Quick Reference Cooking Guide - Whirlpool MT1850XW Use And Care Manual

Quick reference cooking guide
your microwave oven gives you a wide range of cooking capabilities. The following chart can be
used as a quick reference when cooking. For more in-depth information, see the corresponding
sections in this Use and Care Guide.
Type of cooking
How you use it Why you use it
High power cooking
1. Put food in the oven and close the
door.
2. Touch COOK 1.
This mode IS useful for quick cookmg of
small Items and separate portions.
3. Touch Number Pads lor the cooking
time you want.
4. Touch START.
Lower power cooking
(cook powers
1-9)
1. Put load in the oven and close the
door.
2. Touch COOK 1.
3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking
time you want.
4. Touch COOK POWER.
This mode IS necessary for efficient
cooklng of most foods. Failure to use the
correct Cook Power may result in over.
or under-cooking.
5. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook
Power you want.
6. Touch START.
Auto Set
1. Put food in the oven and close the
door.
2. Touch AUTO SET.
3. Touch a Number Pad for the
cooking time you want, from 1 to 9
minutes.
4. Touch COOK POWER.
This mode lets you select up to ten
commonly-used cooklng times by
touching only one Number Pad for each
time.
5. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook
Power you want.
6. Touch START.
Defrosting
1. Put food in the oven and close the
door.
2. Touch QUICK DEFROST.
3. Touch Number Pads for the
defrosting time you want.
4. Touch START.
This mode decreases the amount of lime
needed to thaw frozen food before
cooking.
Two-cycle cooking
1. Put food in the oven and close the
door.
2. Touch COOK 1.
3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking
time you want.
This mode lets you cook at two different
Cook Powers, one after another. Using
this mode lets you fine-tune your cooklng
for better results.
4. Touch COOK POWER. (To use HIGH
power, skip to Step 6.)
5. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook
Power you want in the first cycle.
6. Touch COOK 2.
7. Touch Number Pads for the cooking
time you want in the second cycle.
8. Touch COOK POWER. (II you want to
use HIGH power, skip to Step 10.)
9. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook
Power you want in the second cycle.
10. Touch START.
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