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Microwave Hood
Combination
A Note to You............2
Microwave Oven
Safety ........................3
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven.......6
Using Your
Microwave Oven.....11
Cooking Guide........19
Caring for Your
Microwave Oven.....20
Questions and
Answers ..................23
Troubleshooting......24
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ....................25
Warranty..................28
MODEL MHE13XH
3828W5A0993/4359930
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a ROPER appliance. Your ROPER appliance gives you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price. 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, complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card helps us notify you about
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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 if you don’t wDANGER follow ins
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Suitable for use above both gas and electric cook- • When flaming foods under the hood, turn the fan ing equipment. off. The fan, if operating, may spread the flame. • Intended to be used above ranges with maximum • Use care when cleaning the vent-hood filter. width of 36 inches (91 cm). Corrosive cleaning agents, such as lye-based oven cleaners, may damage the filter. • Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently - Grease should not be allowed to acc
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS wWARNING Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 20 amp fused 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, or
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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 OVEN TESTING YOUR DINNERWARE OR WORKS COOKWARE Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not Test dinnerware or cookware before using. hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven hea
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Stir any liquid several times during heating or • Do not do canning of foods in the oven. Closed glass • jars may explode, resulting in damage to the oven or reheating. Liquids heated in certain containers (especially containers shaped like cylinders) may possible personal injury. become overheated. The liquid may splash out with • Do not use the microwave oven to sterilize objects a loud noise during or after heating or when adding (baby bottles, etc.). It i
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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 and Number pads located on the control panel. 1 4 2 3 6 5 7 8 18 1. Display. The display includes a clock and indicators 8. COOK TIME. Touch this pad followed by Number to tell you time of day, cooking time settings, and pads to set a cooking time. cooking functions selected. 9. COOK POWER. Touch th
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 14. TIMER OFF. Touch this pad to cancel the Minute If you do not want to continue cooking: Timer. • Close the door and the light goes off. 15. START/ENTER. Touch this pad to start a function. OR If you open the door after the oven begins to cook, • Touch OFF/CANCEL. touch START/ENTER again to restart oven. 16. OFF/CANCEL. Touch this pad to erase an Using the Child Lock incorrect command, cancel a program during The Child Lock locks the control panel so chi
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN To cancel the Timed Fan function: USING THE FAN NOTE: Touching TIMER OFF shuts off both the fan The pad on the bottom right of the control panel and timed function. Touching FAN shuts off just the controls the 2-speed Fan. fan. 1. Choose fan speed. Press FAN once for HIGH, twice for LOW. NOTE: If the temperature gets too hot around the USING THE COOKTOP/COUNTER- microwave oven, the exhaust fan in the vent hood will automatically turn on at the LOW setting to
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 3. Start countdown. SETTING THE CLOCK When your microwave oven is first plugged in or after Touch START/ENTER or TIMER SET. a power failure, the display will show “88:88.” For the NOTE: If you do not do this step within 3 seconds first 30 seconds after the power is on, you can set the of doing Step 2, “START” will flash. You then have 1 clock time without touching CLOCK. After 30 seconds minute to touch START/ENTER or TIMER SET has gone by, you must follow the direction
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS For best results, some recipes call for different cook The following chart gives the percentage of cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the power each Number pad stands for, and the cook cooking. Each Number pad also stands for a different power name usually used. It also tells you when to percentage of cook power. Many microwave cook- use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package book recipes tell you by number, perce
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Refer to the following chart for quantities: COOKING WITH MORE THAN ONE NUMBER OF CATEGORY CUPS/ITEMS COOK CYCLE Casserole 1, 2, 3, 4 cups For best results, some recipes call for one cook power (250, 500, 750, 1000 mL) for a certain length of time, and another cook power for another length of time. Your oven can be set to change Bacon 2, 4, 6, 8 slices from one to another automatically, for up to two cycles. Rice 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 cups (125, 250, 375, 500 mL) 1. Put food
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN NOTES: • Loosen or remove any packaging, or covering on 4. Start oven. food. Touch START/ENTER. • See the “Defrost chart” later in the “Using Your Microwave Oven” section for defrosting directions for 5. After a third of the cook time is over, each food. display will prompt you to turn over • To defrost items not listed in “Defrost chart” use food. 30% cook power. Refer to a reliable cookbook for defrosting information. Open door, turn over food, and Refer to the follo
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN DEFROST CHART FOOD AT PAUSE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Beef Meat of irregular shape and large, fatty cuts of meat should have the narrow or fatty areas shielded with foil at the beginning of a defrost cycle. 1 Ground Beef, Bulk Remove thawed portions with Do not defrost less than ⁄4 lb (113 g). fork. Turn over. Return remainder to oven. Ground Beef, Separate and rearrange. Do not defrost less than two 4 oz (113 g) patties. Patties Round Steak, Turn over. Cover warm areas Pla
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN DEFROST CHART (CONT.) FOOD AT PAUSE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Chicken Whole (up Turn over (finish defrosting Place chicken breast-side up on a microwavable 1 breast-side down). Cover warm to 4 ⁄2 lbs [2.04 kg]) roasting rack. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold areas with aluminum foil. water. Remove giblets when chicken is partially defrosted. Cut Up Separate pieces and rearrange. Place on a microwavable roasting rack. Turn over. Cover warm areas Finish defrosting by imm
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING BEVERAGE USING REHEAT BEVERAGE lets you heat a beverage by touching just You can reheat food by choosing a category and one pad. quantity. REHEAT has preset times and cook powers NOTE: If you want to change the heating time after for five categories: Pizza, Plate, Soup/Sauce, Casserole, and choosing BEVERAGE, see the “Adding or subtracting cook time” section. Baked Goods. Refer to the following chart for quantities: 1. Place cup of beverage in oven and close th
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING POPCORN USING ADD 1 MINUTE You can pop commercially packaged microwave ADD 1 MINUTE lets you cook food for 1 minute at popcorn by touching just one pad. The number of 100% cook power or add an extra minute to your cook times you touch this pad determines which size of pop- time cycle. You can also use it to extend cook time corn your oven will pop. cycles in multiples of 1 minute, up to 99 minutes. For best results: NOTES: • Pop only one package at a time. • To
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COOKING GUIDE Stirring, turning foods • Stirring and turning foods distributes heat quickly COOKING GUIDE to the center of the dish and avoids overcooking at the outer edges of the food. MICROWAVE COOKING TIPS Covering food Cover food to: reduce splattering, shorten For the best cooking results cooking times, and retain food moisture. • Always cook food for the shortest cooking time rec- All coverings that allow microwaves to pass through ommended. are suitable. • Stir, turn over, or rearrange
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CARING FOR YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using aluminum foil • Always remove the lid to avoid damage to the oven. Metal containers should not be used in a microwave 3 oven. There are, however, some exceptions. If you • Do not use containers taller than ⁄4 in (19 mm). have purchased food which is prepackaged in an • Container must be half filled. aluminum foil container, then refer to the instructions 1 • To avoid arcing, there must be a minimum ⁄4 in on the package. When using aluminum foil containers,
