Kenmore 970c4262 series, Use & Care Manual

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Setting Oven Controls
Meat Probe
When cooking meat such as roasts, hams or poultry, use the
meat probe function to check the internal temperature without
any guesswork. For some foods, especially poultry and roasts,
testing the internal temperature is the best method to ensure
properly cooked meats.
Important note:
• Use only the meat probe supplied with appliance. Using any
other probe or device could result in damage to the
appliance and the meat probe receptacle.
• Never leave or store the meat probe inside the oven.
• Handle the meat probe carefully when inserting and
removing from food or probe receptacle. Do not use tongs
to pull on meat probe cable when inserting or removing
from food or receptacle.
• Defrost food completely before inserting meat probe to
avoid damaging probe.
• To avoid possibility of burns after cooking, carefully unplug
meat probe using a pot holder to protect hands.
Proper meat probe placement:
Always insert meat probe so that the probe tip rests in the center
of the thickest part of meat. Do not allow meat probe to touch
bone, fat, gristle or cookware.
• For bone-in ham or lamb, insert meat probe into the center
of lowest large muscle or joint.
• For dishes such as meat loaf or casseroles, insert meat
probe into center of food.
• When cooking fish, insert meat probe just above the gill.
• For whole poultry or turkey, insert meat probe into the
thickest part of inner thigh, below the leg (
Figure 34 ).
Important note:
Changing how the oven reacts after reaching the target temper-
ature must be done before starting the cooking process. The
internal probe temperature setting range is from 140°F (60°C)
to 210°F (99°C).
To set meat probe:
1. Prepare the food and properly
insert the temperature probe
into the food. Do not preheat
or start cooking before
properly inserting the meat
probe. Probe should be
inserted into the food and
receptacle while the oven is
still cool.
2. Place the prepared food on
the desired oven rack position
and slide into the oven.
3. Plug the meat probe into the probe receptacle located on
the left top of oven cavity.
4. To set the target temperature press Meat Probe once then
enter the desired target internal temperature using the
numeric keys (default setting is 170ºF/ 77ºC).
5. Press to accept the meat probe target temperature.
Close the oven door.
6. Set the oven control for Bake, Convection Bake or Convec-
tion Roast and the desired oven temperature. The meat
probe cannot be set with Broil or Self-Clean.
7. While cooking, the actual meat probe temperature will
display by default. To view the target temperature press
Meat Probe once. The display will show the (set) target
temperature for 6 seconds before changing back to display
the actual probe temperature. If the target temperature
needs to be changed during the cooking process, press
Meat Probe once and use the numeric keys to adjust the
target temperature.
8. Press to accept any change.
9. The oven control will provide 3 beeps when the internal
target temperature is reached. The oven will automatically
change to a Warm & Hold setting and maintain the oven
temperature at 170° F (77°C). Instructions for changing how
the oven reacts after reaching the internal target tempera-
ture may be found later in this section.
10. Press to cancel cooking at any time.
Figure 34: Probe into thickest part of thigh
handle
probe
cable
probe
sensor
handle
receptacle
probe
connector