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USE & CARE
MANUAL
MODEL NO.
99721
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 Serial No. found on the
label on the cabinet back.
Kenmore
MICROWAVE OVEN
Model No.
Senal No.
Useand Care
Retain this information for
future reference.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, IL 60684 U.S.A.
P/N 400009
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YOUR SAFETY FIRST The Sears 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 ATTEMPT 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 between
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Installation .......................................................................... 6 Names of Oven Parts and Oven Control Panel ............................................ 7-8 Use Instructions ................................................................... 9 26 • Easy Use Chart .................................................................... 10 III Recall and Change of Settings ........................................................ 1! • Pause bet_,een Stages ...
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Sears USE AND CARE MANUAL MICROWAVE OVEN USE INSTRUCTIONS Enjoy a new cooking exp_Hence from Sears. Please read this booklet. It takes • just 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 to get the complete model number located on the plastic label. See below for its location. MODEL NUMBER Any request for service, replacement of parts, or i
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IMPORTANT- Electrical Grounding Instructions This microwave oven has a three.prong (grounding) plug. Where a two prong wall outlet is available, it is the responsibility of the customer to contact a quail[led electrician and have it replaced with a properly grounded three-prong wa{l outlet in accordance with the national e{ectrical code (see il{ustration below). Do not cut or remove round grounding prong from this plug, This oven is made to use on a properly grounded outlet. This oven has a shor
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INSTALLATION Install your oven by following these four simple steps: Step 1: Remove all packing material and accessories. Step 2: Place the oven in the level location of your choice, but make sure there is at least one inch of space on the top and at the rear to make sure of proper ventilation. Top of the oven should be kept clear and the plastic feet must be kept on oven so there is air flow for ventilation. An exhaust outlet is at the rear of the oven and blocking the outlet can damage the ove
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NAMES OF OVEN PARTS Easy-clean acrylic finish See-through door ___ S:/:tr_°ck system ! Oven control pane_ Door release // Metal rack Glass tray Temperature probe Remove your Oven and all material from the shipping carton. Your Oven will come with the following material: Glass Tray ................................. 1 each Metal Rack ................................ 1 each Temperature Probe ......................... 1 each Cookbook ................................ 1 each Use and Care Manual ......
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OVEN CONTROL PANEL Stage Lights-When Display Window - Shows cooking stages are set, Lights Time of Day, Cooking Time, will go on indicating which Cooking Power Level, Cooking Temperature and Hold. Acts Stage your Oven is cooking in. as Countdown Timer or Temperature Indicator when Cooking. Indicator Lights- Time, Cook, Temp and Programmed Probe Light--Flashes to Defrost lights indicate which warn that Temperature Probe cooking operation is being is not plugged into the socket used. inside the Ov
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USE INSTRUCTIONS TWO-STAGE COOKING "HI'POWER COOKING "HI" gives highest power and is a recommended setting for Some recipes need more than one cooking stage. Many cooking foods with high moisture content or for foods that foods will cook better when done fora period of time at one power setting and then cook for another period at a different need fast cooking to keep natural flavor and texture, Your Kenmore Microwave Cookbook willtell you which foods are power setting. With a cake, for example,
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EASY USE CHART Your new Solid State Control allows you to use your microwave oven in many ways. TIME OF DAY MULTI-POWER COOKING HI POWER COOKING To Set To Set To Set i. Touch CLEAR 1. Touch CLEAR I. Touch CLEAR 2, Touch TIME OF DAY 2. Touch TIME 2. Touch TIME -3, Touch Numbers for Correct Time 3 Touch Numbers for Cooking Tidle 3. Touch Numbers for Cooking Time 4. Touch TIME OF DAY 4. Touch START 4, Touch COOK CONTROL (See page 12 for more instructions.) 5, Touch Numbers for Cooking Power level 6
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RECALL AND CHANGE OF SETTINGS To Recall a Setting To check the Setting for a given stage,touch MEMORY/RECALL once or more until the correct Stage l,ight and Indicator Light turn on. The set Time or Temperature for that stage _,ilI show in the Display Window. To check the Cooking Power level, touch COOK CONTROL. To check Settings while the Oven is running, touch desired pad to recall setting for operating stage. To recall a future stage, touch STOP, follow directions above, and touch START to con
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HI POWER COOKING I. Touch CLEAR, and a beep tone will be heard. Example: Fresh fish can be quick-cooked on "HI" (max The CLEAR erases all previous settings. power) for 6 minutes. Here is the procedure: I. Touch CLEAR. 2. Touch TIME. The Lights above TIME and below 2, Touch TIME, STAGE 1 will go on. ("0" will show in the Display Window.) 3. Touch Numbers for Cooking Time. Set the cook time by touching the suitable numbers on the Control Panel. For example, to set 30 seconds, you would touch "3" a
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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 beincA cooked. Cooking directions can be found in the Cookbook. POWER POWER 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 chill out of fruit; heating small amounts of food. 30% DEFROST Thawing meat, poultry and seaf
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MULTI-POWER COOKING 4. Touch COOK CONTROL. The Cookbook tells you which power setting is recommended for the food being cooked. "HI" will show in the Display Window. To Cook with Multi-Power ¸ s_at_ I. Touch CLEAR. 2. Touch TIME. The Lights above TIME and below STAGE I will go on. ("0" will show in the Display Window.) 3. Touch Numbers for Cooking Time. Set the cook time by touching the suitable numbers, The time set will show in the Display Window. 4. Touch COOK CONTROL. The Light above COOK wi
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TEMPERATURE CONTROL COOKING meats The Temperature Probe is used to judge doneness when cooking or reheating food. Set the desired food temperature [] Choose only fresh completely thawed meat. with the TEMP CONTROL and power level with COOK [] Place meat, fat side down, on microwave roasting rack CONTROL When the food reaches that temperature, the in glass baking dish. Oven willhold the food at that temperature for up to one II Microwave on first multi-power setting for half of the total hour. co
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TEMPERATURE CONTROL DO'S AND DON'TS DO DON'T [] Place Temperature Probe Sensor in thickest pa_: of meat or M Do not run the oven empty with the Temperature Probe in center of food to reheat. Avoid touching bone or fat. plugged in. [] Check that the first inch of Sensor is in the denser part of [] Do not let the Temperature Probe Sensor touch the sides, food to cook. bottom and door of oven when in use. [] Remove Temperature Probe from oven after use. [] Do not use the Temperature Probe in a regu
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reheating foods [] Select multi-power setting as shown below. il Place Temperature Probe Sensor in food to be reheated with the first inch of sensor in the center of the food. [] Microwave oven will stop cooking when set temperature is reached and hold warm. [] Plug Temperature Probe into socket on side of oven wall, [] Remove Temperature Probe from Oven after use. [] Cover food if desired. [] Set temperature of desired aloneness. (See chart below.) TEMPERATURE CONTROL REHEATING GUIDE FOOD SETTI
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED HI POWER COOKING AND AUTOMATIC HOLD WARM Note: You do not need to touch COOK CONTROL The Temperature Control Meat Cooking Guide and Reheating Guide on pages 16 and 17 will tell you which when you are cooking with HI (max power). However, multi-power setting and doneness Temperature are you may touch COOK CONTROL. The Light above recommended for the food you re cooking. COOK _,_llgo on and the word "FI[" will show in the When cooking with Temperature control, the Timer is D
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED MULTI-POWER COOKING AND AUTOMATIC HOLD WARM Temperature Control Meat Cooking Guide and Reheating 6. lbuch COOK CONTROL. Guide on pages 16 and 17 will tell you which multi-power The Light above COOK will go setting and temperature setting are recommended for the on. Also the word "HI" will show food you're cooking. in the Display Window until you enter a lower power setting. This is to remind you that the Oven I. Place Tem'perature Probe in food. will always work at full po
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TWO-STAGE COOKING 4. Touch COOK CONTROL. Two-stage cooking lets you cook in one stage at a certain power level for a chosen time or temperature and then in a "HI" will show in the Display second stage at a different power level for a chosen time or Window to remind you that temperature. To set both stages before starting the oven, the Oven will work at highest simply follow these steps: power unless you enter a lower power setting. I. Touch CLEAR. 2. Touch TIME or TEMP CONTROL. 5. Touch numbers
