Assembling Your Rotisserie; Operating Instructions; Cooking With Accessories - Cuisinart CVR-1000C Instruction Booklet

ASSEMBLING YOUR
ROTISSERIE
1. Place your Vertical Rotisserie on a flat
surface that is not heat-sensitive.
2. Be sure rotisserie is at least 2 to 4
inches (5 cm to 10 cm) away from the
wall or any other object.
3. Slide the chrome insert into the guides
behind the heating element, located on
the back wall of the rotisserie.
4. Open the door and place the rotating
tray support rack over the drive shaft,
located on the rotisserie deck.
5. Place food on proper cooking
accessory, as directed in the "Cooking
with Accessories" section starting on
page 7.
6. Centre the assembled accessory rack
on the drip tray.
7. Carefully lift the drip tray and place it in
the oven on the revolving tray support
rack. NOTE: The drive shaft must be
properly aligned with the impression on
the underside of the drip tray or the tray
will not rotate correctly. When the tray
silps onto the shaft, it will sit evenly on
the rack.
Drive Shaft
Rotating Tray
Support Rack Drip Tray
OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
SETTING COOKING
TEMPERATURE
1. Check the cooking temperature
recommended in your recipe.
2. Gently touch the TEMP button until the
LED illuminates under your preferred
setting – 325°F (160°C), 350°F (180°C),
400°F (200°C), 425°F (220°C) or 450°F
(230°C).
NOTE: If no temperature is selected,
rotisserie will not operate.

COOKING WITH
COUNTDOWN TIMER
(maximum: 3 hours)
Set cooking time by gently pressing the
Hour and Minute buttons. Hold the Minute
button down to scroll through the digits,
or press and release to advance one digit
at a time. Selected time will appear in the
LCD display.
COOKING IN MANUAL MODE
(no time selected)
You can cook in your rotisserie without
setting the timer. Simply select a
temperature, as directed above, and
press Start. Oven will automatically shut
off after 4 hours.
ADjUSTING OR STARTING
THE COUNTDOWN TIMER
DURING THE COOKING CYCLE
You can adjust time during a timed
cooking cycle, or set the timer during a
manual cooking cycle. Simply press Hour
and Minute buttons until the desired time
appears in the LCD display. Oven will
automatically shut off when time has
elapsed.
TO BEGIN COOKING
Touch the Start/Stop control. LED will
illuminate to indicate power is on and
cooking has begun. The electronic
countdown timer will immediately begin
to count down cooking time in the LCD
window.
POWER OUTAGE FEATURE
A convenient "memory" feature allows
unit to automatically resume cooking at
the time and temperature selected if
power is interrupted for 30 seconds or
less.
PAUSE FEATURE
Press Start/Stop button to pause the
countdown timer. Both heater and motor
will turn off, and the remaining time will
flash in the LCD display. To resume
cooking at the temperature selected and
continue countdown, press Start/Stop
button again. If button is not pushed
within 30 minutes, selected settings will
be cancelled and the timer will display
0:00.
TO END COOKING
1. Automatic Shutoff
When selected time has elapsed,
the LCD will display "0:00" and the
heating element and motor will turn off.
NOTE: Five short beeps will sound when
rotisserie turns off.
2. Manual Shutoff
To turn the oven off anytime during the
cooking cycle, press and hold Stop
button for two seconds. The heating
element and motor will turn off.
COOKING WITH
ACCESSORIES
Cooking with the Poultry Tower
1. Prepare a whole chicken with
marinade or other flavourings.
2. Truss the chicken:
To ensure roasts and poultry cook
evenly, firmly tie with butcher's twine
or string before cooking. To tie (truss)
your chicken, follow
a
instructions below:
a. Cut a piece of string
about 4 to 5 times
the length of the
b
chicken.
b. Place the middle
of the string under
the tail.
c. Wrap the string
c
around the end of
each drumstick and
pull the legs
together, crossing
strings over each
d
other. Be sure to
leave the lower cavity
open.
d. Turn the chicken over
and tie the string
across the
wings to hold
them in place.
e. Trim string if
necessary.
3. Place the prepared bird on the poultry
tower, with the neck at the top.
4. Place the poultry tower onto the drip
tray and into the Vertical Rotisserie.
Do not add water to the drip tray!
Cooking with the Multipurpose
Basket
1. Lay the basket flat on a tray or
countertop, and gently press the
clasps together that
extend from the top of
the basket door.
Remove the door and
set it aside.
2. Place food into the basket.
3. Set the door in the
basket guides at the
base of the basket.
Choose the bracket
position that will hold
the food firmly in place
without crushing it.
4. Squeeze the clasps to lock the door
into place.
5. Place the roasting
rack, which will hold
the basket, on the drip
tray.
6. Put the basket with
food onto the roasting rack, as
directed below:
a. Stand basket up, with clasps on top.
b. Centre the basket over
the rack, in between
the rack's four
vertical prongs.
c. Lower the basket onto
the rack, guiding two
of the prongs through
the two rings on the
back of the basket.
d. Slip the other two prongs into the
small, square slotted openings on the
base of the basket.
7. Lift the drip tray carefully and place it,
the roasting rack and the filled basket
into the Vertical Rotisserie.