Brand: KitchenAid
Category: Convection Oven
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Available Languages: EN , ES
Manual for KBHS179
Uploaded: Nov. 21, 2025, 7:50 p.m.
Manual Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Warranty Information
This KitchenAid oven has a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor, with extended coverage on specific components.
Built-in Microwave Oven Operation Summary
This manual covers various functions of your KitchenAid Built-in Convection Microwave Oven, including safety precautions, parts identification, electronic oven control operations, cooking guidelines, care and cleaning, and troubleshooting. Key operational features include:
- Safety First: Emphasizes reading all safety instructions to prevent injury and appliance damage.
- Parts and Features: Identifies major components like the convection grid, crisper pan, baking tray, and steamer vessel.
- Electronic Oven Control: Details how to use the control panel for various cooking modes (Bake, Broil, Convection, Microwave, Steam, etc.), setting the clock, timer, and options like temperature conversion and tone volume.
- Cooking Functions: Explains manual cooking, sensor cook, custom reheat, custom defrost, steam cooking, popcorn, keeping food warm, crisping, softening/melting, and EasyConvect™™ conversion.
- Cooking Guidelines: Provides tips on food characteristics, covering, stirring, arranging, piercing, shielding, and standing time for optimal results.
- Care and Cleaning: Offers instructions for cleaning the microwave oven cavity, door, stainless steel surfaces, turntable, grid, crisper pan, baking tray, and steamer.
- Troubleshooting: Lists common problems and their solutions to help avoid unnecessary service calls.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Problem | Possible Cause & Solution |
|---|---|
| Nothing will operate | Blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker; check appliance wiring. |
| Microwave oven will not operate | Door not closed properly; control not set correctly; Control Lock engaged (on some models); lower oven in self-clean cycle (on combination models); magnetron not working (test by heating water). |
| Oven makes humming noise | Normal, due to transformer in magnetron. |
| Oven door looks wavy | Normal, does not affect performance. |
| Turntable will not operate | Turntable not in place; turntable support not operating properly (clean support and rollers). |
| Turntable rotates both directions | Normal, depends on motor rotation. |
| Display shows messages | Letter followed by number indicates an error; clear display. If reappears, call for service. |
| Display shows time countdown, but is not operating | Timer in use. |
| Tones are not sounding | Tones are disabled; check "Tones" section. |
| Smoke from oven vent during crisping | Normal, similar to conventional crisping. |
| Sparking during crisping | Normal, due to fat burning off from past cooking. Will stop once fat is burned off. |
| Cooking times seem too long | Cooking power set improperly; large amount of food being heated; incoming voltage lower than specified. |
| Radio or TV Interference | Oven plugged into same outlet; receiver too close; door/sealing surfaces not clean. |