Dacor ER36D Use & Care Manual

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Using the Meat Probe

When you cook foods like roasts and poultry, the 

internal temperature is the best way to tell when the 

food is properly cooked. Your oven’s meat probe is 

an easy way to take the guesswork out of roasting. You can use it 

to cook food to the exact temperature you desire. The probe can 

be set from 100°F to 200°F.
NOTE: The meat probe does not work with the BROIL or CON-

VECTION BROIL modes.

•  To avoid the possibility of burns, use hot pads to handle, 

connect, and unplug the meat probe when the oven is hot.

•  Use the handles to insert and remove the meat probe’s 

skewer and to connect it to the oven. Pushing or pulling on 

either end of the cable could damage the meat probe.

•  To avoid breaking the meat probe, make sure the food is 

completely defrosted before inserting the skewer.

•  Never store the meat probe inside the oven, especially 

during the self clean cycle.

•  Use of meat probes other than the one provided with your 

range may result in damage to the meat probe and/or the 

oven.

1.  Prepare the meat for cooking prior to setting the oven. Insert 

the meat probe skewer into the center of the meat. Make 

sure that the skewer is not inside any fatty portions of the 

meat and does not touch any bones. The point should rest in 

the thickest part of the meat. When you are cooking fowl, the 

tip of the skewer should rest toward the center of the bird.

2.  Before putting the meat in the oven, close the door and push 

the BAKE, CONVECTION BAKE, PURE CONVECTION or 

CONVECTION ROAST key. The preset temperature will 

appear on the display. If you want to cook using a different 

oven temperature, enter it on the keypad.

3.  Press START.
4.  Allow the oven to preheat.
5.  Once the oven has preheated, put the meat in the oven using 

potholders. Plug the meat probe into the connector inside the 

oven.

6.  Push the PROBE key. The preset temperature (160°F) will 

appear on the display.

Operating the Oven

7.  If you want to cook using a different probe temperature, 

enter it on the keypad. Use the USDA Minimum Safe Cook-

ing Temperature Chart on the facing page as a guideline 

for the type of meat you are cooking.

8.  Press START. If you do not press START, the probe mode 

will start automatically after six seconds.

When the meat probe is in use, the oven will automatically control 

the cooking time. The temperature on the display during cooking 

is the temperature measured inside the meat. The oven will con-

tinue to cook until the meat temperature reaches the temperature 

you have entered.
When the meat is done, the oven will go into hold mode. The 

temperature will reduce to 150°F for two hours to keep the meat 

warm and safe for serving. To prevent sickness, do not allow 

foods to remain in the oven after it has turned off. Press CANCEL-

SECURE to cancel hold mode and turn the oven completely off.

1.  Press PROBE. The current probe temperature will appear on 

the display.

2.  Enter the new temperature. The oven will automatically 

change to the new probe temperature. If you do not enter 

a temperature, the oven will continue to cook at the current 

setting.

1.  Press the key for the new desired cooking mode (BAKE, 

CONVECTION BAKE, PURE CONVECTION or CONVEC-

TION ROAST).

2.  You may enter a new temperature on the keypad or use the 

default temperature.

3.  Push START. The oven will cook until the meat’s internal 

temperature reaches the previously selected meat probe 

temperature.

• 

Press the PROBE key twice. Disconnect the meat probe 

from the connector. If you do not disconnect the meat probe, 

an error tone will sound. The oven will return to any previ-

ous settings that were entered before the PROBE key was 

pressed.

Skewer

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