Whirlpool MS2101XW, MS2100XW manual How Your Microwave OvenWorks

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How Your Microwave OvenWorks

Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food.

Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You can’t see them, but you can see what they do.

Mode mlxer	Magnetron	A magnetron in the microwave oven produces
		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). Microwaves bounce off metal
		oven walls and are absorbed by food.

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Microwaves pass through glass, paper and most plastics without heating them so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy.

Microwaves may not reach the center of a roast. The heat around the outside is what cooks the roast all the way through. This is one of the reasons for letting some foods (roasts, baked potatoes) stand for a while after cooking, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time.

The microwaves disturb water molecules in the food. As the molecules bounce around bumping into each other, heat is made, like rubbing your hands together. This is the heat that does the cooking.

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Contents MSZlOlXW Use& CareGuideContents Test dinnerware or cookware before using Important Safety InstructionsPage Getting Acquainted Microwave oven featuresGetting Acquainted Control panelQuick reference cooking guide Why you use ilHow you use it On nextWhy you use it Digital display/clock and indicator lights Using Your Microwave OvenCommand pads Microwave oven controlsSetting the clock Audible signalsALWAYScook food with glass tray in place Cooking in your microwave ovenCooking at high cook power Using Your Mkrowave OvenChanging the cooking time Cooking at lower cook powers Using Autoset Changing the cook powerUslng Your Microwave Oven Contlnued Page Defrosting Standing time after defrosting Using Pause with Quick DefrostFor a different standing time About the Quick Defrost cycleCooking automatically after defrosting Same amount of time used for defrosting Cooking in more than one cook cycle Page Changing or adding instructions Using Pause RRU Using Your Microwave Oven ContlnuedStart To automatically follow another cycle Using KeepwarmUsing the Minute Timer Using delayed stari To double check settings while the oven is running To avoid sickness and food waste when using delay startOther operating hints Additional informationInstallation Instructions Installing your microwave ovenDo not block the rear air intake opening Electrical requirements Observe all governing codes and ordinancesElectrical Shock Hazard Caring For Your Microwave Oven Cleaning the microwave ovenHow Your Microwave OvenWorks Operating Safety Precautions IFi Operating !Safety Precautions General information We suggest you follow these steps If You Need Service Or Assistance.n nNorth Wacker Drive Chicago, IL WHIRLPOOLMicrowaveOven