Interrupt Cooking; Auto Cook; Cooking In Stages; Reheating - Maytag W10123240 Use & Care Manual

Interrupt Cooking

You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening the door. The
oven stops heating and the fan stops, but the light stays on. To
restart cooking, close the door and touch START.
If you do not want to continue cooking, close the door and the
light goes off, or touch UPPER CANCEL.

Auto Cook

Times and cooking power have been preset for certain
microwavable foods. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD PAD
Frozen Entrée
Casserole
Frozen Vegetables
Bacon*
Fresh Vegetables
Frozen Burrito
Hot Dogs
*Differences in the amount of fat, meat, thickness, and curing
process affect results. Average is 16 slices per pound.
To Use Auto Cook:
1. Touch AUTO COOK. "CODE" will appear on the display.
2. Touch number pad from chart
OR
Touch AUTO COOK repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch 0 QUANTITY (number pad "0") pad to enter quantity.
NOTE: You must use the 0 QUANTITY pad to select quantity
settings for a frozen entree, a casserole, bacon or hot dogs.
4. Touch START or wait 5 seconds for oven to start
automatically.
The display will count down the cook time.
When the cycle ends, "End" will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute for 15 minutes.
5. Touch UPPER CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.

Cooking in Stages

The microwave oven can be set to cook at different cooking
powers for various lengths of time, up to 3 stages.
To Cook in Stages:
1. Touch the number pads to set a length of cook time for the
first stage.
2. Touch COOK POWER and then enter a cook power (if other
than 100%) from the Cooking Power chart. "TIME" will
appear in the display.
3. Touch COOK TIME to start programming next stage.
4. Repeat the above steps for second and third stage
programming.
The numbers "1," "2" and/or "3" will appear in the upper oven
display during programming.
8
QUANTITY
1 9 oz, 11 oz or 26 oz (255 g,
312 g or 454 g)
2 2-8 cups (473 mL-1.89 L)
3 1-4 cups (250 mL-1 L)
4 1-6 slices, average
thickness
5 1-4 cups (250 mL-1 L)
6 1-4 pieces
7 1-6 pieces
5. Touch START when cook times and cook powers have been
entered.
The oven display will count down each of the cook times. The
numbers "1," "2" or "3" will appear in the display during their
respective stages.
During multistage cooking, you may use Add A Minute to
increase any stage's cooking time. When the stage you
want to change is active, touch ADD A MINUTE.
During the last stage, you may also touch COOK MORE
to increase the cooking time. Cook More increases the
last stage's remaining cooking time by adding a
percentage of the last stage's expired cooking time.
If the last stage is Micro Time, you may use Cook More
after cooking. Within 1 minute after cooking, open the
oven door to check for doneness. Then close the oven
door and touch COOK MORE. The food will cook for a
percentage of the last stage's cook time using the last
stage's cook power level.
You may set up Warm Hold to follow multistage cooking,
and you may use Cook More with Warm Hold. However,
Warm Hold uses low cook power and lasts up to
99 minutes.
When the cycle ends, "End" will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute.
6. Touch UPPER CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.

Reheating

Times and cooking powers have been preset for reheating 7 food
types. You do not have to enter times or temperatures. Use the
following chart as a guide.
FOOD CODE
Dinner Plate 1
Bread** 2
Meats 3
Cheese Dip* 4
Soup* 5
Sauce* 6
Pizza 7
*Four tones will sound at the midpoint of the reheat cycle, and
"STIR" will appear in the display. Stir food if desired, close
door, and touch START.
**Does not apply to bread slices at refrigerator temperatures.
To Reheat Foods:
1. Touch REHEAT. "CODE" will appear in the display.
Touch REHEAT repeatedly to scan and select food settings.
For example, to select the Bread setting, REHEAT must be
touched twice.
After 3 seconds "QTY" will appear in the display, then
"SRVG" will appear.
2. Touch number pads to enter quantity (in servings, strips
or cups)
OR
Touch 0 QUANTITY (number pad "0") to scan and select
quantities. For example, to select the quantity of 2 servings,
0 QUANTITY must be touched twice.
QUANTITY
1 to 2 servings
1 to 6 slices
1 to 6 servings
1 to 3 cups (250-750 mL)
1 to 4 cups (250 mL-1 L)
1 to 3 cups (250-750 mL)
1 to 2 servings