Cooking

To Use:

1.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to cook.

Touch MICRO COOK POWER to set a cooking power other than 100%. Touch the number pad(s) using the Cooking Power chart.

2.Touch EASY MINUTE START.

The display will count down the cook 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.

The cook time and cooking power can be changed after touching START/ENTER without interrupting cooking.

To Change Cook Time: Touch MICRO and enter the new cook time within 5 seconds, or touch EASY MINUTE START once for each additional minute of cook time required.

To Change Cooking Power: Touch MICRO COOK POWER and enter the new cooking power using the Cook Power Chart. Touch

EASY MINUTE START.

Custom Cook

Times and cooking powers have been preset for 8 microwavable foods. Use the following chart as a guide.

FOOD

CODE

QUANTITY

PREPARATION

 

 

 

 

Frozen

1

9 oz (240 g),

Follow package

Entrée

 

11 oz (311 g),

instructions.

 

 

16 oz (425 g)

 

 

 

 

 

Casserole

2

2 cups (500 mL),

To reheat, cover

 

 

4 cups (1 L),

with lid or vented

 

 

6 cups (1.5 L),

plastic wrap. Stir

 

 

8 cups (2 L)

before serving.

 

 

 

 

Frozen

3

1 to 4 cups

Cook, covered, in

Vegetables

 

(250 mL-1 L)

microwave safe

 

 

 

container. Stir.

 

 

 

Recover. Let

 

 

 

stand for 3 min.

 

 

 

 

Bacon

4

1, 2, 3, 4, or 6

Cook, covered

 

 

strips

with a paper

 

 

 

towel on

 

 

 

microwave safe

 

 

 

dish

 

 

 

 

Fresh

5

1 to 4 cups

Cook, covered, in

Vegetables

 

(250 mL-1 L)

micro-wave safe

 

 

 

container. Stir.

Recover. Let stand for 3-5 min.

FOOD

CODE

QUANTITY

PREPARATION

 

 

 

 

Frozen

6

1, 2, 3, or 4

Follow package

Burrito

 

 

directions.

 

 

 

 

Hot Dogs

7

1, 2, 4, or 6

Pierce with fork.

 

 

 

Cook, covered

 

 

 

with a paper

 

 

 

towel on micro-

 

 

 

wave safe dish.

 

 

 

 

Baked

8

1 to 6

Pierce with fork

Potatoes

 

 

several time.

 

 

 

Wrap in foil after

cooking, and let stand for 5 min.

To Use Custom Cook:

1.Touch CUSTOM COOK.

2.Touch CUSTOM COOK again to scan and select food settings.

The code number represents the number of times CUSTOM COOK must be touched to select the food type. For example, in order to cook casserole, CUSTOM COOK must be touched twice.

3.Touch number pads to enter quantity

or

Touch QUANTITY (number pad “0”) to scan and select quantity settings. For example, to select the quantity of 4 cups, QUANTITY must be touched twice.

4.Touch EASY MINUTE START or wait 5 seconds and the microwave oven will start automatically.

The display will count down the cook 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 cooking different foods using the manual microwave function, see Microwave Cook Chart at the end of the “Microwave Oven Use” section.

Cooking in Stages

The microwave oven can be set to cook at different cooking powers for various lengths of time, up to three stages.

To Cook in Stages:

1.Touch the number pads to set a length of cook time for the first stage.

2.Touch MICRO COOK POWER and then select a cook power (if other than 100%) from the Cook Power Chart.

If the cook time needs to be changed after setting the cook power, wait for “TIME” to appear in the display, and enter a new cook time.

3.When “TIME” appears in the display, begin setting the second stage by touching MICRO.

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KitchenAid YKBMC14 manual Custom Cook, Cooking in Stages

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