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Hotpoint K964GP Use And Care Manual

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Appliance Registration
Care and Cleaning
Consumer Services
Control Panel
Energy-Saving Tips
Features
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Double Duty '" Shelf
Hold Timer
Light; Bulb Replacement
Temperature Cook
Temperature Probe
Time Cook
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25,30
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10,11
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Oven
Door Retttoval
Light; Bulb Replacement
Roasting, Roasting {;uide 23, 24
Self-( :leaning Instructions 27-29
Shelves
Thermostat Adjustment
Timer
Vent Duct
Safety Instructions
Warranty
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Microwave power output
of this oven is 700 watk.*
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    to get t Your Aluminum Foil 25,30 Model and Serial Numbers Appliance Registration Oven Care and Cleaning Clock 10,11 25,26 Consumer Services Door Retttoval Control Panel Light; Bulb Replacement Energy-Saving Tips Roasting, Roasting {;uide 23, 24 Features Self-( :leaning Instructions 27-29 Microwave Oven 12-17 Shelves...

  • Page 2: Help Us Help You

    It is important that we, the Manager, Consumer Relations manufacturer, know the location Hotpoint of your cooking center should a your new cooking and maintain Appliance Park need occur for adjustments. center properly.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. IMPORTANT . This appliance should be Loose Wear proper clothing. SAFETY NOTICE serviced only by qualified fitting or hanging garments Contact nearest service personnel. should never be worn while usin~ California Safe Drinking authorized service facility for the appliance.
  • Page 4 contain metal flecks which may Use metal only as directed in Do not touch heating elementi cause arcing or ignite. Paper this book and the cookbook. or interior surface of oven. Foil strips as used on meat roasts These surfaces may be hot enough products containing nylon or are helpful when used as shown nylon filaments should be...

  • Page 5: Aluminum Foil

    boiling—Under Spontaneous Pulling out shelf to the shelf certain special circumstances, microwave stop is a convenience in lifting liquids tnay start to boil during heavy foods. It is also a precaution against burns from microwave oven. prevent touching hot surfaces of the burns fr(~m splashing liquid, door or oven walls.

  • Page 6: Microwaving Tips

    Microwaving Tips Connected to the Make sure all cookware used in — Microwave Oven your microwave oven is suitable for microwaving. Most glass casseroles, cooking dishes, Use proper power level as When power is first connected to measuring cups, custard cups, recommended and DO NOT your cooking center or after a pottery or china dinnerware which...
  • Page 7 Features of Your New Electronic Touch Control Cooting Center Microwave Oven 1. Door Handle. Pu1l handle to open. oven to operate. 2. Inside Door Latches. 3. Window with Metal Shield. Allows cooking to be viewed while keeping nlicrowaves confined in oven. 4.
  • Page 8 Features of Your Microwave Oven Touch Control Panel 1. DISPLAY. Displays time or temperature during cooking functions, power level being used, cooking mode and instructions. Note: Time on the microwave display is shown in minutes and seconds ( 1 :30 is one minute, 30 seconds).
  • Page 9 Features of Your Lower Oven Touch Control Panel Touch controls for your Lower Oven will not operate until the digital clock has been set. 1. DISPLAY. Displays time of day. lime or temperature during cooking. cooking mode and tells you what to do next. Note: Time on the microwave display is shown in minutes and seconds ( I :30 is one minute, 30...

  • Page 10: Clock

    How to Set Your Digital Clock and Timer “SET TIME” will flash for 3 Clock Touch the CLEAWOFF pad on the seconds after you release the upper touch control panel and the INCREASE or DECREASE pad, microwave oven is ready to use. then “START”...

  • Page 11: How To Set The Timer

    How to Set the Timer Questions and Answers your kitchen, you may wish to Q. When I came home, the blank the time of’ day on your display showed PF instead of the time. What happened’? the STOP A. Your home bud a briel’ power Nothing is wrong with your- Step 1: Touch the TIMER clock-just reset it.

  • Page 12: Microwave Oven

    MICROWAVE OVEN How to Use the Hold ~mer The Hold Timer has three timing Step 1: Take casserole from Step 8: Touch the START pad. functions: freezer and place in oven. counting down, show on display. . It operates as a minute timer. As each function is automatically It can be set to delay cooking.

  • Page 13: Defrosting

    MICROWAVE OVEN Defrosting The Time Defrost setting is Step 5: Turn package over, close Questions and Answers designed for speedy thawing of door and repeat Steps 2 and 3 to Q. When I press the START pad, frozen food and is one of the set remaining half of defrosting great advantages of a microwave time.

  • Page 14: Power Level

    MICROWAVE OVEN Step 8: At the end of the first you to preset the cooking time. programmed cook time, the second power level, “COOK TIME” and the second programmed cook time, Power level 10 (High) is counting down, show on the display. recommended for most cooking, Step 9: When time is up, the oven Step 4: Touch the START pad.

  • Page 15: Cooking Tips

    MICROWAVE OVEN Internal temperature is the best Cooking Tips test of doneness for many foods. Use a lower power tevet; f’oo(]s requiring more time. reaching the a hold set~i ng til’te I” Be sure frozen food has been completely defrosted before inserting probe.
  • Page 16 MICROWAVE OVEN How to Use the Double Duty Cookware for Shelf Positioning the Shelf Do not store or cook with Heating and Reheating shelf on floor of oven. Product damage may result. Before placing food in the dishes, check to see that they will fit together on or under the shelf.

  • Page 17: Reheating

    MICROWAVE OVEN How to Heat or Reheat Because of the varying rates, Similar Types of Food you may need to start reheating large or more dense foods a fcw minutes ahead of time, then add other smaller or less dense I’()()ds. Alternately, if one of the foods y(~[l are heating seems undercooked bu the others are heated stitisfactori Iy...

  • Page 18: Using Your Lower Oven

    LOWER OVEN Using Your Lower Oven Shelf Positions Your oven is designed to give Oven Shelves best results in baking, roasting The oven has four shelf and broiling when used as supports—A (bottom), B, C and D recommended. (top). Shelf positions for cooking Before using it, look at the are suggested on Baking and...
  • Page 19 LOWER OVEN How to Bake and Time Bake in Your Lower Oven Step 5: Center food on the shelf. When set to bake, the oven cooks How to Set Your Oven Make sure at least 1 inch of space by dry heat. Both bake and broil for Baking is left between the cooking units are energized (the broil...
  • Page 20 LOWER OVEN Time Bake in Your Lower Oven (continued) calculates correct starting time and Your oven can be set to turn on turns on ‘lt that time. The start time and off automatically. However, foods will continue to cook when lower right display.

  • Page 21: Timer

    LOWER OVEN The Hold Feature Example of How to Bake Questions and Answers Brownies Your oven will automatically hold Q. Why aren’t my foods done food after completing Time Bake or even though they’ve cooked the Step 1: Place oven shelf in B Delayed Time Bake functions.

  • Page 22: Baking Guide

    LOWER OVEN Baking Guide heat, which may result in dry, crisp 40 minutes. For foods with shor[ 1. Alunlinllm quickly. For most conventional crusts. Reduce oven heat 25°F. if cooking times. preheating gives baking, light, shiny finishes give best lighter crusts are desired. Rapid best appearance and crispness, browning of some foods can be Although preheating is not...
  • Page 23 LOWER OVEN How to Roast in Your Lower Oven Roasting Guide. How to Set Oven Questions and Answers Roasting is cooking by dry heat. It’s really a baking procedure for Roasting Q. When buying a roast, are used for meats. That’s why there any special tips that would Step 1: Use shelf position you use the Bake controls for...

  • Page 24: Roasting Guide

    LOWER OVEN Roasting Guide Remove fat and drippings as Frozen roasts can be small-size roasts (3 to 5 Ibs. ) and necessary. Baste as desired. conventionally roasted by tidding at A for I arger roasts. 4. Standing time recommended time than given in guide for 2.
  • Page 25 Broiling Broiling is cooking food by intense Questions & Answers radiant heat l’rom the upper unit in Q. Why should I leave the door closed when broiling chicken? of meat can bc hrt~iled. Follow A. Chicken is the only food smoking 10 a m i n i mum.

  • Page 26: Broiling Guide

    LOWER OVEN Broiling Guide 1. Always usc broiler pan and rack outer fat surface just to the edge of 6. Broiler does not need to be the meat. Use tongs to turn meat preheated. However, for very thin over to prevent piercing meat and by Lrapping juices in the losing juices.

  • Page 27: Setting The Controls

    LOWER OVEN Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven Step Programmed Cleaning Time: Step 3: Close the oven door. 3 hours Clean spatters or soil on the oven (A), front frame under the front Oven shelves may be cleaned in edge of the oven vent, the door Prepare the Oven Before the self-cleaning oven.
  • Page 28 LOWER OVEN Operating the se~-cleafing Lower Oven (continued) To Set Your Oven Step 4: When cleaning is done, the oven starts cooling down. When it for Self-Cleaning cools down to 500°F., the LOCKED light goes out and you can open the door.
  • Page 29 LOWER OVEN Q. My oven shelves became gray Questions and Answers Important after the self-clean cycle. Is this Q. Why won’t my oven start normal? The oven door must be closed cleaning even though I’ve set all A. Yes. And after the self-clean controls must be set the controls correctly? cycle, they’ll lose their luster and...

  • Page 30: Control Panels

    Care and Cleating of Your Cooting Center Proper care and cleaning are Step 4: Unscrew the bulb Microwave Oven important for your cooking carefully. Use a cloth 10 protect center to give you efficient and your hands in case the glass satisfactory service.

  • Page 31: Precautions

    DOUBLE DUTYTM Shelf NEVER USE A COMMERCIAL The oven lamp (bulb) is covered OVEN CLEANER ON ANY with a removable glass cover that Accessory PART OF YOUR MICROWAVE is held in place with a bail-shaped Your shelf accessory is designed OVEN.
  • Page 32 LOWER OVEN Lift-off Oven Door Adjusting Oven Thermostat To adjust thermostat: This adjustment will not affect When cooking a food for the first Bake temperatures below 2500F. time in your oven, use time given on recipes as a guide. Oven 1.
  • Page 33 LOWER OVEN Cleaning Guid-Lower Oven See microwave oven cleaning instructions elsewhere in this section. PART MATERIALS TO USE GENERAL DIRECTIONS Bake Unit and Do not clean the bake unit or broil unit. Any soil will burn off when the unit is heated. the oven floor.
  • Page 34 ——. . —..– –..— –. — -. . –. Microwave Oven PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY CONTROL PANEL START pad not touched. ON, YET OVEN WILL Door not securely closed. Another function was touched. Touch CLEAWOFF pad to cancel. Numbers not entered after touching TIME COOK pad.
  • Page 35 Lower Oven POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY PROBLEM Difficulty may be in the main distribution panel of your house by a blown oven OVEN WILL circuit fuse, a tripped oven circuit breaker, the main fuse or the main circuit breaker, NOT OPERATE depending on nature of the power supply.

  • Page 36: Problem Solver

    Problem Solver Lower Oven PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY Oven still too hot from prior self-clean operation to accept cleaning instruction. OVEN WILL NOT SELF-CLEAN Excessive spills, spatters and soil deposits are not being cleaned up prior (o self-cleaning. CLEAN pad not touched. Latch is not in CLEAN position.
  • Page 38 Notes...
  • Page 39 With the purchase of your new Hotpoint appliance, receive if you ever need information or assis- the assurance that avail- Your able to het J). call —an(i your t itne. (;K; Allswcr ( ;etltc# service is In-Home Repair Service Contracts...
  • Page 40 YOUR HOTPOINT MICROWAVE COOKING CENTER WARRANTY Save proof of original purchase date such as your sales slip or cancelled check to establish warranty period. WHAT IS COVERED FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY This warranty is extended to the original purchaser and any...

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