#Frigidaire: Schedule Your Cooking

I am HUGE on scheduling. I find it easier to have time for fun with the family when I am not worried about when I am going to do chores, clean, run errands, blog, etc. Frigidaire knows what moms want and need, so they built their stainless steel range (Model: FPEF3081KF) with an uber-valuable feature – Delay Start. With Delay Start you can set your oven to begin cooking on your schedule and schedule it to shut off automatically when you are done baking. It can be programmed from 1 to 24 hours.

To use the scheduling feature, obviously you need to set the clock correctly. That is top of mind right now since we just went through daylight savings here. And if you want to program the delay start to start 12 hours or later, you need to controls to be programmed for 24 hour display mode. All of this is simple to update, although I can’t think of why you want to have a raw meal in the oven that long – do keep in mind that doing stuff like THAT can get you sick from food poisoning.

That said, what I love about scheduling is that it TURNS OFF AUTOMATICALLY! No more burning food when I get distracted! Often I cook one meal for the kids and me and something else for my husband, since his diet is so strict. Sometimes after the kids and I have eaten, my husband comes home and I panic wondering how long I’ve left his chicken in the oven. Often I say, “You say you like it crunchy!”

Now I can make dinner for me and the kids, as usual. Then I can plan my husband’s dinner. I just prepare his meal when I prepare the kid’s and mine. After I cook the kid’s meal, I can put my husband’s meal in the oven and set it to start cooking and end cooking in time for him to come home to a warm meal – doesn’t that sound domestic? Let’s just call it kindness, for him working so hard so I can stay home with the kids.

Using this delayed bake time feature is easy. You press Bake Time, enter how long you want to cook for (example 1.5 hours for a lot of chicken), press start and then delay start. Next you type in the time you want it to start. If my husband comes home at 8, I would want to start cooking his meal around 6:15 pm. Then you push start (which is really like the “Enter” button). Next you need to tell it what temperature to cook at – so let’s say 375 degrees for the chicken. Finally you push start. When it’s done cooking the oven will say END and shut off automatically. After that it will beep until you push cancel.

And yah, not only can you tell the oven when and how long to bake. The oven also has an auto shut-off feature for safety. No more worrying if you left the oven on anymore, instead as an extra safety measure the oven will automatically shut off after 6 hours. For all of you “in-the-kitchen-ALL-DAY” types, no worries. You don’t have to have your bake-a-thon interrupted. There is a way to change between the 6-hour turn off feature and continuous bake setting.

So that is just another fabulous feature, developed by Frigidaire. In case you haven’t had a chance to read them yet, here are the other Frigidaire Articles I’ve written about features I love on the stainless steel range (Model: FPEF3081KF):

• One-Touch Button Cooking
• PowerPlus Cooking
• Energy Star
• Fits More Oven and Effortless Oven Rack
• Easy to Clean and Keep Warm Drawer
• More Me Time

I wrote this review while participating in a Test Drive Campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Frigidaire and received a Frigidaire Range/Microwave to facilitate my review.