Whirlpool MW8400XR Use & Care Manual page 6

Whirlpool microwave oven use & care guide mw8400xr, mw840exr
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Setting
the controls
Be sure you understand
the basics on mlcrowave
oven cooklng
before you star-t Start with
recipes
from your MICRO MENUS Cookbook
Follow
the dlrectrons
carefully
1.
Place food In the oven, then
close the door The oven won't
work if the door isn't closed
tightly.
COOK POWER
CHART
Recipes
in the MICRO
MENUS@Cookbook
use
Cook Power settings from
HIGH to LOW. Recipes
from
other books and maga-
zines may use different
Cook Power percentages.
The following
chart may
be helpful:
HIGH - 100% of full power
MED-HIGH - 70% of full
power
MED - 50% of full power
MED-LOW/DEFROST
-
30% of full power
LOW - 15% of full power
To stop the oven
1.
Turn the Trmer Knob
counterclockwise
to "0"
OR
2.
Ooen the oven door
2. Set cooking
times up to 60
minutes by turning
the Timer
Knob clockwise.
To reduce
the cooking
time, turn the
Timer Knob counterclockwise.
Each mark represents
30
seconds
for the first 10
minutes. For times longer
than 10 minutes, each mark
represents
2 minutes
3. Set the Variable
Cook
Power to the desired
setting
from HIGH to LOW. Some
recipes
call for lower Cook
Powers for best results (See
chart ] The lower the Cook
Power, the slower the cookrng.
4. Push the START Button The
oven light will come on and
cooking
will begin. You will
hear the fan running during
oven operation.
When the set time is up, the
oven will shut off automati-
cally. You will hear a bell, the
light will go off and the fan
will stop
To restart the oven
1.
Close the oven door
2. Set the Timer [If needed]
to
the desired
cooking
trme
3. Push the START Button
Defrosting
in your
microwave
oven
Use the MED-LOW/DEFROST set-
ting to thaw frozen food be-
fore cooking.
See the Defrost
Guide on the top oven door
frame or your MICRO MENUS&
Cookbook
for suggested
defrosi
times.

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

This manual is also suitable for:

Mw840exr

Table of Contents