Kenmore 970C6047 Use & Care Manual page 23

Setting Warm & Hold™
The Warm & Hold key turns on the Warm & Hold feature and
will maintain an oven temperature of 170°F (77°C).
Warm & Hold will keep oven baked foods warm for serving up
to 3 hours after cooking has finished. After 3 hours the feature
will shut the oven off. The feature may be used alone or may be
set to start automatically when timed cooking ends.
The timed bake feature requires you to set start time and the
length of cooking time. With this information the control can
calculate the time when cooking will end and start the Warm &
Hold feature automatically.
To set Warm & Hold:
1. Arrange oven racks and place food in desired oven.
2. Press Warm & Hold. Hld will appear in the display.
Figure 27: Oven with Warm & Hold selected
Note: If no key is touched within 25 seconds, the request to turn
on the Warm & Hold feature will be cancelled.
3. Press . HLd will remain on and the oven icon will
appear in the display.
Figure 28: Oven set for Warm & Hold
4. To cancel Warm & Hold at any time press
Note: The Warm & Hold feature will automatically turn off after
three hours.
To set Warm & Hold to turn on automatically:
1. Arrange oven racks and place food in oven.
2. Set oven for timed bake or delayed timed bake.
3. Press Warm & Hold. HLd will appear in the display.
Figure 29: Warm & Hold set to begin after timed bake
Note: If no key is touched within 25 seconds, the request to turn
on the Warm & Hold feature will be cancelled.
4. Press START. WARM will stop flashing and the programmed
temperature will appear in the display.
5. When the timed bake has finished, the Warm & Hold mode
will turn on automatically.
Figure 30: Warm & Hold shown active in display
Note: The Warm & Hold feature will automatically turn off after
3 hours.
Pressing
more than one hour before or after cooking. Doing so can result
in food poisoning or sickness. Foods that can easily spoil such as
milk, eggs, fish, meat or poultry, should be chilled in the refrig-
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erator first. Even when chilled, they should not stand in the oven
for more than one hour before cooking begins, and should be
removed promptly when finished cooking.
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at any time will stop all oven baking operations.
Food poisoning hazard. Do not let food sit for
Setting Oven Controls