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Contents Page 2 2 3 Your Responslbllltles Installation _. Proper, Safe Use Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy . . .._............... Uslng Your Mlcrowave Oven Using the Minute Timer Cooking in One Cycle High Cook Power Changing the Cooking Time Lower Cook Powers Changing Cook Powers . Defrosting _.,.._....._..,__..._.
Proper, safe use Your mlcrowave must be... . Installed according to the installation instructions. l Protected from the weather l Used only for jobs expected of home wave ovens NEVER start the oven when it’s empty. The oven can be damaged l l Used only by people who can properly. Kept clean and in good repair. operate micro- DO NOT cook or reheat whole eggs in the mrcrowave oven. Steam buildup can cause an egg to burst. Damage to the oven or injury to the user may result.
Using your mbowave oven MICROWWE OVEN CONTROLS When you first plug in the oven, the Display WIII show “88:88” if Ihe Control Panel ON/OFF sw/!ch IS ON (see page 5). If the Display ever again shows all 8’s, it means Your electricity was off for a while or that the Control Panel ON/OFF Switch was turned OFF and then back ON. To clear the 8’s from the Display. touch CANCEL (the colon remains on) or touch In cooking Instructions L One note: The Command and Number Pads are not buttons.
USING THE MINUTE TIMER The Minute Timer does not Start or stop cooking; It works like a kitchen timer. Set In minutes or seconds and you will hear a beep when the set time IS up The oven door must be closed before setting the Minute Timer. THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... The MlNUTt TIMER Signal Light will come on and the Display WIII show a “0 ” Within 5 seconds start touching number pads for the desired time 1. Touch MINUTE TIMER.
COOKING IN ONE CYCLE Follow these steps to cook at one power level: HIGH COOK POWER THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... 1. Put food In the oven close the door. •i3 and The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light WIII come on and the Display will show four 0’s. . . 2. 3. Touch COOK CYCLE 1. Touch Number Pads tar the cooklng time you want. The oven 4. Touch will automatically cook at high Cook The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light to show that the oven IS cookrng cycle START.
LOWER COOK POWERS For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers Lowerrng the Cook Power slows the cooking The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. Each Number Pad on your microwave oven stands for a different percentage of Cook Power Many recipes in Your MICRO MENUS Cookbook tell You. by number, whrch Cook Power to use Recipes rn other books and magazines mav tell you by name (HI, MED, LO. etc ] or by percentage [ 10%. 50%. 80%. etc.
LOWER COOK 6. Touch POWERS CONTINUED The COOK CYCLE 1 and COOK POWER Srgnal Lrqhts WIII stay on to show that the oven is cooking in the first cycle at a Cook Power other than high. START. The Display how much cycle counts cooking down time the time to show is left in the first For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Display show the Cook Power you selected will When the cooking time ends You will hear 4 beeps. (You can stop the beeping by opening the oven door or touching CANCEL.
The QUICK DEFROST Srgnal Light WIII slay to show that the oven IS rn the QUICK DEFROST Cycle d count own The Display how much on counts down the trme to show defrostrng lrme IS left When the cooking time ends you WIII hear 4 beeps. (You can stop the beeping by opening the oven door or touching CANCEL.] When the beeping stops, the Display will show only the colon (:I. STANDING TIME For best results.
COOKING 1. IN TWO CYCLES For best results. some recipes another Cook Power for another from one to another automatically call for one Cook Power for a certain length of time. Your microwave oven DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... length of time. and can be set to change Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light WIII come on and the Display will show four 0’s. 2. Touch 3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want in the first cycle. COOK CYCLE 1.
The COOK POWER Stgnal Lrght WIII come and the Display WIII show two O’s on Touch COOK POWER. (If you want the hlgh Cook Power, sklp to step 10.) The Display This example 9. Touch a Number Pad the Cook Power you want In the second cycle. WIII show what you touched shows 40% of full power for .w. count down mm When you touch START, the CF3K CYCLE 1 Light will stay on while the oven IS cooking in the first cycle.
COOKINGAUTOMATICALLYAFTERDEFROSTING The controls can be Set so the microwave the Cook Cycles you have touched in. Put frozen oven and goes automatrcallY from defrosting to THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... 1. oven food close In the the door. The QUICK DEFROST Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s. 2. Touch QUICK DEFROST. The Drsplay wtll show the numbers you in the order yoy touched them. touched This example shows 2 mrnutes. 30 seconds 3.
The COOK CYCLE 2 Slgnol Lighl WIII come on and the Display wrll show four 0 s 8. Touch COOK CYCLE 2. (Optlon: Touch START if cooklng In only one cycle after defrosting.) The Display ~111 show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 4 minutes. 30 seconds 9. Touch Number Pads for the cooking tlme you want In the second cooking cycle. The COOK POWER Signal Lrght will come and the Drsplay will show two O’s on 1 O.Touch COOK POWER.
COOKING AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DEFROSTING.. CONTINUED count d own The D~sploy counts down the time to she! how much trme is lett In the first cooklng cycle For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Display WII show the Cook Power you selected if YOC are using a Cook Power other than high When the first cooking hear a beep cycle ends you WI The second cooking cycle will start (If only one cooking cycle IS used, you will hear 4 beeps and the oven WIII stop.
THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... The COOK TEMP Signal Light will come and the Display will show two O’s 4. OOK TEMP. The Display will show touched. This example cooked temperature The 0 means the food 5. Touch a Number the desired final temperature. Pad the number you uses 6. or a final of about 150 F (66 C). is still cold for The COOK POWER Signal Light will and the Display will show two U’s 6. on come on Touch COOK POWER. (Option: Touch START if you want to use iull power.
!tMPERATURE PROBE CONTlNUtD HINTS FOR USING THE TEMPERATURE PROBE DON’T... DO... l l l l l use hot pads when removrng probe from food or food from oven unplug probe from socket to turn off oven Itght. stir roods durrng cooking when recommended. stir soups, casseroles and drinks before serving. cover roasts with foil and let stand a few minutes after cooking. Remove foil if you decide to cook it longer. For casseroles, the tip of the probe should be in the center of the food.
DELAYED START The microwave oven can be set to start automatically when you are not at home. Use COOK CYCLE 1 at “0”Cook Power to delay the start of COOK CYCLE 2 fcr up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... 1. Put In food and close the door. See CAUTION below. Ea The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s. . . 2. 3. Touch COOK CYCLE 1. Touch number pads for the length of delay you want.
Extra Intormatlon: l You can’t touch in more than 99 minutes, 99 seconds of delay in COOK CYCLE 1. l If you open the door before the oven begins to cook, be sure to retouch START. soups, cooked meats. poultry or fish, or any item with baking powder or yeast. Smoked or frozen meats may be used; so can vegetables, fruits and casseroletype foods. Any food that has to wait for cooking to start should be very cold or frozen before it is put in the oven.
CANCELLING INSTRUCTIONS Opentng the oven door during cooking To cancel the Minute Timer: - Touch MINUTE TIMER. - Touch CANCEL. . Touch CANCEL to erase all instructlons l does not cancel cooking insVuctions l PROGRAMMING or beeps TONE Each time you touch because the instruction a pad is not you will hear a tone. If you do not hear correct, or it is because the tones have a tone, it is been removed. EXAMPLE: If you forget to plug a tone.
Cleaning the microwave oven Wrpe otten with warm water and a soft cloth sponge Be sure to clean the areas where the door and oven frame touch when closed Rrnse well For stubborn soil, boil a cup of water In the oven for 2 or 3 mrnutes. Steam will sotten the so11 sudsv or Abrasive cleanerssteel wool pads, gritty wash cloths and the like can control panel and electronics.
B&level cooking rack Use the Bi-Level Cooking Rack when cooklng In more than one container The rack can be turned upside-down to help fit taller containers on the bottom of the oven See the MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook provided with your oven Second Position: Turn rack upside-down when using a taller container on the bottom of the oven First Posltlon: Use the rack only when heating more than one container of food Do not let a container touch the top of the oven.
Important Betore mformolron you start using your WI// help you avoId Metallic Metallic Cooking this section carefully Thus Trim in metal containers the oven. So with hldden containers (twrst-ties. loll-lining.
Rough of harsh cleaners can scratch or dull the oven finish. DO NOT USE THEM. DO NOT store things oven n ‘. I Make popcorn only in poppers designed for use In microwave ovens. Follow popper drrectrons Results are the popper manufacturer’s responsibrlity Liquids heated containers may The liquid may out with a loud does not harm but you should such containers lrqurds again. USE HOT PADS.
How microwave ovens work Microwave make 11sown ovens are safe Microwave heat, and It’s this heat that Mode Oven Mixer energy IS not hot. It causes cooks the food to Ceramic Magi 7e Iron Cavity food Metal Bolt Bottom Microwaves are llke TV waves or light waves You can’t see them but you can see what they do A magnetron in the microwave oven produces microwaves. The microwaves move into the oven where they are scattered or stirred by a mode mixer (like a fan].
Building in your microwave oven Your mtcrowave are made easy 1. wtth oven IS not lrmrted to carts, counters kits available from your dealer 2. Burld the microwave oven into a cabinet or wall by Itself or over burlt-rn single ovens In the Whirlpool RDE. REE. RGE. RB and SB model serves or Imperial 7200 single gas ovens Ask your dealer for details Attach the microwave oven to a wall by Itself or with cabinets over it on . RCK803 . RCK805 . RCK807 (832849) (832856) (832850) -30-Inch -253.
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