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Cookshack Model 250/260 SmartSmoker Oven
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Ver. 07.1
Setting the Cooking Temperature
Your Cookshack Model 250/260 has the new Cookshack IQ3 control system. This controller has the same great
cook & hold features as previous models of the IQ controller, but with an additional feature that allows you to
cook with a meat probe. This optional probe plugs into the unit and allows you to set the internal temperature to
which you want the product cooked. If you did not purchase the meat probe with your unit, call Cookshack
Customer Service at (800) 423-0698 to order your probe.
Directions for using the Controller
1. Turn Master Switch on the oven control panel to the ON
position..
2. Choose the desired operating mode by pressing the MODE
button while pushing the up or down arrow until the desired
mode flashes: Cook Mode for standard operation, which
automatically drops into the preset hold temperature after the
preset cooking time is completed; Probe Mode if cooking with
the optional meat probe. The default mode is Cook Mode.
3. Set cooking temperature by pressing and holding the COOK
TEMP button while using the ADJUST TIME OR TEMP
buttons to change settings.
4.
Set holding temperature by pressing and holding the HOLD
TEMP button while using the ADJUST TIME OR TEMP
buttons to change settings.
5. If using the Cook Mode, set cooking time by pressing and
holding the COOK TIME button while using the ADJUST
TIME OR TEMP buttons to change settings.
6. If using the Probe Mode, set probe temperature by pressing and holding the PROBE TEMP button while
using ADJUST TIME OR TEMP buttons to change settings.
7. Press START.
To use the meat probe, simply insert the jack into the RCA receptacle on the controller panel. Place the probe
end through the vent hole on the oven top and press into the largest piece of meat in the smoker oven. The oven
will cook at the set cooking temperature until the internal temperature of the meat reaches the temperature at
which the probe is set. At that point the controller will change to the set holding temperature and remain there
until the unit is manually shut down. An audible signal indicates that the cook cycle is complete and that the
oven is going to the Hold Temperature Mode.
If cooking in the default Cook Mode the smoker will cook the product at the selected cooking temperature for
the selected cooking time and then change to the selected holding temperature until it is shut off manually.
During the Cook Mode the LCD display of the IQ continually displays oven status after the cook cycle has been
started. Using these features any kitchen staff can easily determine the status of the load in progress.
Please note that the oven temperature displayed while the oven is running is the actual air temperature inside the
oven. The probe temperature displayed is the internal temperature of the product. In order to see the set cooking
temperature, probe temperature, or holding temperature, briefly press the corresponding button.
