Cuisinart GR-5 Series, Instruction And Recipe Booklet

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9
OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
When you are ready to begin cooking and
the Griddler
®
Five is positioned on a flat
surface, make sure the drip tray and
desired plate surfaces are installed. Plug
your Griddler
®
Five into an electrical outlet
and press the ON/OFF button. The LCD
will show the start-up screen for several
seconds.
Select Cooking Function :
When the word GRILL is flashing, this
indicates you need to select and confirm
your cooking function. To do so, rotate the
Select & Confirm dial to the left or right to
choose your function: Grill or Griddle. To
confirm your cooking function, press the
Select & Confirm dial. The selected
cooking function is now confirmed and
no longer flashing.
Set Temperature:
To select the desired temperature, rotate
the Select & Confirm dial to the left
(decrease temperature) or the right
(increase temperature). This will allow you
to scroll through temperatures at
25-degree increments. To confirm your
temperature, press the Select & Confirm
dial. The selected temperature is no
longer flashing. The Griddler
®
Five has
preset temperatures for
GRILL
mode and
GRIDDLE mode. The preset for GRILL
is 400˚F and the preset for
GRIDDLE
is
350˚F. When temperature becomes solid,
your Griddler
®
Five will begin to preheat,
and the word Preheat and the Preheat
Bars will appear in your LCD.
The Preheat Bars show the progress of
the preheating cycle. When 5 bars are
illuminated, your Griddler
®
Five will beep
one time, indicating it has reached the set
temperature. The word Preheat and the
Preheat Bars will disappear from the LCD.
NOTE: If you have completed the cooking
cycle and would like to continue cooking
on a lower temperature, follow the above
steps to set your temperature. The
Preheat Bars will scroll from the bottom to
top, indicating the Griddler
®
Five is
cooling to a lower selected temperature.
Set Timer:
After your Griddler
®
Five has reached the
set temperature, the timer will appear in
the LCD flashing 00:00.
•
Countdown Timer –
To select your
cook time to count down, rotate the
Select & Confirm dial to the left
(decrease time) or right (increase time).
NOTE: Timer adjusts in 30-second
increments (59:30 max cooking time).
Add food to the Griddler
®
Five, then
press the Select & Confirm dial to start
the timer. If timer is not selected within 1
minute after preheat, the time of 00:00
goes blank. The timer can be activated
at any time during the cooking process
by adjusting the Select & Confirm dial.
After set time has elapsed, the Griddler
®
Five will beep 3 times and the timer will
begin counting up – this indicates how
much time has elapsed after the
cooking time has expired. Unit will also
beep 3 times every 10 seconds
continuously until cooking is stopped.
To disable beep, press Select & Confirm
dial.
• Count-Up Timer – After the Griddler
®
Five is preheated, you will see 00:00
flashing in the LCD. Add food to the
Griddler
®
Five and press the Select &
Confirm dial. Timer will begin counting
up from 00:00 (59:59 max cooking time).
If the timer reaches 59:59, the unit will
beep 3 times and then turn off.
Changing Settings:
To change any of your settings (Cooking
Function, Temperature and Time) at any
time during use, press and hold the Select
& Confirm dial to scroll through Time,
Temperature and Function continuously,
until the Select & Confirm dial is released.
When dial is released, the setting you
wish to change should be flashing. After
desired setting is changed and confirmed,
the display will move to the next function.