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Use and Care Guide
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FOR THE WAY IT’S MADE.
A Note to You ................. 2
Microwave Oven
Safety ........................... 3-7
Getting to Know Your
Microwave-Convection
Hood Combination ........ 8
Microwave Cooking ..... 20
Convection Cooking.... 43
Combination
Cooking ........................ 54
Caring for Your
Microwave-Convection
Hood Combination ...... 63
Cooking Guide ............. 67
Questions and
Answers........................ 72
If You Need Assistance
or Service .................
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Note to You A ® Thank you for buying a KITCHENAID appliance! KITCHENAID designs the best tools for the most important room in your house. 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, please complete and mail the enclosed Product Registration Card. Your safety is important to us. This symbol alerts
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icrowave Oven Safety M IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Microwave ovens have been thoroughly tested for safe and efficient operation. However, as with any appliance, there are special installation and safety precautions which must be followed to ensure safe and satisfactory operation and prevent damage to the unit. To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, wWARNING burns, injury to persons, exposure to excessive microwave energy, or damage when using the microwave oven, follow basic precautions
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Microwave Oven Safety To reduce the risk of fire in the oven – Do not use the cavity for storage purposes. Do not leave paper prod- cavity (continued): ucts, cooking utensils, or food in the – Test dinnerware or cookware cavity when not in use. before using. To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven with a cup of • Because of the automatic exhaust fan feature, the following cautions must be water beside it. Cook at 100% Cook Power for 1 minute. If the dish gets observed: hot and water st
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Microwave Oven Safety PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY... Do not attempt to operate this oven with (1) Door (bent), the door open since open-door operation (2) Hinges and latches (broken or can result in harmful exposure to micro- loosened), wave energy. It is important not to defeat (3) Door seals and sealing surfaces. or tamper with the safety interlocks. Do not operate the microwave oven if the Do not place any object between the oven door window is broken.
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Microwave Oven Safety Operating safety precautions wWARNING To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, burns, injury to persons, or damage when using the microwave oven, follow the precautions on pages 6-7. Never lean on the door or allow a child to swing on it when the door is open. Injury could result. Never cook or reheat a whole egg inside the shell. Steam buildup in whole eggs may cause them to burst and burn you, and possibly damage the oven. Slice hard-boiled eggs before heating. In ra
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Microwave Oven Safety Do not try to melt paraffin wax in the oven. Paraffin wax will not melt in a microwave oven because it allows microwaves to pass Do not start a microwave oven when it is through it. empty. Product life may be shortened. If you practice programming the oven, General information put a container of water in the oven. It is normal for the inside of the oven door to look wavy after the oven has been Circuit breaker running for a while. or fuse box If your electrical power line o
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etting to Know Your G Microwave-Convection Hood Combination This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you to the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before use. IN THIS SECTION How microwave cooking works ........ 8 Using the cooktop/countertop light ... 15 Using the metal rack .......................... 17 Microwave oven features ................. 10 Control panel features...................... 11 Setting the clo
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Radio interference Operation of the microwave oven may cause interference to your radio, TV, or similar equipment. When there is interference, it may be reduced or eliminated by taking the following measures: • Clean door and sealing surfaces of the oven. • Adjust the receiving antenna of radio or television. Microwaves pass through most glass, • Move the receiver away from the micro- paper, and plastics without heating them so food abso
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Microwave oven features 11 10 12 9 MICROWAVE MICROWAVE MICRO COOK EASY COOK POWER MINUTE CUSTOM TEMP KEEP DEFROST PROBE WARM SENSOR SENSOR AUTO COOK SLOWCOOK AUTO ROAST SIMMER 8 POPCORN BEVERAGE BAKED POTATO CONVECTION CONVECTION BAKE BROIL COMBINATION COMBINATION BAKE AUTO COMBI ROAST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FAN FAN 0 LIGHT LIGHT HIGH•LOW•OFF HIGH•LOW•OFF ON•NIGHT•OFF ON•NIGHT•OFF CLOCK CLOCK TIMER TIMER SET•START START SET•START
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Control panel features Your microwave oven control panel lets you To disable audible signals: select the desired cooking function quickly • Touch and hold Number Pad 1 for and easily. All you have to do is touch the 4 seconds to disable programming tones. necessary Command Pad. Below are OR descriptions of some basic functions you • Touch and hold Number Pad 2 for should know about. These descriptions are 4 seconds to disable all signals
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination 1. Display. The Display includes a clock ENTER DELAY and indicators to tell you time of day, SENSOR 1 OZ PREHEAT LBS WEIGHT cooking time settings, and cooking COOK AUTO COOK DEFR TEMP CONV 2 3 4 ROAST PWR QTY PROBE COMB START? TIMER functions selected. 3 MICROWAVE 2. MICRO COOK. Touch this pad followed MICRO COOK EASY by Number Pads to set a cooking time. 4 2 COOK POWER MINUTE See pages 21, 23, and 24 for more CUSTOM TEMP KEEP 5 7 DEFROS
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination 12. BEVERAGE. Touch this pad to reheat 21. LIGHT. Touch this pad once to turn a cup of a beverage at a preset Cook the cooktop/countertop light on at high Power. See page 39 for more power, twice to turn the cooktop/count- information. ertop light on at low power as a night light, and three times to turn the cook- 13. BAKED POTATO. Touch this pad to top/countertop light off. See page 16 for bake a potato at a preset Cook Power. more info
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Using the exhaust fan TOUCH 1. Choose fan speed. NOTE: If the temperature gets too hot FAN HIGH•LOW•OFF around the microwave oven, the exhaust fan in the vent hood will automatically (once for high, twice for low) turn on at the LOW setting to protect the oven. It may stay on up to an hour to cool the oven. When this occurs, the Fan Pad will not turn the fan off. 2. Turn off fan when desired. TOUCH FAN HIGH•LOW•OFF (three times) To s
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination 3. Set stop time. TOUCH YOU SEE Example to stop the fan at 5 o’clock, ENTER DELAY 5 SENSOR OZ PREHEAT LBS when time of day is 12 o’clock: WEIGHT COOK AUTO COOK DEFR TEMP CONV 234 ROAST PWR QTY PROBE COMB START? TIMER NOTE: You can set the stop time up 0 to the next 12 hours. 0 TOUCH YOU SEE 4. Start timer. ENTER DELAY SENSOR OZ PREHEAT START LBS WEIGHT COOK AUTO COOK DEFR TEMP CONV 234 ROAST PWR QTY PROBE COMB START? OR At end of time, t
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination To set light to be on for a specific time: 1. Turn on light. TOUCH LIGHT ON•NIGHT•OFF (once for high, twice for low) 2. Choose timer. TOUCH YOU SEE ENTER DELAY NOTE: If both the fan and light are TIMER SENSOR OZ PREHEAT LBS WEIGHT operating and the TIMER SET • START SET•START COOK AUTO COOK DEFR TEMP CONV 234 ROAST PWR QTY PROBE COMB START? TIMER Pad is touched twice, both the fan and light will be controlled by the timer. The ENTER
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Using the metal rack The Metal Rack (Part No. 4359242) gives you extra space when cooking in more than wWARNING one container at the same time. The metal rack must not be turned upside-down on the bottom of the oven. You can also use the Metal Rack for convection cooking (see pages 49, 52, and 53). If you need a replacement rack and your KitchenAid dealer does not stock the rack, Burn Hazard you can order it, by part number, by calling 1
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Setting the clock When your microwave oven is first plugged NOTES: in or after a power failure, the Display will • You can only set the clock if the oven is show “888:88”. For the first 30 seconds after not cooking food. the power is on, you can set the clock time • If you touch in an incorrect time and without touching CLOCK SET • START. touch CLOCK SET • START, three tones After 30 seconds have gone by, you must will sound. Enter the c
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Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination Using the Minute Timer NOTE: The oven can operate while the You can use your microwave oven as a minute timer. Use the Minute Timer for Minute Timer is in use. To see the Minute Timer while the oven is cooking, touch timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. TIMER SET • START. The Display will return to the cooking time countdown after 3 seconds. TOUCH YOU SEE 1. Touch TIMER SET • START. ENTER DELAY TIMER SENSOR OZ PREHEAT LBS WEIGHT • SET ST
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icrowave Cooking M This section gives you instructions for operating each function. Please read these instructions carefully. IN THIS SECTION Getting the best cooking results ... 20 Using AUTO ROAST ........................ 34 Cooking at high cook power .......... 21 Auto roast chart ............................... 35 Cooking at different Using DELAY START ....................... 36 cook powers .................................... 22 Using AUTO COOK .......................... 38 Cooking with mor
