Whirlpool Ultimate Guide on Microwave Softening and Melting Features

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To Defrost manually:

1.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.

2.Touch COOK POWER.

3.Touch 3.

4.Touch JET START.

The display will count down the defrost time.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute.

5.Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

Soften

The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods. Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide.

FOOD

CODE

SOFTEN

QUANTITY

 

 

PAD

 

 

 

 

 

Butter

1

1 time

1, 2 or 3 sticks

 

 

 

 

Ice cream

2

2 times

16, 32 or 64 oz

 

 

 

 

Cream cheese

3

3 times

3 oz or 8 oz

 

 

 

 

To Soften:

1.Touch SOFTEN.

The display will alternate between showing “SOFTN” and “PAD.”

2.Touch SOFTEN repeatedly to scroll through the Soften menu items

or

Touch number pad to select Soften menu item.

3.Enter quantity of food items using the prompts in the display or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the selected food class will give a response.

Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.

4.Touch JET START.

The display will count down the soften time.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute.

5.Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

Melt

The microwave oven uses low power to melt certain foods. The foods may not be completely melted when the program ends, but stirring the food will complete the melting. Use the following chart as a guide.

FOOD

CODE

MELT

QUANTITY

 

 

PAD

 

 

 

 

 

Butter

1

1 time

1, 2 or 3 sticks

 

 

 

 

Chocolate

2

2 times

4 oz or 8 oz

(chips or

 

 

 

baking

 

 

 

squares)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheese

3

3 times

8 oz or 16 oz

(processed

 

 

 

cheese food)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marshmallows

4

4 times

5 oz or 10 oz

(large or small)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Melt:

1.Touch MELT.

The display will alternate between showing “MELT” and “PAD.”

2.Touch MELT repeatedly to scroll through the Melt menu items

or

Touch number pad to select Melt menu item.

3.Enter quantity of food items using the prompts in the display or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the selected food class will give a response.

Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.

4.Touch JET START.

The display will count down the melt time.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute.

5.Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

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