Kenmore 79090011311, 79090011312, 79090011313, 79090011314, 79090012311 Owner’s Manual

Use & Care Guide

Guía de uso y cuidada

English / Español

Model/Modelos: 790. 9001*, 9011*, 9083*, 9300*, 9302*

Kenmore®

Electric Range

Estufa eléctrica

* = color number, código de color

P/N 808529901 Rev B

Sears Brands Management Corporation

Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A.

www.kenmore.com

www.sears.com

Table of Contents
Appliance Warranty...............................................................................	2
Important Safety Instructions...........................................................	3-6
Product Record/Serial Plate Location..................................................	6
Before Setting Oven Controls...............................................................	7
Removing, replacing and arranging oven racks............................	7
Before Setting Surface Controls........................................................	8-9
Using proper cookware......................................................................	8
Cookware material types...................................................................	9
Home canning.....................................................................................	9
Setting Surface Controls.......................................................................	10
Surface element settings..................................................................	10
Oven Control Features...........................................................................	11
Setting Oven Controls.......................................................................	11-14
Setting Clock......................................................................................	11

Changing oven temperature display (F° or C°).............................	11
Setting Timer......................................................................................	12
Setting Bake.......................................................................................	12
Broil.....................................................................................................	13
Adjusting Oven Temperature...........................................................	14
Care & Cleaning..............................................................................	15-19
Cleaning recommendation table....................................................	15
General cleaning..............................................................................	16
Surface elements and drip bowls...................................................	17
Removing and replacing lift-off oven door...................................	19
Before You Call - Solutions to common problems......................	20-21
Master Protection Agreement..............................................................	23
Sears Service..........................................................................	back cover

KENMORE LIMITED WARRANTY

FOR ONE YEAR from the date of sale this appliance is warranted against defects in material or workmanship when it is correctly installed, operated and maintained according to all supplied instructions.

WITH PROOF OF SALE, a defective appliance will receive free repair or replacement at option of seller.

For warranty coverage details to obtain free repair or replacement, visit the web page: www.kenmore.com/warranty

This warranty applies for only 90 DAYS from the sale date in the United States, and is void in Canada, if this appliance is ever used for other than private household purposes.

This warranty covers ONLY defects in material and workmanship, and will NOT pay for:

1.Cracks in a ceramic glass cooktop that are not a result of thermal shock.

2.Stains and scratches on a ceramic glass cooktop resulting from accident or improper operation or maintenance.

3.Discoloration of cooktop surfaces resulting from normal use.

4.Expendable items that can wear out from normal use, including but not limited to filters, belts, bags or screw-in base light bulbs.

5.A service technician to clean or maintain this appliance, or to instruct the user in correct appliance installation, operation and maintenance.

6.Service calls to correct appliance installation not performed by Sears authorized service agents, or to repair problems with house fuses, circuit breakers, house wiring, and plumbing or gas supply systems resulting from such installation.

7.Damage to or failure of this appliance resulting from installation not performed by Sears authorized service agents, including installation that was not in accord with electrical, gas or plumbing codes.

8.Damage to or failure of this appliance, including discoloration or surface rust, if it is not correctly operated and maintained according to all supplied instructions.

9.Damage to or failure of this appliance, including discoloration or surface rust, resulting from accident, alteration, abuse, misuse or use for other than its intended purpose.

10.Damage to or failure of this appliance, including discoloration or surface rust, caused by the use of detergents, cleaners, chemicals or utensils other than those recommended in all instructions supplied with the product.

11.Damage to or failure of parts or systems resulting from unauthorized modifications made to this appliance.

12.Service to an appliance if the model and serial plate is missing, altered, or cannot easily be determined to have the appropriate certification logo.

Disclaimer of implied warranties; limitation of remedies

Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy under this limited warranty shall be product repair or replacement as provided herein. Implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are limited to one year or the shortest period allowed by law. Seller shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages. Some states and provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or limitation on the duration of implied warranties of merchantability or fitness, so these exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.

This warranty applies only while this appliance is used in the United States or Canada*.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

* In-home repair service is not available in all Canadian geographical areas, nor will this warranty cover user or servicer travel and transportation expenses if this product is located in a remote area (as defined by Sears Canada Inc.) where an authorized servicer is not available.

Sears Brands Management Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

Sears Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2C3

All rights reserved. Printed in the USA.

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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.

Definitions

This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.

Do not attempt to install or operate your appliance until you have read the safety precautions in this manual. Safety items throughout this manual are labeled with a WARNING or CAUTION statement based on the risk type.

- indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in death or serious injury.

- indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

•Remove all tape and packaging before using the range.

Destroy the carton and plastic bags after unpacking the range. Never allow children to play with packaging material.

•Proper installation—Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a qualified technician in accordance with the National Electrical Code ANSI/

NFPA No. 70 latest edition and local electrical code requirements. Install only per installation instructions provided in the literature package for this range.

•User servicing—Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance unless specifically recommended in the manuals. All other servicing should be done only by a qualified technician, This may reduce the risk of personal injury and damage to the range.

Ask your dealer to recommend a qualified technician and an authorized repair service. Know how to disconnect the power to the range at the circuit breaker or fuse box in case of an emergency.

•Never modify or alter the construction of a range by removing the leveling legs, panels, wire covers, anti-tip brackets/screws, or any other part of the range.

Tip Over Hazard

•A child or adult can tip the range and be killed.

•Verify the anti-tip device has been

installed to floor or wall.

•Ensure the anti-tip device is re-engaged when the range is moved to floor or wall.

•Do not operate the range without the anti-tip device in place and engaged.

•Failure to follow these instructions can result in death or serious burns to children and adults.

Range

leveling leg

Anti-Tip bracket

To check if the anti-tip bracket is installed properly, use both arms and grasp the rear edge of range back. Carefully attempt to tilt range forward. When properly installed, the range should not tilt forward.

Refer to the anti-tip bracket installation instructions supplied with your range for proper installation.

•Remove the oven door from any unused range if it is to be stored or discarded.

•Do not attempt to operate the range during a power failure. If the power fails, always turn off the range. If the range is not turned off and the power resumes, the range will begin to operate again. Once the power resumes, reset the clock and oven function.

Stepping, leaning or sitting on the door or drawers of a range can result in serious injuries and also cause damage to the appliance. DO NOT allow children to climb or play around the range. The weight of a child on an open oven door may cause the range to tip, resulting in serious burns or other injury.

Storage in or on appliance — flammable materials should not be stored in an oven, near surface units or in the storage drawer, warmer drawer or lower oven. This includes paper, plastic and cloth items, such as cookbooks, plasticware and towels, as well as flammable liquids. Do not store explosives, such as aerosol cans, on or near the range.

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Important Safety Instructions

NEVER cover any slots, holes or passages in the oven bottom or cover an entire oven rack with materials such as aluminum foil. Aluminum foil linings may trap heat, causing a fire hazard.

DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN ALONE — children should not be left alone or unattended in the area where appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the appliance, including the storage drawer, lower broiler drawer, warmer drawer or lower double oven.

Do not store items of interest to children in the cabinets above a range or on the backguard of the

range. Children climbing on the range to reach items could be seriously injured.

DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE HEATING UNITS, OR SURFACE COOKING ELEMENTS, AREAS NEAR THESE SURFACE HEATING UNITS, OR INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE OVEN. Both surface heating and oven heating elements may be hot even though they are dark in color. Areas near surface cooking units 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 areas are the cook top, surfaces facing the cook top, the oven vent openings and surfaces near these openings, oven door and oven door window.

Wear proper apparel — loose-fitting or hanging garments should never be worn while using the appliance. Do not let clothing or other flammable materials contact hot surfaces.

DO NOT USE WATER OR FLOUR on grease fires — smother the fire with a pan lid, or use baking soda, a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

When heating fat or grease, watch it closely. Fat or grease may catch fire if allowed to become too hot.

Use dry potholders — moist or damp potholders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam.

Do not let potholders touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth instead of a potholder.

Do not heat unopened food containers

— buildup of pressure may cause container to burst and result in injury.

Important Safety Notice

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substances.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING YOUR OVEN

Protective Liners — DO NOT USE ALUMINUM FOIL to line the oven bottom. Only use aluminum foil as recommended in this manual. Improper installation of these liners may result in risk of electric shock, or fire.

•Use care when opening oven door, warmer drawer or lower oven door — Stand to the side of the range 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 oven vent is located below the backguard. Touching the surfaces in this area when the oven is operating may cause severe burns. Also, do not place plastic or heat-sensitive items on or near the oven vent. These items could melt or ignite.

•Placement of interior oven racks. Always place oven racks in desired location while oven is cool. If rack must be moved while oven is hot use extreme caution. Use potholders and grasp the rack with both hands to reposition. Do not let potholders contact the hot heating elements in the oven. Remove all utensils from the rack before moving.

•Do not use the broiler pan without its insert. The broiler pan and its insert allow dripping fat to drain and be kept away from the high heat of the broiler.

•Do not cover the broiler insert with aluminum foil. Exposed fat and grease could ignite.

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Important Safety Instructions

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING YOUR

COOKTOP

•Know which knob controls each surface heating unit. Place a pan of food on the surface element unit before turning it on, and turn the element off before removing the pan.

•Use proper pan size — This appliance is equipped with one or more surface units of different sizes. Select utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element. The use of undersized utensils will expose a portion of the heating element to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of utensil to element will also improve efficiency.

•Utensil handles should be turned inward and not extend over adjacent surface elements — To reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, the handle of the utensil should be positioned so that it is turned inward, and does not extend over adjacent surface units.

•Never leave surface elements unattended at high heat settings — Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite, or a pan that has boiled dry may melt.

•Glazed cooking utensils — Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed utensils are suitable for cook top service without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature. Check the manufacturer’s recommendations for cook top use.

•When flaming foods under a ventilating hood, turn the fan on.

COIL COOK TOP MODELS

Protective liners — Do not use aluminum foil to line surface unit drip bowls, or reflector pans. Only use aluminum foil as recommended in this manual. Improper installation of these liners may result in risk of electric shock, or fire.

•Make sure reflector pans or drip bowls are in place — Absence of these pans or bowls during cooking may subject wiring or components underneath to damage.

•Carefully check the reflector pans, drip bowls, and coils for packaging material. Remove all packaging material before using the cooktop.

•Do not use decorative surface burner covers. If an element is accidentally turned on, the decorative cover will become hot and possibly melt. Burns will occur if the hot covers are touched. Damage may also be done to the cooktop.

•Do not allow grease to accumulate around surface burners and drip bowls.

•Do not immerse or soak removable heating elements— Heating elements should never be immersed in water. Heating elements clean themselves during normal operation.

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Important Safety Instructions

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLEANING

YOUR RANGE

Before manually cleaning any part of the range, be sure all controls are turned OFF and the range is COOL. The range may be hot and can cause burns.

•Clean the range regularly to keep all parts free of grease that could catch fire. Pay particular attention to the area around each surface element. Do not allow grease to accumulate.

•Kitchen cleaners and aerosols — Always follow the manufacturer’s recommended directions for use. Be aware that excess residue from cleaners and aerosols may ignite causing damage and injury.

•Clean ventilating hoods frequently — Grease should not be allowed to accumulate on the hood or filter. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for cleaning hoods.

Product Record

In this space below, record the date of purchase, model and serial number of your product. You will find the model and serial number printed on an identification plate. See bottom of this page for serial plate location.

790.

Model No.______________________________________

Serial No._______________________________________

Date of Purchase_________________________________

Save sales receipt for future reference.

Serial Plate Location

To locate the serial plate open the storage drawer. The serial plate is attached to the lower right oven frame.

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Before Setting Oven Controls

Oven vent location

The oven vent is located under the left rear surface element

(See Fig. 1). When the oven is on, warm air passes through this vent. This venting is necessary for proper air circulation in the oven and good baking results. Do not block oven vent.

oven vent

Fig. 1

Removing, replacing and arranging racks

Always use pot holders or oven mitts when using the oven. When cooking, the oven interior, exterior, oven racks and cooktop will become very hot which can cause burns

Arranging - always arrange the oven racks when the oven is cool (prior to operating the oven).

To remove - pull the rack forward until it stops. Lift up front of rack and slide out.

To replace - fit the rack onto the guides on the oven walls. Tilt the front of the rack

upward and slide the rack

back into place.

Fig. 2

Recommended oven rack positions by food type:

(Refer to Fig. 2 for oven rack positions)

Food type	Position
Broiling	See broil
Cookies, cakes, pies, biscuits & muffins	2 or 3
Frozen pies, angel food cake, yeast, bread
and casseroles	1 or 2
Small cuts of meat or poultry	1 or 2
Turkey, roast or ham	1

Types of oven racks

flat handle oven rack

flat oven rack

offset oven rack

The flat oven rack or flat handle oven rack (on some models) may be used for most cooking needs.

The offset oven rack (on some models) will place the base of the rack about 1/2 of a rack position lower than a flat oven rack. This feature provides several additional possible oven rack positions.

Air circulation in the oven

For best baking results allow 2-4” (5-10 cm) around the cookware for proper air circulation and be sure pans and cookware do not touch each other, the oven door, sides or back of the oven cavity. Hot air must be able to circulate around the pans and cookware in the oven for even heat to reach around the food.

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Before Setting Surface Controls

About the surface elements

The element temperature rises gradually and evenly. As the temperature rises, the element will glow red.

For efficient cooking, turn OFF the surface element just before cooking is complete. This will allow residual heat to complete the cooking process.

Surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The surface element may still be hot and burns may occur if the surface element is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.

Do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on top of the range when it is in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the surface elements.

Do not use aluminum foil to line surface unit drip bowls, or reflector pans. Only use aluminum foil as recommended in this manual. Improper installation of these liners may result in risk of electric shock, or fire.

Do not place aluminum foil or ANY material that could melt on the surface elements.

Make sure reflector pans or drip bowls are in place — Absence of these pans or bowls during cooking may subject wiring or components underneath to damage.

Element On indicator lights

The ELEMENT ON indicator lights are marked on the control panel and will glow when a surface cooking element is turned ON. A quick glance at these indicator lights after cooking is an easy check to be sure ALL surface controls are turned OFF.

Using proper cookware

The size and type of cookware used will influence the surface element power level setting needed for best cooking results. Be sure to follow the

recommendations for using proper cookware as

illustrated in both Figs. 1 & 2.

Fig. 1

Check for flatness by rotating a ruler across the bottom of the cookware (See Fig. 1). Cookware should have flat bottoms that make good contact with the entire surface heating element (See Fig. 2).

•Flat bottom and straight sides.

•Tight fitting lids.

•Weight of handle does not tilt pan. Pan is well balanced.

•Pan sizes match the amount of food to be prepared and the size of the surface element.

•Made of material that conducts heat well.

•Easy to clean.

•Always match pot diameter to surface element size.

•Curved and warped pans.

•Cookware larger than surface element on cooktop by more than onehalf inch or 12mm.

•Heavy handle tilts pan.

•Pan is smaller than the surface element on cooktop.

Fig. 2

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