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Microwave Ovens
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
Radio interference..........................7
For the best cooking results .........7
Testing your dinnerware or
cookware.........................................7
Operating tips.................................8
Electrical connection....
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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, complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card helps
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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 and clean inside it 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
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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 The microwave oven must be grounded. In the cord is too short, have a qualified electrician or event of an electrical short circuit, grounding serviceman install an outlet near the microwave oven. reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an For a permanently connected appliance: escape wire for the electric current. The
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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 RADIO INTERFERENCE Using your microwave oven may cause interference OVEN WORKS to your radio, TV, or similar equipment. When there is Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make interference, you can reduce it or remove it by: its own heat,
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN • Heated liquids can splash out during and after heating. Use of a wooden stir stick placed in the OPERATING TIPS cup or bowl during heating may help to avoid Never lean on the door or allow a child to swing on this. • it when the door is open. Microwaves may not reach the center of a roast. • The heat spreads to the center from the outer, Use oven mitts or pot holders when removing • cooked areas just as in regular oven cooking. This containers from oven. i
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES This manual may cover several different models. The model (or appliance) you have purchased may have some or all of the features shown. The appearance of your particular model may differ slightly from the illustrations in this manual. 2 8 7 6 1 5 3 4 Your microwave oven is designed to make your 4. Removable Turntable Support (under turntable). cooking experience enjoyable and productive. To 5. Control Panel. Touch pads on this panel to
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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 “Microwave Oven Use” section. 1. Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking time settings, cook powers, quantities, weights, and 2 4 cooking functions. 3 2. SENSOR COOK. To
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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/JET START. Weight Change to standard (lbs) or If you do not want to continu
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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 number pads for desired time. display will show “ : ” again afte
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MICROWAVE OVEN USE 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 door. POWERS 1. Put your food in the oven and close the door. 2. Touch COOK TIME. Display will show “STAGE 1.” 2. Touch COOK TIME. Display will show “STAGE 1.” 3. Touch number pads for desired time. For example, for 10 minutes touch “1 0 0 0” 3. Touch number pads for desired tim
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MICROWAVE OVEN USE COOK POWER NAME WHEN TO USE IT P50 = 50% of full power Medium Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts • Simmering stews • P40 = 40% of full power Melting chocolate • Heating bread, rolls and pastries • P30-DEF = 30% of full Medium-Low, Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, • power Defrost poultry, and precooked foods P20 = 20% of full power Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream • Taking chill out of fruit P10-WRM = 10% of full Low • power COOKING WITH MORE THAN O
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MICROWAVE OVEN USE Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of • Weight conversion chart food such as chicken wings, leg tips, fish tails, or You are probably used to food weights as being in areas that start to get warm. Make sure the foil does pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound not touch the sides, top, or bottom of the oven. The 1 (for example, 4 ounces equals ⁄4 pound [113.4 g]). foil can damage the oven lining. If the weight on the food package is in fractions of a Fo
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MICROWAVE OVEN USE SENSOR COOKING Your microwave oven has a sensor that detects the USING WARM HOLD humidity released by the food. The amount of humidity detected tells the oven how long to cook wWARNING or heat your food. The sensor is used by 3 special functions: SENSOR COOK, SENSOR Food Poisoning Hazard REHEAT, and SENSOR POPCORN. The simple Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour instructions for these functions are on the following before or after cooking. pages. Doing so can resu
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SENSOR COOKING CHART FOOD SERVING SIZE DIRECTIONS Baked 1 to 4 medium, Pierce each potato several times with a fork and place • Potatoes about 10 to 13 oz on the oven tray around the edge, at least 1 in. (2.5 cm) (283 to 368 g) each apart. Frozen 1 to 4 cups Remove from package. Place vegetables in a • Vegetables (250 mL to 1 L) microwavable container. Cover with plastic wrap and vent. Most vegetables need stirring and 2-3 minutes standing • time after cooking. Fresh 1 to 4 cups Place moist veg
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SENSOR COOKING USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SENSOR REHEATING CHART FOOD SERVING SIZE DIRECTIONS About 8 to 16 oz Place food to be heated on a dinner plate or similar dish. Dinner plate • (227 to 454 g) Cover with plastic wrap and vent. 1 to 4 cups Place food to be heated in a microwave container. Cover with Soup • (250 mL to 1 L) plastic wrap and vent. 1 to 4 cups Place food to be heated in a microwave container. Cover with Sauce • (250 mL to 1 L) plastic wrap and vent. 1 to 2 cups Place food to be
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COOKING GUIDE MICROWAVE COOKING TIPS Amount of food Releasing pressure in foods If you increase or decrease the amount of food you Several foods (for example: baked potatoes, • • prepare, the time it takes to cook that food will also sausages, egg yolks, and some fruits) are tightly change. For example, if you double a recipe, add a covered by a skin or membrane. Steam can build little more than half the original cooking time. Check up under the membrane during cooking, causing for doneness an
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MICROWAVE OVEN CARE To make sure your microwave oven looks good and MICROWAVE COOKING TIPS (CONT.) works well for a long time, you should maintain it properly. For proper care, please follow these Using aluminum foil instructions carefully. Metal containers should not be used in a microwave oven. There are, however, some exceptions. If you For interior surfaces: Wash often with warm, sudsy have purchased food which is prepackaged in an water and a sponge or soft cloth. Use only mild, non- alumin
