Preparing the Slow Cooker for Use
Before First Use
Before using your slow cooker for the
first time, wipe the metal housing and
cord with a clean, damp cloth. Wash the
ceramic pot and glass lid in hot soapy
water, then rinse and dry. The silicon lid
seal at the edge of the glass is removable
and should be washed individually. The
ceramic pot, glass lid and silicon lid seal
can also be washed in the dishwasher.
Slow Cooker Assembly
1. Place the ceramic pot in the metal
housing. Do not cook anything in
the metal housing. Avoid sudden
temperature changes such as adding
refrigerated foods into heated pot. The
ceramic pot must be placed in the metal
housing, and food placed in the ceramic
pot for cooking.
Operating the Slow Cooker and
The KitchenAid
slow cooker provides an
®
unparalleled level of ver satility and control
through its programmable control panel,
which consists of a:
1. Programmable, 5-Setting Cook And
Serve Control,
2. "Cooking" and "Keep Warm" LED lights,
3. 10-Hour Cooking Time Display, and
4. "-" and "+" Time-Adjustment buttons.
The "Cooking" and
"Keep Warm" LED lights.
These two indicator lights show when the
slow cooker is operating in any one of the
four "Cooking" modes or in the "Keep
Warm" mode.
The "Cooking" indicator light turns on
when the cook and serve control is set to
either "Simmer," Low," "High" or "Auto."
This light is off when either the digital
timer counts down to 0:00, or when the
cook and serve control is set to "Buffet."
The display and lights remain off until
the cook and serve control is turned from
"Off" to one of the four cook settings.
Programmable Timer
2. Plug into a grounded 3-prong outlet.
Slow cooker is now ready for operation.
10-Hour Cooking Time Display
The 10-hour cooking time display defaults
and shows 9 hours and 59 minutes
of time remaining of cooking on the
"Simmer," "Low," and "Auto" temperature
settings, and 8 hours of time on the
"High" temperature setting. The display
immediately begins counting down from
the moment the unit is plugged in and the
temperature dial is set.
Once the timer display counts down to
"0:00," the display will show "End." If the
display shows an error code, then refer to
the "Troubleshooting" section.
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