Changing the cooking time

Cooking time can be changed any time before touching STARTor during the cycle:

1.Touch COOK 1.

2.Touch numbers for the new time.

3.Touch START.

Cook 1will continue cooking for the new time.

lower cook powers

For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers. The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. Each Number Pad also stands for a different percentage of Cook Power. Many recipes in your MICRO MENUS8 Cookbook tell you, by number, which Cook Power to use. Recipes in other books and magazines may tell you by name (HI, MED, LO, etc.] or percentage (lo%, 50%, 80%, etc.).

The following chart gives the percentage Cook Power name usually used.

automatic 100% of full power HIGH

9 = 90% of full power

8 = 80% of full power

7 = 70% of full power MED-HIGH

6 = 60% of full power

5 = 50% of full power MED

of Cook Power each Number Pad stands for, and

4= 40% of full power

3= 30% of full power MED-LOW

2= 20% of full power

1 = lO%offull power LOW

0 = TIMER (fan and light will be off)

DO THIS...

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

THIS HAPPENS...

The COOK 1 Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show

2. Touch COOK 1.

3.Touch Number Pads tor the cooklng tlme you want.

4.Touch COOK POWER.

5.Touch a Number Pad tor the Cook Power you want.

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The Display will show the numbers you touched In the order you touched them. This example shows 7 minutes, 30 seconds.

The COOK POWER Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show “P-HI”.This shows the oven is pre-

programmed to cook at full (HIGH) power.

The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 5 for 50% of full power.

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Whirlpool MW3601XW, MW3600XW manual Changing the cooking time, Lower cook powers, Put food in the oven and close the door

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