Timer has been on the whole time lol. It would be handy if I could turn it off lol. It's nice to have a timer handy when I'm grilling after a few barley pops or if I am on Daddy duty and get distracted!just looked at the instructions. not much there. almost a useless thing, to bad they didn't make it a temp gauge with probe. but i would assume that it turns itself off after a certain period.
Pretty sure it doesn't turn off all the way-- mine hasn't in the month I've had it!
At first it frustrated me, but then I thought about it and realized the other LCD kitchen timers I have also don't turn off all the way, and it's not like I'm replacing their batteries all the time.