Microwave Cooking; Preprogrammed Pads - Amana ASE7000 Service Manual

Operating Instructions for ASE7000, ASE9000, RC17S,
RC17SD2, RC17SED, RC22S, RC22S3, RC25S, RC27S, RC30S

Microwave Cooking

Microwave cooking uses high
frequency energy waves to heat the
food. When cooking, microwave
energy causes food molecules to
move rapidly. This rapid movement
between the food molecules creates
heat, which cooks the food. POWER
displays when oven is generating
microwave energy for the current
cycle.
The microwave
stopped cooking
This series of microwaves has the
added feature of a mid-cycle cooking
pause. This feature is designed to
stop halfway through a programmed
cycle. This pause can be used to
rotate food, stir food, or add needed
ingredients during the cooking cycle.
During a mid-cycle cooking pause,
the microwave beeps continuously
PAUS
and displays until the oven
door is opened and again closed. To
continue the cooking cycle, simply
press the start button.
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Manual Time Entry
To cook food using a specific entered time and power level.
1. Open oven door and place food in oven. Close door.
• READY displays. Fan and light will turn on.
• ITEM flashes when keyboard can be set.
2. Press TIME ENTRY pad.
00:00
• displays.
• STG displays with current cooking stage.
• If pad does not work, open and close oven door and try again.
3. Enter cooking time by using the numbered pads.
4. Press POWER LEVEL pad to change power level.
• COOK LEVEL displays with the current power setting.
• If power level is set to high H displays.
• For a lower microwave power, press pads 1 (for 10%) through
9 (for 90%).
5. If stage cooking is desired, press STAGE and repeat steps 2
through 4.
• As many as 4 different stages can be programmed.
6. Press START pad.
• Oven operates and time counts down.
,
• POWER COOK LEVEL and cooking time display.
7. At end of cooking cycle oven beeps and shuts off.
displays.

Preprogrammed Pads

To cook food using pads preprogrammed with cooking sequences.
1. Open oven door and place food in oven. Close door.
• READY displays. Fan and light will turn on.
• ITEM flashes when keyboard can be set.
2. Press desired pad.
• For single pad entry, press only one pad.
• For double pad entry, press the two pads, in
order, of the double digit number for the
desired cooking sequence.
• To change single or double pad entry option
see User Options section in this manual.
3. Oven begins to cook.
• POWER, COOK LEVEL and total cooking time display as set
for that pad.
• For additional cooking time, press preprogrammed pad again.
4. At end of cooking cycle oven beeps and shuts off.
Factory Settings
displays.
Pad Time
1 10 sec.
2 20 sec.
3 30 sec.
4 45 sec.
5 1 min.
A–4
Done
Done
Pad Time
6 1:30 min.
7 2 min.
8 3 min.
9 4 min.
0 5 min.