Meat Probe; To Set Meat Probe; Proper Meat Probe Placement; Probe Into Thickest Part Of Thigh - Kenmore 970C4256 Use & Care Manual

Meat Probe

When cooking meat such as roasts, hams or poultry, use the
meat probe function to check the internal temperature without
any guesswork. For some foods, especially poultry and roasts,
testing the internal temperature is the best method to insure
properly cooked meats.
Important note:
• Use ONLY the meat probe supplied with appliance. Using
any other probe or device may result in damage to
appliance and the meat probe receptacle.
• Never leave or store meat probe inside oven.
• Handle the meat probe carefully when inserting and
removing from food or probe receptacle. Do not use tongs
to pull on meat probe cable when inserting or removing
from food or receptacle.
• Defrost food completely before inserting meat probe to
avoid damaging probe.
• To avoid possibility of burns, after cooking carefully unplug
meat probe using a pot holder to protect hands.

Proper meat probe placement:

Always insert meat probe so that the probe tip rests in the center
of the thickest part of meat. Do not allow meat probe to touch
bone, fat, gristle or cookware.
For bone-in ham or lamb, insert meat probe into the center of
lowest large muscle or joint. For dishes such as meat loaf or
casseroles, insert meat probe into center of food. When cooking
fish, insert meat probe just above the gill.
For whole poultry or turkey, insert meat probe into the thickest
part of inner thigh, below the leg
Figure 36: Probe into thickest part of thigh
Important note:
Changing how the oven reacts after reaching the target temper-
ature must be done before starting the cooking process.
(Figure 36).

To set meat probe:

1. Prepare the food and
properly insert the tempera-
ture probe into the food.
DO NOT preheat or start
cooking before properly
inserting the meat probe.
Probe should be inserted
into the food and recep-
tacle while the oven is still
cool.
2. Place the prepared food on
the desired oven rack
position and slide into the
oven.
3. Plug the meat probe into the probe receptacle located on
the left front oven cavity side. On some models the recep-
tacle can be found at the top of the oven cavity.
4. When the meat probe is correctly plugged in to receptacle,
the probe icon will illuminate in the oven control display.
5. To set the target temperature press Meat Probe once then
enter the desired target internal temperature using the
numeric key pads (default setting is 170ºF/ 77ºC).
Press to accept the meat probe target temperature.
Close the oven door.
6. Set the oven control for Bake, Conv Bake or Conv Roast and
the desired oven temperature. The meat probe cannot be
set with Broil or Self Clean.
7. During the cooking process the actual meat probe tempera-
ture will display by default. To view the target temperature
press the Meat Probe once. After 6 seconds the display will
show the actual meat probe temperature. If the target
temperature needs to be changed during the cooking
process, press Meat Probe once and use the numeric keys to
adjust the target temperature. Press
change.
8. The oven control will provide 3 beeps when the internal
target temperature is reached. By default the oven will
automatically change to a Warm & Hold setting. The
Warm & Hold function will maintain the oven temperature
at 170° F (77°C). Instructions for changing how the oven
reacts after reaching the internal target temperature may
be found later in this section.
9. Press to cancel cooking at any time.
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Setting Oven Controls
probe
handle
receptacle connector
probe
cable
handle
probe
sensor
to accept any