User Manual Kenmore 72185032010 1.6 ft Capacity Microwave Oven

• Installation Instruction - (English)

• Owner's Manual - (English)

Table of contents

• SPECIFICATIONS
• MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES
• CONTROL PANEL FEATURES
• USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
• Caring for Your Microwave Oven
• Questions and Answers
• Troubleshooting

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SPECIFICATIONS

MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES

The microwave oven is designed to make your cooking experience as enjoyable and productive as possible. To get you up and running quickly, the following is a list of the oven’s basic features:

1. Metal Shielded Window: The shield prevents microwaves from escaping. It is designed as a screen to allow you to view food as it cooks.

2. Model and Serial Number Plate

3. Cooking Guide Label

4. Vent Grille

5. Turntable: The turntable turns food as it cooks for even cooking. It must be in the oven during operation for best cooking results.

6. Cooktop Light

7. Grease Filters: See “Caring for the Filters” section.

8. Control Panel: Touch the pads on this panel to perform all functions.

9. Charcoal Filter (behind Vent Grille):

The turntable reverses rotation each time the microwave oven door is opened and closed.

This helps cook food evenly. Do not operate the microwave oven without the turntable in place.

To Install:

1. Place the support on the oven cavity bottom.
2. Place the turntable on the support. Fit the raised, curved lines in the center of the turntable bottom between the three spokes of the hub. The rollers on the support should fit inside the turntable bottom ridge.

CONTROL PANEL FEATURES

Your microwave oven control panel lets you select the desired cooking function quickly and easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command Pad. The following is a list of all the Command and Number Pads located on the control panel. For more information on these features, see the “Using your Microwave Oven” section.

1. Display: The display includes a clock and indicators that show the time of day, cooking time settings, cook powers, quantities, weights and cooking functions selected.

2. Popcorn: Touch this pad to pop one of two bag sizes of popcorn without entering a cook time or power. Remove metal rack before cooking popcorn.

3. Potato: Touch this pad to cook potatoes without entering a cook time or power.

4. Pizza: Touch this pad to reheat one or several slices of pizza without entering a cook time or power.

5. Auto Cook: Touch this pad to cook microwavable foods without entering a cook time or power.

6. Auto Defrost: Touch this pad, followed by Number Pads, to thaw frozen meat by weight.

7. Auto Reheat: Touch this pad to reheat microwavable foods without entering a cook time or power.

8. Warm & Hold: Touch this pad to keep hot, cooked foods safely warm in your oven for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. Warm & Hold can be used by itself, or it can automatically follow a cooking cycle.

9. Time Cook: Touch this pad, followed by Number Pads, to set a cooking time.

10. Frozen Entree: Touch this pad to cook a 10 to 20 ounce (284 to 567g) frozen entree without entering a cook time or power.

11. Dinner Plate: Touch this pad to cook without entering a cook time or power.

12. Soften/Melt: Touch this pad to soften ice cream, cream cheese, butter or frozen juice and melt chocolate, cheese or butter.

13. Number Pads: Touch number pads to enter cooking time, cook power, quantity, weight, or food category.

14. Power Level: Touch this pad after the cook time has been set, followed by a Number Pad to set the amount of microwave energy released to cook the food. The higher the number, the higher the microwave power or “cooking speed.”

15. Add 30 Sec.: Touch this pad to cook for 30 seconds at 100% cook power, or to add extra time at the set cook power to your cooking cycle.

16. Kitchen Timer: Touch this pad to set the kitchen timer.

17. Turntable On/Off: Touch this pad to turn off the turntable. “OFF” will appear in the display.

18. Clock: Touch this pad to enter the correct time of day.

19. START: Touch this pad to start a function. If the door is opened after the oven begins to cook, retouch START.

20. STOP: Touch this pad to erase an incorrect command, cancel a program during cooking, or to clear the Display.

21. Light Hi/Lo/Off: Touch this pad to turn the light on high, night (low) or off.

22. Control Lock: Touch and hold this pad for three seconds to lock the control panel.

23. Vent Hi/Lo/Off: Touch this pad to turn the vent on high, low or off.

NOTE: A programming tone will sound each time you touch a pad. If you try to enter incorrect instruction, you will not hear any tones. Touch STOP and re-enter the instructions.

USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS

For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking. Each number from 1 to 9 stands for a different percentage of full cook power.

The following chart gives the percentage of cook power each number pad stands for, and the cook power name usually used.

It also tells you when to use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.

NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times based on the 1,000 Watt cook power of your microwave oven.

NOTE: Once the cook time has been entered, you can also use the Cook Power pad as a second Kitchen Timer by entering “0” for the Cook Power. The oven will count down the cooking time you set without cooking.

AUTO DEFROST

Three defrost sequences are preset in the oven.

The auto defrost feature provides you with the best defrosting method for frozen foods. The cooking guide will show you which defrost sequence is recommended for the food you are defrosting.

For added convenience, the Auto Defrost includes a built-in beep mechanism that reminds you to check, turn over, separate, or rearrange the food in order to get the best defrost results. Three different defrosting levels are provided:

1. MEAT

2. POULTRY

3. FISH

Available weight is 0.1∼6.0 lbs

NOTE: When you touch the START pad, the display changes to a defrost time count down. The oven will beep during the DEFROST cycle. At this time, open the door and turn, separate, or rearrange the food. Remove any portions that have thawed. Return frozen portions to the oven and touch START to resume the defrost cycle.

OPERATING TIPS

• For best results, remove fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry from its original closed paper or plastic package (wrapper). Otherwise, the wrap will hold steam and juice close to the foods, which can cause the outer surface of the foods to cook.
• For best results, roll your ground meat into a ball before freezing. During the DEFROST cycle, the microwave will signal when it is time to turn the meat over. Scrape off any excess frost from the meat and continue defrosting.
• Place foods in a shallow container or on a microwave roasting rack to catch drippings.

This table shows food type selections and the weights you can set for each type. For best results, loosen or remove covering on food.

Weight conversion table

You are probably used to measuring food in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for example, 4 ounces equals 1/4 pound). However, in order to enter food weight in Auto Defrost, you must specify pounds and tenths of a pound.

If the weight on the food package is in fractions of a pound, you can use the following table to convert the weight to decimals.

NOTE: If between two decimal weights, choose the lower weight for the best defrosting results.

WARM & HOLD

You can safely keep hot, cooked food warm in your microwave oven for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds (about 1 hour, 40 minutes). You can use Warm & Hold by itself, or to automatically follow a cooking cycle.

Example: To use the Warm & Hold.

To make Warm & Hold automatically follow another cycle:

• While you are touching in cooking instructions, touch Warm & Hold before touching START.
• When the last cooking cycle is over, you will hear two tones. “Hold” will come on while the oven continues to run.
• You can set Warm & Hold to follow Auto Defrost, Cook, or Two-Stage cooking.

NOTES:

• Warm & Hold operates for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds.
• Opening the oven door cancels Warm & Hold. Close the door and touch Warm & Hold, then touch START if additional Warm & Hold time is desired.
• Covered food should remain covered during Warm & Hold.
• Pastry items (pies, turnovers, etc.) should be uncovered during Warm & Hold.
• Complete meals kept warm on a dinner plate should be covered during Warm & Hold.
• Do not use more than one complete Warm & Hold cycle (about 1 hour, 40 minutes). The quality of some foods will suffer with extended time.

Caring for Your Microwave Oven

In order to ensure that your microwave oven looks good and works well for a long time, you should maintain it properly. For proper care, please follow these instructions carefully.

For interior surfaces: Wash often with warm, sudsy water and a sponge or soft cloth Use only mild, nonabrasive soaps or a mild detergent. Be sure to keep the areas clean where the door and oven frame touch when closed. Wipe well with clean cloth.

For exterior surfaces and control panel: Use a soft cloth with spray glass cleaner. Apply the spray glass cleaner to the soft cloth; do not spray directly on the oven. NOTE: Abrasive cleansers, steel wool pads, gritty wash cloths, some paper towels, etc., can damage the control panel and the interior and exterior oven surfaces.

For stubborn soil: Boil a cup of water in the oven for two to three minutes. Steam will soften the soil. To get rid of odors inside the oven, boil a cup of water with some lemon

To clean turntable and turntable support: Wash in mild, sudsy water. For heavily soiled areas, use a mild cleanser and scouring sponge. The turntable and turntable support are dishwasher safe.

CARING FOR THE FILTERS

The grease filters should be removed and cleaned often; at least once a month.

NOTE: If your microwave hood combination is installed to recirculate air, the charcoal filter (Part No. 5230W1A011C) is available from Sears by calling 1-800-4-MY-HOME.

The charcoal filter cannot be cleaned and should be replaced every 6 to 12 months.

Grease filters (Part No. 5230W1A012C):

1. Unplug microwave oven or disconnect power.

2. To remove grease filters, slide each filter to the side. Pull filters downward and push to the other side. The filter will drop out.

3. Soak grease filters in hot water and a mild detergent. Scrub and swish to remove embedded dirt and grease. Rinse well and shake to dry. Do not clean filters with ammonia, corrosive cleaning agents, such as lye-based oven cleaners, or place them in a dishwasher. The filters will turn black or become damaged.

4. To replace grease filters, slide filter in the frame slot on one side of the opening. Push filter upward and push to the other side to lock into place.

5. Plug in microwave oven or reconnect power.

Charcoal filter (Part No. 5230W1A011C):

1. Unplug microwave oven or disconnect power.

2. Remove the vent grille mounting screw.

3. Slide the grille left and tip forward. Lift out to remove.

4. Lift the back of the charcoal filter. Slide the filter straight out.

5. Slide a new charcoal filter into place. The filter should rest at the angle shown.

6. Slide the bottom of the vent grille into place. Push the top and slide right until it snaps into place. Replace the mounting screw.

7. Plug in microwave oven or reconnect power.

NOTE: Do not operate the hood without the grease filters in place.

REPLACING THE COOKTOP AND OVEN LIGHTS

The cooktop light

1. Unplug microwave oven or disconnect power.

2. Remove the bulb cover mounting screw.

3. Replace bulb with candelabra-base 30-watt bulb (Part No.691 2W1Z004B) available from Sears by calling 1-800-4-MY-HOME.

4. Plug in microwave oven or reconnect power

The oven light

1. Unplug microwave oven or disconnect power.

2. Remove the vent grille mounting screw.

3. Slide the grille left and tip forward, then lift out to remove.

4. Lift up the bulb holder.

5. Replace the bulb with a candelabra-base 30-watt bulb (Part No. 691 2W1Z004A ) from Sears by calling 1-800-4-MY-HOME.

6. Slide the bottom of the vent grille into place. Push the top and slide right until it snaps into place. Replace the mounting screw.

7. Plug in microwave oven or reconnect power.

Questions and Answers

Troubleshooting

MICROWAVE OVEN DOES NOT WORK

COOKING TIMES

TURNTABLE

TONES