Comfee Digital Multi-Cooker
Instruction Manual
Model: MB-FS5018D
IMPORTANT NOTE: For your safety and continued enjoyment of this product, always read the Instruction Manual carefully before using.
Content
Important Safeguards
Safety Warning
REMINDER
Basic safety precautions should always be followed to ensure secure use and avoid injury and/or property loss to user and others.
NOTE
Conditions unconsidered: the appliance is used by unsupervised children or the disabled, the appliance is played with by children.
[FORBIDDEN] Content Indicators:
- [forbidden] Prohibit the use of inferior plugs
- [forbidden] Prohibit wet hands from touching
- [forbidden] Prohibit combustible products
- [forbidden] Prohibit children from operating
General Safeguards:
- This appliance is for household use only. Do not use outdoors.
- 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.
- Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
- This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: staff kitchen areas in shops, office and other working environments; farm houses; by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments; bed and breakfast type environments.
- If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by a special cord or assembly available from the manufacturer or its service agent.
- Please turn off and unplug the appliance before cleaning, maintenance or relocation and whenever it is not in use.
- Do not immerse any part of the appliance in water or other liquid.
- The heating element surface is subject to residual heat after use, do not touch.
- Warning: Avoid spillage on the connector.
- Warning: Misuse may cause potential injury.
- Keep the appliance away from combustibles. During operation, stay away from curtains, drapes, or similar articles to avoid the risk of fire.
- Do not use the appliance for food that may cause vent clogging: food in sheets (e.g. laver and Chinese cabbage), food in bands (e.g. kelp), food in pieces (e.g. corn dregs), to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
- During operation, do not place your hands or face close to the steam vent to avoid burns.
- During operation, do not cover the steam vent with cloth or other articles to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
- Do not reform the appliance: except for maintenance technicians, persons are not allowed to disassemble or repair the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons.
- Do not use the appliance on any voltage except for 230V AC to avoid the risk of fire and electric shock. In case of power wire damage, do not use the appliance.
- Do not operate the appliance in the following ways to avoid fire risk and electric shock due to power line damage: Forcibly bend the power cord, keep it close to high-temperature objects, tie up the line or use it to carry weights.
- In case of power plug damage, do not use the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
- Do not pull the plug with wet hands to avoid electric shock and injury to persons.
- During operation, do not move or shake the appliance.
- Keep the appliance out of the reach of unsupervised children and babies to avoid dangerous accidents such as electric shock and burns.
- Do not put the appliance in unsteady, damp places or close to other fire and heat sources (e.g. stove). The optimum distance is 30cm. Otherwise, damage or accident may happen to the appliance.
- Do not insert pin, iron wire or other articles into the steam vent at the bottom of the appliance to avoid electric shock and injury to persons.
[MANDATORY] Content Indicators:
- Don't immerse the appliance in water or drench with water.
- Independently use grounding socket with rated current of above 10A. When used with other electrical appliances, the socket may malfunction and lead to dangers such as fire disaster.
- If the power line is too short, user should use an extension socket for connection. Please do not use poor-quality sockets. The power consumption of the appliance must not exceed the maximum load of the extension socket.
- Clean the dust and water on both ends of the power line and the socket of the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
Maintenance and Service Safeguards:
- When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the authorized professional service centre for maintenance of Midea to avoid hidden dangers caused by improper maintenance or improper selection of accessories.
- The plug should be thoroughly inserted into the socket to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
- In case of supply cord damage, the cord should be replaced by professionals of the Manufacturer, the Maintenance Department or similar.
- The appliance is for household use only.
NOTE
Improper repair or short-circuiting without permission of some important accessories including fuse may lead to protection failure of the appliance and cause overheating or fire.
[ATTENTION] Matters that may cause minor injuries or property loss:
- The appliance can only use the original cooking pot to avoid overheating and anomaly.
- Do not drop the cooking pot to avoid deformation.
- Do not impact the cooking pot with hard materials to avoid deformation.
- When operation is being performed or just finished, do not directly touch the inner cooking pot to avoid burns.
[GENTLE REMINDER] Content:
- Before operation, wipe dry the water outside the cooking pot to avoid malfunction.
- Before operation, clean the foreign materials including water drops and rice to avoid overheating and short circuit.
- Any discrepancy between the picture and the product is subject to the real object.
- Before operation, check whether the cooking pot and steam valve are in place to avoid accident.
- Before the first usage or after a long time of storage, add water to the steam water level line, select "steam" function and steam for one to two times to clean the interior of the cooker.
- During use, it is normal that the appliance slightly ticks or fizzes. Please do not panic.
- Do not use the appliance immediately after the first cooking, press the "Cancel" button and wait above 15 minutes for the heating plate to cool down.
- Do not boil rice with hot water to avoid affecting the judgement of the temperature control and worsening the result.
- Please regularly clean the steam valve.
- Please regularly clean the countertop on which the appliance is placed.
- The altitude scope for the appliance to properly function is 0-2000m.
Parts and Features
Component Name
The appliance consists of the following main parts:
- Inner cooking pot
- Upper lid
- Detachable cover plate
- Handle
- Cooker body
- Power cord
Parts List
- Standing rice spoon X1
- Hanging soup spoon X1
- Measurement cup X1
- Steamer X1
Technical Data of the Product
Model | Rated voltage/ Rated frequency | Rated power | Rated capacity | Rice amount |
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MB-FS5018D | 220-240V~ 50/60Hz | 860-1023W | 1.8L | 2-10 Cup |
Circuit Principle Diagram
REMINDER
The electrical wiring is subject to change without prior notice. Rated voltage/Rated frequency: 220-240V~ 50/60Hz.
The diagram shows the electrical connections including the socket, temperature fuse, electric hot tray, power panel, and display panel. Sensors for the bottom and top lid are also indicated.
NOTE
All the drawings in this manual are for functional reference only. There are differences in the physical products due to different product types and batches.
Operation Instructions
Control Panel
The control panel features the following buttons and indicators:
- Keep Warm/OFF button
- Start button
- Super-Quick Cooking button
- Timer button
- Time adjustment button
- Menu button
The panel also includes indicators for various cooking modes like Sweet Cooking, Congee, Cold Rice Heating, Baby Food, Soup, and Steaming.
Instructions for User
Quick Start Guide: Reserve Cooking
This guide explains how to set the cooker for delayed cooking.
- Prepare rice and water: For example, cook 3 cups of long grain rice. Place the rinsed rice into the inner pot and choose the appropriate water level according to the rice amount, as indicated by the water level markings on the inner pot.
- Menu selection: Close the rice cooker lid, press the "MENU" button, and select the desired feature (e.g., "Sweet Cooking").
- Set the timer for cooking completion: Press the "TIMER" button to enter the pre-set time adjustment mode. Then, press "HRS" or "MIN" buttons to adjust the pre-set time. (If "HRS" and "MIN" buttons are not present, use the "TIMER" button to adjust the pre-set time).
- Start cooking: Press the "START" button. The cooking will be finished at the appointed time.
- Cancel cooking: Press the "KEEP WARM/OFF" button to cancel the selected cooking function.
Gentle Reminder for Timer Mode:
- The time displayed under pre-set timer mode is the length of time from the start to the completion of cooking.
- The pre-set time is suggested not for more than 12 hours, otherwise, off-flavor may occur.
- "Cold Rice Heating" functions do not have a pre-set time mode.
- The selected cooking function's pre-set time should not be less than the actual cooking time. For example, for "Congee", if the cooking time is 2 hours, the pre-set time should be more than 2 hours, otherwise cooking will start immediately.
Menu Description
Press the "MENU" button, and the indicator light will show the selected function. After selecting the desired function, press the "START" button to begin.
Available functions include: Sweet Cooking, Congee, Cold Rice Heating, Baby Food, Soup, Steaming.
Regarding "Super-Quick Cooking": This function is based on Midea's "FiveTrilogy" cooking program. When the amount of rice and other factors are the same, the cooking time is shorter than "Sweet Cooking".
Steaming For Products With This Function Only:
- Add water to the "Steaming water level" mark. Place the food on the steamer or steaming rack, then put it into the inner pot.
- Close the lid, press the "MENU" button to select the "Steaming" function.
- Press the "Start" button and wait for cooking to be complete.
Gentle Reminder for Steaming:
- Steaming time can be adjusted, ranging from 1 to 60 minutes. The default steaming time is measured from the moment it boils to the end of the process, not the total time required for the entire steaming process.
Soup For Products With This Function Only:
- Prepare soup ingredients (e.g., pig bone, corn, carrots). Wash all ingredients and cut them into small pieces. Place them into the inner pot and add water, not exceeding the maximum water line.
- Close the lid, press the "MENU" button to select the "Soup" function.
- Press the "Start" button and wait for cooking to be complete.
Cold Rice Heating:
When using the "Cold Rice Heating" function, the maximum amount of rice cannot exceed Mark 4.
- Loosen the rice; sprinkle 50-80 grams of water on the surface of the rice (e.g., using an amount of rice below Mark 2 as an example).
- Press the "MENU" button to select the "Cold Rice Heating" function and press the start button.
- Press the "Start" button and wait for cooking to be complete.
Keep Warm:
- Press the "KEEP WARM/OFF" button to enter warm-keeping mode.
- It is recommended that the rice should be loosened within 30 minutes under warm-keeping mode for better taste.
Gentle Reminder for Keep Warm:
- After all functions finish cooking, the appliance will automatically enter the warm-keeping mode.
- During the process of warm keeping, the product will be heated to maintain the temperature above 65 degrees Celsius.
- The product can achieve a 24-hour keep warm function.
The Use of Water Level Lines
The water level lines of the inner pot are physically different due to product models and batches. The markings indicate levels for rice, congee, and porridge.
Rice: Refer to the corresponding water level according to the type of rice when adding water.
Specification | Maximum rice amount | Minimum rice amount |
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MB-FS5018D | 10 cups | 2 cups |
Congee: Refer to the congee water line when adding water.
Specification | Maximum rice amount | Minimum rice amount |
---|---|---|
MB-FS5018D | 10 cups | 2 cups |
Steaming: When steaming, please add water according to the inner pot steaming water line. Too much water will cause water overflow when boiling, and too little will cause it to become uncooked.
Cleaning and Maintenance
Disassemble the Lid Plate for Cleaning
NOTE
Make sure the product is not connected to power supply when cleaning.
- Press the white button, pull outwards and remove the lid.
- Rinse the whole cover with water and wipe it dry with a cloth.
- Align the top lid slot band, insert the lid, and press the lid near the button until you hear a "click" sound, then the installation is complete.
Steam Valve Cleaning
- Pull up and remove the steam valve.
- According to the disassembly mark on the steam valve, after dismantling, clean the steam valve inside, then install it according to the disassembly and installation mark.
- Simply press the steam valve back in place with strength while installing.
Cleaning the Cooker Body
- Wipe the inner lid with a damp cloth; do not wash directly with water.
- Use a clean cloth to clean water, rice grain, and other debris on the water storage tank and heating plate.
- Wipe the bottom and outer surface of the inner pot with a clean cloth.
Service Guide
Anomaly Self-Checking
When you think that cooking is not normal, please check the following conditions to confirm if it is really a malfunction.
Table 1: Anomaly Self-Checking (Part 1)
Items to check | Abnormal situation | Sweet Cooking, Congee, Cold Rice Heating, Baby Food, Soup, Steaming | Keep warm | |||||||||||||
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Too hard | Too soft | Not cooked | Odour | Rice stuck on pot | Crispy/burned rice | Rice soup overflow | Porridge/soup/ congee too thick | Not boiling | not working | Odour | Warm preservation | Discoloration | Rice surface is dry | Water dripping | ||
Rice and water quantity is incorrect | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Exceed the maximum quantity | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Correct function selection | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Whether the inner pot is deformed or uneven at the bottom | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Cooking with hot water or continuous cooking without cooling | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Rice or foreign objects stick on the bottom of the inner pot, heating plate or thermostat | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Power outage | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Stir loose rice after cooking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Table 2: Anomaly Self-Checking (Part 2)
Items to check | Abnormal situation | Sweet Cooking, Congee, Cold Rice Heating, Baby Food, Soup, Steaming | Keep warm | |||||||||||||
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Too hard | Too soft | Not cooked | Odour | Rice stuck on pot | Crispy/burned rice | Rice soup overflow | Porridge/soup/ congee too thick | Not boiling | not working | Odour | Warm preservation | Discoloration | Rice surface is dry | Water dripping | ||
Whether the steam valve installed properly | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Pre-set time too long | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Top lid closed properly | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Rice not washed properly | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Rice or foreign objects stick on the seal ring or inner pot edge | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Warm preservation timer set too long | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Keep too long with no warm preservation setting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
The inner pot is not washed properly | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Rice spoon inside the inner pot | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Water and rice is not stirred well | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
After the inspection of the above conditions, if it is confirmed that there is a malfunction, please send it to the local maintenance network for repairing.
Service and Support
For maintenance or parts replacement, please deliver the product to the authorized service centre for maintenance of Midea to obtain professional quality service. Please keep this manual for future reference. Thank you.
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