Kenmore 790.9772 series Use & Care Manual page 26

Setting Oven Controls
Meat Probe
The Meat Probe feature is only available in the upper oven.
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 insure
properly cooked meats.
Important note:
• Use only the meat probe supplied with appliance. Using any
other probe or device may result in damage to 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 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 the bird(Figure 34).
Figure 34: Probe placement in poultry
Important note:
Changing how the oven reacts after reaching the target temper-
ature must be done before starting the cooking process.
To set meat probe:
1. Prepare the food and
properly insert the temper-
ature probe into the food.
Do not preheat or start
cooking before properly
inserting the meat probe.
Probe should be inserted
into the food and recep-
tacle 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 at
the top of the upper oven cavity.
4. When the meat probe is correctly plugged in to receptacle,
the probe icon will illuminate in the oven control display.
5. Press 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. The meat probe cannot be
set with broil or self clean.
7. To set the target temperature press Meat Probe once then
enter the desired target internal temperature using the
numeric keypad (default setting is 170ºF/ 77ºC).
8. During the cooking process the actual meat probe tempera-
ture will display by default. To view the target temperature
press the Meat Probe key once. The display will show the
actual (internal) meat probe temperature. If the target
temperature needs to be changed during the cooking
process, press Meat Probe once and use the numeric
keypad to adjust the target temperature. Press
accept any change.
9. The oven control will provide three beeps when the internal
target temperature is reached. By default the oven will
automatically change to Warm & Hold and will maintain
the oven temperature at 170° F (77°C). Instructions for
changing how the oven reacts after reaching the internal
target temperature may be found later in this section.
10. Press to cancel cooking at any time.
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