Whirlpool MW840EXR Setting the controls, Cook Power Chart, To stop the oven, To restart the oven

Setting the controls

Be sure you understand the basics on mlcrowave oven cooklng before you star-t Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS Cookbook Follow the dlrectrons carefully

1.Place food In the oven, then close the door The oven won’t work if the door isn’t closed tightly.

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 represents 30 seconds for the first 10 minutes. For times longer than 10 minutes, each mark represents 2 minutes

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 cookrng.

COOK POWER

CHART

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 MED-HIGH - 70% of full

power

MED - 50% of full power

MED-LOW/DEFROST - 30% of full power

LOW - 15% of full power

To stop the oven

1.Turn the Trmer Knob

counterclockwise to “0”

OR

2.Ooen the oven door

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 restart the oven

1.Close the oven door

2.Set the Timer [If needed] to the desired cooking trme

3.Push the STARTButton

Defrosting in your microwave oven

Use the MED-LOW/DEFROST set- ting to thaw frozen food be- fore cooking. See the Defrost Guide on the top oven door frame or your MICRO MENUS& Cookbook for suggested defrosi times.