KITCHENAID ARCHITECT KERS308X - Manual (Page 21)

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To set meat probe:
1. Prepare the food and properly insert the temperature
probe into the food. DO NOT PREHEAT or start cooking
before inserting the meat probe. The 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 front oven cavity side (See Fig. 1 for location
of probe receptacle).
4. The oven control detects if the meat probe is correctly
plugged in to receptacle and when recognized will
illuminate the
icon in the oven control display.
5. To set the target temperature press Meat Probe keypad
once then enter the desired target internal temperature
using the numeric key pads (default setting is 170ºF/
77ºC)†. Press START to accept the meat probe target
temperature. Close the oven door.
6. Set the oven control for Bake, Conv Bake or Conv Roast
and the desired oven temperature. You may use the
meat probe with some other baking features, but 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 the
Meat Probe keypad once. After 6 seconds the display will
return to the actual meat probe temperature. If the
target temperature needs to be changed during the cooking
process, press the Meat Probe keypad once and use the
numeric keypads to adjust the target temperature. Press
the START key to accept any change.
8. The oven control will beep three times and turn off when
the internal target temperature is reached. Instructions for
changing how the oven reacts after reaching the internal
target temperature may be found later in this section.
Press OFF to cancel cooking at any time.
Important notes:
• Use ONLY the meat probe supplied with appliance. Using
any other probe or device may damage the appliance and
the meat probe receptacle.
• Never leave or store meat probe inside 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 or to insert or remove 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.
• Changing how the oven reacts after reaching the target
temperature must be done before starting the cooking
process.
Fig. 1
To set the oven to continue cooking after
reaching the probe target temperature:
1. Press Meat Probe keypad and hold for 6 seconds.
2. Press Self Clean keypad and toggle until the “Continu”
message appears (Fig. 2) then press START to accept.
To set the oven to cancel cooking after reaching
the probe target temperature:
1. Press Meat Probe keypad and hold for 6 seconds.
2. Press Self Clean keypad and toggle until “CAnCEL”
message appears (Fig. 3) then press START to accept.
† The U.S. Department of Agriculture states, “Rare fresh
beef is popular, but you should know that cooking it to
only 140°F/60°C means some food poisoning organisms
may survive.” (Source: Safe Food Book, Your Kitchen
Guide, USDA Rev. June 1985.)
The lowest temperature recommended by the USDA is
145°F/63°C for medium rare fresh beef.
Fig. 2 Fig. 3
Setting Oven Controls