Operating Your Toaster - Kenmore KKELST4SS Use & Care Manual

OPERATING YOUR TOASTER

1. Place toaster on a dry, level, stable surface.
2. Plug power cord into a standard 120-V, 60 Hz AC-only 2-prong electrical outlet.
3. The blue LED display will light up, the toaster alert will sound, and the toast shade number will
display the last previous setting.
NOTE: The screen will go dark if no control button is pressed within 2 minutes of the screen
lighting up. The screen will relight as soon as a control button is pressed.
NOTE: To silence the toaster alert sound, press the Lighter and Darker button at the same time for
3 seconds.
4. Press the Lighter or Darker button to the desired shade of darkness. As you press the button,
the shade level will appear in the LED display, from 1 (light) through 9 (Dark). For the rst time you
toast, set the selector midway to 5, and adjust as desired for future toasting.
IMPORTANT: Before toasting bread for the rst time, run the toaster without bread through a
cycle on the maximum heat setting (9). The toaster may emit a thin smoke or distinct odor neither
of which are harmful to breathe or detrimental to the toaster.
5. Place bread slices or other items to be toasted in the slots. The long slots permit two standard
slices of bread, bagel halves or English mu ns to be toasted side by side in each slot. Also, long
slices of artisan bread can be inserted horizontally and toasted in the slots.
- Once items are inserted into slots, press the Toast/Cancel button. The bread guides will lower the
items into the toaster and automatically adjust to hold them in place.
- Press the Toast/Cancel control button to begin toasting in both slots. The toasting time count-
down will display in the LED screen.
- To toast only in the front slot, press the Front Slot Toast button prior to Toast/Cancel.
6. Press the Toast/Cancel button at any time to cancel toasting. Canceling will turn o the heating
elements and raise the food. After 3 seconds the toaster alert will sound 5 times.
7. Press the Defrost button to defrost and toast frozen bread. Press the Lighter or Darker buttons
to decrease or increase the setting. Press the Toast/Cancel button to start the defrost and toast
cycle. After 3 seconds the time countdown will appear in the LED display. Decrease or increase
setting at any time during cycle by pressing the Lighter or Darker button. To cancel the cycle at
any time, press and hold the Toast/Cancel button for 3 seconds.
8. Press the Raise/Check button at any time during a toasting cycle to visually inspect the bread.
The bread will raise and the countdown will cease. After 5 seconds the bread will lower back into
the toaster and the countdown will resume.
9. The Warm button can be used independently to warm bread without toasting. It may also be
pressed during a toasting cycle to keep toast warm for 3 minutes at nish of toasting cycle.
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OPERATING YOUR TOASTER
TO WARM BREAD
Press Warm button. The number 1 will appear in the LED display. Press Toast/Cancel button. After
3 seconds a countdown of 30 seconds will begin in the display. At end of countdown the warmed
bread will raise and the ready alert will sound 5 times.
KEEP TOAST WARM
Press Warm button during a toasting cycle. At end of toasting cycle countdown the bread will not
raise, but will remain lowered in the slots for 3 minutes. During the 3 minutes the heating element
will work intermittently to achieve lower temperature required for warming. Bread may be raised
from slots at any time by pressing Raise/Check button.
NOTE: The Warm function can be added to the Defrost and Bagel cycles.
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10. Use the Bagel button to toast bagels and English mu ns crisp on the iner-facing side, and soft
and warm on the outside. Place the cut side of the bagel or Englishm u n in the toaster with the
cut side toward the center of the toaster (Fig. 3). Press the Bagel button. A darkness setting will
appear in the LED display. Press the Lighter or Darker buttons to decrease or increase the setting.
Press the Toast/Cancel button to start the Bagel cycle. After 3 seconds the time countdown will
appear in the LED display. Decrease or increase setting at any time during cycle by pressing the
Lighter or Darker button. To cancel the cycle at any time, press and hold the Toast/Cancel button
for 3 seconds. At the end of the Bagel cycle, the Bagel and Toast/Cancel button words will cease
to be illuminated.
ADJUSTING THE POWER CORD LENGTH
The retractable cord storage feature on this toaster allows you to adjust the power cord to the
exact length needed from the toaster location to the electrical outlet. Adjust cord only after it is
unplugged and after toaster cools. Do not unplug if any control button
words are illuminated. Press Toast/Cancel button and wait for 3 seconds for control
button words to go out before unplugging toaster.
- If cord is entirely retracted into the toaster or is drawn out to a shorter length than
desired, grasp the cord by the plug with one hand and steady the toaster with the other.
Pull the cord out to the desired length.
- If cord is already drawn out to a greater length than desired, grasp the plug with one
hand, steady the toaster with the other, and pull the plug out slightly to release the catch
mechanism. Then allow the cord to retract to the desired length. If the toaster is to
remain unplugged, allow cord to retract entirely into the toaster.
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