Delayed Cooking; Minute Pad - GE Spacemaker 164D2966P142 Use And Care Manual

HOW TO USE THE KITCHEN TIMER
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.
How to Time a 3-Minute Phone Call
Step 1: Touch KITCHEN TIMER pad.
Step 2: Touch number pad 3 and MINUTE 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 Micro Cook
Let's say you want to defrost a frozen casserole for 15
minutes, hold for 10 minutes and then Micro Cook for
25 minutes. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Take casserole from freezer and place in oven.
Step 2: Touch TIME DEFROST pad.
TIME
DEFROST
Step 3: Touch pads 1, 5 and MINUTE for 15 minutes
defrosting time. (Defrosting is automatically set
on power level 3 but can be changed by touching
the POWER LEVEL pad and the desired power
level 1–10.)
Using a Holding Time
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 may be 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 MICRO COOK, TEMP COOK/HOLD
or AUTO ROAST and enter cook time, temperature
or code. Touch KITCHEN TIMER and enter number
of minutes to delay cooking. When delaying Temp
Cook/Hold 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 KITCHEN TIMER pad.
TIMER
Step 5: Touch 1, 0 and MINUTE to hold for
10 minutes.
Step 6: Touch MICRO COOK pad.
MICRO
COOK
Step 7: Touch 2, 5 and MINUTE for 25 minutes of
cooking time.
Step 8: Touch START. As each function is
automatically performed, oven display
START
shows instructions entered and the function.
When time is up, the oven signals and
flashes "End."
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