Whirlpool MH9180XL Microwave Oven User Manual


 
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The automatic Defrost control has three categories: Meat, Poultry
and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer
more than 20 minutes and frozen ready-made food. Use the
following chart as a guide.
To use the Defrost control:
1. Touch DEFROST.
2. Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
or
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch the number pads to enter the weight.
Meats and Poultry can be set from .2 to 6.6 lb (91 g to 3 kg).
Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lb (91 g to 2 kg).
Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
4. Touch JET START.
The display will count down the defrost 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.
5. Touch OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
To Defrost manually:
1. Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
2. Touch COOK POWER.
3. Touch 3.
4. Touch JET START.
The display will count down the defrost 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.
5. Touch OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
Soften
The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods.
Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be
ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to
make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide.
To Soften:
1. Touch SOFTEN.
The display will alternate between showing SOFTN and
PAD.
2. Touch SOFTEN repeatedly to scroll through the Soften menu
items
or
Touch number pad to select Soften menu item.
3. Enter quantity of food items using the prompts on the display
or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the
selected food class will give a response.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
4. Touch JET START.
The display will count down the soften time.
When the cycle ends, END will appear on the display, 4
end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will
sound every minute for 15 minutes.
MEAT
Beef: ground, steaks, roast,
stew
The narrow or fatty areas of
irregular shaped cuts should
be shielded with foil before
defrosting.
Do not defrost less than ¹⁄₄ lb
(113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)
patties.
Place all meats in
microwavable baking dish.
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up Place in microwavable
baking dish, chicken breast-
side up.
Remove giblets from whole
chicken.
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,
Shellfish
Place in microwavable
baking dish.
FOOD CODE SOFTEN
PAD
QUANTITY
Butter 1 1 time 1, 2 or 3 sticks
Ice cream 2 2 times 16, 32 or 64 oz
Cream cheese 3 3 times 3 oz or 8 oz