Custom Reheat; Custom Defrost - KitchenAid KBMC140, KBMC147, KEMC308, KEMC378, KEMC307, KEMC377, YKEMC307, YKEMC308 Use And Care Manual

Custom Reheat

Times and cooking powers have been preset for reheating 8 food
types. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD CODE
Dinner Plate
Bread
Meats
*Cheese Dip
*Soup
*Sauce
Pizza
Beverage
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Coffee
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Tea
I Hot Chocolate
* Four tones will sound at the midpoint of the reheat cycle, and
"STIR" will appear in the display. Stir food if desired, close
door, and touch EASY MINUTE START.
To Custom Reheat Foods:
1. Touch CUSTOM REHEAT.
Touch CUSTOM REHEAT again to scan and select reheat
food settings.
The code number represents the number of times CUSTOM
REHEAT must be touched to select the food type. For
example, in order to reheat a dinner plate, CUSTOM REHEAT
must be touched once.
2. Touch number pads to enter quantity (in servings, strips or
cups)
or
Touch QUANTITY (number pad "0") to scan and select
quantity settings. For example, to select the quantity of 2
servings, QUANTITY must be touched twice.
Touch EASY MINUTE START or wait 5 seconds and the
microwave oven will start automatically.
The display will count down the reheat time.
When the cycle ends, "END" will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute.
3. Touch MICROWAVE OVEN CANCEL or open the door to clear
the display and/or stop reminder tones.
To Custom Reheat Beverages:
1. Touch CUSTOM REHEAT.
2. Touch CUSTOM REHEAT until the reheat setting for
beverages "BEVRG" is reached (eight times).
3. Touch CUSTOM REHEAT until the desired beverage appears
on the display (once for coffee, twice for tea, or three times
for hot chocolate).
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QUANTITY
1 1 to 2 servings
2 1 to 6 slices
3 1 to 6 servings
4 1 to 3 cups (250 - 750 mL)
5 1 to 4 cups (250 mL-1 L)
6 1 to 3 cups (250 - 750 mL)
7 1 to 2 servings
8 Serving Temperature
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Warm
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Hot
I Very Hot
4. Touch CUSTOM REHEAT until the desired serving
temperature appears on the display (once for warm, twice for
hot, or three times for very hot).
Touch EASY MINUTE START or wait 5 seconds and the
microwave oven will start automatically.
The display will count down the reheat time.
When the cycle ends, "END" will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute.
5. Touch MICROWAVE OVEN CANCEL or open the door to clear
the display and/or stop reminder tones.
For more information on reheating different foods using the
manual microwave function, see "Microwave Reheat Chart" at
the end of the "Microwave Oven Use" section.

Custom Defrost

The Custom Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven
can be manually set to defrost by using 30% cook power.
I Food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal
results.
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Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting.
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Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
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Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
end-of-cycle for more even defrosting.
I Foods left outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes or
frozen ready-made food should not be defrosted using the
Custom Defrost feature, but should be defrosted manually.
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Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such
as chicken wings, leg tips and fish tails. See "Aluminum Foil
and Metal" first.
CUSTOM DEFROST CHART
The Custom Defrost system has six categories: Meat, Poultry,
Fish, Bagel, Fruit Juice, and Roll/Muffin. Use the following chart
as a guide.
FOOD CODE
SETTING
*Meats 1
*Poultry 2
*Fish 3
**Bagel 4
Fruit Juice 5
Roll/Muffin 6
*See Preparation chart at end of "Custom Defrost" section for
cuts, sizes, and instructions.
**Bagel quantity settings 1 and 2 may appear to have longer
defrost times than necessary, however, longer times use less
cooking power.
WEIGHT OR QUANTITY
.1 to 6.6 lbs (28 g to 3 kg)
.1 to 6.6 lbs (28 g to 3 kg)
.1 to 4.4 lbs (28 g to 1.34 kg)
1 to 6 pieces
6, 12, or 16 oz (170, 340, or 454 g)
1 to 6 pieces