Setting the controls
Be sure You understand the basics on microwave oven cooking before you start Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS@Cookbook. Follow the directions carefully.
1.Place food in the oven, then close the door. The oven won’t work if the door isn’t closed tightly.
3.Set the Variable Cook Power to the desired setting from HIGH to LOW. Some recipes call for lower Cook Powers for best results. (See chart.) The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking.
2.Set cooking times up to 60 minutes by turning the Timer Knob clockwise. To reduce the cooking time, turn the Timer
Knob counterclockwise. Each mark is 30 seconds for the first 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, each mark is 2 minutes.
Recipes in the MICRO MENUS@Cookbook use Cook Power settings from HIGH to LOW. Recipes from other books and maga- zines may use different Cook Power percentages. The following chart may be helpful:
HIGH - 100% of full power
power
MED - 50% of full power
LOW - 15% of full power
To set the timer for less than I minute, turn Timer Knob past
1 minute then to desired time.
4.Push the STARTButton. The oven light will come on and cooking will begin. You will hear the fan running during oven operation.
When the set time is up, the oven will shut off automati- cally. You will hear a bell, the light will go off and the fan will stop.
To stop the oven
1.Turn the Timer Knob
counterclockwise to “0:’
OR
2.Open the oven door.
To restart the oven
1.Close the oven door
2.Set the Timer (if needed] to the desired cooking time.
3.Push the STARTButton
Defrosting in your microwave oven
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