Oven Cooking

Delay Cook & Hold

CAUTION

Do not use Delay Cook & Hold 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 Bake and Timer pads at the same time.

DELAY lights in the display.

00:00 appears in the display.

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

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 and the oven starts:

The baking time and temperature are 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 Delay Cook & Hold for items that require a preheated oven, such as cakes, cookies, and breads.

Do not use delayed baking if oven is already hot.

Keep Warm

For safely keeping foods warm or for warming breads and plates.

To set Keep Warm:

1. Press the Keep Warm pad.

WARM flashes.

000 appears in the display.

2. Select the Keep Warm temperature. The Keep Warm temperature can be set from 145° to 190°. Press or press and hold the ▲ or ▼ pad.

170° will light when either pad is first pressed.

Press the ▲ pad to increase the temperature.

Press the ▼ pad to decrease the temperature.

WARM and the temperature will be displayed while Keep Warm is active.

When the Delay time has expired:

DELAY will turn off.

Baking time and temperature are displayed.

BAKE and HOLD are displayed.

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

1.Press the Bake and Timer pads. (Press the Bake pad first).

DELAY and 00:00 appear in the display.

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

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

To cancel Keep Warm:

1. Press the Cancel pad.

2. Remove food from the oven.

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Amana Gas - Easy Touch Control Range, 700 important safety instructions Delay Cook & Hold, Keep Warm