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Use And Care
GUIDE
Table of Contents
(complete)............................. 2
A Note to You ......................... 3
Microwave Oven
Safety ................................... 4-5
Installation
Instructions ............................ 6
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven..................... 8
Cooking with
Microwaves Only ................. 20
Cooking with the Micro
Sizzler* Feature .................... 31
Caring for Your
Microwave Oven................... 37
Cooking Guide ....................
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Table of Contents Cooking at different cook powers ........ 21 A Note to You ............................................ 3 Cooking with more than one Microwave Oven Safety ......................... 4-5 cook cycle .......................................... 23 Important safety instructions ................. 4 Using POPCORN ............................... 26 Precautions to avoid possible exposure Using ACCU DEFROST* .................... 27 to excessive microwave energy ............ 5 Defrosting ti
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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 and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail in the Ownership Registration Card provided with your applia
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Microwave Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others is 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 hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You will be killed or seriously injured wDANGER if you don’t follow ins
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • The microwave oven should be serviced • To reduce the risk of fire in the only by qualified service personnel. Call oven cavity: an authorized service company for – Do not overcook food. Carefully attend the examination, repair, or adjustment. microwave oven if paper, plastic, or other • Do not cover or block any openings on combustible materials are placed inside the microwave oven. the oven to facilitate cooking. • Do not store the microwav
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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 an authorized service technician has checked it and made any needed repairs. 2. Put the oven on a cart, counter, table, or shelf that i
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Electrical requirements Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 amp fused wWARNING electrical supply is required. (A time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Electrical Shock Hazard Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet. Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, fire,
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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. wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near the microwave oven. Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire. How your microwave oven works Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own h
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Microwaves pass through most glass, paper, and plastics without heating them so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal containers so food does not absorb the energy. Microwaves may not reach the center of a roast. The heat spreads to the center from the outer, cooked areas just as in regular oven cooking. This is one of the reasons for letting some foods (for example, roasts or baked potatoes) stand for a while after cooking, or for stirring some
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Your oven’s ACCUWAVE* Distribution The Sizzler Pan reaches about 410°F System also lets you brown and crisp food (210°C) in about 2 minutes (faster than with the Sizzler Pan. The rubberized pad on a browning dish, which heats in about the bottom of the Sizzler Pan is made of a 7 minutes). The Sizzler Pan stays at that special material which absorbs microwaves. temperature, which is the best temperature This heats the pan very rapidly, browning for pan frying.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Testing your dinnerware or cookware Test dinnerware or cookware before using. To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven with a cup of water beside it. Cook at 100% cook power for one minute. If the dish gets hot and water stays cool, do not use it. Some dishes (melamine, some ceramic dinnerware, etc.) absorb microwave energy, becoming too hot to handle and slowing cooking times. Cooking in metal containers not designed for microwave use could dam- age
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Use hot pads. Microwave energy does not heat containers, but heat from the food can make the container hot. Do not overcook potatoes. Fire could result. At the end of the recommended cooking time, potatoes should be slightly firm because they will continue cooking during standing time. After microwaving, wrap potatoes in foil and set aside for 5 minutes. They will finish cooking while standing. Do not start a microwave oven when it is empty. Product life may b
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Do not try to melt paraffin wax in the oven. Paraffin wax will not melt in a microwave oven because it allows microwaves to pass through it. Do not operate the microwave oven unless the glass turntable is securely in place and can rotate freely. The turntable can rotate in either direction. Make sure the turntable is correct-side up in the oven. Carefully place the cookware on your turntable to avoid possibly breaking it. Handle your turntable with care when r
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Microwave oven features 3 8 7 2 6 4 5 1 Your microwave oven is designed to make 4. Glass Turntable. This turntable turns your cooking experience as enjoyable and food as it cooks for more even cooking. productive as possible. To get you up and It must be in the oven during operation running quickly, the following is a list of the for best cooking results. See pages 8, oven’s basic features: 13, 37, and 40 for more details. 1. One-Touch Door Open Button. Push t
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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. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command pad. The following is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the control panel. For more information, see pages 17 through 36. 1. Display. The display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings, cook powers, quantities, weights, and cooking fun
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 10. COOK TIME. Touch this pad followed • If you have entered all settings for a by Number pads to enter cooking times. function but do not touch the Start/Enter See pages 20, 22, and 24 for more pad in 5 seconds, the Start? indicator light information. will flash. 11. COOK POWER. Touch this pad, after • If you open the door while the oven is on the cook time has been set, followed and then shut the door, the Start? indicator by a Number pad to set the amount o
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Setting the clock When your microwave oven is first plugged • If you enter an incorrect time, three tones in, or after a power failure, the display will will sound, “Err,” then “0” will appear on the show “:”. If a time of day is not set, “:” will display. Re-enter the correct time. stay on the display until you set the clock or • If you touch OFF/CANCEL while setting another function. the clock, the clock will return to the time already on the display. NOTES:
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using the minute timer • You can also use the minute timer to set a Your microwave oven can be used as a kitchen timer. Use the minute timer for delayed start time. Set the delayed start time with the minute timer by following timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. Steps 1 and 2 below. Then set cook time NOTES: as described in the “Cooking with Micro- • You cannot set the minute timer while waves Only” section. using the oven. TOUCH YOU SEE 1. Touch “0.” TOUCH Y
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using ADD MINUTE • You can use ADD MINUTE when timed ADD MINUTE lets you cook food for one cooking, defrosting, or running any func- minute at 100% cook power or add an extra tion with preset time (except POPCORN). minute to the current cooking cycle at the current cook power. You can also use it to • If you touch ADD MINUTE during cook- extend cooking time in multiples of one ing, the oven will cook at the currently minute, up to 99 minutes. selected cook pow
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Cooking with Microwaves Only This section gives you instructions for operating each microwave function. Please read these instructions carefully. Cooking at high cook power 1. Put the food in the oven and close the door. TOUCH YOU SEE 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: (Start? indicator light flashes after 5 seconds) TOUCH YOU SEE 3. Start the oven. (cooking time counts down) YOU SEE At end of cooking time: Five tones will sound. Two tones will sound every m