Cooking Mechanical Controls | Market Forge Industries ST-3E, ST-6E

OPERATION

COOKING - MECHANICAL CONTROLS:

NOTE: THE GREEN STEAMER READY LIGHT MUST BE ON BEFORE ANY CONTROLS BECOME OPERA- TIONAL.

1.Slide pans of food into the cooking compartment pan support racks.

1.Close the door

2.Move mode selector switch to the “constant steam position”.

3.To exit “constant steam”, move mode selector switch to the “timed steam”.

2.Firmly close the cooking compartment door.

3.Begin steaming by either rotating the selection/timer knob to either the constant steam position or a de- sired cooking time.

4.At the end of the cook cycle (the buzzer will sound when the timer has timed out to zero, return the timer knob to the off position, which will turn off the buzzer.

5.If the unit is in constant steam mode, it will continue to provide steam to the cavity until the selector/timer is turned to the “off” position. Opening the door will interrupt the flow of steam to the cavity.

COOKING - USE OF THE DIGITAL TIMER:

NOTE: THE GREEN READY LIGHT MUST BE ON BE- FORE ANY CONTROLS BECOME OPERATIONAL.

The cooker with the digital timer can be used in either a constant steam or timed steam mode For “constant steam” cooking, do the following:

CONTROLS & INDICATORS LOCATIONS:

For timed steam cooking, do the following:

1.Place the mode switch to the “timed steam” posi- tion.

2.Press the “CLEAR” button on the timer.

3.Enter the desired time up to 99 minutes.

4.Press “START”.

NOTE: The timer will not start counting down unless the door is closed.

5.When the timer counts down to “ZERO”, the beeper goes off until the “START STOP” button is pressed, steaming stops and the unit returns to a preheated stand-by mode. When you press stop, the existing program remains in the system. It is necessary to press clear, then re-program the time needed.

6.To shut-down the unit simply press the power switch to the “off” position. NOTE: When the cooking com- partment isn’t in use be sure to leave the door slight- ly ajar to prolong the door gasket life.

		Located in the middle of the control panel. Pressing this button into the “on” position
	Power Switch	will supply power to the unit. Pressing this button into the “off” position will cut off
		power to the generator, and allow the system to drain.
	Ready Light	Located above the power switch. It lights up green when the corresponding genera-
	Ready Light	tor has warmed up to 195oF, indicating that it is ready to create steam.

	Mode Selector Switch	Located in the center of the control panel, just above the ready light. Turn the switch
	(Digital controls only)	to timed steam or constant steam.

	Timer Knob	Located near the top of the control panel. Turn the timer knob to set the cook time.

	Temperature Gauge	Located at the bottom of the control panel, it is used to monitor the internal tempera-
	(Hold option only)	ture of the cooking compartment during the hold mode.

	Constant Steam Position	Located on the timer knob (selection/timer switch), the constant steam feature is en-
	Constant Steam Position	tered by turning the knob clockwise to the green area (marked constant steam)


	Clean Generator	Located on the right side of the control panel. This will light up red when the genera-
	Warning Indicator & Switch	tor needs to be de-limed. Refer to generator cleaning on page 9.

	Reset Button	Located below the control panel. This will be used for the cleaning procedure.

OPERATION