Oven Cooking

Delay Cook & Hold

CAUTION

Do not use delayed baking for highly perishable foods such as dairy products, pork, poultry, or seafood.

When using Delay, the oven begins to cook later in the day. Set the amount of time that you want to delay before the oven turns on and how long you want to cook. The oven begins to heat at the selected time and cooks for the specified length of time.

Delay time can be set from 10 minutes (00:10) to 11 hours, 59 minutes (11:59).

To set a Delayed Cook & Hold cycle:

1.Press the Delay pad.

DELAY flashes.

00:00 flashes in the display.

2. Press the ▲ or ▼ pad to set the delay time.

While DELAY is still flashing:

3. Press the Cook & Hold pad.

• 000 lights in the display.

• BAKE and HOLD flash.

4.Press ▲ to set the baking temperature.

00:00 and HOLD flash.

BAKE stays lit.

5.Press ▲ to set the baking time.

The Delay time, DELAY, BAKE and HOLD light in the display.

When the Delay time has expired:

DELAY will turn off.

Baking time is displayed.

BAKE and HOLD are displayed.

To set a Delay when Cook & Hold has already been programmed:

1. Press the Delay pad.

DELAY flashes.

00:00 appears in the display.

2.Press the ▲ or ▼ pad to set the delay time.

After four seconds, DELAY will

stay lit to remind you that a delayed cooking cycle has been set.

When the Delay time has expired and the oven starts:

The baking time will be displayed.

DELAY will turn off.

BAKE and HOLD will remain lit.

To cancel:

Press the Cancel pad.

All timed and untimed cooking functions will be canceled.

The time of day will reappear in the display.

Notes:

Do not use delayed baking for items that require a preheated oven, such as cakes, cookies, and breads.

Do not use delayed baking if oven is already hot.

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Amana 500 important safety instructions Delay Cook & Hold

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