Whirlpool M-ME08XW User Manual

Microwave Oven

Use and

Care Guide

ROPER

Appliances

M-ME 08XW

Thank you for choosing a Roper appliance

This Use and Care Guide will help you operate and maintain your new, qualitybuilt Roper microwave oven. Keep this Use and Care Guide in a safe place for future reference.

Complete and mail the Product Registration Card

This card enters your warranty into our warranty system that insures efficient claim processing, can be used as a proof of purchase for insurance claims and helps Roper to contact you immediately in the unlikely event of a product-safety recall.

Please remember

It is your responsibility to be sure that your microwave oven:

Has been properly installed and leveled where it is protected from the elements and on a surface strong enough to support its weight. (See the Installation Instructions.) The microwave oven should be at a temperature above 50°F (10%) for proper operation.

Has been properly connected to electrical supply and grounded. (See the Installation Instructions.)

Is not used by children or anyone unable to

operate it properly.

Is properly maintained.

. Is used only for jobs expected of a home

microwave oven.

PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY. . .

DO NOT

the door open since open-door operation can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.

DO NOT

oven front face and the door or allow soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

DO NOT

It is particularly important that the oven door close properly and that there is no damage to the: (1) Door (bent), (2) Hinges and latches (broken or loosened), (3) Door seals and sealing surfaces.

attempt to operate this oven with

place any object between the

operate the oven if it is damaged.

DO NOT

the door window is broken.

The microwave oven should be checked for microwave leakage by qualified service personnel after a repair is made.

The oven should not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except properly qualified service personnel.

DO NOT

the outer cabinet removed.

operate the microwave oven if

operate the microwave oven with

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Microwave ovens have been thoroughly tested for safe and efficient operation. However, as with any appliance, there are special installation and safety precautions which must be followed to ensure safe and satisfactory operation and prevent damage to the unit.

l Read

all instructions before using

appliance.

l Read and follow the specific “Precau-

tions To Avoid Possible Exposure To Excessive Microwave Energy” found on page 2.

l This appliance must be grounded. Con-

nect only to properly grounded outlet. See Grounding Instructions found on page 5.

l Install or locate this appliance only In

accordance with the povided lnstallatlon Instructions found on page 6.

l Some products such as whole eggs and

sealed containers-for example, closed glass jars-may explode and should not be heated in this oven.

l Use this appliance only for its intended

use as described in this manual.

l As with any appliance, close supervision

is necessary when used by children.

l Do not operate this appliance if it has a

damaged cord or plug, if it is not working

properly, or if it has been damaged or dropped. Electrical shock, fire or other hazards may result.

l This appliance should be serviced only by

qualified service personnel. Call an authorized Roper”” service company for examination, repair or adjustment.

l Do not cover or block any opening on the

appliance. Fire may result.

l Do not use outdoors. Damage to the oven

or electrical shock may result.

l Do not Immerse cord or plug in water.

Electrical shock may result.

l Keep cord away from heated surfaces.

Electrical shock may result.

l Do not let cord hang over edge of table or

counter. Electrical shock may result.

l Follow door surface and interior cleaning

instructions on page 15.

l To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity:

Do not overcook food. Carefully attend appliance if paper, plastic, or other combustible materials are placed inside the oven to facilitate cooking. Paper can char or burn, and some plastics can melt if used when heating foods.

- Do not deep fry in oven.

- Test dinnerware or cookware before using. See page 23. Some dishes

(melamine, Centura@, etc.) absorb

microwave energy, becoming too hot to

handle and slowing cooking times. Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic bags before placing bag in oven. Cooking in metal containers can damage the oven. So can containers with hidden metal (twist-ties, foil lining, staples, metallic glaze or trim).

- If materials inside the oven should

ignite, keep oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect the power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.

l Do not heat, store or use flammable

materials in or near the oven. Fumes can

create a fire hazard or explosion.

l Read and follow “SAFETY PRECAU-

TIONS” on page 15 and “OTHER HELPFUL INSTRUCTIONS” on page 18.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INSTALLATION ............................................................ 5

FEATURE$ ..... ........ .......................................... 7

CONTROL PANEL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

1. SETTING TIME OF DAY ............................................ 9

2. HI-POWER/MULTI-POWER COOKING

3. MULTI-STAGE COOKING. ............................................... 11

4. DELAY START COOKING ........

5. HOLD WARM

6. AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST

CARE OF YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OTHER HELPFUL INSTRUCTIONS. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS MICROWAVE COOKING RECIPES AND TABLES

HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS

GETTING THE BEST RESULTS WITH YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN ................ 20

HOW CHARACTERISTICS OF FOODS AFFECT MICROWAVE COOKING. ......... 21

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN MICROWAVE COOKING. ........................... 21

MICROWAVE-SAFE UTENSILS. ...... ................................. 23

SOME MICROWAVING TIPS.

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS ....................................... 25

AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST .......................................... 25

MEAT ............................................................ 28

POULTRY

FISH & SHELLFISH .............................................. 34

CAKE & PIES

VEGETABLES

RECIPES ..................

APPENDIX

WARRANTY

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BACK COVER

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INSTALLATION

A. EXAMINE OVEN

Empty the microwave oven and clean Inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check for damage such as misaligned door, damage around the door or dents inside the oven or on the exterior. If there is any damage, please do not operate the unit until it has been checked by an authorized service

technician and any repairs made.

B. GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS:

3-PRONG GROUNDING PLUG

GROUNDING PRONG

POWER SUPPLY CORD

ENSURE PROPER GROUND EXISTS BEFORE USE

For your personal safety, this appliance must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electrical shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current. This appliance is equipped with a polarized 3-prong grounding plug. It must be plugged into a correctly polarized mating 3-prong grounding type wall receptacle (refer

to Figure l), properly installed and grounded in accordance with local codes and ordinances. If a mating wall receptacle is not available or if you are not sure if the wall receptacle is properly grounded and polarized, have it checked by a qualified electrician.

It is the personal responsibility and obligation of the customer to have a properly grounded and correctly polarized 3-prong wall receptacle installed by a qualified electrician.

Consult a qualified electrician if the grounding instructions are not completely understood, or if doubt exists as to whether the appliance is properly grounded.

It is not recommended to use an extension cord with your microwave oven, but if you

find it necessary to do so temporarily (until a properly grounded and polarized 3-prong receptacle is installed), use only a heavy duty UL listed 3-wire grounding type extension cord containing three 16-gauge (minimum) copper wires. It must not be longer than 10 feet (cords longer than 10 feet may affect the cooking performance of your microwave oven). The plug on the extension cord must fit into a 3-prong grounding type wall receptacle (as shown on this page) and the receptacle end of the extension cord must accept the 3-prong grounding plug of the microwave oven. The marked rating of the extension cord should be equal to or greater than the electrical rating of the appliance.

3-PRONG GROUNDING TYPE WALL RECEPTACLE

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C. CIRCUITS

Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60Hz, AC only, 15 or 20 amp fused electrical supply is required. (Time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided

D. VOLTAGE WARNING

The voltage used at the wall receptacle must be the same as specificed on the oven serial plate located on the back or on the side of the control panel of the oven. Use of a higher voltage is dangerous and may result in a fire or other type of accidet causing oven damage. Low voltage will cause slow cooking. In case your microwave oven does not perform normal operations in accordance with AC power source and voltage, remove the power cord and then insert it again.

E. LOCATION OF THE OVEN

Your microwave oven can easily be placed in your kitchen, family room or any other room in your home. Place the oven on a flat surface such as a kitchen counter top or a specially-designed microwave oven cart. (The control side of the unit is the heavy side. Use care when handing.) The weight of the oven is approximately 30.9 Ibs. (14 kg). Do not place oven above a gas or electric range. Free air flow around the oven is important.

F. DO NOT BLOCK VENTS

All air vents should be kept clear during cooking. If air vents are covered during oven operation, the oven may overheat. In this case a sensitive thermal safety device automatically turns the oven off. The oven will be inoperable until it has cooled sufficiently. Make sure the microwave oven legs are in place to ensure proper air flow.

G. TEST THE OVEN

To test the oven, plug it into the proper electrical outlet. Put about one cup (250mL) of cold water in a glass container in the oven. Close the door. Make sure it latches. Follow the directions on page

10 to set the oven to cook for 2 minutes. When the time is up, the water should be heated.

H. USE OVEN PROPERLY

This microwave oven is designed for use in the household only and must not be used for commercial purposes.

Do not remove the door, control panel or cabinet at any time. The unit is equipped with high voltage and should not be serviced unless by an authorized service technician.

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FEATURES

Oven Front Face

I 7 Cabinet

Display Window

Control Panel

Safety Door Lock Syst

Remove your Microwave Oven and all material from the shipping carton.

Your oven will be paked with the following material:

Turntable : 1 Owner’s Manual & Cooking Guide 1 Rotating Ring. 1

Door Open Button

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CONTROL PANEL

DISPLAY WINDOW-Used to

show:

Time of day.

Cooking time.

Cooking power level.

Cycle selected.

NUMBERS-Used to enter the:

Time of day.

Cooking times.

Cooking powers.

-AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST PADS-Used in selecting weight with number pads.

- TIME-Used in setting cooking time.

-POWER-Used to select

cooking power level. HOLD WARM-Used to keep

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the food warm.

-DELAY START-Used to

select the cooking automatically.

PAUSE-Used to stop oven between cooking stages.

-CLOCK-Used in setting time

-CLEAR-Clears all entries

-START-Starts the oven.

NOTE: To enter a setting, touch a word or number pad.

A beep sounds when a pad on the control panel is touched to indicate a setting has been entered.

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of day.

except TIME OF DAY.

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

1. SETTING TIME OF DAY

To set the TIME OF DAY, enter the correct time of day 4:30.

STEP

1. Plug the power cord into an electrical

outlet.

2. Touch CLOCK.

3. Enter the correct

time of day.

4. Touch CLOCK again.

NOTE:

This is a 12 hour clock

pcF] will appear in the display window and a tone will sound if you attempt to enter an

incorrect clock time, for examplex 3:78 or 14:02. To erase the incorrect clock setting, touch CLEAR pad.

KEY BOARD

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DISPLAY WINDOW

REMARKS

“12:OO” will show in the

display.

“12 00” will show without the colon.

The time will be set.

OPERATION SUMMARY

PLUG THE POWER

TIME OF DAY

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CLOCK

2. HI-POWER/MULTI-POWER COOKING

HI-POWER COOKING gives the highest cooking power possible with your microwave oven. It is the recommended setting for cooking foods with high moisture content or for cooking foods that need fast cooking to maintain their natural flavor and texture. Many foods need slower cooking (at less than HI power) in order to give you the best results. In addition to HI-POWER cooking there are nine multi-power settings. The cooking guide section of this book (starting on page 25) tells

you which power setting is recommended for the food being cooked.

EXAMPLE: If you want to cook food on Power 80% for 5 minutes 30 seconds (Current time of day is 4:30):

STEP

1, Touch CLEAR.

2. Touch TIME.

3. Touch the correct numbers on the con-

trol panel to set the cooking time.

4. Touch POWER.

5. Touch 8

6. Touch START.

NOTE:

If you do not select the power level, the oven will operate at power level HIGH. To set HI-POWER

cooking, skip steps 4-5 above.

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“P-HI” will show.

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count down in the display window. Two short and one long tone will sound and the word “End” will show in the display window when the 5 minutes 30

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, seconds is over.

OPERATION SUMMARY

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Skip these steps to set HI-POWER COOKING.

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3. MULTI-STAGE COOKING

This cooking allows you to set the oven to cook in the first stage at a certain power level for a chosen time and then in the second stage at a different power level for a chosen time. (If you want to cook food on Power 80% for 4 minutes in the first stage and Power 50% for 10 minutes in the second stage.) (Current time of day is 4:30):

STEP

1. Touch CLEAR.

2. Touch TIME.

3. Set 4 minutes by touching “4, 0 and

0”.

4. Touch POWER.

5. Touch 8.

6. Touch PAUSE.

7. Touch TIME.

8. Set 10 minutes by touching “1, 0, 0 and 0”.

9. Touch POWER.

KEY BOARD

DISPLAY WINDOW REMARKS

WJ ii; first stage has been

10. Touch 5.

11. Touch START.

NOTE: After the PAUSE, touch START to restart the oven.

OPBIATION SUMMARY

CLEAR TIME

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STAGE

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DESIRED NUMBER

POWER

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DESIRED

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STAGE 2

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counting down. “STG 1” light will show.

DESIRED

PAUSE

START

4. DELAY START COOKING

DELAY START cooking can be done by starting the cooking automatically at a preset delay time for the chosen cooking time.

EXAMPLE:

If you want to start at 6:30 (Current time of day is 4:30):

STEP

1. Touch CLEAR.

2. Touch DELAY START.

3. Touch numbers for the time of day to start cooking.

4. Touch TIME. r-1 -1 “STGl” light will blink.

5. Touch numbers for cooking time.

6. Touch POWER.

7. Touch number for desired power level.

KEY BOARD

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DISPLAY WINDOW

REMARKS

8. Touch START.

NOTE:

1. DELAY START cooking must always be used after TIME OF DAY is set.

2. If you change the delay start time during DELAY START operation, touch PAUSE and DELAY START again, and then follow the above steps numbered 3-8.

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The present time of day will show in the display window. As soon as the

/ clock shows the preset

cook start time, the oven

will start cooking and the

cooking time will count down in the display window.

To avoid sickness and food waste when using delay start:

l Do not use foods that will spoil while waiting for cooking to start, such as dishes with milk

or eggs, cream soups, and cooked meats or fish. Any food that has to wait for cooking to start should be very cold or frozen before it is put in the oven. MOST UNFROZEN FOODS

SHOULD NEVER STAND MORE THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE COOKING STARTS.

l Do not use foods containing baking powder or yeast when using delay start. They will not

rise properly.

l Do not allow food to remain in oven for more than two hours after end of cooking cycle.

OPERATION SUMMARY

DELAY START

DESIRED START TIME

DESIRED COOKING PROGRAM

5. HOLD WARM

Your oven has a HOLD WARM feature that keeps the food warm after the

EXAMPLE: If you want to cook food at HI-POWER for 6 minutes (Current time of

STEP

1. Touch CLEAR.

KEY BOARD

DISPLAY WINDOW

Erases all previous set-

tings except time of day.

2. Touch TIME.

“STGl” will blink in the

display window.

3. Set 6 mrnutes by touching “6, 0 and 0’ I.

4. Touch HOLD WARM.

Hold Warm will show in the display window.

5. Touch START.

When the cooking cycle is over, the oven will switch into HOLD WARM to keep the food warm. The cook control setting changes to power level 1.

cooking

REMARKS

is done.

day

is 4:36):

NOTE:

The HOLD WARM will continue for up to 60 minutes if CLEAR has not been touched. At this time,

“End” will show in the display window with two short and one long tones. The HOLD WARM func-

tion can be independently. OPERATION SUMMARY

HOLD

WARM

6. AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST

EXAMPLE:

If you want to defrost 2 pounds of Ground Beef (Current time of day is 4:30):

STEP

1. Touch CLEAR.

2. Touch MEAT.

3. Select the desired cooking weight by

using Number key

pad. (Ex: To select

1 .O - 5.9 I bs.)

4. Touch START.

KEY BOARD

DISPLAY WINDOW

REMARKS

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display window.

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oven will begin the defrosting you selected. At thl end of the required time, two short and one long beep will sound. The oven shuts off automatically.

OPERATION SUMMARY

DEFROST PAD COOKING WEIGHT

DESIRED

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CARE OF YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

To Clean Your Oven

1. Keep the inside of the oven clean. Food spatters or spilled liquids stick to oven walls and between seal and door surface. It is best to wipe up spillovers with a damp cloth right away. Crumbs and spillovers will absorb microwave energy and lengthen cooking time. Use a damp

cloth to wipe up crumbs that fall between the door and the frame.

It is important to keep this area clean to assure a tight seal. Remove greasy spatters with a sudsy cloth then rinse and dry. Do not use harsh detergent or abrasive cleaners. The turntable

can be washed by hand or in the dishwasher.

Abrasive cleansers, steel wool pads, gritty wash cloths, etc., can damage the control panel, and the interior and exterior oven surfaces. Use a soft cloth or a sponge with a mild detergent or spray glass cleaner.

2. Keep the outside of the oven clean. Clean the outside of your oven with soap and water then rinse with clean water and dry with a soft cloth or paper towel. To prevent damage to the operating parts inside the oven, the water should not be allowed to seep into the ventilation openings.

To clean control panel, open the door to prevent oven from accidentally starting, and wipe with a damp cloth followed immediately by a dry cloth. Touch clear pad after cleaning.

3. If steam accumulates inside or around the outside of the oven door, wipe with a soft cloth. This may occur when the microwave oven is operated under high humidity conditions and in no way indicates malfunction of the unit.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

1. Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to door, control panel, safety interlock switches or any other part of the oven. Repairs should be done by qualified service personnel only.

2. Be certain to place the front surface of the door three inches or more away from the countertop edge to avoid accidental tipping of the appliance in normal usage.

3. For the most accurate programming of the electronic units, touch the center of each pad securely. Do not touch several pads at one time or touch in between pads, A beep should be heard with each touch when pad is touched correctly.

4. Do not hit or strike the control with objects such as silverware, utensils, etc. Breakage may occur.

5. Be careful when taking the cooking utensils out of the oven. Some dishes absorb heat from the cooked food and may be hot. Use hot pads. Microwave energy does not heat containers, but the hot food does.

6. Do not rinse cooking utensils by immediately placing them into water just after cooking. This may cause breakage. Allow the turntable to cool down before cleaning.

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