Timer Operation
GB
The oven timer offers you the following features:
1.Time of Day
2.Automatic Cooking
3.Minute Minder
Automatic Cooking
The ovens can be controlled automatically.
Guidance on automatic cooking
1.Select foods which will take the same time to cook.
2.Set the oven timer so that the food has just finished or is just about to finish cooking on your return to the oven. This will ensure the food has not cooled down and does not require reheating before serving.
3.Food should be as cold as possible when it goes into the oven, ideally straight from the refrigerator. Frozen meat and poultry should be thawed thoroughly before it is put in the oven.
4.We advise that warm food should never be placed in the oven if there is to be a delay period. Stews prepared by frying the meat and vegetables should be cooked as soon as possible.
5.We advise dishes containing left over cooked poultry or meat, for example Shepherds Pie, should not be cooked automatically if there is to be a delay period.
6.Stews and joints should be cooked by the long slow method, so that the delay period is kept to a minimum.
7.On warm days, to prevent harmful bacterial growth in certain foods (ie. poultry, joints, etc) the delayed start should be kept to a minimum.
8.Wine or beer may ferment and cream may curdle during the delay period, so it is best to add these ingredients just before serving.
9.Foods which discolour should be protected by coating in fat or tossing in water to which lemon juice has been added, prior to placing food in the oven.
10.Dishes containing liquid should not be filled too full to prevent boiling over.
11.Food should be well sealed (but not airtight) in a container to prevent the loss of liquid during cooking. Aluminium foil gives a good seal.
12.Ensure food is cooked thoroughly before serving.
Know your timer
Clockface
The timer incorporates a 24 hour clock.
! Ensure the correct time of day is always set, before using your cooker.
Symbols
A ‘bell’ symbol will light up when you select a Minute Minder period and will remain lit for the period set. At the end of the Minute Minder period the timer will emit an audible tome and the ‘bell’ symbol will disap- pear.
The ‘cookpot’ symbol will light up, either: - When the timer is in manual mode, or - During the actual Cook Period.
‘AUTO’ will light up:
- When the timer is first turned on it will flash. It will go out when a time of day is set or when the timer is set to manual.
The ‘AUTO’ symbol will flash at the end of an Auto Cooking programme to indicate that the programme has finished.
(When the ‘AUTO’ symbol is flashing, to return the oven to Manual operation, turn the oven controls off, ensure that the correct time of day is set and press the ‘Manual’ button - the ‘AUTO’ symbol will go out).
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