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Product Help | KitchenAid

Using the Toaster and Different Functions

Possible Solutions

If using a function button, you must lower the Start Lever first before selecting the function. The LED light next to the function will be lit while the function is in use.

"Toasting" Function

  1. Insert the bread or other food to be toasted into the slots.
    TIP: For even toasting, toast only one type and thickness of bread at a time. Different pieces of bread's ages, types, and moisture levels may require different shade settings. For example, dry bread will brown more rapidly than moist bread and require a lighter setting.
  2. Select your desired shade by raising the Shade Lever for darker toasting or lowering the lever for lighter toasting.
  3. Press down on the Start Lever to start the toasting cycle. The toast will pop up automatically at the end of the cycle and the Toaster will turn off.
  4. To cancel toasting at any time, press the Cancel (KMT2109_Cancel_Icon.jpg) button. The toast will pop up, and the Toaster will turn off.
    TIP: For smaller items, lift up on the Start Lever to raise toast above the top of the Toaster.

"Toasting Bagels" Function

Your Toaster features a special Setting for bagels, ensuring optimal heating time for the best results. The heating elements will adjust to nicely toast the inside of a cut bagel without burning the outside surface. The Bagel function can be used at the same time as the Defrost function.

  1. Insert bagels as indicated by the Bagel Icon (bagel_icon.PNG) on top of the Toaster.
  2. With the Shade Lever set to your desired shade, press down on the Start Lever to start the toasting cycle.
  3. Press the (bagel_icon.PNG) button; the bagel indicator light will glow. The bagels will pop up automatically at the end of the Cycle and the Toaster will turn off. 

"Defrost" Function

The Defrost function adds extra time to the toasting cycle to defrost frozen items before toasting them.

  1. Insert bread or other food to be toasted into the Slots.
  2. With the Shade Lever set to your desired shade, press down on the Start Lever to start the toasting cycle.
  3. Press the (defrost_icon.PNG) button; the defrost indicator light will glow. The toast will pop up automatically at the end of the cycle and the Toaster will turn off.

"A Little Longer" Function

This function allows you to toast something for just “A Little Longer” at the touch of a button without changing your favorite setting. Use this function after the toasting cycle is complete and the toast has risen.

  1. Press down on the Start Lever to lower the toast again into the Toaster to resume toasting.
  2. Press the (alittlelonger_icon.PNG) button. The toast will pop up automatically at the end of the cycle and the Toaster will turn off.

"Reheat" Function

This function allows you to quickly reheat previously toasted foods. No shade adjustment is necessary — the Reheat function overrides whatever shade level you have set.

  1. Insert the previously toasted food into the Slots. Do not place food with butter or any other topping in the Toaster. Use the Reheat Function with dry foods only.
  2. Press down on the Start Lever to start the toasting cycle.
  3. Press the (reheat_icon.PNG) button. The toast will pop up automatically at the end of the cycle and the Toaster will turn off, or you may press the cancel (KMT2109_Cancel_Icon.jpg) button at any time to cancel the function.

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