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USE & CARE
MANUAL
STOCK NO.
88963
KNOW YOUR UNIT
Read this booklet so
you will be able to
enjoy all the features
in
your Kenmore
Micro!Convection
Oven.
Record in space
provided below the
Model Noo and the
Serial No. found
on the labels on
the inner left side
of control panel
Model No,
Serial No,
Retain this information
for future reference_
Kenmore
d
MICRO/CONVECTION
OVEN
Use and Care
't
14846
Sears,
Roebuck
and Co., Chicaqo,
IL 60684.
U_S.A.
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- Page 1 MANUAL STOCK NO. 88963 KNOW YOUR UNIT Read this booklet so you will be able to enjoy all the features your Kenmore Micro!Convection Oven. Record in space provided below the Model Noo and the Serial No. found on the labels on...
- Page 2 This probe is designed for microwave/convection or micro/convec cooking, such as syrup bottles, in the microwave oven for comercia] purposes_ This Sears Kenmore SAFETY CERTIFICATION Oven is designed and throughly...
- Page 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS When using electrical appliances basic safety precautions WARNING-To reduce ' burns, electric shock, fire, injury exposure to excessive microwave energy: Read all instructions before using the appliance° Read and follow the specific "PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE CESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY"...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS General Inst_ctionso m Location of Model Number Label ... m IMPORTANT--Electrical Grounding N Installation m Setting"Time of Day" ,..m Names of Oven Parts .."... s Oven Control Panel ... m How The Microwave/Convection Oven Works ... User Instructions m Easy Use Chart ... -
Page 5: Location Of Model Number Label
SEARS KENMORE MICROWAVE/CONVECTION USE AND CARE MANUAL-- MICROWAVE/CONVECTION Enjoy a new cooking experience It takes only a few minutes -- time well spent features. Advice on the use and care of Sears your nearest Sears store. Vtlhen seeking the complete... -
Page 6: Grounding Instructions
IMPORTANT-- ELECTRICAL GROUNDING This appliance must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the i'isk of electric shock by providing and escape wire for the electric current. This appliance is e_tuipped with a cord having a grounding wire with a grounding properly installed... -
Page 7: N Installation
INSTALLATION Install your oven by following these four simple steps: Step I: Remove all packing material and accessor_es_ Then remove the protection sheet on wrapper. 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 for proper ventilation, the plastic feet must be kept on the oven so there is air flowventilation. -
Page 8: Names Of Oven Parts
*The ceramic tray should always be in the oven when either the microwave Microwaves pass throuyh the tray and are reflected by the oven bottom As a result, the food receives microwave the tray should be removed *Do not use this Sears Kenmore convection oven is made for household Exhaust Easy-clean vents stainless Oven arid all items from the shippin9 carton,. -
Page 9: Oven Control Panel
OVEN CONTROL PANEL Indicator Micro. Convec. Delay Start Auto Defrost lights indicate which cooking operation is being used., Recipe #--Used in preset cooking.. in settin_ auto defrost Auto-Defrost Selectlon--Used Micro Power Guide--Lists Types of Cooking that most often occur at theseMicrowave Cooking Power Levels cookang stages are set, lights will go on... - Page 10 OVEN CONTROl. Convec Time--Used in setting Convection Cooking T_e._ O_)en Temp/Preheat--Used in x setting the desired Oven Temperature or Prehea_ Temperature. Stop Time--Used in semng a Delay Start Cooking.. Cooking can be finished at a preset stop time.. Time of Day--Used in :-.el Time of Day and Child Lock-Out_ Micro Time--Used in settin...
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Page 11: How The Microwave/Convection Oven Works
HOW THE MICROWAVE/CONVECTION WORKS Microwave Cooking Using the energy of microwaves only, food is cooked quickly without altering the color or shape.Microwaves generated by a magnetron are uniformly distributed by the fan so that the food in the oven heats and is cooked, Microwave power in 99 steps implies it takes 99 steps, ena- bling the various kinds of foods to cook at the most desirable cooking power for the best resultsr... - Page 12 EASY USE CHART--MICROWAVE Your new Solid Stare Control allows you to use your microwave/c0nvectton TIME OF DAY " To Set L Touch CLEAR. 2. Touch TIMEOF DAY., 3_ Touch numbers for correct time of day, 4. Touch T/ME OF DAY," "This "locks"...
- Page 13 EASY USE CHAtTr--CONVECTION CONVECTION COOKING ToSet L TouchCLEAR. 2 TouchOVEN TEMP/PREHEAT 3., Touchnumbersfor desiredoven Iemperatme. 4, TouchPAUSE. 5 TouchCONVEC TIME 6. Touchnumbers for desired cook- ing lime. 7, TouchSTART_ (See Page31 for moredetailed |ns_acflons,) MICROICONVEC COOKING To Set 1, Touch CLEAR. 2 Touch OVEN TF.aMP/PREHEAT.
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Page 14: Easy Use Chart
DELAY START COOKING For those times when you must be a@_y from the kitchen,,but want dinner ready when you return, cooking can be started and finished at the time of day selecte& The directions belowshow ing only. Also Convection and Micro/Convec Cooking can be set in Delay Start Cooking. See page 39 for detailed directions. -
Page 15: Bi Recall And Change Of Settings
RECALL AND CHANGE OF SETTINGS To Recall aSett!ng To recall (check) a setting befori_ you start the oven, follow the directions below° o To check the Setting for a g_ven stage, touch MEMORY/RECALL once or more until the correct Stage Light and Indicator Light lure on°... -
Page 16: Regular Timer
REGULAR TIMER Your Oven also has a timer that can be used for non,cooking functions,_ When used as a regular timer, the Oven is not running. The timer is simply counting down in seconds. For detailed instructions on using To use the Regular L Touch CLF__. -
Page 17: Quick-Start Cooking
QUICK-START COOKING This feature was designed for simple setting of the oven with convenience cooking and/or "QUICK-ON" set, simply touch the pad. and touch a number pad from 1 to 9o The oven starts instantly 1. Touch CLEAR, and a beep tone will sound° The CLEAR erases all previous settings. - Page 18 QUICK-STAKr REHEATING Thisguide shows the food items and some special notes for reheating with "Quick-start" feature., Touch CLEAR, touch QUICK-ON, Food BEVERAGES WaterBased Milk Based Broth-based soups Cream-based soups Sandwich Cooked pizza, !0 inches, cut in 8 portions Casseroles MEAT Sliced thin Sliced thick beef, chili,...
- Page 19 COOKING GUIDE The "Multi-Power" feature lets you cook at the best power level for the food being cooked Cooking directions can be found in the'cookbooko POWER POWER LEVEL SETTINGS WARM • €, Softening cream cheese.. Keeping casseroles Softening o Heating and French o Clarifying butter..
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Page 20: Hl-Power"L-'Multi-Power" Cooking
"HI-POWER"/"MULTI-POWER" "HI" gives the highest cooking power possible with your oven,+It is the recommended mols tqre content or for cooking foods that need fast cooking need slower cooking (at less than full power) in order to give you the best results. multi-power settings+ The cookbook To Cook... -
Page 21: Temperature Controlled" Cooking
"TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED" The temperature probeis used to judge doneness when cooking or reheating food. Set the desired food TEMP, temperature with the MICRO and the desired MICRO POWER. power level with the When "Hold Warm" is set, after completing the cooking cycle the oven unl] hold the food warm up to 100 minutes,, TEMPERATURE... - Page 22 "TEMPERATURE CON-FROL" = Place the temperature probe sensor into the thickest part of the meat or in the center of the food to be bone or fat. reheated. Avoid touching o Check that the first inch of the sensor part of the food to be cooked, =, Remove the temperature probe use°...
- Page 23 REHEATING FOODS o Place the temperature probe sensor into the food to be reheated with the first inch of the sensor center of the food° o Plug the temperature probe into the socket sideof the oven v_IL o Cover the food if desired° = Set the temperature of the desired doneness.
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Page 24: Temperature Controlled "Hppower"/"Multi-Power" Cooking
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED "HI-POWER'y"MULTI-POWER" Tl_e "Temperature.Controlled Meat Cooking you which multi.power setting and temperature When cooking with the temperature 1. Place the temperature probe into the food with the first inch of the sensor in ihe center of the food.. The probe should be in a level direction or on an angle asshown°... -
Page 25: Automatic Defrost
AUTOMATIC DEFROST Three defrosting sequences are preset in the oven. The ""Auto Defrost" feature provides method for most frozeff foods, The cookbook will show you which defrost sequence is recommended AUTO DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST SEQUENCE i • BEEF DEFROST (DEF l) MEAT °... - Page 26 AUTOMATIC DEFROST EXAMPLE: To defrost 2 pounds of Ground Beef 1. Touch CLEAR, Place beef in oven, then close the door. 2. Touch "DEF 1". The lights below AUTO DEFROST and above MICRO will 90 on and "dEFI" will show in the display window°...
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Page 27: Multi-Stage Cooking
MULTI-STAGE COOKING Multi-Stage cooking allows you to set the oven to cook in one stage at a certain power level for a chosen time or temperature and then in a second and a third stageat a different power level for a chosen time or temperature_ The cooking process can b'e set for four memory stages when Auto Defrost is included as the first stage_ "The stage are set before cooking and will [{)]Iow automatically (Remove metal rack, place ceramic tray inoven.) - Page 28 MULTI-STAGE COOKING 5_ T._uch MICRO T1MEo ------ 6. S_: 60 minmes by touching "°i"then "0'_then "0" twice° "_-'_30"Mll show in the display aLndowo 7. Touch MICRO POWER. "I-3" will show in the display w_dow to remind you that tee. oven will operate at hi_aest power unless you er.zer a lower power setting, Touch numbers"5"...
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Page 29: Whole Meal Cooking
WHOLE MEAL COOKING (See Cookhook for detailed Whole Meal cooking lets you cook two or more different foods at the same time. Foods need not be placed in the oven at the same time° riot be removed than MEMORY/RECAI.J., the oven wh_l s top between stages for time to add or remove food° L Place the Metal Rack in guides on the side wall of oven cavity as shown°... - Page 30 CONVECTION The convection cooking will be best used for items like souffles, breads, angel food cakes, pizza; and also for meat and fish. No special techniques _ze required to adapt your favorite oven recipes to convection need to use lower teml:_raturesby 25°F-35°F cooking method is identical to a conventional hot air.
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Page 31: Convection Cooking
CONVECTION COOKING An Aulomatic preheating temperature convection cooking has be_n factory set into the oven, (See step 3 below_) 1o Remove ceramic tray from oven, Set the metal rack in the desired cooking position; upper or lower. 2, Touch CLEAR then touch OVEN TEMPiPREHEAT. -
Page 32: Temperature Probe Convection Cooking
TEMPERATURE PROBE CONVECTION _.;ore starting Temperatu:'e Probe Convection Cooking, choose the correct temperature by consulting with tl{_ "Coo'.._ng Guide" on page 33 in thL_manual or in the Coc_kbook The following tions show "One-Stage Cooking" only,, Remove ceramictray. Set the metal rack in tke desired positions;upper or lower,, Before placing thefood into... -
Page 33: Cooking Guide For Convection Cooking
COOKING GUIDE FOR CONVECTION FroST STAGE FOOD BEEF 450°F Rare: 6 min. Ground beef Med: 7 min. patties, 1--4, Welh 8 mino 4 oz,, each 450°F Tenderloin roast, 5 mino per lb. 2--3 Ibs, Turn over 450°F Rare: Rib eye or strip steak Med: 5 min. -
Page 34: Micro/Convec Cooking
MICRO/CONVEC is done by both Cooking microwave Micro/Convec cooking is fast and efficient. The following directions show "One-Stage only. (Place ceramic tray in ovem) 1. Touch CLEAR. Place food in oven, then close the door. 2_ Touch OVEN T'£MP/ PREHEAT. The light below COOK 1 will 90 on and "F"... - Page 35 TEMPERATURE PROBE MICRO/CONVEC Consult the"Temperature c ontrolled Cooking Guide"on page 36 before you start T emperature ProbeMicro/Convec Cooking° The following directions show "One-Stage Cooking" only, 1o Put the Temperature Probe in _m-_'=_ food, with the first inch of the Sensor in center of food, Probe should be in a level direction...
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Page 36: Temperature Controlled Cooking For Microtconvec Cooking
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED MICRO/CONVEC FIRST STAGE OVEN FOOD TEMP BEEF 25 min. 400OF Meat orProbeTemp 1-1/2--1-3/4 lbso 160°F 330°F 6 minperlb. Beef fib mast, boneless Turn over 330°F Beef ribmast, 8 rain. per lb. Fat side down bone in. 5 lbs_ Turn over 330°F 7 min, perl_... - Page 37 MULTI-STAGE COOKING in three-stage cooking, different modes of cooking can be combined for sequential cooking_ To make Party Cake, for example, Preheating is the Ist stage, Convection Cooking isthe 2nd stage and Micro/Convec Cooking is the 3rd stage° First Stage I.
- Page 38 MULTI-STAGE COOKING ceramic tray from Remove oven,, Place the metal rack in the desired cooking position; upper or lower. C5E3 Touch START, The oven is working when the oven light is om Lightsbelow COOK I, above PAUSE and CONVEC will g o on and theoven temperature isshown inthe display window.
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Page 39: Delay Start Cooking
DELAY START COOKING Delay Start cooking can be programmed cooking automatically and finish at a preset delay time. Choose cooking time for Microwave, tion and Micro/Convec or any combination 1. Touch CLEAR. CEE_ 2. Touch STOP TIME The light below DELAY START goes on. -
Page 40: Preset Redpe Cooking
PRESET RECIPE COOKING You can set theoven for cooking 80 recipes by simply touching RECIPE #, the numbers corresponding the desired preset recipe, then START, The preset controlsystem in the oven contains25 recipes that have been preset. The Times or Temperatures and Power Levelsfor these recipes cannotbe changed.However the amountof food cooked in preset recipes#1 through 17 can be... -
Page 41: Preset Recipes List
PRESET RECIPES LIST (RECIPES 25 recipes have been stored in this oven. To cook one of the-2S preset recipes, touch the recipe number correspondingto preset recipe,,These 25 recipes have been preset,so you cari not erase or substitutethem_ Refer to the cookbook for detailed instructioris on the 25 presetreeipes,_ Recipe# Ingredients Cup oICoffee ... - Page 42 PROGRAMMING In addition t0_the 25 preset recipes, 55 more favorite recipes. To store in the oven, follow these steps: I. Touch CLEAR, 2. 'Touch NEW RECIPE. The display window reads "0", 3. Touch RECIPE #. 4. Touch suitable number from 26 to 80 according to the number of cooking stages of your recipe as shown below: -Store...
- Page 43 NEW RECIPES Directions Recipe g Name Directions Recipe Name...
- Page 44 NEW RECIPES Recipe g Name Directions Directions Recipe Name , o 58...
- Page 45 NEW RECIPES Recipe # Name- Directions Name Directions Recipe #...
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Page 46: Oven Utensils Guide
The list below is a general Material Ceramic & Glass "Kenmore Ceramic Tray Coming Ware Heal resistant Glass Ware Glass Ware with metal decoration Lead Glass Wilhoul me_ decoration China... -
Page 47: Care And Cleaning
CARE AND CLEANING The oven cavity is made of stainless steel and should be cleaned with a detergent specialJy formulated for stainless steel.. After convection cooking in particular, the interior of the oven tends to be stained with spauered oil It is recommended that the oven be cleaned each time after use before the oil spatters harden and become to remove, difficult... -
Page 48: Questions And Answers
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OPERATION QoWhat is W_ong when the oven light will not glow'during cooking or when the oven door is open? A_ There mm_ be several reasons why the oven light wilt not glow,, Perhaps: a Door is not dosed and locked. Push doorfirrnly to be sure that door is locked properly. a The light bulb has burned out°... - Page 49 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOODS QoWhat is wrongwhen baked"foods have a hard, dry, brown spot? A. A hard, dr?, broum spot shows ouercooking, Shorten the cookingor reheating time.. Q_Why do eggs sometimes pop? A. When baking,,fr!_ngorpoachingeggs, theyolk may pop due to steambuild.up inside the yolk membrane° To prevent this,simply pierce the yolk with a toothpickbefore cookingit.
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Page 50: Sears Service
"We Service What We Sell" is our assuranceto you that you can depend on Sears for servicebecause Searsservice is nationwide. Your Kenmore Microwave/Convection near you, staffedby Sears Trained Technicians .-- professional techniciansspecificallytrained on Kenmore Microwave!ConvectionOvens, having theparts, toolsand equipment to insure that we meet our pledgeto you -- "We Service What We SeU!"... - Page 51 MICRO/CO NVECTIO N OVEN WARRANTY FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY MICROWAVE/CONVECTION OVEN FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE, IF THIS KENMORE MICROWAVE/CONVECTION OVEN FAILS DUE TO A DEFECT IN MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP, SEARS WILL REPAIR IT, FREE OF CH_GE.