Using Your Microwave Oven; To Get The Best Cooking Results - Whirlpool MT5120XAQ Use And Care Manual

Using Your Microwave
Oven
This section gives you instructions for operating each function. Please read these instructions
In This Section
Page
To get the best cooking results . . . . . . . 18
Cooking at high cook power . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cooking at lower cook powers . . . . . . . . 20
Using AUTO COOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Auto cook chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using EASY DEFROST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Defrost chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Defrosting tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
carefully.
Page
Cooking with more than one
cook cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using POPCORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using BEVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using PERSONAL CHOICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using ADD MINUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding or subtracting cook time . . . . . 34
Using PAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using AUTO START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
To get the best cooking results:
@ALWAYS cook
food for the minimum
recommended cooking time. If necessary,
touch ADD MINUTE while the oven is
operating or after it has completed the
cooking cycle (see page 33 for more
information). Then check for doneness
to avoid overcooking the food.
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Stir, turn over, or rearrange
the food
being cooked about halfway through the
cooking time for most even doneness with
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If a glass cover is not available, use
wax paper, paper towels, or microwave-
approved plastic wrap.
Turn back
a corner
to vent steam during cooking.
@Although a new rating method*
rates
this oven at 900 watts, you may use a
reliable cookbook and recipes developed
for microwave ovens previously rated at
700-800
watts.
all recipes.
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IEC-705 Test Procedure. The IEC-705 Test Procedure
is an internationally recognized method of rating micro-
wave wattage output and does not represent an actual
change to output power or cooking performance.
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