Cuisinart TOB Series manual Important Notes on Toasting Use

hold your browning selection in memory until you change the selection or unplug the unit. The browning selection will return to the number 4 medium setting when the oven is unplugged.

Important Notes on Toasting Use:

The “Toast” button must be pressed first, before you can choose your custom or browning selections.

The oven rack must be in rack position “B” as indicated in the diagram on page 12.

The timer can only be used with the bake, convection bake, or broil selec- tions.

Helpful Browning Notes:

Toasting is a combination of drying and cooking the bread. Therefore, differences in denseness and moisture level from one bread to another can result in varying toasting times.

For slightly dry bread or thinly sliced bread, use a lighter setting than you normally would, as it will toast more quickly.

For very fresh bread, thickly sliced bread or whole wheat bread, use a darker setting than normal. Dense, moist bread may also require a darker setting.

Breads with very uneven surfaces (such as English muffins) will require a darker toast setting. For English muffins, we suggest you use the Total Touch® “Bagel” button on the Custom Settings panel and setting number 6.

Thickly cut pieces of bread (including bagels) will take longer, since more moisture must be evaporated from the bread before toasting occurs. We suggest you use the Total Touch® “Bagel” button which will add to the normal toasting time. For moister breads or very thick pieces, you may need to make the toast setting darker than you normally would. Very thick pieces may require two cycles.

Before toasting bagels, slice each bagel into two equal halves. Select the “Bagel” button which adds the extra time needed for toasting most bagels.

When toasting raisin or other fruit breads and muffins, remove any loose fruit, etc. from the surface of the bread before placing in the oven. This will help

prevent pieces from falling and baking onto the crumb tray.

This oven can be adjusted for four to six slices of toast by pressing the "4-6 Slice" button on the custom settings control panel. To prevent overtoasting of a single slice, select the toast button and set browning control to a lighter setting than you normally would.

4-6 Slice Button:

The unique 4 to 6 Slice feature will add the right amount of time to toast 4 to 6 slices of bread at once.

1.Place 4-6 slices of bread on the center of the oven rack, 2 or 3 slices in the front and 2 or 3 slices in the back. Close oven door.

2.Press “Toast” button.

3.Set the browning control: Select desired shade of browning using the “Lighter” and “Darker” buttons located to the left of the “Toast” button.

4.Press the “4-6 Slice” button: The LED will illuminate when this feature is selected.

5.If defrosting frozen bread slices, also press the “Defrost” button.

6.If you are toasting bagel halves, English muffin halves, or slices of wide toast, you should also press the “Bagel” button.

7.Press the “Start/Stop” button to start toasting.

To Stop Cycle:

When the 4-6 Slice cycle is complete, the toaster oven broiler will alert you by beeping 5 times. If you wish to stop the cycle before it is finished, simply press “Stop/Start” to interrupt.

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