Using Your Warming Drawer, Hood Lights

Using Your Smoker Box

NOTE: The smoker box is an accessory on some models. See “Accessories” in the “Assistance or Service” section to order.

The smoker box can be used when grilling or when using your rotisserie.

1.Prepare wood chips/pellets following manufacturer’s directions.

2.Open smoker box lid and add prepared chips/pellets onto the grate inside the smoker box.

NOTE: For about 1 hour of smoking, fill the smoker box approximately ¼ full of chips/pellets.

3.Remove the small grate from the grill and replace with the smoker box.

A. Shown with small grate removed

B. Smoker box

4.Light the burner below the smoker box and preheat on high until smoker begins smoking. Reduce the heat setting to keep the smoke at the amount desired.

To Refill the Smoker Box During Use

IMPORTANT: You may want to wear oven mitts when opening and closing the smoker box lid.

1.Open grill hood.

2.Lift smoker box lid and add more prepared chips/pellets.

3.Close the smoker box lid.

4.Close the grill hood and continue grilling.

Hood Lights

The grill must be plugged in for the hood lights to work. See “Plug in Grill” in the “Freestanding Outdoor Grill Installation” section.

To Use:

Press the LIGHTS button on the control panel to turn the hood lights on and off.

USING YOUR WARMING

DRAWER

				(on some models)
Control Panel
						K
B						O		Off		Bread	C
					O			Off		Bread
			O	W	C	Hi				Proof
		L		W
	S
				Lo						Lo


			Hi
								Med
						F				G
						O	O			G
							O		IN
								D WARM
A
								Power
											D
	A. Warming drawer temperature control zone
	B. Slow cooker temperature control zone
	C. Proofing bread control position
	D. Blue power indicator light

Control Knob

WARNING

Food Poisoning Hazard

Do not let food sit for more than one hour before or after cooking.

Doing so can result in food poisoning or sickness.

Push in and turn the control knob to turn on the warming drawer. The blue power indicator light will turn on and remain on when the warming drawer is in operation.

When finished, turn the control knob to OFF to turn off the warming drawer. When the warming drawer is turned off the blue power indicator light will go out and the drawer will begin to cool.

The temperature is controlled by rotating the control knob to the desired setting. The temperature setting ranges from Lo to Hi on the warming drawer control to keep heated foods warm at the selected temperatures.

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KitchenAid KFRU368TSS Using Your Warming Drawer, Using Your Smoker Box, Hood Lights, Control Knob

Models: KFRU271VSS KFRU368VSS KFRU365VSS KFRU361VSS KFRS271TSS KFRU368TSS KFRS361TSS KFRU488VSS