Alto-Shaam AS-250 - Manual (Page 7)

#812 • INSTALLATION / OPERATION / SERVICE MANUAL • 5
C O N T R O L O P E R AT I O N
Cook by Time:
IS THE MAIN ELECTRICAL POWER SWITCH ON ?
Press and release control O N /O FF key.
• The green indicator light on the O N /O FF key will illuminate.
• The oven will beep for one second.
• The oven will begin operating in the hold mode.
• The amber hold indicator will illuminate.
• The previously set hold temperature will be displayed.
Press the H OLD Key.
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To change the hold temperature, press the U P or D OWN A RROW Keys.
Note: I f t h e o v e n i s b e i n g u s e d f o r h o t f o o d h o l d i n g o n l y , a d j u s t t h e
set holding temperature. Do not press the C
OOK , T IME , or P ROBE Keys.
Press C OOK Key to preheat.
• The green indicator light on the C OOK Key will illuminate.
• Last set cooking temperature will be displayed.
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To change the cook temperature, press the U P or D OWN A RROW Keys.
• The green indicator light on the T IME Key and on the P ROBE Key alternately flash.
Press T IME Key.
• The green indicator light on the T IME Key will illuminate.
• Last set time is displayed.
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To change the cook time, press the U P or D OWN A RROW Keys.
• The green indicator light on the T IME Key will illuminate.
• Halo Heat and Pre-Heat indicator will illuminate.
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The oven is automatically programmed to preheat to the cook
temperature.
• The oven will beep when preheated and the preheat indicator light will go out.
• Both the Ready and Start indicator lights will flash.
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The set cook temperature will be maintained by the oven and appear in the display
while in the ready/start mode.
Load the food inside oven and close the oven door.
Note: The oven will beep 3 times every 25 seconds until the oven is loaded and the S TART
Key pressed.
Press and release S TART key .
COOK
• The oven will beep.
• The green indicators for power, cook, time, and start will illuminate.
• The display will alternate between showing the set cook temperature and the remaining time.
HOLD
• The oven will beep at the end of the timed cooking cycle.
• The green indicator for cook will remain illuminated.
• The display will alternate between showing the set hold temperature and the amount of
time the product has remained in the holding mode.
• The Ready indicator light will illuminate after 2 hours in the hold mode.
Note: The ready indicator does not necessarily indicate a product-ready state. For best
results, the product must remain in the oven at the set holding temperature for the
minimum number of hours indicated in the individual cooking instructions.
• The oven will remain operating in the hold mode until the control O N /O FF Key is pressed.
HELPFUL HINT
To avoid prolonged
preheat times between
loads, leave the
oven in the
hold mode.
Cold food for
rethermalization or
reheating must never
be added to the
oven while hot food is
being held.