Can the cooker be set for delayed turn-on?
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This cooker has a timer feature that lets you program the time of day/night you want your rice to be ready. So if you think you're having dinner @ 7:30, you set it all up and @ 7:30 the rice is done. As soon as it's done, it's a good idea to fluff it and then just close it again. It will keep warm and fluffy until you're ready to eat it. I am about ready to try making rice porridge - congi sp? - and I'm going to set it up and time it to be ready in the morning.
340342
No it doesn't have a delay start feature. I really like this slow cooker, especially after the meal has cooked it auto. switches to warm...I highly recommend it
723282
No. It has a warm setting that will activate after the timer reaches zero but no delayed start times.
2043263
Hi Linda, this slow-cooker can not be pre-programmed to start when you'd like. The manual suggests you prepare everything ahead of time, refrigerate it and then plug it in and it'll start cooking. You can put it on "low" if you need a lot of time before you get home. There isn't a delayed start. It's a very nice, oval slow-cooker, though. Good luck finding a pre-programmable one, if that's what you're looking for. Happy cooking! Beth
185829
My impression is that you can set it to turn on later, but I have to admit that I haven't used that feature. Wish I could be of more help! I'm convinced it's really mostly meant as a pressure cooker, which it does well, but if I use the "crock pot" feature again, it will only be to keep a pre-cooked and hot food warm. Still worth buying, though - not scary like cheap pressure cookers, and you don't have to monitor the temperature, plus lid on/off easy and seal very easy to clean
478996
You can not set the start time. You can set the cook time in 30 min increments. After the set cook time is over it shifts to keep warm. Generally such cookers avoid start times and some cooking temps or times that could lead to food going bad. Food must reach a high enough temp (to hot for some peoples tastes) in a short enough time and hold it for long enough time to make sure any food item will be safe. Then it must keep the food from becoming to cool after cooking when in keep warm mode so it will not spoil after being cooked. Not all foods would need such safety but they try to build them to be idiot safe. This is also why most digital cookers go to PF power failure mode and do not resume cooking after a power failure, and in the instructions say to discard anything in the cooker then.
2063893
I don't see why you couldn't set it for 12 hours on low and then reset again and again. I have never cooked beyond 12 hours though. This is a great cooker for everything I have tried to cook which is mostly stews, chili, corned beef and chicken.
185828
I think you can have it cook later. I have not used that function yet, so to be honest, not quit sure how that works. Sorry
1202037
No, the cooker goes from Cook into Keep Warm mode until you unplug the device.
1033525
I would think you could plug it into a generic timer and the timer will turn on the slow cooker when you set it to do so.
397676
You can program it to cook for a certain length of time but it doesn't have a delayed start feature.
1461816
Unfortunately, no. I tried plugging it into a timer for that very ability. That didn't work because once the power is off the start button needs to be pressed to turn it on.
1592567
No. This timer only gives a delay after being powered on, not when powered off.
1229409
There is no off/on switch. The warm light comes on when you plug it in and you manually push the cook button to start the cooker. There is no temp control.
1666028
Yes. There's a second button on there. You can set it for as little as 1 sec.
1828632
No you cannot. What you can do is go ahead and put in the time you want and when that cook time has elapsed the unit has the keep warm function which keeps the food warm until you turn it off.
839684
Yes. Two simple ways are to: 1. Press the "Add 30 Sec" button. Each press adds 30 seconds. 2. Press the "Cooking Menu" button and then select "Cook by Time". You can then rotate the knob to select the amount of time.