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Use & Care Guide Manual de Uso y Cuidado English / EspaKol Models/Modelos: 790.4890% 790.4880 _ Elite ® @ {o oi @ I0_ Co®_in®ci6n Mi ":_'_ :::::: Color numbe_ nOmero de color ................. orno de P/N 318205334A (1011) Sears Brands Management Corporation Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A. www.kenmore.com www.sears.com ...
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Table of Contents Kenmore Elite Warranty .................................................... 2 Product Record ................................................................. 2 Serlal Plate Location ......................................................... 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .......................... 3=5 Microwave/Wall Oven Features ...
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iMPORTANT SAFETY iNSTRUCTiONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. This manual contains important safety symbols and instructions. Please pay attention to these symbols and follow all instructions given. This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause serious bodily harm, death or property damage. This symbol will help al ...
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iMPORTANT SAFETY iNSTRUCTiONS dark in color. Areas near surface zones may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials touch these areas until they have had sufficient time to cool. Among these surfaces near these openings, oven doors and windows). * Wear Proper Apparel. Loose-fi ...
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iMPORTANT SAFETY iNSTRUCTiONS iMPORTANT iNSTRUCTiONS FOR USING YOUR LOWER OVEN * Use Care When Opening an Oven Door m Stand to the side of the appliance when opening the door of a hot oven. Let hot air or steam escape before you remove or replace food in the oven. * Keep Oven Vent Ducts Unobstructed. The wall oven is vented at the upper control pan ...
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Microwave / Wall Oven Features Note: The feafures of your oven wilJ vary according to model. YOUR MICROWAVE / WALL OVEN FEATURES AT A GLANCE Your oven features include: 1. Glass touch control panel. 2. Stainless steel micro-wave upper oven interior. 3. Decorative accent light. 4. Micro-wave convection fan (hidden). 5. Micro-wave oven ventilation. 6 ...
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Microwave Oven important information RADIO OR TV iNTERFERENCE Should there be any interference caused by the microwave oven to your radio or TV, check that the microwave oven is on a different electrical circuit, relocate the radio or TV as far away from the microwave oven as feasible or check position and signal of receiving antenna. ABOUT YOUR MI ...
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Microwave Oven important information (co...oedl ABOUT UTENSILS AND COVERINGS It is not necessary to buy all new cookware. Many pieces already in your kitchen can be used successfully in your new microwave oven. Make sure the utensil does not touch the interior walls during cooking. Use these u|ens_ls for safe microwave cooking and reheating: ° gla ...
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Con ro| Pad Features ]. Time Cook - Use to enter cook time manually. 2. Sensor Cook - Use to cook a wide variety of food by using the moisture sensor. 3. Auto Defrost - Use to defrost a wide variety of food. 4. Reheat - Use to select between the sensor reheat and the auto reheat modes. 5. Popcorn - Use to automatlcally cook popcorn. 6. Conv Bake - ...
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Control Pad Settings & Microwave Menu Label Timer 1rain 11 hr 59 rnin CJock 24 hr 0:00 hr 23 hr 59 min Cook time 24 hr lrnin 11 hr 59 min 0 0 0 0 Bake 170 F/76 C 550 F / 288 c o o o o Cam, B! ke ...... t70 F/76 C 550 F / 288C S ow Cook (22S F71080C/ Hi(2ZS FTiSs ci 1 Ground Meat 2 Baked Potato 3 Frozen Veggies 1 Sensor Reheat .5-2.0 Ibs 1-8 ree ...
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Oven Vent and Racks Upper Oven Vent Location Lower Oven Vent Location This appliance is equipped wlth a blower which runs in boklng and self=cleanlng mode to keep all internal components at a cool temperoture. The blower may keep running even if the oven hos been turned off, until the components hove cooled down. OVEN VENT LOCATION Each oven is ven ...
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Getting Started SETTING CLOCK AT POWER UP You will be prompted to enter the time of day in the event of a power failure or when you first provide electric power to your appliance. ° When your appliance is first powered up, 12:00 will flash in the display. * Enter the time of day using the numeric key pads and press START to set. If an invalid time ...
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Microwave Manual Operation TIME COOKING Your JV_icrowave Oven can be programmed up to 99 minutes 59 seconds (99.59). Always enter the seconds after the minutes, even if they are both zeros. " Suppose you want to cook for 5 minutes at 100%. 1. Press TIME COOK 2. Enter cooking time by pressing 5 0 0 on the numeric pads. 3. Press START TO SET POW ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions SENSOR MODE The sensor is a semi-conductor device that detects the vapor (moisture and humidity) emitted from the food as it heats. The sensor adjusts the cooking times and power level for various foods and quantities. Popcorn, Sensor Cook and Sensor Reheat are part of the Sensor Mode. Using Sensor Mode: 1. After ov ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) SENSOR COOl( You can cool< many foods by touching the sensor cook pad and the food number. You don't need to calculate cooking time or power level. Suppose you want to cool< a baked potato. 1. Press SENSOR COOK 2. Press 2 for baked potato. 3. Press START NOTES 1. The final result will vary acc ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) AUTO DEFROST Auto Defrost automatically defrosts all the foods found in the Auto Defrost chart below. Suppose you want to defrost a 2.0 pound steak. @ 1. Press AUTO DEFROST pad. 2. Press number 2 for steaks. 3. Press START pad. 4. Enter weight by touching the number pads 2 and 0. Ex: 2.0 Ib steak. 5. Pre ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) REHEAT The reheat pad includes two different ways of reheating your favorite meals. The sensor reheat detects the vapor (moisture and humidity) emitted from the food as it heats. The sensor adjusts the reheat times and power level for various foods and quantities. Refer to the sensor modes section for mo ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) CONVECTION COOKING During convection heating, hot air is circulated throughout the oven cavity to brown and crisp foods quickly and evenly. This section gives you specific convection cooking instructions and procedures. The oven should not be used without the turntable in place, and it should never be re ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) AUTO CONV 1. BAKE Bake automatically bakes cakes, brownies, muffins and french fries. * Suppose you want to bake a bundt cake. 1. Press AUTO CONV. 2. Press 1 for BAKE. 3. Press START. 4. Select desired setting. Ex: for bundt cake, press number 1. 5. Press START. NOTES This mode can be programmed with mor ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) AUTO CONV 2. ROAST Roost automatically roasts chicken, turkey, turkey breast or pork. ° Suppose you want to roast a 2.5 pound chicken. 1. Press AUTO CONV. 2. Press 2 for ROAST. 3. Press START. 4. Select desired setting. Ex: for chicken, press number 1. 5. Press START. 6. Enter weight by touching the num ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) AUTO CONV 3. BROIL Broll automatically broils hamburgers, chicken pieces, steaks and fish steaks. ° Suppose you want to broil 2 hamburgers. 1. Press AUTO CONV. 2. Press 3 for BROIL. 3. Press START. 4. Select desired setting. Ex: for hamburgers, press number 1. 5. Press START. 6. Press number pad 2 to en ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) AUTO COOK Your oven has convenient pads to assist with meal preparation. The Auto Cool< settings will automatically compute the correct cooking time and microwave power level for foods shown in the following charts. ° Suppose you want to melt 1/2 cup of butter. I. Press AUTO COOK. 2. Press 3 for Melt ...
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Microwave Operating Instructions (continued) TURBO COOKING This oven has two pre-programmed settings that make it easy to cook with both convection heat and microwave automatically. Oven Microwave temperature power Turbo Roast 300°F 30% Turbo Bake 325°F 10% With the exception of those foods that cook best by convection heating alone, most foods a ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions BAKE Use the bake feature to cool< most food items that require normal cooking temperatures. The following temperature settings apply to the bake feature: ° Auto-suggest (default) setting: 350°F/177°C ° Min. bake setting: 170°F / 76°C ° Max. bake setting: 550°F / 288°C If your recipe requires a differen ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) COOK TiME Adding a cool< duration when baking is beneficial when a recipe requires a specific temperature and period of time to cool<. Following the recipe cool< time helps ensure the best possible results. Cool< time may be set with the following features: ° Bake • Conv Bake ° Conv Roas ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) BROIL Use the broil feature to cool< meats that require direct exposure to radiant heat for optimum browning results. The following temperature settings apply to the broil feature: * Auto-suggest (default) setting: 550°F / 288°C ° Min. broil setting: 400°F / 204°C ° Max. broil setting: 550°F / ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) CONVECTION BAKE Convection Bake uses two fans to circulate the oven heat evenly and continuously. The improved heat distribution allows for even cooking with excellent results. Multiple rack cooking may slightly increase cool< times for some foods, but the overall result is time saved. The Conv Bake ...
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Lower Oven Operating Instructions (continued) CONVECTION CONVERT The conv convert option allows you to convert any normal baking recipe using the convection baize feature. The control uses the normal recipe settings and adjusts to a lower temperature for convection baking. Conv convert must be used with Conv Baize feature. Benefits of cony bake usi ...
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Lower Oven Operating Instructions (continued) CONVECTION ROAST Convection roast combines a cook cycle with the convection fan and element to rapidly roast meats and poultry. Heated air circulates around the meat from all sides, sealing in juices and flavors. Meats cooked with this feature are crispy brown on the outside while staying moist on the i ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) MEAT PROBE Checking the internal temperature of your food is the most effective way of ensuring that your food has been properly cooked. When cooking meat such as roasts, hams or poultry you can use the probe to check the internal temperature without any guesswork. Your oven will automatically change fr ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) SLOW COOl( The slow cool< feature may be used to cook foods more slowly at lower oven temperatures. The cooking results will be like that of a Slow Cooker or Crock-Pot. This feature is ideal for roasting beef, pork & poultry. Slow cooking meats may result in the exterior of meats becoming dark bu ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) SABBATH MODE This appliance provides special settings for use when observing the Jewish Sabbath/Holidays. This mode wiii turn off: all audible tones or visual display changes normally provided by the oven control. BAKE is the only cooking features available while in the Sabbath mode. You must first set ...
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Lower Oven Operating instructions (continued) RECIPE RECALL The Recipe Recall feature may be used to record and recall your favorite recipe settings. This feature may store 1 setting for each of the 3 basic cooking pads. The key pad that a recipe may be stored with are Bake, Cony Bake and Cony Roast. This feature will also store and recall Cook Tim ...
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User Preferences SETTING CLOCK See the example below to set the clock to 1:30. 1. Press Q. 2. Enter 1:30 to advance to 1:30. 3. Press START to accept or press STOP to reject. SETTING 12 OR 24 HOUR MODE The clock display mode allows you to choose between 12 and 24 hour mode. The factory preset clock display mode is 12 hour. See the example below to ...
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Lower Oven Self-Cleaning Cycle BEFORE STARTING SELF=CLEAN A self-cleaning oven automatically cleans with high temperatures that are well above those used for normal cooking. The self-clean feature eliminates soils completely or reduces them to a fine powdered ash that you can later easily wipe away with a damp cloth. Adhere to the following precaut ...
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Lower Oven Self-Cleaning Cycle SELF=CLEAN CYCLE The FLEX CLEAN pad controls the Self-Cleaning feature. When used with a Delay Start pad, a delayed Self-Cleaning cycle may also be programmed. The Flex Clean feature allows for any Self-Cleaning cycle time from 2 (2:00) to 4 hours (4:00). You may also choose the clean time in 1 minute increments (for ...
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Microwave General Care & Cleaning Exterior Clean the outside with mild soap and water; rinse and dry with a soft cloth. Do not use any type of household or abrasive cleaner. _oor Wipe the window on both sides with a damp cloth to remove any spills or spatters. Metal parts will be easier to maintain if wiped frequently with a damp cloth. Avoid t ...
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Lower Oven General Care & Cleaning Before cleaning any part of the oven, be sure all controls are turned OFF and the oven is COOL. REMOVE SPILLOVERS AND HEAVY SOILING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGULAR CLEANINGS NOW WILL REDUCE THE EXTENT AND DIFFICULTY OF MAJOR CLEANING LATER. Surface Type Cleaning Recommendation Aluminum (trim pieces) & vinyl U ...
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Lower Oven General Care & Cleaning (co.ti.ued) REMOVING AND REPLACING THE LOWER OVEN DOOR The oven door is heavy. Be careful when removing and lifting the door. Do not lift the oven door by the handle. To Remove Oven Door: 1. Open oven door completely (horizontal with floor - See Figure 1). 2. Puii the door hinge locks on both left and right do ...
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Lower Oven General Care & Cleaning (co.ti.ued) SPECIAL DOOR CARE iNSTRUCTiONS Mosf oven doors confaln glass fhaf can break. Read the following recommendations: Do not close the oven door until aii the interior oven racks are fully inserted and retracted to the back of the oven. Do not hit the glass with pots_ pans° or any other object. The ove ...
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Before You Call Solutions to Common Problems OVEN BAKING For best cooking results r heat the oven before baking cookies° breads_ cakes_ pies or pastries_ etc. There is no need to preheat the oven for roasting meat or baking casseroles. The cooking times and temperatures needed to bake a product may vary slightly from your previously owned applianc ...
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Before You Call (co.ti.ued) Solutions to Common Problems Before you call for service, review this list. It may save you time and expense. The list includes common occurrences that are not the result of defective workmanship or materials in this appliance. OCCURRENCE POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION Control pads far Sensor Cooking, One- * The oven door was o ...
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Before You Call (contlnued) Solutions to Common Problems OCCURRENCE POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION Self-cleanlng cycle does not work ° Make sure the oven door is closed. ° Make sure you have removed the oven racks and the oven rack supports from the oven. ° Controls not set properly. Follow instructions under "Dual Convection Lower Oven Self-Clean ...
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PROTECTION AGREEMENTS Master Protection Agreements Congratulations on making a smart purchase. Your new Kenmordeproduct is designed and manufactured for years of dependable operation. But like all products, it may require preventive maintenance or repair from time to time. That's when having a Master Protection Agreement can save you money and ...
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