Turkey and Holiday Precision Mode Updates
The Secret to Making Perfect Holiday Dishes?
WiFi.
Update Your Traditional Dishes
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Eligible Ovens
Top Turkey Mode Tips
Our in-house kitchen team created this quick list on how to get the best results for your bird using Turkey Mode.
Probe placement is key!
Here’s how to do it:
- Probe tip should be inserted into the deepest part of the turkey breast.
- Push the probe as far down into the turkey as possible without touching the bone. The gray handle should touch the skin of the turkey.
- Pay attention to the angle of the probe—the tip should be placed in the thickest part of the turkey which is the slowest heating spot.
- The probe tip should not point outwards, touch the turkey cavity, or poke through to the surface of the turkey.
- When placing your pan in the oven, refer either to the SmartHQ app or the LCD screen for rack placement. Generally, it should be placed low in the oven.
- Turn your pan if you need to—the probe wire should not be strained.
- For added assurance your turkey is ready, double check the turkey with a second thermometer to ensure that all spots are properly cooked. According to your doneness preferences you may continue cooking your turkey under the same settings. If you canceled the Turkey Mode, you can always restart it.
Tips for Ranges and Wall Ovens with LCD Screens
- LCD wall ovens now have estimated timers.
- Your oven probe will reach 60 degrees and then an estimated timer until completion will appear on your oven screen. The closer it gets to completion, the more accurate the time will be.
- For double ovens and slide-in ranges with LCD screens (PHS93X): When you change controls between the upper and lower oven cavities, the estimated Turkey timer will take few seconds/minutes to recalculate and reappear.
Update Your Traditional Dishes
Instead of making the same turkey and sides you always make, shake things up a bit and try some of our holiday-inspired recipes. Our instructions are easy to follow and include some make-ahead tips to help save time on Thanksgiving day.
Foolproof Roasted Turkey
Make-Ahead Herbed Shallot Mushroom Gravy
Roasted Cranberries with Charred Orange & Ginger
Flaky Herb Biscuits with Honey Butter
Make-Ahead Root Vegetable Au Gratin
Roasted Green Bean Casserole Recipe
Garlicky Green Beans and Tomatoes
Orange Pomegranate Green Bean and Arugula Salad
Honey Bourbon Glazed Carrots
Maple Rosemary Glazed Carrots
Roasted Carrot Soup Two Ways
Easy Air Fried Croutons
Customize Your Oven for the Season
Now on select ranges and ovens with LCD screens, you can personalize your LCD with new custom backgrounds that display when your oven is in sleep mode. It also includes a “gobble gobble” sound effect that your range will play as an alert so your oven will be really ready to talk turkey.
Just go to Settings > System > Festive Themes to enable the Thanksgiving update and future holiday updates.
How to Update
Occasionally, we will release new features that we can push to your appliance through its WiFi connection. You’ll receive a notification that the update is available through your SmartHQ app on your phone or appliance LCD screen. It’s simple to download the upgrade; just follow these directions.
- Before you can download any software updates, make sure your appliance is connected to WiFi and our SmartHQ app. If you haven’t already set up your appliance with your WiFi, follow our instructions and you’ll be on your way. Learn how to connect.
- Once your appliance is fully connected, open your SmartHQ app on your mobile device.
- Select the appliance you wish to update. If the update is ready, you’ll see a notification that your appliance has an update available or you'll receive a notification on your appliance's LCD screen. You can choose to download immediately or later.
- When you select Apply, it can take several minutes for the update to fully download.
- When the update has successfully downloaded, you’ll receive a message that it has finished, and you can begin using your new appliance mode.
- If you need any assistance, call the Connected Home Support Line at 1-800-220-6899, Monday-Friday 9am - 11pm ET, Saturday-Sunday 9am - 3pm ET. Or send us an email.