Getting To Know Your; Microwave; How Your Microwave Oven Works - Whirlpool MT5120XAQ Use And Care Manual

Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven
This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you to the
basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information
before use.
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How your microwave oven works . . . 10 Built-in kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Microwave oven features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Control panel features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Minute Tlmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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.
Microwaves are like TV waves or light
waves. You cannot see them, but you can
see what they do.
Magnetron
I
Oven cavity
A magnetron
in the microwave oven
produces microwaves. The microwaves
move into the oven where they contact food
as it turns on the glass turntable.
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