Hotpoint RJ734GP Use And Care Manual page 10

Baking
(continued)
How to Set Delay Start
and Stop
Quick Reminder:
1. Touch COOK TIME pad.
2. Touch INCREASE/
DECREASE pad to set cooking
time.
3. Touch STOP TIME pad.
4. Touch INCREASE/
DECREASE pad until desired
Stop Time appears in display.
5. Touch Bake pad.
DECREASE pad to select oven
temperature.
Delay Start and Stop is setting the
oven-timer to turn the oven on and
off automatically at a later time
than the present time of day.
For example: Let's say it's 2:00
and dinner time is shortly after
baking time at 325°F. Here's how:
Step
1: Position the shelf or shelves
in the oven. If cooking on two
shelves at the same time, stagger the
pans for best heat circulation.
Step 2: Close the oven door.
Step 3: Touch COOK TIME pad.
A
Step 4: Press INCREASE pad
until "3:00" appears in the display.
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Cook Time of 3 hours now appears
in display.
Step 5: Touch STOP TIME pad.
The earliest possible stop time
appears on display and "STOP
TIME" flashes. The control
automatically sets Stop Time by
adding the Cook Time to the time
of day. In this example, the time of
day is 2:00 and the Cook Time is 3
hours. Adding 3 hours to the time
Step 6: Change Stop Time from
pad until "7:(M)" appears in the
display.
Step 7: Touch BAKE pad.
Step 8: Touch INCREASE pad.
Press DECREASE pad until "325°"
is displayed.
At 4:00, the oven will turn on
automatically. The word "ON"
and the changing oven temperature
will be displayed as the oven heats
up. Oven will continue to cook for
the programmed 3 hours and shut
off automatically at 7:00.
Step 9: Remove food from oven.
Remember, even though oven
shuts off automatically, foods
continue cooking after controls
are off.
Note: The low temperature zone of
this range (between 150°F. and
cooked foods warm. Food kept in
the oven longer than two hours at
these low temperatures may spoil.
When setting your oven for a delay
start, never let foods such as dairy
products, fish, meat, poultry, etc.
stand for more than 1 hour before
actual cooking begins. Room
temperature promotes the growth of
harmful bacteria. Be sure the oven
light is off because heat from the
bulb will speed bacteria growth.