# Why is the start button disabled?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/why-is-the-start-button-disabled/35072>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\
**Created:** [October 4, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/why-is-the-start-button-disabled/35072 "2025-10-04T15:04:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![reg00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@reg00000](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/reg00000)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/why-is-the-start-button-disabled/35072/1 "2025-10-04T15:04:35Z")

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![Screenshot_20251004-100004](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/anova/original/2X/f/f2a08004ac4a46c61804f6ecf582813a4aa903e4.png)

When I made it a 1 stage cook it worked fine.

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**Author:** ![reg00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@reg00000](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/reg00000)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/why-is-the-start-button-disabled/35072/2 "2025-10-04T15:14:32Z")

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Maybe because I put 8 hrs instead of minutes? Just realized that…