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Use and Care Guide
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A Note to You..................................................2
Microwave Oven Safety.................................3
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven.............................................6
How your microwave oven works.............6
Radio interference .....................................6
For best cooking results ............................6
Testing your microwave oven....................6
Testing your dinnerware or
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 2 A Note to You ® Thank you for buying a KITCHENAID appliance! ® Because your life is getting busier and more complicated, KitchenAid appliances are easy to use, save time, and help you manage your home better. To ensure that you enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It contains valuable information concerning how to operate and maintain your new appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, pleas
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 3 Microwave Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others is very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You will be killed or seriously
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 4 Microwave Oven Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • The microwave oven should be serviced – Remove wire twist-ties from paper only by qualified service personnel. or plastic bags before placing bags Call an authorized service company for in oven. examination, repair, or adjustment. – If materials inside the oven should • See door surface cleaning instructions ignite, keep oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect the power cord, or in the “Cari
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 5 Microwave Oven Safety GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS • For all cord connected appliances: Do not use an extension cord. If the power The microwave oven must be grounded. supply cord is too short, have a qualified In the event of an electrical short circuit, electrician or serviceman install an outlet grounding reduces the risk of electric near the microwave oven. shock by providing an escape wire for • For a permanently connected the electric current. The mic
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 6 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven. The Crisper Pan reaches 436°F (210°C) in about 2 minutes (faster than a browning dish) How your microwave and stays at that temperature. The bottom oven works coating of the Crisper Pan is designed to stop absorbing microwaves at
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 7 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven poached eggs have been known to explode. Cover poached eggs and allow a Testing your dinnerware standing time of one minute before cutting or cookware into them. • For best results, stir any liquid several Test dinnerware or cookware before times during heating or reheating. using. To test a dish for safe use, put it into Liquids heated in certain containers the oven with 1 cup (250 mL) of water beside (especially cont
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 8 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Parts and features 8 10 9 ENTER TEMP CRISP COOK AUTO SENSOR DEFROST START? PREHEAT TIMER HR 123 LBS MIN NO. SEC PWR IN. OZ CONVERSION CONVECT CONVECT FULL BROIL CRISP QUICK QUICK MEAL PREHEA PREHEAT 7 11 6 5 2 1 3 4 Your microwave oven is designed to make 7. Quartz Broil Element (hidden in ceiling). your cooking experience as enjoyable and This element is used for the CRISP and productive as possible. To help get you up
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 9 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Control panel features (Models KEMS307G, KEMS377G, KEMS308G, KEMS378G) 1 CLOCK 1 2 3 ENTER TEMP CRISP COOK 2 SET START AUTO SENSOR DEFROST CONTROL START? PREHEAT TIMER LOCK 23 LBS MIN NO. SEC HR 1 TIMER PWR 3 4 5 6 SET START CANCEL CANCEL IN. OZ 4 MICRO OVEN 7 8 9 7 POPCORN CUSTOM CUSTOM CUSTOM EASYMINUTE 9 (3 SIZES) REHEAT DEFROST COOK START CONVECT 8 0 OVEN OVEN MICRO CONVECT MICROWAVE OVEN FULL COOK BROIL QUICK LIGHT
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 10 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven 10A. MICRO. Touch this pad before entering Choosing cooking function a cooking time when setting a second settings or third cycle in multi-cycle cooking. The cooking functions discussed in the 10B. COOK POWER. Touch this pad, after “Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven” and the cook time has been set, followed “Microwave Cooking” sections use Command by a Number pad to set the amount of pads to choose cooking function s
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 11 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Using the control lock Utensils The control lock prevents unwanted use of Your microwave oven comes with two useful the oven by disabling the control panel cooking utensils. Please review this chart to command pads. become familiar with their use. NOTES: NOTE: Use oven mitt when removing • Control lock is available only when both broiling grid and CRISPWARE™ Crisper the lower oven and the microwave oven Pan. Use Cri
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 12 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven UTENSIL Broiling Grid Convection Grid CRISPWARE™ Crisper Pan Handle (Short Legs) Crisper Pan HOW TO USE IT Use for faster Use to give foods such as pizza and pies a nice Use for CONVECT browning of small crisp, brown bottom surface. Do not place any cooking in the amounts of food. other utensils on the Crisper Pan since the pan microwave oven. Place the broiling quickly becomes very hot and can cause dam- Place the grid
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 13 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven When countdown ends, four tones will sound and the display will show “End”. 3. Complete entry. Four tones will sound and repeat every TOUCH OR minute until you touch TIMER CANCEL. CLOCK EASYMINUTE This will clear the Display. SET START START To cancel any time: Using the Minute Timer TOUCH TIMER NOTE: You can use other Command pads CANCEL while the Minute Timer is counting down. 1. Choose the Minute Timer. NOTE: The T
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 14 Microwave Cooking This section gives you instructions for operating each microwave function. Please read these instructions carefully. Cooking at high cook 4. After cooking, open the door power OR TOUCH 1. Put food in oven and close the door. MICROWAVE OVEN CANCEL Four tones will repeat every minute until you open the oven door or touch 2. Set cooking time. CANCEL. This will clear the display. Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: TOUCH 0 1 3 CONTROL QUANTITY
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 15 Microwave Cooking Cooking at different cook powers For best results, some recipes call for The following chart gives the percentage of different cook powers. The lower the cook cook power each Number pad stands for, power, the slower the cooking. Each and the cook power name usually used. It Number pad also stands for a different also tells you when to use each cook power. percentage of cook power. Many microwave Follow recipe or food package instructi
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 16 Microwave Cooking Cooking at different cook powers (cont.) 1. Put food in oven and close the door. 5. After cooking, open the door OR 2. Set cooking time. TOUCH Example for 10 minutes, 30 seconds: MICROWAVE OVEN TOUCH CANCEL 1 0 Four tones will repeat every minute until QUANTITY you open the oven door or touch CANCEL. This will clear the display. 3 0 CONTROL QUANTITY LOCK Cooking in stages For best results, some recipes call for one 3. Set cook power. coo
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 17 Microwave Cooking NOTES: 4. When display says “TIME,” • If you want to add more time during cooking use EASY MINUTE. See touch MICRO to set second “Using EASY MINUTE” in the “Getting cycle. to Know Your Microwave Oven” section TOUCH for more information. MICRO • During any Micro cooking stage, you COOK POWER can change the cooking time after touching START. Simply touch MICRO and enter the new cooking time within 5. Set cooking time for second 5 seconds
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 18 Microwave Cooking NOTES: Custom reheat chart • To choose the desired food code, see FOOD the Cooking Guide Label on the front CODE SETTING QUANTITY frame of the oven or the “Custom reheat chart” earlier in this section. 1 Dinner Plate 1 to 2 servings • You can disable or enable the Quantity 2 Bread 1 to 6 slices pad prompt. See “Using help prompts” 3 Meats 1 to 6 servings in the “Cooking Guide” section for more 4 Cheese Dip 1 to 3 cups information. (250
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 19 Microwave Cooking Serving temperatures: Heating a beverage (Setting 8) SERVING TOUCH CUSTOM TEMPERATURE REHEAT 1. Place beverage in oven and close door. Warm once Hot twice 2. Touch CUSTOM REHEAT. Very Hot three times Touch START or wait 5 seconds for oven to start automatically. TOUCH 3. Choose beverage setting. EASYMINUTE Keep touching CUSTOM REHEAT until START “BEVRG” appears on the display. TOUCH The heating time will count down. NOTE: Liquid may spl
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4452614v10c50 6/11/99 11:44 AM Page 20 Microwave Cooking Summary of steps for setting Using CUSTOM DEFROST CUSTOM DEFROST Your microwave oven uses a preset defrost 1. Touch CUSTOM DEFROST. time and power according to the food setting 2. Touch CUSTOM DEFROST again to scan and the food quantity that you choose. and select food settings. NOTE: Standing time is included in the 3. Enter weight or touch QUANTITY to defrosting time selected by your microwave select quantity. oven. This may make defr
