WHIRLPOOL GH9184XLQ2
Owner's Manual

The automatic Defrost control has three categories: Meat, Poultry and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen ready-made food. Use the following chart as a guide. MEAT Beef: ground, steaks, roast, stew Lamb: stew and chops Pork: chops, ribs, roasts, sausage The narrow or fatty areas of irregular shaped cuts should be shielded with foil before defrosting. Do not defrost less than ¹�� lb (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g) patties. Place all meats in microwavable baking dish. POULTRY Chicken: whole and cut up Cornish hens Turkey: breast FISH Fillets, Steaks, Whole, Shellfish Place in microwavable baking dish. Place in microwavable baking dish, chicken breastside up. Remove giblets from whole chicken.

Soften
The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods. Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide. FOOD CODE SOFTEN PAD 1 time 2 times 3 times QUANTITY

Butter Ice cream Cream cheese

1 2 3

1, 2 or 3 sticks 16, 32 or 64 oz 3 oz or 8 oz

To Soften:
1. Touch SOFTEN. The display will alternate between showing �SOFTN� and �PAD.� 2. Touch SOFTEN repeatedly to scroll through the Soften menu items or Touch number pad to select Soften menu item. 3. Enter quantity of food items using the prompts on the display or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the selected food class will give a response. Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER. 4. Touch JET START. The display will count down the soften time. When the cycle ends, �END� will appear on the display, 4 end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.

To use the Defrost control:
1. Touch DEFROST. 2. Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish or Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods. 3. Touch the number pads to enter the weight. Meats and Poultry can be set from .2 to 6.6 lb (91 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lb (91 g to 2 kg). Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER. 4. Touch JET START. The display will count down the defrost time. When the cycle ends, �END� will appear in the display, 4 endof-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute. 5. Touch OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

Melt
The microwave oven uses low power to melt certain foods. The foods may not be completely melted when the program ends, but stirring the food will complete the melting. Use the following chart as a guide. FOOD CODE MELT PAD 1 time 2 times QUANTITY

Butter Chocolate (chips or baking squares) Cheese (processed cheese food) Marshmallows (large or small)

1 2

1, 2 or 3 sticks 4 oz or 8 oz

To Defrost manually:

1. Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost. 2. Touch COOK POWER. 3. Touch 3. 4. Touch JET START. The display will count down the defrost time. When the cycle ends, �END� will appear in the display, 4 endof-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute. 5. Touch OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

3

3 times

8 oz or 16 oz

4

4 times

5 oz or 10 oz

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