Amana AOES2430 owner manual Preheat, Timed Bake, Press BAKE MODE pad, Press BAKE TIMING pad

Preheat

Use the preheat function for regular baking as recommended in the recipe. The preheat function reduces preheating time. Three consecutive beeps sound when preheating is completed to let you know when to put food in the oven for baking.

1.Press PREHEAT pad.

•“— — —°” and “BAKE” display.

2.Press or pad.

•“350°F”(177°C) displays. Use or pad to increase or decrease the bake temperature in increments of 5°F/1°C.

•	After 5 seconds, “PrE”, “BAKE” and “ N ” display.
	O
	Oven begins heating to the selected temperature.
•	Preheat signal beeps 3 times approximately 10
	minutes after starting preheat cycle. “ N ” indicator
	O
	may disappear before preheat signal beeps. Oven
	switches to bake mode after preheat is complete.
	Place food in the oven for baking.

To cancel the preheat function, press the PREHEAT pad, or press OVEN CANCEL pad.

Bake

The oven can be programmed to bake at temperature from 170°F to 550°F (77° to 288°C). To set the controls, follow these steps:

1.Press BAKE (MODE) pad.

•“— — —°” and “BAKE” display.

2.Press or pad.

•“350°F” (177°C) displays. To adjust temperature in 5°F (1°C) increment, press and hold or pad.

•When up and down arrow pads are released, the oven begin heating to the selected temperature in increments of 5°F/1°C. Display shows actual oven temperature as it increases to desired setting.

“BAKE” and “ O ” display. When the displayed

N

temperature reaches the desired baking temperature, oven is ready for baking. Wait 10 minutes for the oven to cycle to the correct temperature.

3.To cancel the baking function, press OVEN CANCEL pad.

Timed Bake

BAKE (TIMING) pad controls the Timed Bake operation. Set oven to bake for a desired amount of time. Oven automatically stops heating after baking time elapses.

!WARNING

To reduce risk of food poisoning due to bacterial growth and production of toxins, use the automatic timer when cooking cured or frozen meats and most fruits and vegetables. Foods that can easily spoil such as milk, eggs, fish, meat or poultry, should be chilled in the refrigerator first. Even when chilled, they should not stand in the oven for more than one hour before cooking begins, and should be removed promptly when cooking is completed.

1.	Confirm the clock shows the correct time of day.
2.	Place the food in oven.
3.	Press BAKE (TIMING) pad.
	• “— —:— —” and “BAKE TIME” display.
4.	Press and hold	or pad until the desired baking

time appears in the display.

•	Set baking time from 5 minutes to 11 hours and 59
	minutes. When setting the baking time, the time
	displays and increases in 5 minute increments.
•	After the bake time is set, “— — —°” displays and
	“BAKE” flashes. Display flashes and beeps once
	until the oven temperature is set.
5. Press BAKE (MODE) pad.
•	“— — —°” and “BAKE” display.
6. Press and hold		or pad until the desired baking
temperature displays.
•	Oven begins heating to the selected baking
•	temperature.	N ” display.
	“BAKE” and “
		O

•Baking time counts down by minutes until it reaches “:00.”

•When the set bake time elapses, “:00” displays, control beeps 3 times, and the oven shuts off automatically. The control continues to beep once every 10 seconds for 5 minutes or until the OVEN CANCEL pad is pressed.

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