Whirlpool RM975PXK User manual

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Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers Here

If you need service, or call with a question, have this

information ready:

Model Number -

1. Complete Model and Serial Numbers (from the plate just

Serial Number

behind the microwave oven door on the oven frame).

2. Purchase date from sales slip (or date installed).

Purchase/Installation Date

Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this book,

your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place.

Service Company and Phone Number

See the “Cooking Guide”for important safety information.

Page Page

Responsibilities 2 Adjusting the Oven Temperature Control 12

...... ......

Installation .. 13

........ ... 2 Automatic MEALTIMER Clock,

Proper Use 14

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Safety ............... :’ ... I 2 Broiling ”

Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposu;&‘to .... 3 Broiling Ch& : 14

The Lights ............... 15

Excessive Microwave Energy ........ 4 The Oven Vents .I6

Using the Microwave Upper Oven 4 Cleaning and Caring for your Range 17

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Setting the Controls ....... ........ 5 Control Panel and Knobs ..... 17

Defrosting Foods ......... 17

................... 5 Surface Units and Reflector Bowls’

The Meal Sensor Temperature Probe 6 Lift-Up Cooktop 18

......... ...

Cleaning the Microwave Oven ............ 7 Removing theStorageDrawer ... 19

Important Information 20

.......... 7 The Lower Oven Self-Cleaning Cycle

How Microwave Ovens Work .............. 9 Cleaning Chart ...

Using Your Cooktop and Lower Oven ........ 10 TheOptional Rotisserie .... SJj

Surface Unit Controls 24

..... 10

Setting the Clock .... .......... 1: : 1: : : 1: : 11 If You Need Service or Assistance

1. Before Calling for AssIstonce 24

Using the Minute Timer ........ 11

..::::.:I.:. 11 2. If You Need Assistance 25

...........

TheLowerOvenControls 3. If

You

Need Service 25

........ ....... ........

Baking or Roasting. ........................ 12 4. If You Have a Problem ........... 25

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Using your microwave upper oven

Microwave Oven Controls

Probe Signal Light

Meal Sensor

Probe Control

Digital Timer

Cook Power Con ltrol

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Start Button

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 dlrectlons.

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.

Set 20 mrnutes 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

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2. Close the door. Make

sure it locks. The oven

won’t work if the door isn’t

closed tightly.

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 go on. Push in

and turn counterclockwise

to reduce time.

6. Push the START Button. The

oven light 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

Push in and turn the timer

knob counterclockwise to

0o:oo. OR

Open the oven door

TO RESTART THE OVEN

Close the oven door.

2. Set timer (If needed).

3. Push the START Button

THE MEAL SENSOR”’ TEMPERATURE 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. ./--.

/’ ““” Plug

Cable %

Insert at least ‘7 of the

temperature probe Into

the food.

For liquids, balance the For roasts, the tip of the

probe on a wooden spoon probe should be in the

or spatula so the tip of the center of the largest mus-

probe ISin the center of cle, but not touching fat or

the liquid bone.

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Socket

2. Place food in the oven

and plug the probe into

the sot ket on the oven

wall The Probe Signal

tight will come on.

Set the Cook Power

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 Interior. Close the

door.

Push the START Button

When the probe senses

the cooking temperature

a buzzer sounds, and the

oven turns off

DO...

use hot pads when removing probe from

food or food from oven

unplug probe from socket to tlurn off oven

light.

stir foods during cookIng when

recommended.

stir soups. casseroles and drinks before

serving

cover roasts with foi, and let stand a few

minutes after cooking Remove foil If you

decide to cook it longer

DON’T...

let probe or probe cable touch any part of

the oven interior.

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.

use probe in regular oven.

force probe into frozen food.

use arobe for foods that need to simmer.

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CLEANING THE MICROWAVE UVEN

Wipe often with warm sudsv 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 start using your microwave oven, read this section carefully. This

fnformof/on

will help you avoId damage to your oven.

Metallic Trim

etotlic Glaze

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Cooking In metal containers Totest o

dish for sofe

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-lining. Cook Power for one minute. heating. Steam build-up in

staples, metallic glaze or It the dlsh gets hot and the whole eggs may cause

trim).

Jest dmnerwore or 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 can

melt if used when heating

foods for more than 4

minutes.

NEVER start a microwave

oven when it’s empty. The

oven can be damaged If

you experiment, put a

container of water In the

oven.

Don’t let anything touch

the top of the oven cavity.

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Rough or harsh cleaners DO NOT store things in the

can scratch or dull the oven.

oven finish. DO NOT USE THEM. \ ‘” /

Make popcorn only in

poppers designed for use

in microwave ovens.

Follow popper directions.

Results are the popper

manufacturer’s

responsibility.

USE HOT PADS. Microwave

energy does not heat

containers, but the hot

food does

If your electric power line

voltage is less than the

normal 240 volts, cooking

times may 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 experimeni

with times and Cook

Powers.

Double-check all

settings.

Use the oven only for

defrosting, cooking or

reheating.

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 forthe inside of

the oven door to look wavy

after the oven has been run-

ning for a while.

It is normal forthe signal

lights to flicker while the

microwave oven is on.

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HOW MICROWWE 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.

Strrrer Maanetron Glass Shelf

Mrcrowaves are like TV

waves or light waves You

can’t see them. but you can

see what they do

Oven/Cavity

A magnetron produces

mlcrowaves 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.

Microwaves pass through

glass, paper and plastic

without heating them so food

absorbs the energy. Micro-

waves bounce oft 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.

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.

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

COOKTOP AND

LOWER OVEN CONTROLS

Stop Time Knob

Digital Automatic MEALTIMER’ Clock

Start Time Knob

Minute Timer

lock Light

Clean Llght

Adjustable Lower Oven Temperature

Control

Lower Oven Signal Light

Surtace Unit Signal Lights

Surface Unit Control

Lower Oven Selector

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$- Manual Lower Oven Light Switch

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Cooktop Light Switch

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SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS

Control knobs must

be pushed In betore

turning. Turn either

way until the setting

you want shows in the

window. Set them any-

here from HI to OFF.

One of the signal

lights will glow to

remind you which

surface unit is on. Be

Until you get used to the settings, use the followlng as a guide.

Use HI to start

foods cooking or

to bring liquids to a

boil. Surface unlt

will not turn red

If good contact

made wlth bottom

ol pan.

Use MED-HI

Use MED

for

Use MED-LO

hold a rapid boil

Use LO

to keep

gravy, puddlngs keep food cook- food warm until

or to Iry chicken and icings, or

or pancakes. ing after starting ready to serve.

to cook large it on a higher Set the heat

amounts of setting. higher or lower

vegetables. withln the LO

band to keep

food at the tem-

perature you

want.

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