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OFF /CANCEL
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Model
YKHMS147H
Use & Care Guide
Microwave
Hood
Combination
A Note to You ...........................2
Microwave Oven Safety............3
Installation Instructions ...........6
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven........................7
Using Your Microwave Oven...10
Understanding your new
MICRO-DIAL™
microwave oven......................10
How to use your new
MICRO-DIAL control...............10
Function Example--Cook ........11
Using Hints ..........................
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A Note to You ® 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. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the enclosed Product Registration Card. For assistance Call the Customer Interaction Center toll free .
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Microwave Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others are 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 potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't wDANGER
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Microwave Oven Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS n Suitable for use above both gas and electric cooking n When flaming foods under the hood, turn the fan on. equipment. n Use care when cleaning the vent-hood filter. Intended to be used above ranges with maximum Corrosive cleaning agents, such as lye-based oven n width of 36 inches. cleaners, may damage the filter. n Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently - Grease should Do not cover or block any openings on the micro- n not be allowed to accum
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Microwave Oven Safety Electrical requirements Observe all governing codes and ordinances. wWARNING A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 or 20 amp fused electrical supply is required. (A time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Electrical Shock Hazard Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet. Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, f
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Installation Instructions Remo Removing and r ving and replacing the micr eplacing the micro ow wa av ve o e ov ven en 5. Grasp the microwave oven. Rotate the microwave oven downward. (Be careful WARNING that door does not swing open.) Excessive Weight Hazard Use two or more people to move and install microwave oven. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury. If you need to remove your Microwave Hood Combination for any reason, follow these simple 6. Lift off the support tabs F at the
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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. Operating tips • Never lean on the door or allow a child to swing • Never cook or reheat a whole egg inside the on it when the door is open. shell. Steam buildup in whole eggs may cause them to burst, and possibly damage the oven. • Use hot pads. Microwave energy doe
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OFF /CANCEL Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Microwave oven features 1 PREVIOUS FIRST SCREEN SCREEN BOOKMARK COOK POPCORN TIME TURNTABLE TIMER FAN LIGHT ON / OFF SET / OFF ON / OFF ON / OFF 2 3 8 4 6 5 6 7 6. Charcoal and Grease Filters. Packed in oven Your microwave oven is designed to make your cooking experience as enjoyable and productive as cavity during shipment. possible. To help get you up and running quickly, the 7. Cooktop/Countertop Light. Turn on to light your following is a list
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OFF /CANCEL Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Contr Contr Control panel f ol panel f ol panel featur eatur eatures es es 1 4 PREVIOUS FIRST 2 BOOKMARK SCREEN SCREEN 3 5 7 8 COOK POPCORN TIME FAN TIMER TURNTABLE ON / OFF LIGHT 6 SET / OFF ON / OFF ON / OFF 6. LIGHT ON/OFF. Touch this pad to switch the cook- 1. Display screen shows the time of day and First top light on and off. Touch up or down arrows to Screen when the microwave oven is not in use. control brightness. During programming, it d
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Using Your Microwave Oven TM Understanding your new MICRO-DIAL microwave oven It’s as EZ as 1, 2, 3! This microwave has a special pan that can brown and fry foods. Now you can cook fun foods like… Crispy Pizza… foods like juicy hamburgers or breakfast sausage and eggs. Cook rice and pasta to perfection using the Easy Simmer. Please open the door and look inside. Halogen lighting makes seeing inside better than ever. Enjoy the quietness of the exhaust hood. You can even choose from 5 fan speeds
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Using Your Microwave Oven Function Example – Cook TM The MICRO-DIAL control leads you quickly and easily NOTE: The example used is merely an explanation of through the choices about what you’re cooking, then the function. The actual values and entries are subject automatically sets the right cook power and cook time. to change by KitchenAid to improve cooking To see how easy it is, follow this example about performance. preparing servings of instant cereal. If you already know how to prepare f
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using Hints This section offers helpful information and suggestions This example follows Hints about Cleaning, starting with about using and caring for your microwave hood the First Screen. combination. TOUCH FIRST TURN to select Follow SCREEN pad, TURN to select instructions on Cleaning and Odors and TURN to select PRESS. screen. Hints and PRESS. PRESS. Using Demo Mode TOUCH FIRST This program demonstrates the features SCREEN pad, TURN to select PRESS to and capabilit
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Using Your Microwave Oven Setting the Clock When your microwave oven is first TOUCH FIRST plugged in, or after a power failure, the SCREEN pad, TURN to Set TURN to Set “Welcome” screen will appear. Clock and TURN to Custom Hours and and PRESS. PRESS. PRESS. NOTES: • To turn off the clock, select Set Clock and touch OFF/CANCEL. The clock continues to keep the correct time when the display is off. • To restore the clock display, select Set Clock and PRESS. TURN to set TURN to set AM Minutes and
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Using Your Microwave Oven Audible signals Your microwave oven comes with audible signals Two quick, short tones sound once every that can guide you when setting and using your minute for the first 15 minutes after an end-of-cooking oven. signal as a reminder if the food has not been removed A programming tone will sound each time you press from the oven. the MICRO-DIAL™ control or touch a pad. Three tones sound if you have made One long tone signals the end of a Minute Timer an incorrect entry.
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using the Minute Timer You can also use your microwave oven as a kitchen To set Timer: timer. Use the Minute Timer for timing up to 90 1. TOUCH TIMER SET/OFF. minutes. 2. TURN to Set Time and PRESS. 3. TURN to START and PRESS. NOTE: The oven can operate while the Minute Timer is in use. To see the Minute Timer while the oven is To cancel Timer: cooking, touch TIMER SET/OFF. 1. TOUCH TIMER SET/OFF. Understanding Doneness Control For many cooking functions, the screen di
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Using Your Microwave Oven Manual Cooking at variable powers Many microwave cookbook recipes tell you by For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. Each percentage stands for a different level number, percent or name which cook power to use. The following chart gives the percentage of cook of cook power; i.e., 100% equals full power. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking. power each number stands for, and the cook power name usually used. It also tells you when to
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Using Your Microwave Oven Manual Cooking in stages For best results, some recipes call for one cook 4. Set first-stage cook power. power for a certain length of time and another cook TURN to Power and PRESS. power for another length of time. Your oven can be TURN to set Power, PRESS to enter Power. set to change from one to another automatically for up to 4 stages. 5. Complete first-stage program. You can set your chosen cook functions in any TURN to Add Stage and PRESS to set. order. However,
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Using Your Microwave Oven Weight conversion chart DECIMAL WEIGHT EQUIVALENT OUNCE WEIGHT EQUIVALENT GRAM WEIGHT .10 1.6 45 .20 3.2 91 .25 One-Quarter Pound 4.0 113 .30 4.8 136 .40 6.4 181 .50 One-Half Pound 8.0 227 .60 9.6 272 .70 11.2 318 .75 Three-Quarters Pound 12.0 340 .80 12.8 363 .90 14.4 408 1.00 One Pound 16.0 454 Using Pan Brown Pan Brown uses the Crisper pan to brown, crisp Using the pan and pan-fry foods in the microwave oven. • Do not use plastic utensils on the pan. The pan becomes
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using aluminum foil Metal containers should not be used in a • Always remove the lid to avoid damage to the oven. microwave oven. There are, however, some excep- • Use only undamaged containers. tions. If you have purchased food which is 3 • Do not use containers taller than ⁄4 in. (19 mm). prepackaged in an aluminum foil container, refer to • Container must be at least half filled. the instructions on the package. When using alu- 1 • To avoid arcing, there must be a mi
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using 2-4 Plates When heating food with a cook time that you set, you To heat 2 bottom plates together or one larger dish, 1 can heat two 10 ⁄4 in. the turntable should not be turning. (26.7 cm) plates side by You can shut the turntable off by side or one dish larger touching TURNTABLE ON/OFF. than the turntable, plus “TURNTABLE OFF” appears on the display. PRESS to two plates on the cooking enter setting. rack. For best results, 1. TOUCH FIRST SCREEN pad, TURN to
