Delayed Cjooking; Hold Time; Time Cook - GE Spacemaker II JEM31L Use And Care 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 used as a hold setting
after defrosting.
The MIN/SEC TIMER operates
without microwave energy.
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1. Touch MI N/SEC TIMER pad.
2. Touch 3 and MINUTE pad (for
3. Touch START. Display shows
time counting down. The timer
signals when time is up.
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
seconds. A holding or standing
time may be found in some of your
supplied.
Programming Delayed
Cooking
To delay cooking up to 99 minutes
COOK I & II, TEMP COOK &
HOLD or AUTO ROAST and
enter cook time, temperature or
code. Touch MI N/SEC TIMER
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
Here's how
to do it:
Step 1: Take casserole from
freezer and place in oven.
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
desired power level.)
Step 8: Touch START. As euch
function is automatically
performed, oven display shows
instructions entered and the
function. When time is up, the
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
will always come first, then hold,
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. 1 programmed my oven for
a specific defrosting time but it
defrosted longer than necessary.
What happened?
A. When instructions contlict, 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.