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Over The Range Microwave Oven
Owner's Manual
Covering Model MMV5186AA
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Important Safety Instructions ................................................................2-4
Date of Purchase
Features.....................................................................................
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What You Need Recognize Safety Symbols, Words, Labels to Know About DANGER Safety Instructions DANGER— Immediate hazards which WILL result in severe personal injury or Warning and Important Safety In- death. structions appearing in this manual are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may WARNING occur. Common sense, caution, and WARNING— Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD result in severe per- care must be exercised when sonal injury or death. installing, maintain
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed to reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, or injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy. 1. READ all instructions before using oven. 11. DO NOT heat baby bottles in oven. 2. READ AND FOLLOW the specific “PRECAUTIONS 12. DO NOT operate this oven if it has a damaged TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCES- cord or plug, if it is not working properly, or if it ha
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message WARNING CAUTION To avoid risk of fire in the oven cavity: To avoid personal injury or property damage, observe the following: a. DO NOT overcook food. Carefully attend oven when paper, plastic, or other combustible mate- 1. Do not deep fat fry in oven. Fat could overheat rials are placed inside the oven to facilitate and be hazardous to handle. cooking. 2. Do not cook or reheat eggs in shell or with an b. Remove wire twist-t
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Features Model and Serial OVEN SPECIFICATIONS Number Plate Vent Grille Power Supply 120 VAC, Door Handle 60 Hz Metal Rack Window with Cooking Guide Metal Shield Input Power 1,500 W Cooking Power 1,000 W (IEC 60705 Standard) Frequency 2,450 MHz Rated Current 13 A 15 7 Outer Dimensions 29 ⁄16" x 16 ⁄16" 5 Door Safety (WxHxD) x 15 ⁄8" Lock System Oven Control Grease Filter Cavity Volume 1.8 Cu. Ft. Panel Glass Turntable Net Weight 60 lbs. Cooktop/Countertop Light MMV5186AA MMV5186AAS 1 4 2 3 7 5 6
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Features (cont’d) FEATURES NOTE: Styling and features vary by model. 1. DISPLAY: The Display includes 8. CUSTOM RECIPE: Touch this 20. STOP/CLEAR: Touch this pad a clock and indicators to tell you pad to recall one cooking to stop the oven or to clear all time of day, cooking time set- instruction previously pro- entries. tings and cooking functions grammed into memory. See 21. START: Touch this pad to start a selected. page 9 for more information. function. If you open the door 2. POPCORN: Touc
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Operation LEARN ABOUT YOUR KITCHEN TIMER FAN HI LOW OFF MICROWAVE OVEN You can use your microwave oven as The FAN moves a timer. Use the Timer for timing up to steam and other This section discusses the concepts 99 minutes, 99 seconds. vapors from the cook- behind microwave cooking and intro- ing surface. Touch FAN once for High duces you to the basics you need to Example: To time 3 minutes fan speed, twice for Low fan speed, know to operate your microwave 1. Touch KITCHEN or three times to turn
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CHILD LOCK 2. Enter the time you HOLD WARM want the LIGHT to You may lock the control panel to You can keep cooked food warm in turn on. prevent the microwave from being your microwave oven for up to 99 accidentally started or used by child- minutes 99 seconds. You can use 3. Touch LIGHT ren. HOLD WARM by itself or to follow a TIMER pad again. cooking cycle automatically. (Press once for The Child Lock feature is also useful AM, twice for PM.) when cleaning the control panel. Example: To use the
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CUSTOM RECIPE COOKING AT HIGH COOKING WITH CUSTOM RECIPE lets you recall POWER LEVEL MORE THAN ONE one cooking instruction previously Example: To cook food for 8 min- COOK CYCLE placed in memory and begin cooking utes 30 seconds For best results, some recipes call for quickly. one Power Level for a certain length 1. Enter the cook Example: To cook for 2 minutes. of time, and another Power Level for time. another length of time. Your oven can 1. Touch CUSTOM be set to change from one to another
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COOKING GUIDE FOR LOWER POWER LEVELS The 10 power levels in addition to HIGH allow you to choose the best power level for the food you are cooking. Below are listed all the power levels, examples of foods best cooked at each level, and the amount of microwave power you are using. POWER LEVEL MICROWAVE OUTPUT USE 10 High 100% • Boil water. • Cook ground beef. • Make candy. • Cook fresh fruits and vegetables. • Cook fish and poultry. • Preheat browning dish. • Reheat Beverages. 9 90% • Reheat meat
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3. Match the amount to the size of SENSOR OPERATING POPCORN the container. Fill containers at INSTRUCTIONS POPCORN lets you pop 1.75, 3.0, least half full for best results. and 3.5 ounce bags of commercially Sensor Cook allows you to cook 4. Be sure the outside of the cook- packaged microwave popcorn. Pop most of your favorite foods without ing container and the inside of only one package at a time. If you are selecting cooking times and power the microwave oven are dry using a microwave popcorn
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BAKED POTATO VEGETABLE COOK BAKED POTATO lets you bake one VEGETABLE has preset cook pow- Using COOK lets you heat common or several potatoes without selecting ers for 3 food categories: Fresh, microwave-prepared foods without cooking times and power levels. Frozen and Canned. needing to program times and Cook Powers. COOK has present Cook NOTE: Example: To reheat Frozen Power for 3 food categories: Frozen • Before baking, pierce potato with Vegetable Entree, Casserole and Rice. fork several tim
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NOTE: When you touch the START REHEAT AUTO DEFROST pad. The display changes to defrost REHEAT lets you heat foods without Your microwave oven is preset with time count down. The oven will beep needing to program times and Cook three defrost sequences. Using during the DEFROST cycle. At beep, Powers. AUTO DEFROST is the best way to open the door and turn food over, defrost frozen foods. The Auto separate or rearrange the food. REHEAT has preset Cook Powers for Defrost Sequence Table below pro- Re
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WEIGHT CONVERSION CHART DEFROSTING TIPS To enter food weight in AUTO DEFROST, you must specify pounds and tenths • When using AUTO DEFROST, the of a pound. If the weight on the food package is in fractions of a pound, you weight to be entered is the net can use the following chart to convert the weight to decimals. weight in pounds and tenths of pounds (the weight of the food Equivalent minus the container). Ounce Weight Tenths of a pound • Use AUTO DEFROST only for raw 1.6 .10 food. AUTO DEFROS
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AUTO DEFROST CHART Meat Setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP 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 sequence. Ground Beef, MEAT Remove thawed portions with fork. Do not defrost less than 1/4 lb. Bulk Turn over. Return remainder to oven. Freeze in doughnut shape. Ground Beef, MEAT Separate and rearrange. Do not defrost less than 2 oz. patties. Patties Depress center when freezin
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Operation (cont’d) AUTO DEFROST CHART (cont.) Poultry Setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS CHICKEN Whole POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting breast-side Place chicken breast-side up on a micro- (up to 6 lbs) down). Cover warm areas with wavable roast rack. Finish defrosting by aluminum foil. immersing in cold water. Remove giblets when chicken is partially defrosted. Cut-up POULTRY Separate pieces and rearrange. Place on a microwavable roasting rack. Turn over. Cover warm areas wit
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TIME DEFROST USE OF THE TWO This feature allows you to choose the POSITION METAL RACK CAUTION time you want to defrost. The two position metal rack gives To avoid risk of property dam- you extra space when cooking in Example: To defrost for 2 minutes age: more than one container at the same Do not use rack to pop pop- time. The metal rack can be turned 1. Touch TIME corn. upside down to accomodate different DEFROST pad. container sizes. Rack must be on the four 2. Enter the defrost- To use r
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Cooking cooking time to expose all sides GETTING THE BEST FISH AND SHELLFISH equally to microwave energy. COOKING RESULTS Cooking Fish and Shellfish: • Place delicate areas of foods, such General Directions To get the best results from your as asparagus tips, toward the cen- microwave oven, read and follow the • Prepare the fish for cooking. ter of the dish. guidelines below. - Completely defrost the fish or • Arrange unevenly shaped foods, • Storage Temperature: Foods shellfish. such as chicken
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Not Recommended •Tend the meat as it cooks. APPETIZERS/SAUCES/ •Appetizers with a crisp coating or - Drain juices as they accumulate SOUPS puff pastry are best done in a con- to reduce splattering and keep Cooking Appetizers: Tips and ventional oven with dry heat. from overcooking the bottom of Techniques the meat. • Breaded products can be warmed Recommended in the microwave oven but will not - Shield thin or bony portions with • Crisp crackers, such as melba come out crisp. strips of foil to p
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Cooking (cont’d) MEAT COOKING TABLE POWER COOKING MEAT LEVEL TIME DIRECTIONS BEEF HI Form patties with depression in center of each. Hamburgers, Place on microwavable roasting rack. Brush with browning Fresh or defrosted agent, if desired. Cover with waxed paper. (4 oz. each) Turn over halfway through cooking. 1 1 patty 1-1 ⁄2 minutes Let stand covered 1 minute. 1 2 patties 1 ⁄2-2 minutes 1 1 4 patties 2 ⁄2-3 ⁄2 minutes Sirloin tip roast 5 8-10 minutes Place roast fat side down on microwavable r
