Hold Time - GE JE1456KWH Use And Care & Cooking Manual

How to Use the Minute/Second Timer
The MIN/SEC TIMER has three
timing functions:
It operates as a minute timer.
It can be set to delay cooking.
It can be used as a hold setting
after defrosting.
The MI N/SEC TIMER operates
without microwave energy.
How to Time a 3-Minute
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1. Touch MIN/SEC TIMER pad.
2. Touch number pad 3 and
MINUTE pad (for 3 minutes and
3. Touch START. Display shows
time counting down.
4. When time is up, oven signals,
flashes "End," and display shows
time of day.
Using a Holding Time
The Minute/Second Timer can also
be used to program a "holding
time" between microwave cooking
functions. The time can range from
one second to 99 minutes and 99
seconds. A holding or standing
time may be found in some of your
own recipes or in the cookbook
supplied.
Programming Delayed
Cooking
To delay cooking up to 99 minutes
and 99 seconds, touch either TIME
COOK 1 & II, TEMP COOK &
HOLD or AUTO ROAST and
enter cook time, temperature or
code. Touch MIN/SEC TIMER
and enter number of minutes to
Roast cooking, be sure probe is
in food. Touch START. Timer will
count down to zero and cooking
will begin.
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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.
TIME
DEFROST
Step 2: Touch TIME DEFROST.
Step 3: Touch pads 1,5 and
MINUTE pad for 15 minutes
defrosting time. (Defrosting is
automatically set on power level 3
but can be changed by touching the
POWER LEVEL pad and the
MI N/SEC
TIMER
Step 4: Set standing or hold time
by touching MIN/SEC TIMER.
Step 5: Touch 1,0 and MINUTE
pad to hold for ten minutes.
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Step 6: Touch TIME COOK
1 & 11 pad.
Step 7: Touch 2,5 and MINUTE
pad for twenty-five minutes of
cooking time.
Step 8: Touch START. As
each function is automatically
performed, oven display shows
instructions entered and the
function.
Step 9: When time is up, the oven
signals and flashes "End."
Questions and Answers
Q. What will happen if I
accidentally reverse my defrost,
hold and cook instructions?
A. The oven will automatically
rearrange your program. Defrosting
and then the cooking function.
Q. Can I defrost and hold only?
A. Yes. Sometimes you may only
want to defrost a food, hold it, and
cook it later. All you need to do is
program in defrost and amount of
time. Then program the hold time
and the amount of cooking time.
Be sure to put the thawed dish in
the refrigerator promptly.
NOTE: Foods that are highly
perishable, such as milk, eggs,
fish, stuffings, poultry and pork
should not be allowed to sit out
for more than one hour after
defrosting. Room temperature
promotes the growth of harmful
bacteria.
Q. I programmed my oven for
a specific defrosting time but it
defrosted longer than necessary.
What happened?
A. When instructions conflict, the
oven carries out the last instruction.
You may have set the oven to
defrost for 4 minutes, hold for 2
minutes, and then defrost for 6
minutes. In this case, the oven
would defrost for 6 minutes and
hold for 2 minutes.