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ISears
USE & CARE
MANUAL
STOCK NO.
85941
KNOW YOUR UNIT
Read this booklet so
you will be able to
enjoy all the features
in your Kenmore
Microwave Oven.
Record in space
provided below the
Model No, and the
Kenmore
Serial No. found
on the label on
the left side of the
control panel.
MICROWAVE OVEN
Use and Care
Model No.
Serial No.
Retain this information
for future reference.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, IL, 60684, U.S.A. 12374
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YOUR SAFETY FIRST The Sears Kenmore Microwave Oven, though simple to use, is not a toy. Respect it as an electric cooking appliance. Become familiar with microwave energy, its uses and limitations. PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY (a) DO NOT AFFEMPT to operate this oven with the door open since open-door operation can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks. (b) DO NOT PLACE any object
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TABLE OF CONTENTS General Instructions • Location of Model Number Label ...................................................... 4 • Installation .......................................................................... 5 • Setting "Time of Day" . .............................................................. 5 • Names of Oven Parts ................................................................. 6 • Oven Control Panel .................................................................. 7 Use Inst
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SEARS KENMORE MICRO WAVE OVEN "USE AND CARE MANUAL"_ MICROWAVE OVEN USE INSTRUCTIONS Enjoy a new cooking experience from Sears. Please read this booklet. It takes only a few minutes--time well spent to learn how to use all of the features. Advice on the use and care of Sears appliances is always available at your nearest Sears store. When seeking information, be sure you have the complete model number which is located on the plastic label_ See below for its location. MODEL NUMBER To make a reque
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INSTALLATION Complete Installation Instructions are included in the separate instruction manual. If you have any question on installation, please contact your Sears sales person or local Sears Service Center. A mounting space of 33" or more from the surface of cooktop to, the bottom of kitchen top cabinet, and at least 30" wide is required to mount the oven. When the Oven is first turned on after installation, the Display Window will flash until you touch CLEAR. Note: If your oven does not opera
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NAMES OF OVEN PAR:IS See-through Easy-clean Grillwork door acrylic finish interlock system i ! control panel Oven door handle Metal rack/_x\ I Glass tray Hood bottom cover Exhaust filters Work light Probe Spacer Temperature probe Please read "Requirements For Installation" section in Installation Manual before you remove the rest of contents from carton. Your Oven will come with the following items. Glass Tray ................................... I each Metal Rack ................................
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OVEN CONTROL PANEL Stage Lights--When cooking Window--Used to stages are set, lights will go on indi- show: cating the stage in which your oven • Time of day. is cooking. • Cooking time. • Cooking power level. Indicator Lights--Time, Cook, • Cooking temperature. Temp, Recipe, Delay-start and • Hold. Programmed Defrost lights in- • Pause (PAUS). dicate which" cooking operation .is • Defrost (dEF). being used. • Recipe #. It also functions as countdown Quantity Light--When preset_ timer or tempera
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USE INSTRUCTIONS--COOKING GUIDE DELAY START COOKING "HI-POWER" COOKING For those times when you must be away from the kit- "HI" gives the highest power cooking possible with your chen, but want dinner ready when you return, cooking microwave oven. It is the recommended setting for can be started and finished at the time of day selected. cooking foods with high moisture content or for cooking See page 21 for detailed directions. foods that need fast cooking to maintain their natural flavor and te
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EASY USE CHART Your new solid state control system allows you to use your microwave oven in many ways. TIME OF DAY "HI-POWER" COOKING "MULTI-POWER" COOKING To set: To set: To set: I. Touch CLEAR. I. Touch CLEAR. i. Touch CLEAR. 2. Touch TIME. 2. Touch TIME. 2. Touch TIME OF DAY. 3. Touch numbers for correct time of 3. Touch numbers for desired cooking 3. Touch numbers for desired cooking time. time. day. 4. Touch TIME OF DAY.* 4. Touch START. 4. Touch COOK CONTROL. 5. Touch numbers for desired c
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RECALL AND CHANGE OF SETTINGS To Recall a Setting To recall (check) a setting before you start the oven, follow llhe directions below. • To check the setting for a given stage, touch MEMORY/RECALL one or more times until the correct stage light and indicator light turns on. The set TIME or TEMP CONTROL for that stage will show in the display window. • To check the cooking power level, touch COOK CONTROL. To recall (check) a setting while the oven Is operating, follow the directions below. • To c
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"HI-POWER" COOKING 1. Touch CLEAR, and a beep tone will be heard. The EXAMPLE: Fresh fish can be cooked quickly on "HI" CLEAR erases all previous settings. (maximum power) for 6 minutes. To do this. follow these 4 simple steps: 2. Touch TIME. The lights above TIME and below STAGE I will go on. ("0" will show in the display 1. Touch CLEAR. window. ) 2. Touch TIME. 3. Touch the correct numbers on the control panel to set the cooking time. The time set will show in the display Kenmoee ::_,,,¢:__,,4
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COOKING GUIDE FOR "MULTI-POWER" SETTINGS The "Multi-Power" feature lets you cook at the best power level for the food being cooked. Cooking directions can be found in the cookbook. POWER POWER LEVEL SETTINGS EXAMPLES 10 WARM Softening cream cheese. Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm. 20 LOW Softening chocolate. Heating breads, rolls, pancakes, tacos, tortillas and French toast. Clarifying butter. Taking the chill out of fruit. Heating Small amounts of food. 30 DEFROST Thawing meat, poultry
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"MULTI-POWER" COOKING Many foods need slower cooking (at less than full power) in order to give you the best results. In addition to "HI" there are ninety-nine multi-power settings. The cookbook tells you which power se1_ng is recommended for the food being cooked. To Cook with "Multi-Power" I. Touch CLEAR. 4,,Touch COOK CONTROL. The display window will show 2. Touch TIME. The lights above TIME and below STAGE "HI". I will go on. ("0" will show in the display window.) 3. Touch numbers for the de
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"TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED" COOKING The temperature probe is used to judge doneness when MEATS cooking or reheating food. Set the desired food tempera- • Choose only fresh, completely thawed meat. ture with the TEMP CONTROL and the desired power • Place meat fat side down on the microwave roasting rack level with the COOK CONTROL. When the food reaches in a glass baking dish. the desired temperature, the oven will hold the food at the • Microwave cook on the first "multi-power" setting for desired
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"TEMPERATURE CONTROL" POINTS TO REMEMBER DO DO NOT • Place the temperature probe sensor into the thickest part of • Do not operate the oven while empty with the temperature the meat or in the center of the food to be reheated. Avoid probe plugged in. touching bone or fat. • Do not let the temperature probe sensor touch the sides, • Check that the first inch of the sensor is in the densest part bottom or door of the oven while in use. of the food to be cooked. • Do not use the temperature probe i
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REHEATING FOODS • Place the temperature probe sensor into the food to be • SelLect "multi-power" setting as shown below. reheated with the first inch of the sensor in the center of the food. • The microwave oven will stop cooking when the set temperature is reached and then it will "Hold Warm". • Plug the temperature probe into the socket on the side of the oven wall. • Remove the temperature probe from the oven after use. • Cover the food if desired. • Set the temperature of the desired donenes
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED "HI-POWER" COOKING AND AUTOMATIC "HOLD WARM" The "Temperature Control Meat Cooking Guide" and "Reheating Guide" on Pages 15 and 16 will show you which multi- power setting and doneness temperature are recommended for the food you are cooking. When cooking with the temperature control settings, the timer is not used. . Place the temperature probe into the food with the first NOTE: It is not necessary to touch COOK CONTROL inch of the sensor in the center of the food. Adjust
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED "MULTI-POWER" COOKING AND AUTOMATIC "HOLD WARM" The "Temperature Control Meat Cooking Guide" and "Reheating Guide" on Pages 15 and 16 will show you which multi-power setting and temperature setting are recommended for the food you are cooking. Io Place the temperature probe into the food with the 8. Touch START. The oven will first inch of the sensor in the center of the food. See begin to cook and you will be step I on page 17. able to see the temperature of ,-: I r - - t
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TWO, THREE OR FOUR-STAGE COOKING Four-stage cooking lets you cook in four cooking stages each at a different power setting for a chosen time or temperature. Set all stages before cooking and start the oven. Simply follow these steps: 1. Touch CLEAR. EXAMPLE: (Four-stage cooking) All-American Meat Balls 2. Touch TIME or TEMP CONTROL. The lights (10 minutes, power level 70) (PAUSE) above TIME or TEMP and below STAGE I will go (3 minutes, power level 70) (PAUSE) on. The display window will show "0"
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TWO, THREE OR FOUR-STAGE COOKING (Cont'd) 17. Touch COOK CONTROL Second Stage (3 minutes; and number "0". power level 70) "0" will show in the display . window. Touch PAUSE. The light below STAGE 2 will go on. The fourth stage has been set. AUlO Rt_ipe 300 The display window will show 18. Touch START. The first stage r'_F=nrc_n will begin cooking. 7. Touch TIME. '"I000" will show in the display window. The oven 8. Set 3 minutes by touching will begin to cook at a power r-_r2_lr=-i "3", "0" and "
