Questions And Answers - Sears Kenmore 87561 Use & Care Manual

Micro/convection oven
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QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
OPERATION
Q. What is wrong when the oven light Will not glow during cooking or when tl_e oven door is open?
A. There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. Perhaps:
e Door is not closed and locked. Push door firmly to be sure that door is locked properly.
® The light bulb has burned out.
Q. Why does steam come out of the air exhaust
vent?
A. Steam is normally produced
during cooking.
This microwave/convec
oven has been designed to vent
this steam out the rear vent.
Q. Will the microwave
oven be damaged
if it operates
empty?
A.
Yes. Never run it empty and without the ceramic
tray for microwave
or micro/convection
cooking.
Q. Does microwave
energy pass through
the viewing screen in the door?
A. No. The metal screen bounces back the energy back into the oven cavity. The holes (or ports) are made
to allow light to pass through. They do not let microwave
energy pass through.
Q. Why does the "beep tone" sound when a "pad" on the control panel is touched?
A. The "beep tone" sounds
to assure that the setting is being properly entered.
Q. Why does the display show "0:00"?
A.
This indicates
that there has been a temorary
loss of electrical power to the oven, and the TIME OF
DAY must be reset.
Q. Why does the smoke come out of the exhaust
duct at the back of oven?
A. It is normal that the smoke may come out of the duct during convection
cooking.
The smoke will be produced
when the food is over-cooked,
and will be led to the duct.
Q.
A.
Why does it take so long to preheat
sometimes?
When the oven door is opened during the preheating,
the hot air will escape from the oven and the oven
temperaiurewiU
drop, making the preheating
time longer.
Avoid
opening
the oven
door during preheating,
convection
cooking
or micro/convec
cooking,
whenever
possible.
Q. Why do I see light reflection around the outer case?
A.
This light is from the oven light which is located outside the oven cavity.
Q. Why is clicking (Mechanical
switching) sound heard when operating
in convection
method?
A. The clicking sound is normal. Because
when operating
in convection
method, upper and lower heating
element are back and forth by a relay inside of the oven.
Q. Is the moisture
accumulation
on the top and/or
sides of the oven door normal when cooking in the
Micro/Convection
method?
A.
Yes, when foods with high moisture content
are cooked,
water beads may form on the top and/or sides
of the oven door, but will dissipate after use.
Q. Why does the oven floor make an "oil canning" noise when cooking in the convection
method?
A.
This is a normal reaction of the cold oven floor to the heating of the lower element or to the hot oven floor
cooling.
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