Kenmore 99721 User Manual

USE & CARE

MANUAL

MODEL NO.

99721

KNOW YOUR UNIT

Read this booklet so you will
be able to enjoy all the
features in your Kenmore
Microwave Oven.

Record in space provided
below the Model No. and
the Serial No. found on the
label on the cabinet back.

Model No.,
Serial No.„

Retain this information for
future reference.

Sears, Roebuck and Co,, Chicago, IL 60684 U.S.A.

MICROWAVE OVEN

Use and Care

P/N

400009

YOUR SAFETY FIRST

The Sears microwave oven, though simple to use, is not a toy. Respect it as an electric cooking appliance.
Become familiar with microwave energy, its uses and limitations.

PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY
(a) DO NOT ATTEMPT to operate this oven with the door open since open door operation can result in

harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.

(b) DO NOT PLACE any object between the oven front face and the door or allow soil or cleaner residue

to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

(c) DO NOT OPERATE the oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that the oven door closes

properly and that there is no damage to the:
(1) DOOR (bent)
(2) HINGES AND LATCHES (broken or loosened)
(3) DOOR SEALS AND SEALING SURFACES

(d) THE OVEN SHOULD NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REPAIRED BY ANYONE EXCEPT PROPERLY

QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL,

Oven must be level
Glass tray must be in oven during cooking.
Remove metal rack from oven when rack Is not used for cooking.
If this oven is dropped or damaged.do not use it until it is thoroughly checked by a trained service technician.

Electrical power cord must be kept dry and must not be pinched or crushed in any way

The MICROWAVE OVEN has several hidden safety switches to make sure the power remains off when the

door is open. Do not try to defeat them.

DON’T

Do not try to use this microwave oven with the door open.
Do not run the oven empty without the foods.
Do not run the oven empty with the Metal Rack in it.
Do not use browning dishes on Metal Rack.

Do not run the oven empty with the Temperature Probe plugged in.
Do not let the Temperature Probe Sensor touch the sides, bottom and door of oven when in use.
Do not use the Temperature Probe in a regular oven.
Do not store burnable material, such as food, in a Microwave Oven.
Do not use this microwave oven for commercial purposes.

This Microwave Oven is made for household use only.

SAFETY CERTIFICATION

The Kenmore Microwave Oven is designed and thoroughl]^ tested to meet exacting safety/ standards.
It meets UL and FCC requirements and complies with sa/eiy performance standards of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Installation.............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Names of Oven Parts and Oven Control Panel............................................................................................. 7 — 8

Use Instructions ........................................................................................................................................... 9—26

■ Easy Use Chart................................................................................................................................................. 10

■ Recall and Change of Settings......................................................................................................................... 11

■ Pause between Stages....................................................................................................................................... 11

■ Regular Timer.................................................................................................................................................. 11

Detailed Directions......................................................................................................................................12—26

■ HI Power Cooking............................................................................................................................................ 12

■ Cooking Guide for Multi-Power Settings........................................................................................................ 13

■ Multi Power Cooking....................................................................................................................................... 14

■ Temperature Control Cooking..................................................................................................................15 — 17

■ Temperature Controlled HI Power Cooking

and Automatic Hold Warm.............................................................................................................................. 18

■ Temperature Controlled Multi-Power Cooking

and Automatic Hold Warm.............................................................................................................................. 19

■ Two-Stage Cooking...................................................................................................................................20 — 21

■ Delay Start Cooking......................................................................................................................................... 21

■ Whole Meal Cooking........................................................................................................................................ 21

■ Programmed Defrost.................................................................................................................................22 — 26

Utensils................................................................................................................................................................. 27

Care and Cleaning

Questions and Answers................................................................

Sears Service........................................................................................................................................................ 31

Sears Warranty.................................................................................................................................................... 32

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Sears

USE AND CARE MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN
USE INSTRUCTIONS

Enjoy a new cooking experience from Sears. Please read this booklet. It takes

just a few minutes— time well spent to learn how to use all of the features.
Advice on the use and care of Sears appliances is always available at your

nearest Sears store. When seeking information, be sure to get the complete
model number located on the plastic label. See below for its location.

MODEL NUMBER

Any request for service, replacement of parts, or information needs the complete mode! number

(Nomenclature Number) of your microwave oven. The number is on the left side of the control panel.
The model number is also located on the back of the cabinet.
The number will look like this: 564.9000000.

IMPORTANT-Electrical Grounding Instructions

This microwavti oven has a thrse-prong (grounding) plug.
Where a two prong wall outlet is available, it is the
responsibility of the customer to contact a qualified
electrician and fiave it replaced with a properly grounded
three-prong wall outlet in accordance with the national
electrical code {see illustration below).

Do not cut or remove round grounding prong from this
plug,

This oven is made to use on a properly grounded outlet.

This oven has a short power supply cord. Extension cords may be used if you are careful in their use,
If an extension cord is used, it must be a type S, with 3 number 16 wires and have a 3-prong grounded
plug. The e.xtension cord should not drape over the countertop where it can be pulled on or triyaped over

accidentally.

Electrical power cord must be kept dry and must not be pinched or crushed in any way.

PROPERLY POLARIZED AND GROUNDED OUTLET

INSTALLATION

Install your oven by following these four simple steps:

Step 1: Remove all packing material and accessories.
Step 2: Place the oven in the level location of your choice, but make sure there is at least one inch of

space on the top and at the rear to make sure of proper ventilation.
Top of the oven should be kept clear and the plastic feet must be kept on oven so there is air flow

for ventilation. An exhaust outlet is at the rear of the oven and blocking the outlet can damage
the oven.

Step 3: Plug your oven into a standard 120 volt household outlet. Be sure the electrical circuit is at least

15 amperes and that your microwave oven is the only appliance on the circuit.

Step 4; To set Time of Day, touch CLEAR; then touch TIME OF DAY; touch numbers for correct time

Note:

then touch TIME OF DAY. '
tf you want to build-in this microwave oven, either by itself or over Sears Kenmore electric

built-in oven models 42209, 4228X, 4238X, 42489, and 4258X, {X may be 2 4 6 8 or 9)
Sears Kenmore Built-in Trim Kit Model 22-40191 is available, Contact your nearest Sears store

or the catalog.

NAMES OF OVEN PARTS

Easy-clean
acrylic finish

Safety
interlock system

Oven control pane’.

Door release

Glass Tray
Metal Rack
Temperature Probe

Cookbook................................................................. 1 each

Use and Care Manual
Easy Use Chart Card

Do not use this Microwave Oven for commercial purposes. This Microwave Oven is made for household use only.

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OVEN CONTROL PANEL

Stage Lights-When

cooking stages are set, Lights
will, go on indicating which
Stage your Oven is cooking

Indicator Lights—Time,
Cook, Temp and Programmed
Defrost lights indicate which
cooking operation is being
used.

Programmed Defrost—

Used in setting Programmed
Defrost,

Time of Day —Used in
setting Time of Day.

Time —Used in setting

Cooking Time.

Numbers —Used to enter the
Time of Day, Cooking Times,
Cooking Powers and Cooking
Temperatures.

Cook Control - Used to
select Cooking Power Levels.

Clear-Clears all entries ^

except Time of Day. Once
cooking has begun, however,
Clear will function only after
Stop has been touched.

Display Window—Shows
Time of Day, Cooking Time,

Cooking Power Level. Cooking
Temperature and Hold. Acts
as Countdown Timer or
Temperature Indicator when
Cooking.

Probe Light —Flashes to

warn that Temperature Probe
is not plugged into the socket
inside the Oven for Tempera
ture Control Cooking.

Pause Light —Shows Oven
has been set to pause between
the first and second Cooking

Stages.
Pause—Used to stop Oven

between Cooking Stages,

Memory/Recall —Used in
setting Cooking Time, Power

Level and Temperature for
Two-Stage Cooking. Also used
to recall each memory stage in

a two-stage program.

•Temp Control —Used in

setting the desired Cooking

Temperature, Temperature
Control Cooking can be done
only when the Temperature
Probe is plugged into the
socket inside the Oven.

Stop — Stops Oven.

Cook Guide —Lists the

Types of Cooking that most
often occur at these Cooking
Power Levels.

Start —Starts Oven.

Temp Guide—Lists examples

of food that are best cooked to
these Temperatures.

Door Release-Opens Oven
Door.

Note: A Beep Tone sounds when a Pad on the Control

Panel is touched, so you can tell that a Setting
has been entered.

USE INSTRUCTIONS

“HT’POWER COOKING

‘'HI” gives highest power and is a recommended setting for
cooking foods with high moisture content or for foods that
need fast cooking to keep natural flavor and texture, Your
Kenmore Microwave Cookbook will tell you which foods are
cooked best using highest microwave power or “HI". For
detailed directions on “HI" (max pow'er) cooking, see page

12,

MULTI-POWER COOKING

Many foods need slower cooking at less than full power in

order to give you the best results. In addition to “HI”, there

are ninety-nine multi-power settings. Detailed directions for
multi-power cooking are on pages 13 and 14.

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED

HI POWER COOKING

“HI” power with Temperature Control lets you cook food to
a preset temperature using maximum speed, Follow the
directions on page 18 and you will be able to preset the
temperature you desire with the aid of the Temperature
Control Cooking Guide.

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED

MULTI-POWER COOKING

Multi-power with Temperature Control allows you to cook
more sensitive foods to a preset temperature using slower
microwave speeds. See page 19 for detailed directions.

TWO-STAGE COOKING

Some recipes need more than one cooking stage. Many
foods will cook better when done for a period of time at one
power setting and then cook for another period at a different
power setting. With a cake, for example, the Cookbook may
recommend cooking at the 60 (BAKE) setting followed by a
period of cooking at the “HF’ setting, BAKE allows the cake
to rise gently and then “HI” finishes the cooking. You can set
both stages at the beginning, start the oven, and the oven will
change into the second stage at the preset time.
Two-Stage cooking with both Time and Temperature control
can also be set. For detailed directions on Two-Stage
Cooking, see pages 20 and 21.

WHOLE MEAL COOKING

The Metal Rack increases the oven cooking space. To cook
two or more different foods at one time, choose their proper
places inside the oven by following the Cookbook directions.

See page 21.

PROGRAMMED DEFROST

Power level will automatically change for proper thawing of
dense food items. See pages 22 thm 26 for detailed
directions.

AUTOMATIC HOLD WARM

After reaching the set temperature the Oven switches into

Hold Warm to keep the food at the chosen temperature.
“Hold” will show in the Display Window and continue for up
to 60 minutes or until the Door is opened or STOP is
touched. See pages 18 and 19.

EASY USE CHART

Your new Solid State Control allows you to use your microwave oven in many ways.

TIME OF DAY

To Set

1. Touch CLEAR

2. Touch TIME OF DAY

•3. Touch Numbers for Correct Time

4. Touch TME OF DAY

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED

HI POWER COOKING

To Set

1. Plug in Temperature Probe

2. Touch CLEAR

3. Touch TEMP CONTROL

4. Touch Numbers for Cooking
Temperature

5. Touch START

(See page 18 for more instructions.)

HI POWER COOKING

To Set

1, Touch CLEAR

2. Touch TIME
3 Touch Numbers for Cooking Time

4. Touch START
(See page 12 for more instructions.)

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED

MULTI-POWER COOKING

To Set

1. Plug in Temperature Probe

2. Touch CLEAR

3. Touch TEMP CONTROL

4. Touch Numbers for Cooking
Temperature

5. Touch COOK CONTROL

6. Touch Numbers for Cooking Power
level

7. Touch START
(See page 19 for more instructions.)

MULTI-POWER COOKING

To Set

1. Touch CLEAR

2. Touch TIME

3. Touch Numbers for Cooking Time

4. Touch COOK CONTROL

5. Touch Numbers for Cooking Power
level

6. Touch START

(See page 14 for more instructions,)

TWO-STAGE COOKING

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1. Touch CLEAR

2. Touch TfME or TEMP CONTROL

3. Touch Numbers for Cooking Time
or Temperature

4. Touch COOK CONTROL

5. Touch Numbers for Cooking Power
level

6. Touch MEMORY/RECALL or PAUSE

7. Touch TIME or TEMP CONTROL

8. Touch Numbers for cooking Time or
Temperature

9. Touch COOK CONTROL

10. Touch numbers for Cooking Power
level

11. Touch START

(See pages 20 and 21 for more

instructions,)

DELAY START COOKING

To Set

1. Touch CLEAR

2. Touch TfME

3. Touch numbers for Delay Time

4. Touch COOK CONTROL

5. Touch "0”

6. Touch MEMORY/RECALL

7. Touch TIME or TEMP CONTROL

8. Touch Numbers for Cooking Time
or Temperature

9. Touch COOK CONTROL

10. Touch Numbers for Cooking
Power level

11. Touch START

(See page 21 for more instructions.)

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PROGRAMMED DEFROST

To Set

1. Touch CLEAR

2. Touch PROGRAMMED DEFROST

3. Touch Numbers for Defrost Time

4. Touch START
(See page 22 for more instructions.)