Holding Time; The Kitchen Timer - GE Spacemaker 164 D2588P191 Use And Care Manual

The Kitchen Timer

The Kitchen Timer has 3 timing functions:
It operates as a minute timer.
It can be set to delay cooking.
It can be used as a hold setting after defrosting.
The Kitchen Timer operates without
microwave energy.
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Step 1: Touch WTCHEN TIMER pad.
Step 2: Touch number pad 3 and MIN pad (for
3 minutes and no seconds).
Step 3: Touch START. Display shows time counting
down. The timer signals when time is up.
How to Defrost, Hold and Time Cook
Let's say you want to defrost a frozen casserole for
15 minutes, hold for 10 minutes and then Time Cook
for 25 minutes. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Take casserole from freezer and place in oven.
Step 2: Touch TIME
TIME
DEFROST pad.
DEFROST
Step Touch pads 1,5 and MIN for
3:
minutes defrosting time. (Defrosting
15
MIN
is automatically set on Dower level 3 but
LEVEL pad and the desired power level.)
a Holding Time
Using
The Kitchen Timer can also be used to program a
"holding time" between microwave cooking functions.
The time can range from 1 second to 99 minutes and
99 seconds. A holding or standing time maybe found
in some of your own recipes or in a cookbook.
Programming Delayed Cooking
To delay cooking up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds,
touch either TIME COOK I & II, TEMP COOK or
AUTO ROAST and enter cook time, temperature or
code. Touch ~TCHEN TIMER and enter number
of minutes to delay cooking. When delaying Temp
Cook or Auto Roast cooking, be sure probe is in
food. Touch START. Timer will count down to zero
and cooking will begin.
Step 4: Set standing or hold time by
KITCHEN touching HTCHEN TIMER pad.
TIMER
Step
5: Touch 1,0 and MIN to hold for 10 minutes.
Step 6: Touch TIME COOK
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Step 7: Touch 2,5 and MIN for 25 minutes of
cooking time.
Step Touch START. As
8:
each function is automatically
START
performed, oven display shows
instructions entered and the
function. When time is up, the
oven signals and flashes "End."
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