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Model
YKHMS145J
Use & Care Guide
Microwave
Hood
Combination
A Note to You ............................2
Microwave Oven Safety............3
Removing and Replacing
the Microwave Oven .................6
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven........................7
Operating tips ...........................7
Electrical connection.................7
Microwave oven features..........8
Control panel features ..............9
Using the child lock.................11
Using the demo/
learning feature......
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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 n When flaming foods under the hood, turn the cooking equipment. fan on. Use care when cleaning the vent-hood filter. n Intended to be used above ranges with maximum n Corrosive cleaning agents, such as lye-based width of 36 inches. oven cleaners, may damage the filter. n Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently - Grease n Do not cover or block any openings on the should not be allowed to accumulate
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Microwave Oven Safety Electrical requirements Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120-Volt, 60-Hz, AC-only, 15- or 20-amp fused WARNING 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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Removing and Replacing the Microwave Oven 5. Grasp the microwave oven. Rotate the microwave oven downward. (Be careful WARNING that door does not swing open.) Lift off the support Excessive Weight Hazard tabs F at the bottom of the Use two or more people to move and install mounting plate. Set the microwave oven. microwave oven aside on a Failure to do so can result in back or other protected surface. injury. If you need to remove your Microwave Hood Combination for any reason, follow these sim
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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 does
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Microwave oven features 1 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. (See Page 31.) possible. To help get you up and running quickly, the 7. Cooktop/Countertop Light. Turn on to light your following is a list of the oven’s basic features: cooktop or countertop or turn on as a night light. (See Page 12.) 1. Door Handle. Pull
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Control panel features 1. Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking time settings, and cooking functions you chose. 1 2. POPCORN. Touch this pad to pop one of 3 bag sizes of popcorn, without entering a cook power or time. The oven’s sensor will tell the oven how long to cook depending on the amount of humidi- ty it detects from the popcorn. (See Page 27.) 2 3. BEVERAGE. Touch this pad to heat 1 or 2 cups 3 4 (
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Control panel features (cont.) Audible signals Your microwave oven comes with audible signals 19. Number pads. Touch Number pads to enter that can guide you when setting and using cooking times, cook powers, quantities, your oven: weights, or food categories. 20. CLOCK SET/START. Touch this pad to enter • A programming tone will sound each time the correct time of day. you touch a pad. 21. TIMER. Touch this pad to set or cancel the • One long tone signals th
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Control panel features (cont.) To heat 2 bottom plates together or one larger dish, Heating more than one plate of food the turntable should not be turning. When heating plates of food with a cook time that You can shut the turntable off by you set, you can heat touching TURNTABLE ON/OFF. 1 two 10 ⁄4-in. (26.7 cm) “TURNTABLE OFF” appears on the display. If you plates side by side or touch TURNTABLE ON/OFF before starting to set the one dish larger than cooking
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Using the vent fan The pads on the bottom right of the control panel NOTES: control the 5-speed exhaust fan. • Two seconds after the last time you touch VENT FAN, the display returns to the previous display. • The first time you turn on the fan after connecting the microwave oven to power, the fan will start at speed 1. The next time the fan is turned on, it will start at the last speed used. 1. Turn on the fan and choose fan speed. TOUCH Touch the “HIGHER” p
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Setting the clock When your microwave oven is first plugged in, or NOTES: after a power failure, the display will flash “:”. If a • If you touch in an invalid time and touch CLOCK, time of day is not set, “:” will flash until you touch 3 tones will sound. Enter the correct time. any pad. • If you touch CANCEL/OFF while setting the clock, the display will show the last time of day set. • To turn off the clock, touch CLOCK SET/START, Number pad 0, and CLOCK SET
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven Using the timer NOTE: The oven can operate while the Timer You can use your microwave oven as a kitchen timer. Use the Timer for timing up to is in use. To see the Timer while the oven is cooking, touch TIMER. 99 minutes, 99 seconds. TOUCH YOU SEE 1. Touch TIMER. ENTER TIMER 2. Enter the time to be counted down. TOUCH YOU SEE Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: ENTER TIMER NOTE: If you enter more than 4 digits, the first 4 digits will disappear and the follow
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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 power 1. Put your food in the oven and close the door. 2. Touch COOK TIME. TOUCH YOU SEE ENTER COOK TIME POWER TOUCH YOU SEE 3. Enter the cooking time. Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: ENTER COOK TIME POWER TOUCH YOU SEE 4. Start the oven. COOK TIME POWER At the end of the cooking time: YOU SEE COOK TIME (four tones will sound) Changing instru
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Using Your Microwave Oven Cooking at different cook powers For best results, some recipes call for different cook The following chart gives the percentage of cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the power each Number pad stands for, and the cook cooking. Each Number pad also stands for a power name usually used. It also tells you when to different percentage of cook power. Many use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package microwave cookbook recipes tell you by number, instruc
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Using Your Microwave Oven Cooking at different cook powers (cont.) 3. Enter the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds: ENTER COOK TIME POWER 4. Set the cook power. TOUCH YOU SEE ENTER COOK POWER TOUCH YOU SEE Example for 50% cook power: ENTER COOK POWER OR (repeat until desired cook power appears) TOUCH YOU SEE 5. Start the oven. COOK TIME POWER YOU SEE At the end of the cooking time: COOK TIME (four tones will sound) Changing instructions You can change the cooking time
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Using Your Microwave Oven Cooking in stages For best results, some recipes call for one cook NOTE: You cannot sensor cook with stages. power for a certain length of time, and another cook power for another length of time. Your oven can be set to change from one to another automatically, for up to 3 stages. You can set your chosen cook functions in any order. However, if you use CUSTOM DEFROST it must be the first stage. 1. Put your food in the oven and close the door. TOUCH YOU SEE 2. Touch CO
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Using Your Microwave Oven Cooking in stages (cont.) 6. Start the oven. TOUCH YOU SEE 12 COOK TIME POWER After the first stage is over, the next stage(s) (first stage, when cooking with 2 stages) will count down. YOU SEE At the end of the cooking time: COOK TIME (four tones will sound) Changing instructions You can change cooking times or cook powers for a stage any time after that stage starts by repeating Steps 2, 3 and/or 4 and 5. 19
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Using Your Microwave Oven Using AUTO COOK 3. Touch one or more Number pads to enter the You can cook microwavable foods just by choosing a category and quantity. AUTO COOK has preset quantity. This step is not needed for the Rice setting. times and cook powers for 5 categories (see chart Example below). for 1 cup (250 mL) To use AUTO COOK, follow the steps below: 1. Touch SENSOR REHEAT DEFROST Example 12 3 You see ENTER R SIM for 1 cup (250 mL) QTY TURN TABLE OFF LBSOZ START? once SENSOR AUTO
