Cooking In Your Microwave Oven; Cooking At High Cook Power - Whirlpool SM958PES Use & Care Manual

Opening the oven door does not stop the Minute Timer countdown: however,
it does stop any cooking or defrosting. Close the door and touch START to
continue cooking or defrosting.
Cooking in Your Microwave Oven
Be sure to read the MICRO MENUS@ Cookbook packed with the microwave
oven. It contains information about:
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What microwave energy is.
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How food is cooked by microwave energy.
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What affects cooking speed and cooking evenness.
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Safety tips.
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Utensils to use when cooking in a microwave oven.
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Cooking times for different foods.
Important things to remember to get the best cooking results.
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ALWAYS cook food for the minimum recommended cooking time. If neces-
sary, add time in one or two minute periods, then check for doneness to
avoid overcooking the food.
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Stir, turn or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the
cooking time for most even doneness with all recipes.
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If a glass cover is not available, use waxpaper, paper towels or microwave
approved plastic wrap. Turn back a corner to vent steam during cooking.
Cooking at High Cook Power
Follow these steps to cook at high power.
DO THIS...
THIS HAPPENS...
1.
Put food in the oven
and close the door.
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2.
Touch COOK 1.
The COOK 1 indicator Light
will come on and the
Display will show four 0's.
The Display will show the
numbers you touched in
the order you touched
them. The example shows
1 minute, 30 seconds.
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