Soften And Melt; Keep Warm - KitchenAid COOK SPEED OVEN Use And Care Manual

To Use:
1. Place empty Browning Pan on turntable.
2. On "Home" screen, touch "More Choices."
3. On "More Choices" screen, touch "Browning Pan."
4. Select food or touch "Manual" for foods not on the menu.
5. Press number buttons to enter amount.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching
"Doneness," and then touching "+" or "-."
Preparation instructions can be viewed for the specific food
by touching "Prepare."
6. Touch "Start" or press START button.
"Preheating Pan" will appear on the display. When Browning
Pan is preheated, 2 short tones will sound, and "Place food in
pan." will appear on the display. Open door, place food in
Browning Pan, close door and touch "Continue."
The display will count down the cooking time.
If required, when food is ready to be turned or stirred, two
short tones will sound, and "Turn over food." or "Stir food."
will appear on the display. Open the door, turn or stir food,
close door and touch "Continue."
When the cycle ends, the "End" screen will appear in the
display, 4 end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder
tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.
7. Press OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
To Use Manual Browning:
1. On "Home" screen, touch "More Choices."
2. Touch "Browning Pan."
3. Touch "More Choices."
4. Touch "Manual."
5. Enter a browning time.
6. Press START.
When the cycle ends, the "End" screen will appear in the
display, 4 end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder
tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.
7. Press OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
Manual browning may be used as the first stage in stage cooking.
See "Cooking in Stages" section.

Soften and Melt

The oven uses low power to soften and melt certain foods.
Soften butter and cream cheese so they will be ready to use in a
recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to make scooping
easier. Melt items such as butter, chocolate and marshmallows
with minimal spatter. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD TO BE SOFTENED
Butter: 1, 2 or 3 sticks
Cream cheese: 3 or 8 oz
(85 or 227 mL)
Frozen Juice: 6, 12 or 16 oz
(177, 355 or 473 mL)
Ice cream: 16, 32 or 64 oz
(473, 946 or 1893 mL)
FOOD TO BE MELTED
Butter: 1, 2 or 3 sticks
Cheese: 8 or 16 oz
(227 or 454 g)
Chocolate: 4, 6, 8 or 12 oz
(113, 170, 227 or 340 g)
Marshmallows: 5 or 10 oz
(142 or 283 g)
To Soften or Melt:
1. Place container of food on turntable.
2. On "Home" screen, touch "Melt"
or
touch "More Choices" and then "Soften."
3. Select food item to be softened or melted.
4. Enter amount.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching
"Doneness," and then touching "+" or "-."
Preparation instructions can be viewed for the specific food
by touching "Prepare."
5. Touch "Start" or press START button.
The display will count down the Soften or Melt time.
When the cycle ends, the "End" screen will appear in the
display, 4 end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder
tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.
When melting, foods may not be completely melted when the
program ends, but stirring the food will complete the melting.
6. Press OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.

Keep Warm

WARNING
Food Poisoning Hazard
Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour
before or after cooking.
Doing so can result in food poisoning or
sickness.
Hot cooked food can be kept warm in the oven. Keep Warm can
be used by itself or can be programmed to follow a cooking
cycle.
To Use:
Put hot cooked food in the oven. Cover plates of food and foods
that were cooked covered. Pastries, pies, turnovers, etc. should
remain uncovered.
1. On "Home" screen, touch "More Choices."
2. Touch "Hints & Settings."
3. Touch "Keep Warm."
4. Adjust time, if desired, and then touch "Start."
The display will show "Keep Warm."
When the cycle ends, the "End" screen will appear in the
display, 4 end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder
tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.
5. Press OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
To Set at end of cycle: Follow instructions in "Cooking in
Stages," and set the last stage as the Keep Warm stage.
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