Blodgett SB-16SC - Manual (Page 10)

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3.0 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
START UP INSTRUCTIONS
Turn on water and steam supply to appliance. Open cabinet door and turn on Power
Switch. Pilot light will come ON and steam generating will begin. In approximately 20
minutes, sufficient amount of pressurized steam will have been generated in the heat
exchanger. The appliance is now ready for steam generation.
SHUT DOWN
Turn off power switch, open manual drain valve. If unit is equipped with automatic
blowdown valve, it will open and drain exchanger. Steam valve will close cutting off
supply to exchanger.
COOKER SECTION
CAUTION: Live steam and accumulated hot water in the
compartment may be released when the door is opened.
Start-up procedures for your steamer must be completed once daily prior to operation
(see instruction plate or above for boiler start up procedures).
With ready pilot light on, preheat steamer compartment for one minute when the steamer
is to be first used for the day or whenever the compartment is cold.
1.
Close compartment doors and set timer to “1 minute”.
2.
When buzzer sounds, set timer to the “OFF” position.
3. Steamer is now ready for cooking.
4. With cooking compartment preheated and ready pilot light on, place pans of food to
be cooked into compartment and shut door.
5. Set timer to cooking time desired. Cooking cycle may be interrupted at any time by
opening door and resumed again by closing door.
6. When buzzer sounds, it indicates the end of the cooking cycle and that no more
steam is entering the compartment. Cooking pilot light will go off and ready pilot light
will come on. Buzzer must be shut off by turning the timer to its off position.