Miele Master Chef oven timer-- what's your max time?

17 years ago

Miele Master Chef oven owners-- please tell me what's the max time your timer allows. My owner's manual says 99:99, but my oven timer won't go above 59:00. Miele Customer Service kept telling me they'd overnighted a new timer to the service company, but when it failed to show up after a week, I then got an e-mail from Miele saying my owner's manual's 99:99 was a "typo and the real number is 59:00. The owner's manual has been corrected and is now available on-line for downloading." So does anyone's timer go for longer than 59 minutes?? What does your manual say? Thanks for your time!

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lucypwd

6 years ago

The timer issue is the dumbest thing for such a great oven. I kept thinking I just didn’t know how to get to the screen past 59 minutes but today I set out to conquer it only to see here that it really is 59 minutes. Honestly most things I’m cookin take longer than 59 minutes. It’s like the developer never has used an oven.

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jamesk
17 years ago
I don't have the latest version of the Master Chef ovens. Mine is from the model line immediately preceeding the current models. My timer can be set for a maximum of 99 minutes 59 seconds (I tested it), just as indicated in the owner's manual.

James
rococogurl
17 years ago
It's the only flaw I found so far. 59 minutes 99 seconds is the limit on my oven. I just set a manual timer if I go longer and reset the Miele after an hour.
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mart242
17 years ago
Are you sure that it's not 59 hours? On my kitchen aid range, if I press on the timer button multiple times, it alternates between minutes:Seconds and hours:minutes. Maybe the Miele does the same? (I'll be receiving my new Miele oven in 2 weeks)
jamesk
17 years ago
I'm positive it's minutes -- not hours.

My Miele Master Chef has one other design feature that I find annoying. I often do very long slow braises. If I want something to cook for the entire day at a very slow temperature, I have to remember to check the oven after five hours.

Apparently, Master Chef thinks I've left the oven on by accident. After five hours it goes into fault mode and turns itself off. I have to then clear the fault and restart the oven. There doesn't seem to be any way to override this feature.
rococogurl
17 years ago
59 minutes. Definitely. I don't know if mine does that James but I do find that restriction less than convenient.

James, why not do the braise in your wood oven? Or is that more trouble fuelwise?
cmg01
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks, everyone, for your inputs. It sounds like I have the new model ovens but the old manual, which Miele has now corrected. I wonder if there are any other differences. It's disconcerting to have an appliance this complex and expensive that you have to use a manual timer with if you want to bake longer thsn 59 minutes. James, thanks for the tip about the auto-turnoff after 5 hours.
User
17 years ago
james and I are the same...99:59 preceding model year. I never braise but I am very pleased with the baking and all the other features. c
jamesk
17 years ago
Rococogurl,

I often do braise or slow cook things like beans in my wood-fired oven. Usually the next day after firing up the oven for pizza or for grilling.

It doesn't, however, make sense to heat the wood-fired oven specifically to braise or slow cook something like a Boeuf Bourguignon or a pot roast if I haven't used the oven the night before. It takes a fair amount of time to store up enough heat for a long-term cooking project, not to mention that electricity is cheaper than seasoned hardwood.

James
Cloud Swift
17 years ago
James, if you put the oven in Shabbos mode, it should stay on for at least 72 hours instead of 5 hours. It is a mode that allows observent Jews to leave the oven on for Shabbat and holidays. Some features of the oven won't operate in that mode but it would get you your long braising time.
Buehl
16 years ago
Everyone: I just talked to Miele (help line). Yes, the independent timer is limited to 59 mins, 59 sec. However, if you use the cook time and set the duration, it has a timer up to 11 hours, 59 mins. So, for those that need more than an hour cook time (like me sometimes!), using the Delay Start/Duration option should get around the problem. Set the Delay Start for 1 minute.
Buehl
16 years ago
BTW...I just discovered that you don't have to set a delay start time...just put in a duration and it will start immediately! Keep in mind, though, that it will shut off when the duration has been reached....

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