SETTING THE CONTROLS

Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start

Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS. Cookbook. Follow the directions carefully.

NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged

For testing,

use at least a cup of water

 

Be sure

you

have

read and

2. Close

the

door

Make

understand

the

dlrectlons.

sure

it locks

The

oven

 

 

 

 

won’t work If the door Isn t

1. Put

food

In the oven

closed

llghtlv

 

3.Se! Cook Power to

desired setting from HI to KEEP WARM Some recipes require different Cook Powers for

best results [See char1 below]

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4. Set cooking times up to

10 minutes by pushing in the timer knob and turn-

Irg clockwise. The oven light will go on.10 set time for less than 30 seconds. turn timer past 30 sec- onas then back to de- slred time

5. Set

cooking

times

longer

6. Push

the

START

Button The

than

10

minutes

by

turn-

oven

light WIII

stay

on

Ing

the

timer

knob

and

You

will

hear

a

fan

run-

wheel

First

set

the

knob

nlng

durrng

oven

operation

then

move

the

wheel

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the set time IS up, the oven will shul off

automatically. You will hear a bell, the light will go off and the fan will stop.

DEFROSTING

Example:

To set

22

minutes

30

seconds

 

l

Set 2

minutes,

30

seconds

by

pushing

In and

 

turning

knob,

 

 

 

 

 

l

Set 20

minutes

by

pushing

up

on wheel

 

For defrosting, set Cook Power Control to DEFROST (MED.LO) See the Defrost Guide Inside the oven door or your MICRO MENUS

Cookbook for suggested defrost times.

COOK POWER CHART

Recipes In the MICRO MENUS Cook- book use Cook Power settings from HI to LO Recipes In other books and maga- zines may use different percentages

of cooklng power. The following chart will be helpful:

HI - 100% of full power MED-HI - 70% of full power MED - 50% of full power

MED-LO (DEFROST) - 30% of full power LO - 15% of full power KEEP WARM - 5% of full power

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KEEP WARM

l

Hot,

cooked

 

foods

can

be

safely

kept warm

 

for 60

minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

Reset

the

timer

if more

time

is required.

Keep-

 

ing

foods

warm

longer

than

about

1 hour,

40

 

minutes

is not recommended.

 

The

quality

of

 

some

 

foods

will

suffer

with

extended

time

 

l

Foods

cooked

 

covered

should

be

covered

 

 

during

KEEP WARM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

Pastry

items

(pies,

turnovers,

etc

) should

be

 

uncovered

 

during

KEEP WARM

 

 

 

l Meals

kept warm on a plate should be cov-

 

ered

during

 

KEEP WARM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whirlpool RM975PXL, RM973PXL warranty Setting the Controls, Defrosting, Cook Power Chart, Keep Warm