GE 49-8391 Microwave Oven User Manual


 
The Kitchen Timer
Using
a Holding Time
The Kitchen Timer has 3 timing functions:
The Kitchen Timer
can
also be used to program a
It operates as a minute timer.
“holding time” between microwave cooking functions.
The time can range from 1 second to 99 minutes and
It can be set to delay cooking.
99 seconds. A holding or standing time maybe found
It can be used as a hold setting after defrosting.
in some of your own recipes or in a cookbook.
The Kitchen Timer operates without
microwave energy.
How to Time a 3-Minute Phone Call
Step 1:
Touch WTCHEN TIMER pad.
Step 2: Touch number pad 3 and MIN pad (for
3 minutes and no seconds).
Step 3: Touch START. Display shows time counting
down. The timer signals when time is up.
Programming Delayed Cooking
To delay cooking up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds,
touch either TIME COOK I & II,
TEMP COOK or
AUTO ROAST
and
enter cook time, temperature or
code. Touch
~TCHEN
TIMER and enter number
of minutes to delay cooking. When delaying
Temp
Cook or Auto Roast
cooking, be sure probe is in
food.
Touch START. Timer will count down to zero
and cooking will begin.
How to Defrost, Hold and Time Cook
Let’s say you want to defrost a frozen casserole for
15 minutes, hold for 10 minutes and then Time Cook
for 25 minutes. Here’s how to do it:
Step 1:
Take casserole from freezer and place in oven.
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Step 2: Touch TIME
TIME
DEFROST pad.
DEFROST
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Step
4: Set standing or hold time by
KITCHEN
touching
HTCHEN
TIMER pad.
TIMER
Step
5:
Touch 1,0 and MIN to
hold
for
10
minutes.
Step 6: Touch TIME COOK
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Step
3:
Touch pads 1,5 and MIN for
MIN
15
minutes defrosting time. (Defrosting
Step 7: Touch 2,5 and MIN for 25 minutes of
is automatically set on
Dower
level
3 but
cooking time.
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can be
changed
by
tou;hing
the POWER
LEVEL pad and the desired power level.)
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START
Step
8:
Touch START. As
each function is automatically
performed, oven display shows
instructions entered and the
function. When time is up, the
oven signals and flashes “End.”
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