KitchenAid KHMS155LSS Use & Care Manual

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MICROWAVE HOOD COMBINATION
Use & Care Guide
For questions about features, operation/performance, parts accessories or service, call: 1-800-422-1230,
or visit our website at... www.kitchenaid.com
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Model KHMS155L
8184950/4619-652-61912

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  • Page 1 MICROWAVE HOOD COMBINATION Use & Care Guide For questions about features, operation/performance, parts accessories or service, call: 1-800-422-1230, or visit our website at... www.kitchenaid.com Table of Contents......................2 Model KHMS155L 8184950/4619-652-61912...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY............3 Electrical Requirements ...............5 PARTS AND FEATURES..............6 Turntable ..................6 Cooking Rack................6 Crisper Pan and Handle...............6 MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL............7 Display..................7 Number Codes................7 Start ....................7 Cancel ..................7 Clock ....................7 Tones....................8 Timer.....................8 Child Lock ..................8 Vent Fan ..................8 Cooktop Light................8 Demo Mode..................8 MICROWAVE OVEN USE ..............9...
  • Page 3: Microwave Oven Safety

    MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
  • Page 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ■ ■ Liquids, such as water, coffee, or tea are able to be Do not clean with metal scouring pads. Pieces can burn off the pad and touch electrical parts involving a overheated beyond the boiling point without appearing risk of electric shock.
  • Page 5: Electrical Requirements

    Electrical Requirements GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS For all cord connected appliances: ■ WARNING The microwave oven must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current. The microwave oven is equipped with a cord having a grounding wire with a grounding plug.
  • Page 6: Parts And Features

    PARTS AND FEATURES This manual may cover several different models. The model you Turning Off the Turntable have purchased may have some or all of the features shown here. The turntable can be turned off (except during an auto function). The appearance of your particular model may differ slightly from This is helpful when cooking with plates that are larger than the the illustrations in this manual.
  • Page 7: Microwave Oven Control

    MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL Number Codes The microwave oven is preset with shortcut number codes. A number code includes one or more of the following: cooking power, cook time and food quantity or weight. See the charts in the “Cooking” and/or “Reheating” sections for additional information.
  • Page 8: Tones

    Tones Child Lock Tones are audible signals, indicating the following: The Child Lock shuts down the control panel pads to prevent unintended use of the microwave oven. One tone When the control is locked, only the Vent Fan and Light pads will ■...
  • Page 9: Microwave Oven Use

    MICROWAVE OVEN USE A magnetron in the oven produces microwaves which reflect off the metal floor, walls and ceiling and pass through the turntable Cooking Guidelines and appropriate cookware to the food. Microwaves are attracted to and absorbed by fat, sugar and water molecules in the food, Covering causing them to move, producing friction and heat which cooks Covering food helps retain moisture, shorten cook time and...
  • Page 10: Cookware And Dinnerware

    Do Not Use Cookware and Dinnerware Cookware and dinnerware must fit on the turntable. Always use Metal cookware and bakeware, gold, silver, pewter, non- oven mitts or pot holders when handling because any dish may approved meat thermometers, skewers, twist ties, foil liners such become hot from heat transferred from the food.
  • Page 11: Cooking

    To Use Sensor Cooking: Cooking Before using, make sure the microwave oven has been plugged in for at least 3 minutes, the room temperature is not above 95°F (35°C) and the outside of the container and microwave oven To Use: cavity are dry.
  • Page 12: Easy Minute

    To Use Auto Cook: Reheating 1. Touch AUTO COOK. The display shows “PAD.” Times and cooking power have been preset for reheating specific foods. Use the following chart as a guide. 2. Touch a number pad to select type of food from chart. FOOD CODE QUANTITY/INSTRUCTIONS...
  • Page 13: Custom Defrost

    4. Touch START. Custom Defrost The display will count down the defrost time. The Custom Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven About halfway through defrosting, “TURN” will appear on the can be manually set to defrost by using 30% cook power. display while the oven continues to operate.
  • Page 14: Crisp Or Sizzle

    To Use Crisp or Sizzle: Crisp or Sizzle 1. Use Pan Heat. 2. Place food in heated Crisper Pan, return pan to turntable and The Pan Heat feature, combined with Crisp or Sizzle features, close the door. uses the Crisper Pan to brown, crisp, and pan-fry foods in the microwave oven.
  • Page 15: Microwave Oven Care

    MICROWAVE OVEN CARE OVEN DOOR AND EXTERIOR General Cleaning IMPORTANT: Before cleaning, make sure all controls are off and The area where the oven door and frame touch when closed the oven is cool. Always follow label instructions on cleaning should be kept clean.
  • Page 16: Replacing Filters

    Replacing Filters Replacing Cooktop Light The grease filters should be removed and cleaned at least once a The cooktop light is a 10W low-voltage halogen capsule bulb. month. The charcoal filters cannot be washed and should be See “Assistance or Service” for replacement ordering replaced every 6 to 12 months.
  • Page 17: Replacing Microwave Oven Light

    4. Lift up the bulb cover. Replacing Microwave Oven Light The microwave oven light is a 10W low-voltage halogen capsule bulb. It will automatically come on when the door is opened and when the microwave oven is operating. See “Assistance or Service”...
  • Page 18: Troubleshooting

    Has a household fuse blown, or has a circuit breaker Is the display showing an “Oven Status” screen, with a tripped? letter/number code and instruction to inform KitchenAid? Replace the fuse or reset the circuit. The oven has detected an internal problem. It has run a self- checking program and displayed the error.
  • Page 19: Assistance Or Service

    Before calling for assistance or service, please check For further assistance “Troubleshooting.” It may save you the cost of a service call. If If you need further assistance, you can write to KitchenAid with you still need help, follow the instructions below. any questions or concerns at:...
  • Page 20: Warranty

    In the second through tenth years from date of purchase, when this appliance is operated and maintained according to instructions attached to or furnished with the product, KitchenAid will pay for factory specified parts for the stainless steel oven cavity/inner door if the part rusts through due to defects in materials or workmanship.

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