Whirlpool RM955PXK User manual

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Your responsibilities. l l
Proper installatfon and safe use of your microwave range are your
personal responsibilities. Read this”Use and Care Guide”and the
“Cooking Guide”carefully for important use and safety information.
Installation
You must be sure your range Is...
l installed and leveled on a floor
that will hold the weight;
l installed in a well-ventllated
area protected from the
weather;
l properly connected to the cor-
rect etectric supply and
grounding. (See “Installation
Instructions.“)
Proper use
You must be sure your range is...
l used only for jobs expected
of home ranges;
o used only by people who can
operate it properly;
l properly maintained.
Contents
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Responsrbilitres ......
Installation ......
Proper Use .....
Safety ...
Precautionsto' Avord Possible Exposure’&
Excessive Microwave Energy
Using the Microwave Upper Oven .......
Setting the Controls ................
Defrosting Foods .................
The Meal Sensor- Temperature Probe ....
Cleaning the Microwave Oven ........
Important Information ...........
How Microwave Ovens Work .........
Using Your Cooktop and Lower Oven ......
Surface Unit Controls ...........
SettingtheClock.. .... ........... 1:::::
Using the Minute Timer ..............
The Lower Oven Controls ................
Baking or Roasting ............... ...
Page2 Adjusting the Oven Temperature Control
2 Automatic MEALTIMER Clock
2 Broiling
3 Broiling Chart
The Lights
4 The Oven Vents
4 Cleaning and Caring for Your Range
Control Panel and Knobs :
Surface Units and Reflector Bowls
6 Lift-Up Cooktop
7 Removing the Lower Oven Door
7 Removing the Storage Drawer
9 The Continuous-Cleaning Lower Oven : :
10 Cleaning Chart
10 If You Need Service or Assistance
11 1 Before Calling for Assistance
71 2. If You Need Assistance
11 3. If You Need Service : 1 : 1 1
12 4. If You Have a Problem
The Optional Rotisserie : : : : :
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Microwave Oven Controls
Probe Signal Light
Meal Sensor
Probe Control
Digital Timer
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SETTING THE CONTROLS
Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start.
Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook. Follow the directions
carefully.
NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged. For testing,
use at least a cup of water
Be sure you have read and
understand the directions.
1. Put food in the oven
4. Set cooking times longer
than 10 minutes by turn-
ing the timer knob and
wheel. First set the knob,
then move the wheel.
Example: to set 22 min-
utes, 30 seconds...
0 Set 2 minutes, 30 sec-
onds by pushing in and
turning knob.
l Set 20 minutes by push-
ing up on wheel.
DEFROSTING
For defrosting, set Cook
Power Control to DEFROST
(MED-LO) setting. See the
Defrost Guide inside the oven
door or your MICRO MENUS
Cookbook for suggested
defrost times.
2. Close the door. Make
sure it locks. The oven
won’t work if the door isn’t
closed tightly.
5. Set Cook Power to
desired setting from HI to
LO. Some recipes require
different Cook Powers
for best results. (See
chart]
-COOK POWER CHART-
Recipes in the
MICRO MENUS’ Cook-
book use Cook Power
settings from HI to LO.
Recipes in other books
and magazines may
use different percent-
ages of cooking power.
The following chart will
be helpful:
HI -100% of full power
MED-HI - 70% of full
power
MED - 50% of full
power
MED-LO - 30% of full
(DEFROST) power
LO - 15% of full
power
3. Set cooking times up to 10
minutes by pushing in
the timer knob and turn-
ing clockwise. The oven
light will goon Push in
and turn counterclockwise
to reduce time.
6. Push the START Button. The
oven ltght will stay on.
You will hear a fan run-
ning during oven
operation.
When the set time is up,
the oven will shut off auto-
matically. You will hear
a bell, the light will go off
and the fan will stop.
TO STOP THE OVEN
1. Push in and turn the timer
knob counterclockwise to
0o:oo. OR
2. Open the oven door.
TO RESTART THE OVEN
1. Close the oven door.
2. Set timer (if needed).
3. Push the START Button
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THE MEAL SENSOR* IEMPERAIURB PROBE
Roast or bake meats or casseroles to a set temperature instead of by time.
When the Meal Sensor* Temperature Probe is properly used, the microwave oven
will turn off automatically when the probe senses the temperature you set.
For casseroles, the tip of
the probe should be in
the center of the food. Stir
foods when recom-
mended. Replace the
probe.
1. Insert at least l/3 of the
temperature probe into
the food.
For liquids, balance the
probe on a wooden spoon
or spatula so the tip of the
probe is in the center of
the liquid.
For roasts, the tip of the
probe should be in the
center of the largest mus-
cle, but not touching fat or
bone.
Socket
2. Place food in the oven
and plug the probe into
the socket on the oven
wall. The Probe Signal
Light will come on.
4. Set the Cook Power if
desired. 5. Move the Meal Sensor pointer to the final cook-
ing temperature you
want.
3. Make sure the probe does
not touch any part of the
oven Interlor. Close the
door.
6. Push the START Button.
When the probe senses
the cooking temperature,
a buzzer sounds, and the
oven turns off.
DO...
l use hot pads when removing probe from
food or food from oven.
l unplug probe from socket to turn off oven
light.
l stir foods during cooking when
recommended.
l stir soups, casseroles and drinks before
serving.
l cover roasts with foil and let stand a few
minutes after cooking. Remove foil if you
decide to cook it longer.
DON’T...
l let probe or probe cable touch any part of
the oven interior.
l let probe touch foil (if used). Foil can be
kept away from probe with wooden tooth-
picks. Remove foil if arcing occurs.
0 use paper, plastic wrap or plastic con-
tainers. They will be in the oven too long.
l use probe in regular oven.
l force probe into frozen food.
l use probe for foods that need to simmer.
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CLEANING THE MICROWWE UVEN
Wipe often with warm sudsy For stubborn soil, boil a cup Be sure to clean the areas
water and a soft cloth or of water in the oven for 2 or 3 where the door and oven
sponge. minutes. Steam will soften frame touch when closed.
the soil. Rinse well.
Do not use abrasive cleaners or steel wool pads.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Before you st,Jrt using your microwave oven, read this section carefully This
/nformot/on will help you ova/d domoge to your oven.
Metallic Trim
Cooking in metal contalne!:
To test a dish for safe use, put it NEVER COOK OR REHEAT A
can damage the oven. So into the oven with a cup of WHOLE EGG. Slice hard
can containers with hidden water beslde it. Cook on high boiled eggs before
metal (twist-ties, foil-ll!i!ng. Cook Power for one minute. heating. Steam build-up in
staples, metallic glaze or If the dlsh gets hot and the whole eggs may cause
trim). Test drtnerwore 07 cook
water stays cool, do not them to burst and possibly
wore before using.
use It. damage the oven.
Paper can char or burn
and some plastics car
melt if used when hec?ing
foods for more than 4
minutes
NEVER start a mlcrowave
oven when it’s empty. The
oven can be damaged If
you experiment, put a
container ot water in the
oven
Don’t let anything touch
the top of the oven cavity.
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Rough or nalsh cleaner> DO NOT store things In the
can scratch or dull the oven
oven finish DO NOT USE THEM. ‘” /
Make popcorn ~~jr:lyI!
poppers designee for use
in microwave ovens.
Follow popper directi:3ns
Results are the popper
manufacturer’s
responsibility
USE HOT PADS. Mrcrohc.;ve
energy does not hea’
containers, but the hot
food does
If your electric powe r1r~6~
voltage ISless than tt,e
normal 240 volts, cot klrl:.;
trmes ma Y be longer
Liquids heated In certain
containers may overheat.
The liquid may then splash
out with a loud noise. This
does not harm the oven,
but you should not use
such containers to heat
liquids again.
Follow MICRO MENUS’
Cookbook directions
carefully If using a
different cookbook. you
may need to experiment
with times and Cook
Powers
l Double-check all
settings
o Use the oven only for
defrosting, cooking or
reheatrng
Overcooking some foods
can cause them to scorch
or flame...especially foods
like potatoes, corn, snacks,
etc. See the MICRO
MENUS* Cookbook.
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DO NOT OVERCOOK
POTATOES. At the end of the
recommended cooking
time they should be
slightly firm. Wrap in foil
and set aside for 5 minutes
They will finish cooking
while standing.
It is normal for the inside of
the oven door to look wavy
after the oven has been run-
ning for a while.
It is normal for the signal
lights to flicker while the
mrcrowave oven is on.
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HOW MICRO- OVENS WORK
Microwave ovens are safe Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to
make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food.
Microwaves are like TV
waves or light waves. you
can’t see them, but you can
see what they do.
Stirrer Maanetron Glass Shelf
Oven-Cavity
A magnetron produces
microwaves. The microwaves
move into the oven where
they are scattered around by
a stirrer (like a fan).
Microwaves bounce off
metal oven walls and are
absorbed by food.
Metal Bottom
The glass bottom of your
microwave oven lets micro-
waves through. Then they
bounce off a metal floor,
back through the glass bot-
tom and are absorbed by the
food.
Microwaves pass through
glass, paper and plastic
without heating them so food
absorbs the energy. Micro-
waves bounce off metal pans
so food does not absorb the
energy.
Microwaves may not reach
the center of a roast. The heat
around the outside is what
cooks the roast all the way
through. This is one of the
reasons for letting some
foods [roasts, baked pota-
toes) stand for a while after
cooking, or for stirring some
foods during the cooking
time.
The microwaves disturb
water molecules in the food
As the molecules bounce
around bumping into each
other, heat is made, like rub-
bing your hands together.
This is the heat that cooks.

Using your cooktop and lower oven
SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS
PUSHIN.
Turn to setting. w
Control knobs must
be pushed in before
turning. Turn either
way until the setting
you want shows in the
window. Set them any-
where from HI to OFF.
COOKTOP AND
LOWER OVEN CONTROLS
Stop lime Knob
Digital Automatic MEALTIMER Clock
Start Time Knob
Minute Timer
Adjustable Lower Oven Temperature
Control
Lower Oven Signal Light
Surface Unit Signal Lights
Surface Unit Control
Lower Oven Selector
Manual Lower Oven Light Switch
Cooktop Light Switch
Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide.
One of the signal
lights will glow to
remind you which
surface unit is on. Be
sure all signal lights
are off when you are
not cooking.
Use HI to start Use MED-HI
to Use MED for Use MED-LO to
foods cooking or
hold a rapid boil gravy, puddings keep food cook-
to bring liquids to o or to fry chicken
and icings, or
ing after starting
boll. Surface unit or pancakes. to cook large it on a higher
will not turn red amounts of setting.
if good contact is vegetables.
made with bottom
of pan.
10
units on cooktop
Use LO to keep
food warm until
ready to serve.
Set the heat
higher or lower
within the LO
band to keep
food at the tem-
perature you
want.