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Microwave-
Convection Oven
A Note to You ................................................2
Microwave Oven Safety................................3
Installation Instructions ................................5
Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven ......7
How your microwave oven works ............7
How convection cooking works ..............7
How combination cooking works ............7
Microwave cooking tips ............................7
Radio interference......................................9
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL appliance. ® The Whirlpool Brand is committed to designing quality products that consistently perform for you to make your life easier. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The car
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't wDANGER
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do not operate any heating or cooking appliance – Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic • bags before placing bag in oven. beneath the microwave oven. Do not mount microwave oven over or near any – If materials inside the oven should ignite, keep • oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect portion of a heating or cooking appliance. the power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or Do not mount over a sink. • circuit breaker panel.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. 1. Empty the microwave oven. Clean the inside with a soft, damp cloth. Check for damage such as a door that isn’t lined up correctly, damage around the door, or dents inside the oven or on the exterior. If there is any damage, do not operate the oven until a designated service technician has checked it and made any needed repairs. 2. Put the oven on a cart, counter, table, or shelf that is s
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS (CONT.) GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS For all cord connected appliances: Do not use an extension cord. If the power supply • cord is too short, have a qualified electrician or The microwave oven must be grounded. In the serviceman install an outlet near the microwave oven. event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an For a permanently connected appliance: • escape wire for the electric current. Th
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven. HOW YOUR MICROWAVE HOW COMBINATION COOKING WORKS OVEN WORKS Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food. Microwaves are like TV waves, radio waves, or light waves. You cannot see them, but you can see what t
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN The length of the standing time depends on how • Starting temperature of food much food you are cooking and how dense it is. The lower the temperature of the food being put • Sometimes it can be as short as the time it takes into the microwave oven, the longer it takes to cook. you to remove the food from the oven and take it to Food at room temperature will be reheated more the serving table. However, with larger, denser food, quickly than food at refrigerat
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Cooking you should not do in your microwave oven OVEN UTENSILS GUIDE Do not do canning of foods in the oven. Closed • glass jars may explode, resulting in damage to the You can use a variety of utensils and materials in your oven. microwave-convection oven. To prevent damage to Do not use the microwave oven to sterilize objects • utensils and your oven, choose appropriate utensils (baby bottles, etc.). It is difficult to keep the oven at and materials for ea
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN When you use a browning dish, the browning • 3 dish bottom must be at least ⁄16 in. (5 mm) above TESTING YOUR DINNERWARE the turntable. Follow the directions supplied with the browning dish. OR COOKWARE Never cook or reheat a whole egg inside the • Test dinnerware or cookware before using. To test shell. Steam buildup in whole eggs may cause a dish for safe use, put it into the oven with 1 cup them to burst, and possibly damage the oven. (250 mL) of wate
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES 2 MICROWAVE SENSOR REHEAT COOK POPCORN WARM DEFROST OPTIONS HOLD MANUAL MICRO COMBI CONVECT 1 TEMP/ HOUR MIN SEC POWER 1 LB 0.1 LB THICKNESS DONENESS AUTO CONVECTION MEAT POULTRY FISH BAKED SNACK OTHER GOODS FOODS FOODS TIMER CLOCK SET / OFF SET START OFF ENTER CANCEL 3 4 5 6 7 8 Your microwave oven is designed to make your 5. Removable Turntable Support (under turntable). cooking experience enjoyable and productive. To 6. Convect
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command pads located on 1 the control panel. For more information on these features, see “Using your microwave oven” section. MICROWAVE SENSOR 1. Display. This display includes a clock and REHEAT COOK POPCORN 4 2 indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking time 3 settings, cook powers, quantities, weight
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES (CONT.) USING OPTIONS You can select or change the following functions or Interrupting cooking displays by touching OPTIONS: You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening the door. The oven stops heating and the fan stops, but the Function Option light stays on. To restart cooking, close the door and Sound volume Change to low, medium, high or off. Touch START. Weight Change to standard (lbs) or If you do not want to continue cooking:
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SETTING THE CLOCK USING THE MINUTE TIMER When you first plug in your microwave oven, the You can use your microwave oven as a kitchen timer. Use display shows “ : ”. If the electric power ever goes the minute timer for timing up to 99 minutes. off, the display will again show “ : ” when the power comes back on. 1. Touch TIMER SET/OFF. NOTE: You can cook without setting the clock, but the 2. Touch HOUR and MIN Up and Down display will show “ : ” again after the
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section gives you instructions for operating each function. Please read these instructions carefully. COOKING AT HIGH COOK POWER COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK 1. Put the food in the oven and close the POWERS door. 1. Put the food in the oven and close the door. 2. Touch MICRO pad. 2. Touch MICRO pad. 3. Touch MIN and SEC Up and Down pads to enter cooking time. 3. Touch MIN and SEC Up and Down pads The HOUR pad is not available. to enter cooking time. The HOUR pad is no
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN COOK POWER NAME WHEN TO USE IT 50 = 50% of full power Medium Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts • Simmering stews • 40 = 40% of full power Melting chocolate • Heating bread, rolls and pastries • 30 = 30% of full power Medium-Low, Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, • Defrost poultry, and precooked foods 20 = 20% of full power Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream • 10 = 10% of full power Low Keeping food warm • Taking chill out of fruit • 4. Touch M
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Weight conversion chart You are probably used to food weights as being in USING DEFROST pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound You can defrost food by choosing a category and 1 (for example, 4 ounces equals ⁄4 pound [113.4 g]). setting a weight. DEFROST has preset times and cook If the weight on the food package is in fractions of a powers for 6 categories: Meat, Poultry, Fish, Bagel, pound, you can use the following chart to convert the Muffin and Butter. we
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING JET STARTª FEATURE USING WARM HOLD The JET START Feature lets you cook food for 30 seconds at 100% cook power or, during any manual wWARNING program, you can use it to add 30-second increments. Food Poisoning Hazard NOTES: Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour before or after cooking. Each time you touch the JET START Feature pad, it • will add 30 seconds up to 3 minutes, then will add 1 Doing so can result in food poisoning or minute up to a total of 1
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SENSOR COOKING Your microwave oven has a sensor that detects the humidity released by the food. The amount USING SENSOR COOK of humidity detected tells the oven how long to cook or heat your food. The sensor is used by To use SENSOR COOK: 3 special functions: Sensor Cook, Sensor Reheat, and Sensor Popcorn. The simple 1. Put the food in the oven and close the instructions for these functions are on the door. following pages. NOTES: 2. Touch SENSOR COOK until desired food If you want to cook by
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SENSOR COOKING USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING SENSOR REHEAT USING SENSOR POPCORN SENSOR POPCORN lets you pop commercially 1. Put the food in the oven and close the packaged microwave popcorn with just one touch. door. NOTES: Pop only 1 package at a time. • 2. Touch SENSOR REHEAT until desired If you are using a microwave popcorn popper, • food type is displayed. follow manufacturer's instructions. SENSOR REHEAT will start automatically after a short delay. 1. Place the bag in the center of the
