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Model
KCMS185J KCMS145J
Use & Care Guide
Microwave Oven
A Note to You..................................2
Microwave Oven Safety ................3
Installation Instructions ................5
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven ............................7
How your microwave
oven works ....................................7
Radio interference ........................7
For the best cooking results..........7
Testing your microwave oven........7
Testing your dinnerware
or cookware ...............
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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 or service Call the Customer Interaction Center
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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 Do not operate any heating or cooking appliance – Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic • bags before placing bag in oven. beneath the microwave oven. Do not mount microwave oven over or near any – If materials inside the oven should ignite, keep • oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect portion of a heating or cooking appliance. the power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or Do not mount over a sink. • circuit breaker panel.
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Installation Instructions Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. 1. Empty the microwave oven and clean inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check for damage such as a door that isn’t lined up correctly, damage around the door, or dents inside the oven or on the exterior. If there is any damage, do not operate the oven until a designated service technician has checked it and made any needed repairs. 2. Put the oven on a cart, counter, table, or shelf that is
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Installation Instructions Electrical requirements GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS For all cord connected appliances: Do not use an extension cord. If the power supply • cord is too short, have a qualified electrician or The microwave oven must be grounded. In the serviceman install an outlet near the microwave oven. event of an electrical short circuit, grounding For a permanently connected appliance: reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an • escape wire for the electric current. The 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. How your microwave oven Radio interference Using your microwave oven may cause interference works to your radio, TV, or similar equipment. When there Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make is interference, you can reduce it or remove it by: its own heat,
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven When you use a browning dish, the browning • 3 dish bottom must be at least ⁄16 in. (5 mm) above Testing your dinnerware the turntable. Follow the directions supplied with or cookware the browning dish. Test dinnerware or cookware before using. Never cook or reheat a whole egg inside the • To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven shell. Steam buildup in whole eggs may cause with 1 cup (250 mL) of water beside it. Cook at them to burst, and possibly d
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Microwave oven features 2 8 7 6 1 5 3 4 Your microwave oven is designed to make your 4. Removable Turntable Support (under turntable). cooking experience enjoyable and productive. To 5. Control Panel. (Model KCMS185J shown) Touch help get you up and running quickly, the following pads on this panel to perform all functions. is a list of the oven’s basic features: 6. Light (not shown). Automatically turns on when 1. Door Safety Lock System. The oven will not t
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Control panel features Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command pads located on the control panel (Model KCMS185J shown). 1 For more information on these features, see “Using Your Microwave Oven” section. 1. Display. This display includes a clock and 4 2 indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking time settings, cook powers, quantities, weights, 3 and cooki
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Control panel features Using PERSONAL (cont.) CHOICE You can select or change the following functions or displays by touching PERSONAL CHOICE: Interrupting cooking You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening the Function Choice door. The oven stops heating and the fan stops, but Sound volume Control volume or turn on/off. the light stays on. To restart cooking, close the door and Weight Change to standard (lbs) or metric (kgs). Touch START. Language Chang
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Setting the clock Using the cooking rack When you first plug in your microwave oven, the dis- (Model KCMS185J only) play shows “ : ”. If the electric power ever goes off, The Cooking Rack (Part No. 8172101) gives you the display will again show “ : ” when the power extra space when cooking at more than one level in comes back on. your microwave oven. NOTE: You can cook without setting the clock, but the NOTES: display will show “ : ” again after the cooking is
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Using Your Microwave Oven This section gives you instructions for operating each function. Please read these instructions carefully. Cooking at high cook Cooking at different cook power powers 1. Put the food in the oven and close the 1. Put your food in the oven and close the door. door. 2. Touch COOK TIME. 2. Touch COOK TIME. Display will show “STAGE 1”. Display will show “STAGE 1”. 3. Touch number pads for desired time. 3. Touch number pads for desired time. For example, for 10 minutes touch
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Using Your Microwave Oven COOK POWER NAME WHEN TO USE IT P50 = 50% of full power Medium Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts • Simmering stews • P40 = 40% of full power Melting chocolate • Heating bread, rolls and pastries • P30-DEF = 30% of full Medium-Low, Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, • power Defrost poultry, and precooked foods P20 = 20% of full power Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream • P10-WRM = 10% of full Low Keeping food warm • power Taking chill out of fruit
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using CUSTOM Defrosting tips Before starting, make sure you have removed any of • DEFROST the metal twist-ties which often come with frozen food bags, and replace them with strings or elastic You can defrost food by choosing a category and set- bands. ting a weight. CUSTOM DEFROST has preset times and cook powers for 3 categories: Meat, Poultry, and Open containers such as cartons before they are • Fish. placed in the oven. Always slit or pierce plastic pouches or pack
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using EASY START Using KEEP WARM Easy Start lets you cook food for 30 seconds at 100% cook power or, during any manual program wWARNING you can use it to add 30-second increments. Food Poisoning Hazard NOTES: Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour Each time you touch EASY START, it will add • before or after cooking. 30 seconds. Doing so can result in food poisoning or You can enter Easy Start only after closing • sickness. the door or after touching CANCEL/
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Auto Sensor Cooking Your microwave oven has a sensor that detects the humidity released by the food. The amount Using AUTO SENSOR of humidity detected tells the oven how long to cook or heat your food. The sensor is used by COOK 3 special functions: AUTO SENSOR COOK, AUTO SENSOR REHEAT, and AUTO SENSOR To use AUTO SENSOR COOK: POPCORN. The simple instructions for these functions are on the following pages. 1. Put the food in the oven and close the door. NOTES: If you want to cook by entering
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Auto Sensor Cooking Auto sensor cooking chart (cont.) FOOD SERVING SIZE DIRECTIONS 1 Fish, Seafood ⁄4 to 2 lbs Place the food around the sides of a microwave-safe • 1 1 (113 to 907 g) container. Season and add ⁄4 to ⁄2 cup (63 to 125 mL) liquid (wine, water, salsa, etc.) if desired. Cover with plastic wrap, vented. Using AUTO SENSOR REHEAT 1. Put the food in the oven and close the door. 2. Touch AUTO SENSOR REHEAT until desired food type is displayed. AUTO SENSOR REHEAT will start automatical
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Auto Sensor Cooking Using AUTO SENSOR POPCORN AUTO SENSOR POPCORN lets you pop commercial- ly packaged microwave popcorn with just one touch. NOTES: Pop only 1 package at a time. • If you are using a microwave popcorn popper, • follow manufacturer's instructions. 1. Place the bag in the center of the turntable and close the door. 2. Touch AUTO SENSOR POPCORN. NOTE: The sensor will determine “popping time”, based on the size of the package. Auto sensor popcorn chart SERVING SIZE DIRECTIONS POP
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Cooking Guide Microwave cooking tips Amount of food Releasing pressure in foods If you increase or decrease the amount of food Several foods (for example: baked potatoes, • • you prepare, the time it takes to cook that food will sausages, egg yolks, and some fruits) are tightly also change. For example, if you double a recipe, covered by a skin or membrane. Steam can build add a little more than half the original cooking time. up under the membrane during cooking, causing Check for doneness an
