--- title: "TurboChef Soaking: the conveyor is at temperature and warming its surfaces" description: "What SOAKING means on TurboChef Soaking: the conveyor is at temperature and warming its surfacess, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at…" url: "https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-soaking/" --- # TurboChef Soaking: the conveyor is at temperature and warming its surfaces Once the air in the chamber reaches the set point, the HhC does not start cooking straight away. ## What SOAKING actually means. Once the air in the chamber reaches the set point, the HhC does not start cooking straight away. It adds five minutes so the cavity walls, jetplates and belt catch up with the air, and shows SOAKING with the time left. When the count ends the oven moves to cooking on its own. TurboChef pizza oven display What to do when SOAKING shows on the pizza oven ### Kind of code Mode, not a failure No part of the oven has failed; the display is reporting a state someone chose or the oven entered on its own. A cool-down keeps the blowers turning after the heat is off until the cavity or the tunnel has dropped to a safe level, an energy save setting lets the decks sag between rushes, and a menu lock stops anyone on the line from changing the bake times. No part is needed: letting the cool-down run out, or the key sequence in the manual, brings the oven back. ### Usually leads to No repair Wait for the countdown to finish before loading the first pizzas. ### Shows up as Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display A pizza oven error code shows as letters or numbers on the display of a conveyor, deck or rapid-cook oven, a flashing light on its panel, or a message about ignition, heat, belt or airflow. ### Make TurboChef A TurboChef call starts with the menu item that came out wrong and the recipe setting it ran on, since a rapid-cook oven follows those settings to the second. ### Source TurboChef High h Conveyor (HhC 1618, 2020, 2620) owner's manual, HCT-4201 Rev U Mode 4 on HhC 1618, 2020 and 2620 conveyors with the legacy controller. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from TurboChef's own guidance for SOAKING on its pizza ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Wait for the countdown to finish before loading the first pizzas. 02 Plan the morning start so warm-up and soak are done before the first order. 03 If the oven drops back from cooking to warming during service, note how often; a fall of 25°F or more below set point sends it back, and repeated drops are worth a visit. ### Cleared? The code has left the display, the decks or the tunnel come up to the set heat and hold it through a full service, the belt keeps its speed and the blowers run steady, all with no part changed. If the same code returns within a week, or on the next busy night, say so when you book. ### What not to do SOAKING is not a stuck warm-up; it ends after five minutes on its own. Baking during the soak is what gives pale first pizzas, not a heater problem. ## What you may notice with it. The pizza oven problems SOAKING tends to arrive with. Answer these at the pizza oven before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/) It also comes with - [**Conveyor Oven Uneven Bake Across the Belt or From End to End**](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/conveyor-oven-uneven-bake/) Problem ### Pizza Oven Error Code on a Deck, Conveyor or Rapid-Cook Display 7 causes, cheapest first No repair indicated ## Nothing to repair. No part of the oven has failed; the display is reporting a state someone chose or the oven entered on its own. A cool-down keeps the blowers turning after the heat is off until the cavity or the tunnel has dropped to a safe level, an energy save setting lets the decks sag between rushes, and a menu lock stops anyone on the line from changing the bake times. No part is needed: letting the cool-down run out, or the key sequence in the manual, brings the oven back. [How to read what your pizza oven is telling you](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-error-code/) ## TurboChef pizza ovens. A TurboChef call starts with the menu item that came out wrong and the recipe setting it ran on, since a rapid-cook oven follows those settings to the second. [TurboChef pizza oven repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/turbochef/) More TurboChef codes [F1](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f1/) [F2](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f2/) [F5](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f5/) [F6](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f6/) [F7](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f7/) [F8](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f8/) [F9](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-f9/) [Oven Door Open](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-oven-door-open/) [Er1](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-er1/) [COOLING DOWN](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-cooling-down/) [OVEN IDLE](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-oven-idle/) Mode, not a failure on other makes [Alfresco Igniter keeps glowing after the burner lights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/alfresco-igniter-glows-while-lit/) [Blodgett LOAD](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/blodgett-load/) [Fontana Forni noP](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/fontana-forni-nop/) [Marra Forni Day 1 of 5 (curing screen)](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/marra-forni-day-of-5/) [Middleby Marshall BELT OFF](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/middleby-marshall-belt-off/) [Wood Stone LO](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/wood-stone-lo/) [All 15 codes of this kind](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode) TurboChef builds this ### Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven A tunnel oven whose wire belt carries pizzas through hot air jets, and the countertop rapid-cook ovens that bake a pizza in minutes. ## In TurboChef's own words > five minutes for the oven cavity surfaces to warm. [TurboChef High h Conveyor (HhC 1618, 2020, 2620) owner's manual, HCT-4201 Rev U](https://middleby-cdn.com/usermanuals/TurboChef_HhC_Conveyors_OwnersManual_1.pdf) [TurboChef High h Conveyor (HhC 1618, 2020, 2620) owner's manual, HCT-4201 Rev U](https://middleby-cdn.com/usermanuals/TurboChef_HhC_Conveyors_OwnersManual_1.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Mode 4 on HhC 1618, 2020 and 2620 conveyors with the legacy controller. ## TurboChef SOAKING pizza oven repair, where we come out. The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered. 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Wait for the countdown to finish before loading the first pizzas. ### Why does my TurboChef say Soaking when it is already hot? The air is hot, but the metal inside is still catching up. The HhC gives it five more minutes so the first bakes match the rest of the shift. ### Can I skip the Soaking step on a TurboChef conveyor? The manual describes it as automatic, with no skip. Loading during the soak works against you, because the surfaces are not yet at temperature. ### My TurboChef went from Cooking back to Warming. Why? The HhC returns to warming when the temperature falls 25°F or more below the set point, often under a heavy load. If it happens often, book a visit to check the heaters and blowers. --- **[Read on the site: TurboChef Soaking: the conveyor is at temperature and warming its surfaces](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/turbochef-soaking/)** **[Book a visit with PizzaOvenRepair.center](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/schedule/)**