Thermador WDC36J Use & Care Manual

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Warming Plates and Bowls
1. Place plates and bowls in warming drawer.
2. Press PLATES.
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Allow the cookware to heat up slowly as the warming 
drawer preheats.
3. Set the warming timer.
Crisping Stale Items
Place food in low sided dishes or pans.
1. Press LOW.
2. Preheat then place dish in drawer.
3. Set the warming timer.
4. Check crispness after 45 minutes. Add time as needed.
Sabbath Mode 
The Sabbath Feature enables those of particular faiths to 
use their warming drawers on the Sabbath.
The warming drawer is set to run for 74 hours before 
automatically turning off.
While operating in Sabbath Mode, the display will show 
SAb. 
The warming timer cannot be changed once the 
Sabbath Mode is set.
Only the MED mode can be use while in the Sabbath 
mode. Once the Sabbath mode is set, all buttons are 
disabled except the On/Off button, used to cancel the 
mode.
Setting the Sabbath Feature
1. Press and hold the PLATES button for three seconds. 
2. Press ON/OFF at any time during Sabbath mode to 
end the mode and turn off the appliance.
CAUTION: 
DO NOT place cold plates in an already heated warming 
drawer. Placing a cold dish into a hot environment can 
cause the glass to expand rapidly, which may result in 
the cookware breaking.
CAUTION: 
Plates can get hot. Use a pot holder to remove plates 
from the warming drawer.
CAUTION: 
To maintain food safety, do not leave food in the 
warming drawer for more than one hour before or after 
cooking.
Temperature Setting Recommendations
Food/Cookware
Level
Bacon
+
HIGH
Beef: medium-rare, medium, and well done
+
MED
Bread, quick: hard rolls, soft rolls, coffee 
cakes, biscuits, toast
+
MED
Casseroles
+
MED 
Cereal, cooked
+
MED
Crisping: stale items
LOW
Dough (to proof), cover**
LOW
Dough: waffles, pancakes*
HIGH
Egg: hard-cooked, scrambled
+
MED 
Fish: seafood
+
MED 
Fried foods
+
HIGH 
Frozen foods: cream cakes, butter, cheese 
(to defrost)
LOW
Gravy, cream sauces
+
MED
Ham, Lamb, and Pork
+
MED
Pie crusts
MED
Pizza* 
HIGH
Potatoes, baked
+
HIGH
Potatoes, mashed
+
MED
Poultry, roasted
+
MED
Vegetables
+
MED
Plates
PLATES
Plate of food
+
MED
*    Preheat cookware
**  Cover food
+   Preheat cookware & cover food