Using the cooling timer — the 90-minute window and the 30-minute extension

Updated 18/07/2026 · 2 min read

Cooling food requires getting it out of the danger zone within a set time window. Start the timer when you begin cooling a dish, and it tracks the time you have.

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Start the timer against the dish

When you begin cooling something, start a cooling timer for it by name, the same way you'd log a cook or reheat reading.

2

The 90-minute window runs

You have 90 minutes from the start of the timer to get the dish down to a safe temperature. Check back and record the temperature once it's ready, or as the window runs down.

3

One 30-minute extension is available

If the dish isn't yet safe when the 90 minutes is up, you get exactly one 30-minute extension to bring it into range — not an open-ended series of extensions.

4

Still not safe after the extension opens a corrective action

If the dish still isn't safe once the extended window closes, a guided corrective action opens automatically, the same as any other temperature breach.

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The record stays with the dish

Whether the dish came into range within the original window, after the extension, or triggered a corrective action, the full timeline is kept as part of your permanent record.

Part of the wider temperature logging feature set.

Tip: The 90-minute window is measured from when the timer is started, not from when cooling actually began.

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