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Grounding Instructions ........................................3
How to UseYourMicrowave OvenforAll It’sWorth .................4
Safety Tipsto FollowWhileMicrowaving ...................... ...4
How to Usethe Control Panel ...................................6
Howto TimeCook ............................................8
Howto Temp Cook . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . ...... . . . . ... . . . .. ..... . ...9
Closeup: TheTemperature Probe ............................ ..10
Three Levels of Power Make Your Microwave Oven
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HowtoClean&CareforYour NewMicrowaveOven ..............12
TheExhaustFeature . . . .. . . . . . ... . .. .. ..... . . .. .. . . . .. .. .....14
BeforeYouCallforService . . . . . .. . . .. .. . ... . . . .. .. . . . ... .. . . .. 15
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For personal safety, this appliance mustbe properly
grounded. The power cord of this appliance is equip-
ped with athree-prong (grounding) plug which mates
with astandard three-prong (grounding) wall recepta-
cle. (See picture; left.) To minimize the possibility of
severe orfatal electric shock hazardfromthisappliance,
the customer should havethe wall receptacle and circuit
checked by aqualified electrician to makesure the re-
ceptacle is properly grounded.
Where astandard two-prong wall receptacle is encoun-
tered, it is the personal responsibility and obligation of
the customer to have aqualified electrician replace it
with aproperly grounded three-prong wall receptacle.
Do not, under any circumstances, cut or remove the
third (ground) prong from the power cord.
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Cook foodsthe best way. Cook by time or by temper-
ature. Youroven lets you tailor the way you cook to the
food. Useyour CountersaverTMMicrowave Oven Cook-
ing Gude &Recipe Book to help you select which kind
of cooking to use.
Fast, familiar cooking by time. You’ll find most of your
microwave meals will be cooked bytime. Useitfor all it’s
worth with most casseroles, vegetables, appetizers,
snacks and small, individual foods like potatoes, hot
dogs, hamburgers and meatballs. It’s also great for pie
crusts, desserts like baked fruit, puddings and candies.
Use temperature cooking when you can’t afford
guesswork. The solid-state microwave thermometer
tells you the internal temperature of food...a reassuring
way to cook roast, ham and other foods that need a
specific temperature for the right doneness.
Enjoyaworld of new recipe ideas. Useyour Counter-
saverTMMicrowaveOvenCooking Guide&RecipeBook,
included with your oven, for all it’s worth! Htells you
everything you need to know about using your oven
properly . . . and having lots of success using it! Thirty-
eight Micro-lessons take you step-by-step through ail
the basics.And the over 400 recipesand 52 charts are
sureto keepmealtimes mterestlng
1. For personal safety, the oven must be properly
grounded. See grounding instructionson page3. For
best operation, plug this appliance into itsown circuit to
prevent flickering of lights, blowing of fuse or tripping of
circuit breaker.
2. Use of extension cords is strictly prohibited be-
cause amount of current isprohibitive forconnecting the
extension cord.
3. Do not use adapter plugs since this will defeat the
proper grounding of the appliance and might result in
severe or fatal shock hazard.
4, Cooking utensils may become hot because of heat
transferred from the heated food. Thisisespecially true if
plastic wrap has been covering the top and handles of
the utensil. Potholders may be needed to handle the
utensil.
5. Sometimes the oven shelf can become too hot to
touch. Becareful whentouching the shelf after cooking.
6. 13m’t heat unopened food containers in the oven.
Pressure, building up, can cause the container to burst,
resulting in injury.
7. Don’t defrost frozen liquids-especially carbonated
ones in narrow necked containers. Evenif the container
is opened, pressure can build up. This can cause the
container to burst, resulting in injury.
8. Don’t overcook. Excessive overcooking dehy-
drates potatoes, and may cause them to catch fire
causing damage.
9. Iffood should ever ignite: IQeptheoven doorclos-
ed. Turn off the power immediately. Turntimer to OFF
or disconnect power cord or shut off power at the fuse
circuit breaker panel.
10. Remove the temperature probe from the oven
when not using it. Otherwise, it can create electrical
arcing in the oven and damage oven walls.
11. Remove wire twist-ties on paper and plastic bags
when placing in oven. Twist-ties sometimes cause bag
to heat and may cause fire.
12. Microwaving eggs in shells and shelled boiled
eggs is not recommended. They can burst and cause
injury.

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Defrost abreast of turkey the afternoon of afeast.
Use your Low/Defrost setting for defrosting bulky foods
or any frozen food.
Reheating is asnap when you temperature cook with
your automatic probe. You can cook unusual shapes,
sizesand amountsof.foodwithoutthe riskofovercooking.
–Neverwastecoffeeagain. Reheatingcold coffee inyour
microwave isfast and the coffee tastes amazingly fresh.
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Vegetables are just wonderful when you microwave.
Freshorfrozen vegetables havefreshflavorandtexture.
13.Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven un-
less in aspecial microwave popcorn accessory or un
less you use popcorn in apackage labeled for micro-
wave ovens. Because of the heat generated, without
these precautions, the container could catch fire.
14. Use metal only as directed in cookbook. Metal
strips as used on meat roasts arehelpful incooking food
when used as directed. Metaltrays may be used for TV
dinners. However, when using metal in the microwave
oven, keep metal at least l-inch away from sides of
microwave oven.
15. IMn’toperate theoven whileempty inorderto pro-
long the lifeof the oven and saveenergy. If,by accident,
the oven should run empty aminute or two, no harm is
done.
16. Do notstoref!ammable materials inanoven. Also,
do not use flammable fluids inthe vicinity of your oven.
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THE HOOD:
1. Have it installed and properlygrounded byaqual-
ified installer. See the special installation booklet
packed with the microwave oven.
2. Caution is required to prevent the starting and
spreading of accidental cooking fires while the vent
fan is in use.
A. Never leave surface units unattended at high
heat settings. Boilover causes smoking and greasy
spillovers that may ignite and spread if vent fan is
operating. Use surface unit heat settings recom-
mended by the manufacturer and adequate sized
utensils.
B, In the event of agrease fire, smother flaming
pan on surface unit by covering pan completely
with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray.
C. Never flame foodsunder the ovenwith the vent
fan operating because it may spread the flames.
D. Keep hood and grease filters clean, according
to instructions on pages 13 and 14, to maintain
gobd venting and avoid grease fires.

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TIME Ccm!mcm
Your microwave oven hasacircular timer that can be ro-
tated manually. The timer indicator moves towards “O”
only when the oven is cooking or defrosting with micro-
wave energy.
When the timer reaches “O” abell will sound to tell you
that cooking is completed and the power, the indicator
light, interior light and fan are shut off automatically.
Remember, if you open the door before thetimer reach-
es “O”, cooking or defrosting will stop. When you close
the door and press START,cooking starts again where
you left off.
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oven. Insert cable end into receptacle on oven wall. If
oven will not start when START is pushed, recheck to
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Dial the finished temperature following the recipe di-
rections. NOTE: If the actual temperature of the food
in the oven is higher than the temperature you dial,
the oven will not start. Check temperature again to
make sure you’ve set the dial correctly. If not, reset. if
so, the food in the oven has already reached the de-
sired finished temperature and no more heating is
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When preset internal temperature is reached, oven
automatically turns off to signal that cooking has
stopped. Remove the cable end of the probe from re-
ceptacle, take food and probe out together.
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Your new microwaveoven has three power settings for
you to choose from. Always check with your Countef-
saverTMMicrowaveOven Cooking Guide &Recipe Book
to find out which power level is recomm~nded for the
food you’re cooking.
Low Power isused for defrosting foods, delicate foods
and ones that take longer, slower cooking. It uses about
50Y0of the oven power.
Medium Power uses about 70Y0of the oven power; it is
the power levelyou’ll usefor ease inheating and cooking
foods requiring extraattention at High Power.
High Power is full or 100% power. You’ll use it for fast
cooking and forfoodswhich tolerateheatandspeedwell.
HOODCONTROLS
Fan Switch. Pressonce for high speed. Presstwice for
low speed. Press again for off.
Lamp Switch. Pushand hold lamp switch until fluores-
cent lamp lights.
AUTOMATIC FAN IFEATURE
Cooking appliances installed under the oven might,
under some heavy usage conditions, cause temper-
atures high enough to overheat some internal parts
of the microwave oven.
To prevent overheating from taking place, the vent
fan is designed to automatically turn on at low speed
if excessive temperatures occur. Should this happen,
the fan cannot be manually turned off, but it will auto-
matically turn off when the temperature is reduced.
The fan may stay on up to approximately 30 minutes
after the range and microwave oven controls have
been turned off.

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Leftoversfor reheating
TO TIME COOK APLATE OF LEFTOVERS
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1. Place plate of food inoven.Oven
interior light comes on automatically
when door is open. Close ovendoor;
it latches automatically. Plateshould
be covered with wax paper or plastic
wrap for more moisture.
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Time cooking isthe mostfamiliarto youalready.Thedif-
ference is, with amicrowave oven, you preset the time
and the oven turns off automatically.
You’ll use Time Cook for simple jobs, like reheating, for
delicate foods, vegetables or baked potatoes.
Many Time Cook recipes give you atime range in min-
utes. If you set the oven to stop when it’s time to stir or
turn, the oven signals that food needs attention. Setthe
oven for the minimumtime, check and continuecooking,
if necessary.
2. Select PowerLevel.Seerecipes
for suggested powerlevelsforfoods.
Set at High for aplate of leftovers.
3. Select Time/Temp setting. Set
switch to Time by turning the
Time~emp switch to the left.
4. Set time control for first halfof
cooking time. Rotatethe circular
timer to 1Y2 minutes for aplate of
leftovers. Check itafter this time and
if it needs more, resetthe timer.
5. Push START. Whenoven is cook-
ing, interiorlightcomeson,afanstarts
to operate and an indicator light
comes onto tellyouovenisoperating.
&When time reaches O,abell will
sound to tell you your leftoversare
partially heated andthe power,lights
and fan shutoff automatically. Rotate
plate 1/2turn; resettime for second
half of cooking.

You’ll find Temperature Cooking to be the most accu-
rate. Use it for cooking meatloaf, roastsand other foods
wherethe internal temperature is the besttest of “done-
ness”. TemperatureCooking takesthe guessworkout of
cooking becausethe oven shuts off automatically when
the food reachesthe presettemperature. Look for Basic
Meatloaf in the Ground Beef section of your Counter-
saverTMMicrowave OvenCooking Guide& RecipeBook.
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1. Insert the temperature probe
into meatloaf as directed in your
CountersaverTMMicrowave Oven
Cooking Guide &Recipe Book.
Place meatloaf with probe into
the oven.
2. Insert the cable end of thetemper-
ature probe into the receptacle on
the oven wall.
BasicMeatloaf
3. Set the power levelat High.
4. Set the T%mVTernp switch (see
—picture no. 3, page 8) to Temp by
-.-irning the switch to the right and
—‘-dialing the finished temperature of
-1 70°. press START.
5. When preset internal temperature
of the meatloaf is reached, oven
automatically turns off.
6. Disconnect cable end from the
oven and take the meatloaf and
probe out together.

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Ittells you when food cooked best to acertain doneness
isreadyforservingwithoutchecking,peekingorguessing. The Temperature Probe will give you bestresultswhen
cooking amixture of precooked foods heated together
as amain dish. It’s best, too, for reheating leftovers.
ToCook ByTemperature, insertTemperature Probeinto
food, set power level.SetTime/Temp switchto Temp by
turning the switch totherightanddialing thefinished tern-
perature following recipe directions in your Cookbook.
Use The Clip on the cable to loopthe cable when need-
ed. Looping cable makes itshorter, helpskeep Temper-
ature Probe where it should be and prevents slipping.
In general, insert the probe intothe centermost part of
the food as horizontally as possible. Insertat least l-inch
into food.
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LowPOWER
Choose Low for defrosting, delicate
foods, softening butter or frostings,
reheating delicate foods, warming
baked goods, dried peas andbeans,
pot roasts and dips.
Cup custards microwave very well
on Low power level. The recipe is on
page 235 of your Cookbook.
—Aless tender roast, like this chuck
—roast, likes the longer, slower cook-
-in9 you 9et with Low power.
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NEDNJM POWER
You’ll use Medium most of the time
for meats like roastand allchops and
steaks. It’salsogreatforcreamsoups.
Make aperfect omelet every time
with recipe variations on page 165of
the Cookbook, power levelMedium.
Delicious Chicken Teriyaki takes a
Medium setting. You’ll find the recipe
on page 129of the Cookbook.
HIGH POWER
This isthe power levelfor mostmicro-
wave cooking. It’s great for boiling
candy, pudding and sauces, cook-
ing most vegetables, chicken pieces,
fish and hamburgers.
Candy making ismorefunwith ami-
crowave. Setthe power levelto High.
You’ll find the recipe on page 224.
The ali-American favorite hambur-
ger and variations. You’ll find the
recipe and a Microlesson starting on
page 70 of your Cookbook.