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Microwave Hood
Combination
A Note to You.............................................2
Microwave Oven Safety ...........................3
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven........................................6
How your microwave oven works ...........6
Radio interference ......................................6
Testing your microwave oven...................6
Testing your dinnerware or cookware.....6
Operating tips..............................................7
Electrical connection.........
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a ROPER appliance. Your ROPER appliance gives you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly. Please read it carefully. Also, complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card helps us notify you about any new inf
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't wDANGER
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Intended to be used above ranges with maximum • When flaming foods under the hood, turn the fan on. width of 36 inches. • Use care when cleaning the vent-hood filter. • Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently - Grease Corrosive cleaning agents, such as lye-based oven should not be allowed to accumulate on hood or cleaners, may damage the filter. filter. • Do not cover or block any openings on the • Oversized foods or oversized metal utensils mic
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS wWARNING Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 20 amp fused electrical supply is required. (A time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Electrical Shock Hazard Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet. Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, fire, or
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven. HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN RADIO INTERFERENCE Using your microwave oven may cause interference to WORKS your radio, TV, or similar equipment. When there is Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its interference, you can reduce it or remove it by: own heat, a
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN • For best results, stir any liquid several times during heating or reheating. Liquids heated in certain OPERATING TIPS containers (especially containers shaped like cylinders) • Never lean on the door or allow a child to swing on may become overheated. The liquid may splash out it when the door is open. with a loud noise during or after heating or when adding ingredients (coffee granules, tea bags, etc.). • Use hot pads. Microwave energy does not heat This
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES 1 8 7 6 2 3 4 5 4 Your microwave oven is designed to make your 6. Fan and Cooktop Light Switches. cooking experience as enjoyable and productive as 7. Control Panel. Touch the pads on this panel to possible. To get you up and running quickly, the perform all functions. following is a list of the oven’s basic features: 8. Vent Grille. 1. Door Handle. Pull to open door. 9. Cooking Guide. Use as a quick reference for 2. Door Safety Loc
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the control panel. 1 4 2 REHEA REHEAT T DEFROST DEFROST COOK COOK 3 6 B BAKED AKED 5 7 POPCORN POPCORN BEVER BEVERA AG GE E P PO OTAT TATO O 8 COOK COOK COOK COOK ADD 1 ADD 1 TIME TIME POWER POWER MINUTE MINUTE 14 14 2 2 3 3 55 69 69 7 7 8 8 00 TIMER TIMER TIMER TIMER CLOCK
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN NOTES: Using the Child Lock • If you have entered all settings for a function but do The Child Lock locks the control panel so children not touch START/ENTER within 5 seconds, the cannot use the microwave oven when you do not want START indicator light will flash. them to. • If you open the door while the oven is on and then To lock the control panel: shut the door, the START indicator light will flash. Touch START/ENTER to restart the oven. Touch and hold ST
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN To set fan to run for a specific time: USING THE COOKTOP/COUNTER- 1. Touch FAN. TOP LIGHT (once or twice) The pad on the bottom left of the control panel controls the cooktop/countertop light. 2. Touch TIMER SET. Turn on/off light. Once, display will show “TIMER”. Press LIGHT once for HIGH, twice for LOW (night), Twice, display will show “FAN”, then “HR : MN”. three times to turn off. NOTES: • Be sure you have set a time of day with the To set light to be on
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 3. Start countdown. SETTING THE CLOCK When your microwave oven is first plugged in or after Touch START/ENTER or TIMER SET. a power failure, the display will show “88:88.” For the NOTE: If you do not do this step within 3 seconds first 30 seconds after the power is on, you can set the of doing Step 2, “START” will flash. You then have 1 clock time without touching CLOCK. After 30 seconds minute to touch START/ENTER or TIMER SET has gone by, you must follow the direction
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS For best results, some recipes call for different cook The following chart gives the percentage of cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the power each Number pad stands for, and the cook cooking. Each Number pad also stands for a different power name usually used. It also tells you when to percentage of cook power. Many microwave cook- use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package book recipes tell you by number, perce
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Refer to the following chart for quantities: COOKING WITH MORE THAN ONE NUMBER OF CATEGORY CUPS/ITEMS COOK CYCLE Casserole 1, 2, 3, 4 cups For best results, some recipes call for one cook power (250, 500, 750, 1000 mL) for a certain length of time, and another cook power for another length of time. Your oven can be set to change Bacon 2, 4, 6, 8 slices from one to another automatically, for up to two cycles. Rice 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 cups (125, 250, 375, 500 mL) 1. Put food
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN NOTES: • Loosen or remove any packaging, or covering on 4. Start oven. food. Touch START/ENTER. • See the “Defrost chart” later in the “Using Your Microwave Oven” section for defrosting directions for 5. After a third of the cook time is over, each food. display will prompt you to turn over • To defrost items not listed in “Defrost chart” use food. 30% cook power. Refer to a reliable cookbook for defrosting information. Open door, turn over food, and Refer to the follo
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN DEFROST CHART FOOD AT PAUSE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Beef Meat of irregular shape and large, fatty cuts of meat should have the narrow or fatty areas shielded with foil at the beginning of a defrost cycle. 1 Ground Beef, Bulk Remove thawed portions with Do not defrost less than ⁄4 lb (113 g). fork. Turn over. Return remainder to oven. Ground Beef, Separate and rearrange. Do not defrost less than two 4 oz (113 g) patties. Patties Round Steak, Turn over. Cover warm areas Pla
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN DEFROST CHART (CONT.) FOOD AT PAUSE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Chicken Whole (up Turn over (finish defrosting Place chicken breast-side up on a microwavable 1 breast-side down). Cover warm to 4 ⁄2 lbs [2.04 kg]) roasting rack. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold areas with aluminum foil. water. Remove giblets when chicken is partially defrosted. Cut Up Separate pieces and rearrange. Place on a microwavable roasting rack. Turn over. Cover warm areas Finish defrosting by imm
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING BEVERAGE USING REHEAT BEVERAGE lets you heat a beverage by touching just You can reheat food by choosing a category and one pad. quantity. REHEAT has preset times and cook powers NOTE: If you want to change the heating time after for five categories: choosing BEVERAGE, see the “Adding or subtracting Pizza, Plate, Soup/Sauce, Casserole, and cook time” at the end of the “Using Your Microwave Baked Goods. Oven” section. Refer to the following chart for quantities
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING POPCORN USING ADD 1 MINUTE You can pop commercially packaged microwave ADD 1 MINUTE lets you cook food for 1 minute at popcorn by touching just one pad. The number of 100% cook power or add an extra minute to your cook times you touch this pad determines which size of pop- time cycle. You can also use it to extend cook time corn your oven will pop. cycles in multiples of 1 minute, up to 99 minutes. For best results: NOTES: • Pop only one package at a time. • To
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COOKING GUIDE COOKING GUIDE Releasing pressure in foods Several foods (for example: baked potatoes, • sausages, egg yolks, and some fruits) are tightly MICROWAVE COOKING TIPS covered by a skin or membrane. Steam can build up under the membrane during cooking, causing the food to burst. To relieve the pressure and to Amount of food prevent bursting, pierce these foods before If you increase or decrease the amount of food • cooking with a fork, cocktail pick, or toothpick. you prepare, the time
