Adjusting Oven Temperature - Kenmore 790. 9011 Use & Care Manual

Setting Oven Controls

Adjusting oven temperature

Your appliance has been factory calibrated and tested to
ensure an accurate baking temperature. For the first few
uses, follow your recipe times and temperature
recommendations carefully. If you think the oven is cooking
too hot or too cool for your recipe times, you may adjust
the control so the oven cooks hotter or cooler than the
temperature displayed.
To adjust oven temperature:
Bake Bake
1. Press & hold the Bake Bake Bake key pad and release after the
display shows the factory temperature setting of 00. If
the oven temperature has been previously adjusted
from the factory setting, the latest adjusted value will
appear in the display instead.
2. You may increase the oven temperature in 5°F
increments with each press of the
may also adjust the oven temperature downward in
5°F increments with each press of the
(total adjustment range is +35°F to -35° F).
3. To accept the change, wait until the oven control
provides the acceptance beep (See Notes).
4. The oven temperature adjustment has been accepted
by the oven control and the display will return to the
time of day.
Important notes:
• • • • • If at any time during the process of adjusting the oven
temperature feature you decide not to make the
change, press the
acceptance beep tone.
• • • • • The oven temperature adjustment feature can not be
modified if Bake or Broil is active.
• • • • • The oven temperature adjustment may be made if your
oven control has been set for °C (Celsius) temperature
display mode. In this case each press of the
key pad will adjust in 1°C increments upward
(maximum +18°C) or downward (maximum -18°C),
depending on which arrow key pad is pressed.
• • • • • DO NOT USE oven thermometers such as those found in
grocery stores to check the temperature settings inside
your oven. These oven thermometers may vary as much
as 20 to 40°F from actual temperatures.
key pad. You
key pad
key pad once before the
Operating oven light (on some models)
The interior oven light will automatically turn ON when the
oven door is opened.
Press the rocker switch marked OVEN LIGHT on the control
panel to turn the oven light ON and OFF whenever the
oven door is closed.
The interior oven light is located at the upper left rear wall
of the oven interior. To replace the interior oven light, see
Replacing oven light in the Care & Cleaning section.
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