General Use & Cleaning:

• First thing each day fill the Steam'N'Hold compartment with three gallons of clean, food-safe tap water. You are ready for hours of trouble-free cooking.
  
  

• To Save energy don’t preheat the Steam'N'Hold until 10 minutes prior to first use. It heats up fast and doesn’t need 25-30 minutes to be ready to steam.
  
  

• At day’s end, drain out any unused water in the cavity bottom and wipe down the compartment and door with a clean towel or sponge.
  
  

• Leave the door open to air-dry overnight.
  

General Cooking Tips:

1. For most items use perforated 2-2½" deep steamer pans for best results.
   
   

2. You can nest a perforated pan in a solid pan for some items such as pasta, rice and when you wish to save drippings.
   
   

3. If only cooking one pan of product, center that pan [top-to-bottom] in the cooking compartment.
   
   

4. To speed cooking of frozen product, break up chunks and set a frozen block on its side, to expose more surface area to the steam.
   
   

5. When reheating foods, cover pan with plastic wrap if addition of water from condensing steam will dilute sauce or degrade appearance. Covering a pan may lengthen reheat time.
   
   

6. When holding product, maintain cavity temperature at a food safe minimum for that class of product.