USE INSTRUCTIONS

MICROWAVE COOKING

"HI" POWER COOKING

"HI" gives highest power and is a recommended setting for cooking foods with high moisture content or for foods that need fast cooking to keep natural flavor and texture.. Your Kenmore Microwave Convection Cookbook will tell you which foods are cooked best using highest microwave power or "HI". For detailed directions on "HI" (max power) cooking, see page 19.

MULTI-POWER COOKING

Many foods need slower cooking at less than full power in order to give you the best results. In addition to "HI", there are ninet_,'-nine multi-power settings. Detailed directions for multi-power cooking are on pages 20 and 21.

COOKING GUIDE

FOUR-STAGE COOKING

Some recipes need more than one cooking stage. Many food will cook better when cooked for a period of time at

•one power setting and-then'cooked for another period of time at a different power setting. With a cake, for example, the cookbook may recommend cooking at the "60 (Bake)" setting, followed by a period of cooking time at the "HI" setting. "Bake" allows .the cake to rise gently, and then "HI" finishes the cooking cycle..You can preset up to four stages at the beginning, start the oven, and then the oven will change ,automatically into the second stage at th_ preset time. "Two, Three or Four-Stage Cooking" with_oth TIME and TEMP CONTROL can also be set. For detailed directions on "Two, Three or Four- Stage Cooking", see Pages 27 and 28.

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED HI POWER COOKING

"HI" power with Temperature Control lets you cook food

to a preset temperature using maximum speed. Follow the directions on page 25 and you will be able to preset the

temperature you desire with the aid of the Temperature Control Cooking Guide.

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED

MULTI-POWER COOKING

Multi-power with Temperature Control allows you to cook

more sensitive foods to a preset temperature using slower microwave speeds. See page 26 for detailed directions.

"HOLD WARM"

After completing your cooking, the oven switches into

"Hold Warm" to keep the food warm. "Hold" will show in

the display window and will continue to show for up to

t00 minutes or until the door has been opened or STOP

has been touched. See Page 18.

WHOLE MEAL COOKING

The Metal Rack increases the oven cooking space. To cook two or more different foods at one time, choose their proper places inside the oven byfollowing the Cookbook directions. See page 29 in this manual.

AUTOMATIC DEFROST

Power level will automatically change for proper thawing of dense food items. See pages 30 thru 33 for detailed directions.

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Microwave Oven specifications

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