Whirlpool MW8400XR Microwave Oven User Manual


 
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.