks from underneath and the filling will set and brown from the all-round heat. As you are aware metal flat tins conduct heat quicker than ceramic and may need less cooking time.
The Baking Oven Setting See page 9 for oven symbols and brief description. The top oven is heated by two elements, one in the base of the oven and the other in the roof. These elements heat the air and the cast iron within to provide cooking results consistent with traditional AGA heat storage range, with the flexibility of being able to turn it off when not in use.
The Slow Cook Oven The Slow Cook Oven User Guidance • A llow the oven to heat fully, the longer the oven is on the better, we recommend one hour. • To get the very best performance, we recommend to use AGA cookware with thick bases and stacking lids. • DO NOT place dishes directly on to the oven base. Always place onto either a shelf or the floor grid. • If slow cooking joints of meat these should be brought up to heat ideally on the roasting oven setting and then transfered to the slow cook oven.
Below is a quick guide to oven usage AGA OVENS OVEN TEMPERATURE ROASTING OVEN SETTING HIGH • Grilling • Top - broiling • Scones • 2nd runner - scones, small pastries, broiling • Pastries • 3rd runner - bread rolls , Yorkshire pudding • Bread • 4th runner - roasts, poultry • Yorkshire puddings • Oven grid shelf on base of oven - bread loaves, pies, roast vegetables • Roasts • Floor grid on base of oven - quiches, pies • Shallow frying BAKING OVEN SETTING MODERATE • Cakes • Towards top -
Hints and Tips for using the AGA City24 (Gas Top) Gas Top Semi-Rapid Burner (6,150 Btu) • W ipe up spills as they happen, saves time and effort later on if the spills have baked on. Rapid Burner (10,600 Btu) • U se good quality saucepans with a good base for best performance. • Saucepans boil quicker with a lid on. • A good clean is best done when the AGA City24 is cold. • All burners have a set simmer position and are easily adjustable.
Hints and Tips for using Ovens Ovens • For best results allow the ovens an hour to heat up so the castings are completely saturated in heat. • If you are having a day of cooking, plan to cook food that needs a moderate heat first with the control turned to baking then move on to items that require a higher heat on the roasting oven setting.
Fitting of Oven Shelves When using the oven shelves, follow as below: Fig. 1.6 DESN 512403 Fig. 1.7 DESN 512404 DESN 512405 Fig. 1.9 DESN 512406 Removal of Oven Shelves Fig. 1.
Caring and Cleaning Cast iron ovens and Gas Top REMEMBER: BE CAREFUL OF THE HOT APPLIANCE. Ovens - are made from cast iron and keep themselves clean. They are very durable, but will rust if surface moisture is left on them. ALWAYS SWITCH OFF AT MAINS BEFORE CLEANING. nn WHEN CLEANING USE AS LITTLE WATER AS nn POSSIBLE. Heating up the ovens periodically will help burn off any cooking deposits to aid cleaning within the ovens. DO NOT USE A STEAM CLEANER TO CLEAN THIS nn RANGE.
Servicing & Warranty Appliance • In the event of your appliance requiring maintenance, please contact AGA Service or your AGA retailer. YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM THE APPLIANCE AS SURFACES CAN BECOME HOT TO TOUCH. • Your range must only be serviced by a qualified engineer, from an authorised AGA retailer. Deep Fat Frying IMPORTANT nn • DO NOT alter or modify the range. • Use a deep pan. • Only the spares specified by the manufacturer, are to be fitted.
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For further advice or information contact your local AGA Specialist With AGA Marvel’s policy of continuous product improvement, the Company reserves the right to change specifications and make modifications to the appliance described and illustrated at any time. Supplied by AGA Marvel 1260 E. Van Deinse St. Greenville, MI 48838 Business (616) 754-5601 Fax (616) 754-9690 Toll Free Telephone 800-223-3900 www.agamarvel.
