BAKING

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Don’t Peek

Set the timer for the estimated cooking time and do not open the door to look at your food. Most recipes provide minimum and maximum baking times such as “bake 30-40 minutes.”

DO NOT open the door to check until the minimum time. Take advantage of the “Big View” window (on some models) to monitor cooking progress. Opening the oven door frequently during cooking allows heat to escape and makes baking times longer. Your baking results may also be affected.

TIMED BAKING

(on some models)

How to Time Bake

Do not lock the oven door with the latch during timed baking. The latch is used for self-cleaning only.

Your oven can be set to turn on and off automatically.

NOTE: Before beginning, make sure the oven clock shows the correct time of day.

To set the clock, first press the CLOCK opad. Then press the HOUR and MIN. pads

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until the correct time of day is displayed.

How to Set Immediate Start and Automatic Stop

To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the correct position before you turn the oven on.

The oven will turn on immediately and cook for a selected length of time. At the end of Cook Time the oven will turn off automatically. .

0I ;:;: 1. Press the COOK TIME ON/OFF pad.

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4. The oven will turn on. The display will show the

Cook Time remaining. When the oven reaches the

set temperature, a tone sounds. The oven will

continue to cook for the programmed amount of

time, then shut off automatically.

5. When the oven automatically turns off the

AUTOMATIC OVEN light will flash and the oven

will signal. Turn the eve; control to OFF to stop

the flashes and signal.

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Press the HOUR and MIN. pads until the desired length of baking time appears in the display.

6. Remove the food from the oven. Remember, foods

that are left in the oven continue cooking after the

controls are off.

NOTE: Foods that spoil easily such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful

3.Turn the Oven Temperature knob to the desired temperature.

bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth.

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