Whirlpool MW87OOXS manual How your microwave oven works

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How your microwave oven works

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.

Mode Mixer

Magnetron

Ceramic Bottom

Overi Cavity

Metal Floor

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

Microwaves pass through glass, paper and plastic with- out heating them so food ab- sorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy.

A magnetron in the micro- wave oven produces micro- waves 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.

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 rea- sons for letting some foods [roasts, baked potatoes] stand for a while after cook- ing, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time.

The ceramic bottom of your microwave oven lets micro- waves through. Then they bounce off a metal floor, back through the ceramic bottom and are absorbed by the food.

The microwaves		disturb
water	molecules	in the	food.
As the	molecules	bounce
around	bumping	into	each

other, heat is made, like rub- bing your hands together. This is the heat that cooks.

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Contents Microwave Oven Parts and features ContentsBefore you use your microwave oven Before you install your microwave ovenDoor bent SAW These Instructions Microwave oven controls Using your microwave ovenDigital display/clock and indicator iighk Command padsGramming tone Setting the clockNew instructions cancel the old ones Using the minute TimerChanging the minute timer Cancelling the minute timerCookine in one cock Cooking in your microwave ovenChanging the cooking time Cooking at lower cook powersTouch Number Pads for the cooking time you want On next Touch Cook Power Changing cook powerTouch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want Put food in the oven and close the door Cooking in more than one cycle or more cook powersPage Auto Set Time Using Auto SETPut food in the oven and close the door On next Down Touch a Number pad for the Cook Power you want Touch StartCook Power of 70% is preset on Temp sefflngs Changing the pre-programmed settingAuto Set Temp Changing the pre-programmed selling Additional information DefrostingPut frozen food in the oven and close the door For cooklng automatically after defrostlng Standing time or cooking automatically affer defrostingAbout the Quickdefrost Cycle Changing or adding defrost timeCooking with the Temperature Probe DON’T Hints for using the temperature probeCleaning the probe Changing the temperature settingRempemture probe cooking tips Touch Keepwarm Using Keep WarmTo automatically follow another cycle Put cooked, hot food in oven and close doorPut food In oven and close the door. See Caution on Using Auto StartPage Other operating hints To double check settings while the oven is runningTo stop the oven while it is running Special caution Cleaning the rackBi-level cooking rack Inserting the tuckInstalling your microwave oven Installation instructionsPowlzPP+ Electrical requirementsObserve all governing codes and ordinances Wall Receptacle cl eBuilding in your microwave oven To replace Cleaning the microwave ovenCaring for your microwave oven Replacing the light bulbHow your microwave oven works Never Cook or Reheat a Whole EGG Operating safety precautionsKeep door closed l turn oven off General informationCool, do not use it If you need assistance? CallingBefore For assistanceIf you have a problem If you need serviceIf you need FSP’ replacement part Warranty