WHIRLPOOL RM973PXK, RM975PXK Owner's Manual
Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers Here
If you need service, or call with a question, have this
information ready:
1. Complete Model and Serial Numbers (from the plate just
behind the microwave oven door on the oven frame).
2. Purchase date from sales slip (or date installed).
Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this book,
your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place.
See the “Cooking Guide”for important safety information.
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Model Number -
Serial Number
Purchase/Installation Date
Service Company and Phone Number
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Responsibilities
Installation
Proper Use
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Safety ............... :’
Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposu;&‘to
Excessive Microwave Energy
Using the Microwave Upper Oven
Setting the Controls .......
Defrosting Foods
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The Meal Sensor Temperature Probe
Cleaning the Microwave Oven
Important Information
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How Microwave Ovens Work ..............
Using Your Cooktop and Lower Oven ........ 10
Surface Unit Controls
Setting the Clock .... ..........
Using the Minute Timer ........
TheLowerOvenControls
Baking or Roasting. ........................
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2 Adjusting the Oven Temperature Control
Automatic MEALTIMER Clock,
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Broiling
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The Lights
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The Oven Vents
4 Cleaning and Caring for your Range
Control Panel and Knobs .....
Surface Units and Reflector Bowls’
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Lift-Up Cooktop
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Removing theStorageDrawer ...
The Lower Oven Self-Cleaning Cycle
Cleaning Chart ...
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TheOptional Rotisserie ....
If You Need Service or Assistance
1. Before Calling for AssIstonce
2. If You Need Assistance
3. If
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Using your microwave upper oven
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Microwave Oven Controls
Probe Signal Light
Meal Sensor
Probe Control
Digital Timer
Cook Power Con
Start Button
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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 dlrectlons.
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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
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onds by pushing in and
turning knob.
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Set 20 mrnutes by pushing 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 CHARTRecipes in the
MICRO MENUS. Cook-
book use Cook Power
settings from HI to LO.
Recipes in other books
and magazines may
use different percentages of cooking power.
The following chart will
be helpful:
HI -100% of full power
MED-HI - 70% of full
MED - 50% of full
MED-LO
(DEFROST) power
LO - 15% of full
power
power
- 30% of full
power
3. Set cooking times up to 10
minutes by pushing in
the timer knob and turning 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 running during oven
operation.
When the set time is up,
the oven will shut off automatically. 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.
2.
Open the oven door
OR
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”’ 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 recommended. Replace the
probe.
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Insert at least ‘7 of the
temperature probe Into
the food.
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Set the Cook Power
desired
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For liquids, balance the
probe on a wooden spoon probe should be in the
or spatula so the tip of the center of the largest musprobe IS in the center of cle, but not touching fat or
the liquid
For roasts, the tip of the
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.
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5. Move the Meal Sensor
pointer to the final cooking temperature you
want
3. Make sure the probe does
not touch any part of the
oven Interior. Close the
door.
6.
Push the START Button
When the probe senses
the cooking temperature
a buzzer sounds, and the
oven turns off
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use hot pads when removing probe from
food or food from oven
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unplug probe from socket to tlurn off oven
light.
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stir foods during cookIng when
recommended.
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stir soups. casseroles and drinks before
serving
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cover roasts with foi, and let stand a few
minutes after cooking Remove foil If you
decide to cook it longer
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let probe or probe cable touch any part of
the oven interior.
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let probe touch foil (if used). Foil can be
kept away from probe with wooden toothpicks. Remove foil if arcing occurs.
0 use paper, plastic wrap or plastic con-
tainers. They will be in the oven too long.
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use probe in regular oven.
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force probe into frozen food.
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use arobe for foods that need to simmer.
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CLEANING THE MICROWAVE UVEN
Wipe often with warm sudsv
water and a soft cloth or
sponge.
Do not use abrasive cleaners or steel wool pads.
For stubborn soil, boil a cup
of water in the oven for 2 or 3
minutes Steam will soften
the soil
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Before you start using your microwave oven, read this section carefully. This
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Cooking In metal containers
can damage the oven. So
can containers with hidden water beslde it. Cook on high
metal (twist-ties, foil-lining.
staples, metallic glaze or
trim).
Jest dmnerwore or cook-
wore before using.
will help you avoId damage to your oven.
Metallic Trim
, Staple
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To test o
Into the oven with a cup of
Cook Power for one minute.
It the dlsh gets hot and the whole eggs may cause
water stays cool, do not
use It.
dish for sofe
use, put it NEVER COOK OR REHEAT A
Be sure to clean the areas
where the door and oven
frame touch when closed.
Rinse well.
WHOLE EGG. Slice hard
boiled eggs before
heating. Steam build-up in
them to burst and possibly
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
can scratch or dull the
oven finish. DO NOT USE THEM.
DO NOT store things in the
oven.
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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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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.
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Double-check all
settings.
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Use the oven only for
defrosting, cooking or
reheating.
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
Microwaves pass through
glass, paper and plastic
without heating them so food
absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce oft metal pans
so food does not absorb the
energy.
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 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 potatoes) 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 microwaves 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
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