SWITCH FROM BROWN TO SLOW COOK OR ROAST
IMPORTANT!
Do not throw away. Keep for further reference.
This Quick Start Guide is intended to supplement the Instruction Booklet.
In order to ensure safe operation and optimum performance,
please read the entire Instruction Booklet.
Follow directions above to brown or sauté ingredients.
Once Ingredients are browned or sautéed:
Press SLOW COOK or ROAST.
Choose temperature and cooking time. Continue with recipe. There is no need
to press START/STOP button again as the unit is already on.
TO SLOW COOK
: Fill cooking pot with ingredients and cover with lid.
Press SLOW COOK. Select cooking temperature (HIGH, LOW, SIMMER
or WARM) and cooking time (up to 24 hours). Press START/STOP button
to start slow cooking.
TO ROAST
: Put rack in cooking pot in Roast
position, place food on rack and cover with lid.
Press ROAST. Select cooking temperature
(from 250° to 450°F) and cooking time (up to
6 hours). Press START/STOP button. When roasting
temperature is reached, 2 beeps will sound
and timer will begin counting down.
TO BROWN/SAUTÉ
: Select Brown/Sauté Function. Select cooking
temperature (from 250° to 500˚). Press the START/STOP button to begin
heat-up. When selected temperature is reached, 2 beeps will sound – add
ingredients to cooking pot and proceed with recipe. NOTE: For best results,
brown ingredients in batches; do not crowd cooking pot.
TO STEAM
: Place about 1 quart of water or other
liquid in cooking pot. Put rack in pot in Steam
position and cover with lid. Press STEAM
(Steam temperature is preset). Select cooking
time (up to 1½ hours). Press START/STOP button.
When Steam temperature is reached, 2 beeps
will sound and timer will begin counting down.
Carefully place food in rack and put lid back on pot.
PROGRAMMING THE COOKING FUNCTIONS
TIPS & HINT
• Use the slow cooker as you would a normal slow cooker, the roaster as
you would a normal oven and brown/sauté as you would a skillet. One of the
benefi ts to using the Cook Central™ is you can do all of these functions in one
pot and can switch from function to function at the touch of a button.
• You can switch cooking functions or change cooking time or temperature at
any point. Keep in mind if you are changing settings while the unit is already
on there is no need to hit the START/STOP button again to select. Doing so
will turn the unit off.
• If you do not wish to program a time, the unit will cook at the selected
temperature until you manually turn the heater off. The heater will turn off
automatically after the maximum allowable cooking time for the selected
function has been reached. Maximum cook time for Slow Cook is 24 hours.
Roast is 6 hours. Brown/Sauté is 1 hour and Steam is 1½ hours.
• Do not leave the unit on 500°F for over 1 hour – prolonged heat at this high
temperature can harm the nonstick coating or overheat the unit.
• Heatup times vary in different cooking modes, based on a number of factors.
The selected temperature, the current temperature of the cooking pot, and the
contents of the pot can all affect heatup time. For example, you may reach the
set temperature in the Brown/Sauté mode, but require additional heatup time
if you switch to the Roast mode, even though your temperature selection is
the same.
For an idea of how long it takes to reach a temperature in different modes,
see below:
Brown/Saute (350ºF, empty pot) - 5 min
Roast (400ºF, with 4-lb roast) - 9½ min
Steam (1 quart of water) - 8½ min
• You may need to remove excess grease or water from the cooking pot in
certain recipes. To do so, using pot holders, carefully remove the cooking pot
from the base and pour out the grease or water. Return the cooking pot to the
base and fi nish cooking the dish.
• Always use pot holders during and after cooking, and always lift the lid away
from you to direct steam away – the unit and it’s contents are hot.
• We encourage browning foods before slow cooking or roasting as it adds
much depth and fl avor to the fi nished dish. However, if time is short this step
can be skipped. Ground meats are the exception. They should always be
browned before slow cooking.
• In general, for Slow Cooking, 1 hour on High is the equivalent of cooking for
2 hours on Low.
• See the instruction booklet for more helpful tips and hints.
