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A Note To You Thank you for buying a Whirlpool@ appliance. You have purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience have gone into its manufacturing. To ensure that you will enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we have developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information on how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully.
Understanding Oven Safety IMPORTANT SAFEl-Y Microwave INSTRUCTIONS Microwave ovens have been thoroughly tested for safe and effiiient operation. However, as with any appliance, there are special installation and safety precautions which must be followed to ensure safe and satisfactory operation and prevent damage to the unit.
To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity (continued): -Test dinnerware or cookware before using. To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven with a cup of water besiie it. Cook at 106% Cook Power for one minute. If the dish gets hot and water stays cool, do not use it. Some dishes (melamine, some ceramic dinnenrvare, etc.) absorb microwave energy, becoming too hot to handle and slowing cooking times.
4. A qualified electrician must install a properly grounded and polariied 3-prong receptacle near the appliance. - SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - PRECAUTIONS TOAVOIDPOSSIBLE EXPOSURE TOEXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY... Do not attempt to operate this oven with the door open since open-door operation can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper Gith the safety interlocks.
Operating safety precautions To reduce the risk of bums, fire, electrical shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the microwave oven, follow the precautions on pages 6-7. Never lean on the door or allow a child to swing on it when the door is open. Injury could result. Never cook or reheat a whole egg inside the shell. Steam buildup in whole eggs may cause them to burst and burn you, and possibly damage the oven. Slice hard-boiled eggs before heating.
- Do not start a microwave oven when it is empty. Product life may be shortened. If you practice programming the oven, put a container of water in the oven. Do not use newspaper or other printed paper in the oven. Fire could result. Do not dry flowers, fruit, herbs, wood, paper, gourds or clothes in the oven. Fire could result. Do not operate in the microwave mode unless the glass turntable is securely in place and can rotate freely. The turntable can rotate in either direction.
Installation lnsbuctions Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. ‘ire, Electrical Shock, Excessive Exposure To Microwave Energy, Personal Injury and Product Damage Hazard Do not block the exhaust vents or rear air intake openings. Allow a few inches of space at back of oven where intake openings are located. Blocking the air intake openings and exhaust vents coukl cause damage to the oven and poor cooking results.
3.Electrical requirements Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC onfy, 15 amp fused electrical supply is required. (Time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. &GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS Electrical Shock Hazard Improper use of the grounding plug can result in a risk of electrical shock. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUNDING PRONG. 5.
Getting To Know Your Microwave Oven This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you to the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before use. In This Section Page How microwave cooking works ...... 10 Microwave oven features ................. 12 Control panel features ................. .... 13 How microwave cooking Page Setting the clock ........ ................ ....... 15 Using the Minute Timer . .............. .....
Glass turntable Metal f toor The glass turntable of your microwave oven lets microwaves pass through. Then they bounce off a metal floor, back through the glass turntable, and are absorbed by the food. 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.
Microwave oven features Your microwave oven is designed to make your cooking experience as enjoyable and productive as possible. To get you up and running quickly, the following is a list of the oven’s basic features: 6. Control Panel. Touch pads on this panel 1. One-Touch Door Open Button. Push to 7. Llght. Automatically open door. 2. Door Safety Lock System. The oven will not operate unless the door is securely closed. 3. Window with Metal Shield. Shield prevents microwaves from escaping.
Control panel features Your microwave oven control panel lets you select the 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 1530. 1. Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings and cooking functions selected. 2. COOK TIME.
-- 9. POULTRY. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to thaw frozen poultry by weight. See page 27 for more information. 10. FISH. Touch this pad followed bv Number Pads to thaw frozen fish by weight. See page 27 for more information. 11. Number Pads. Touch Number Pads to enter cooking times, Cook Powers, and food weights. 12. CLOCK. Touch this pad to enter the correct time of day. See page 15 for more information.
Setting the clock When your microwave oven is first plugged in or after a power failure, the Display will only show “0”. If a time of day is not set, “0” will stay on the Display until you set the cooking time. NOTES: You can only set the clock if the oven is l l l not cooking food. If you touch in an incorrect time, “ERROR” will appear on the Display and three tones will sound. Touch CLOCK and enter the correct time.
Using the Minute Timer You can use the microwave oven controls as a minute timer. Use the Minute Timer for timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. NOTE: The oven will not operate while the 1. Touch TIMER. TOUCH YOU SEE TOUCH YOU SEE Minute Timer is in use. 2. Enter time to be counted down. Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: 3. Start countdown. After one second, the Display will begin to count down: YOU SEE NOTE: Opening the oven door will not stop the countdown. YOU SEE At end of countdown: 4.
Using child lock Your oven has a lockout feature that inactivates the microwave power. To set child lock: 1. Touch OFF/CANCEL. TOUCH YOU SEE (time of day) 2. Touch “0”. To cancel child 1. Touch “0”.
Using Your Microwave This section gives you instructions instructions carefully. Oven for operating each microwave function. Please read these In This Section Page Getting the best cooking results.. ...18 Cooking at high cook power .......... .19 Cooking at lower cook powers.. ..... .20 Using BEVERAGE ............................ 23 Using DINNER PLATE ..................... .
-- Cooking at high cook power 1. Put food in oven and close the door. 2. Set cooking time. Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: 3. Start oven.
- 4. After cooking, open the door. OR Cooking at lower cook For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers. The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. Each Number Pad also stands for a different percentage of Cook Power. Many microwave cookbook recipes tell you by number, percent or name which Cook Power to use. 7=70% of full power TOUCH YOU SEE powers The following chart gives the percentage of Cook Power each Number Pad stands for, and the Cook Power name usually used.
1. Put food in oven and close the door. 2. Set cooking time. Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds: 3. Set Cook Power. Example for 50% Cook Power: 4. Start oven.
After one second, the Display will begin to count down the cooking time: YOU SEE At end of cooking time: YOU SEE (three tones will sound) 5. After cooking, open the door.
Using BEVERAGE BEVERAGE lets you heat one or two 8 oz cups of a beverage by touching just one pad. NOTES: l Touch BEVERAGE once for one cup and twice for two cups. l If more time is needed, cook in 20-second periis at high Cook Power. (See W=ooking at high cook power” on page 19.) 1. Place cup(s) of beverage in oven and close door. 2. Choose BEVERAGE.
Using DINNER PLATE DINNER PLATE lets you reheat a dinner plate of refrigerated food by touching just one pad. Before reheating, place meat and bulky vegetables to the outside of the plate. Cover with wax paper or plastic wrap. NOTES: l Touch DINNER PLATE once for an 8 oz l plate and twice for a 16 oz plate. If more time is needed, cook in 20second periods at high Cook Power. (See “Cooking at high cook power” on page 19.) 1. Place plate of food on turntable and close door. 2. Choose DINNER PLATE.
Using BAKED POTATO BAKED POTATO lets you bake one (6 oz) to four (24 oz) medium potatoes by touching one pad from one to four times. Before baking, remember to pierce potato with a fork several times. After cooking, let potato stand 5 minutes wrapped in foil. NOTES: If more time is needed, cook in 20- l second periods at high Cook Power. (See “Cooking at high cook power” on page 19.
Using WARM HOLD You can safely keep hot, cooked food warm in your microwave oven for up to 10 minutes, You can use WARM HOLD by itself, or to automatically follow a cooking cycle. NOTES: WARM HOLD operates for up to 60 l l minutes. However, you shoukl not use WARM HOLD for more than 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, food will continue to cook. Opening the oven door cancels WARM HOLD. Close the door and touch WARM HOLD, then touch START/ENTER if additional WARM HOLD time is desired.
Defrosting Your microwave oven automatically defrosts a variety of common meats at preset Cook Powers for preset times. The defrost cycle is programmed for meat, poultry, and fish. All you do is touch the Command Pad assigned to the desired category and enter the weight of the items being defrosted. Your microwave oven does the rest. NOTES: See the “Auto defrost chart” on page 28 for defrosting directions for each food. up to l AUTO DEFROST can only defrost 2.5 Ibs of any food.
Auto Meat defrost chart setting FOOD AT PAUSE Beet SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 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. Ground Beef, Bulk Remove thawed portions with fork. Turn over. Return remainder to oven. Do not defrost less than ‘14lb. Freeze in doughnut shape. Ground Beef, Patties Separate and rearrange. Do not defrost less than two 4 oz patties. Depress center when freezing.
Fish setting FOOD AT PAUSE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Fish Fillets Turn over. Separate fillets when partially thawed. Place in a microwavable baking dish. Carefully separate fillets under cold water. Steaks Separate and rearrange. Place in a microwavable baking dish. Run cold water over to finish defrosting. Whole Turn over. Place in a microwavable baking dish. Cover head and tail with foil: do not let foil touch sides of microwave oven. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold water.
Weight conversion chart You are probably used to food weights as being in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for example 4 ounces equals ‘/4 pound). However, in order to enter food weight in AUTO DEFROST, you must specify pounds and tenths of a pound. r Defrosting One-Quarter 1.6 3.2 4.0 4.8 6.4 8.0 9.6 11.2 12.0 12.8 14.4 16.
Caring For Your Microwave Oven To make sure your microwave oven looks good and works well for a long time, you should maintain it properly. For proper care, please follow these instructions carefully. Product Damage Hazard Wipe often with warm, sudsy water and a sponge or paper towel. You can remove the glass turntable to clean the oven cavity floor; however, this oven is designed to operate with the turntable in place. Do not operate the microwave oven when turntable is removed for cleaning.
Cooking Reheating chart Times are approximate and may need to be adjusted to individual taste. STARTIN TEMP ITEM Maat (Chicken pieces, chops, hamburgers, meat loaf slices) 1 serving 2 servings Meat Slices (Beef, ham, pork, turkey) 1 or more servings Stirrable Cawerolm Main Dishas 1 serving 2 senrings 4-6 seNhgs Guide TIME/POWER PROCEDURE Cover kosefy.
Microwave cooking Times are approximate chart and may need to be adiusted to individual taste. TS. POULTRY. FISH. SWOOD Allow standing time after cooking. FOOD COOK POWER Bacon 100% TIME 45sectol min 15 set per slice 4-6 min Ground Beef for Casseroles (1 lb) 100% Hamburger Patties (2) 100% Hamburger Patties (4) 100% 1st side 2% min 2nd side 2-3 min Meat Loaf 100% 13-19 min 100% 6-9 minllb 1st side 2 min 2nd side 1 YZto 2X min (1% Ibs) Chicken Pieces Internal temperature standing.
- Microwave Amount l cooking tips of food Covering The more food you want to prepare, the longer it takes. A rule of thumb is that a double amount of food requires almost double the time. If one potato takes four minutes to cook, you need about seven minutes to cook two potatoes. Starting l temperature of food The lower the temperature of the food being put into the microwave oven, the longer it takes to cook.
Arranging food For best results, distribute food evenly on the plate. You can do this in several ways: l If you are cooking several Items of the same food, such as baked potatoes, place them in a ring pattern for uniform cooking. l l l l l l l When cooking foods of uneven shapes or thickness, place the smaller or thinner area of the food towards the center of the dish where it will be heated last. Arrange uneven foods, such as fish, in the oven with the tails to the center.
- swers QUESTIONS Can I operate my microwave oven without the turntable or turn the turntable over to accommodate a large dish? ANSWERS No. If you remove or turn over the turntable, you will get poor cooking results. Dishes used in your oven must fii on the turntable. Can I use a rack in my microwave oven so that I may reheat or cook on two levels at a time? You can use a rack only if rack is supplied with your microwave oven.
tf You Need Assistance Or Sewice This section is designed to help you save the cost of a service call. Part 1 of this section outlines possible problems, their causes, and actions you can take to solve each problem. Parts 2 and 3 tell you what to do if you still need assistance or service. When calling our Consumer Assistance Center for help or calling for service, please provide a detailed description of the problem, your appliance’s complete model and serial numbers and the purchase date. (See page 2.
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTlON The Display shows a time counting down but the oven is not cooking The oven door is not closed completely. Completely close oven door. You have set the controls as a minute timer. Touch OFF/CANCEL Minute Timer. You do not hear the PrcF gramming Tone The command is not correct. Re-enter command. The fan seems to be running slower than usual The oven has been stored in a cold area. The fan will run slower until the oven warms up to normal room temperature.
2. If you need assistance ... Call Whirlpool Consumer Assistance Center telephone number. Dial toll-free from anywhere in the U.S.A.: 1-800-253-l 301 and talk with one of our trained consultants. The consultant can instruct you in how to obtain satisfactory operation from your appliance or, if service is necessary, recommend a qualified service company in your area. If you prefer, write to: Mr.
WHIRLPOOL” Microwave Oven Warranty r LENGTH OF WARRANTY WHIRLPOOL WILL PAY FOR FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY From Date of Purchase FSP replacement parts and repair labor to correct defects in materials or workmanship. Service must be provided by an authorized Whirlpoole service company. LIMITED FOUR-YEAR WARRANTY FSP replacement magnetron tube on microwave ovens if defective in materials or workmanship. Second Through Fiih Year From Date of Purchase WHIRLPOOL WILL NOT PAY FOR A. Service calls to: 1.