My microwave arrived

My microwave arrived on my porch unannounced, where I found it later, unstolen. It's a beauty.  The Control Panel is a paragon of simplicity-- a top dial for power and a bottom dial for 1-30 minutes. Period. It starts when you close the door after dialing up the minutes, and stops when you open the door or the timer dings when it reaches zero. There are no stupid, incomprehensible pictures.  On my recently departed model, for instance, it had a picture, among many, of a pizza slice.  What did that mean?  Push here to heat up a slice of pizza left over from the night before?  Or push here to cook a frozen pizza? 

I even read the user manual, in about 3 minutes, and it told me a few things I didn't know, like, it cooks from the inside walls in, so arrange the heartier items, like meat hunks, closer to the outside of the rotating plate and the more delicate items, like asparagus tips, on the inside of the plate.

It had a couple of useful charts, Utensil Guide of what you Can Use (microwave browning dishes), Cannot Use (glass jars), and Limited Use (narrow aluminum foil strips to cover tender parts like wings on a chicken) in the microwave; and Safety Information (Can Use--wax paper) (Cannot Use--wood) (Limited Use--wood).  You have to read a little further into the chart to understand why you can, and cannot, use wood inside it so I think stay away from wood (it dries out and could ignite).

The best chart detailed the six power settings in terms of Power Output--Low 17%, Defrost 40%, M. Low 48%, Med. 66%, M. High 85% and High 100%. The power knob is set up like a clock--turn clockwise to the end (High) and leave it there. The manual did explain Defrost, which I had never bothered with before. "MW energy heats up outside surface of the food and this heat moves slowly into center. This thaws the food evenly." Good to know. 

The short manual, written in good, comprehensible English, did have a picture or two, like the helpful picture in the short Installation Guide showing--plug it in.

Under Set Up & Use the manual listed and briefly described Cooking Techniques, the five headings being self-explanatory: Arrangement; Shielding ("with narrow strips of aluminum foil to avoid overcooking [delicate parts]"); Turning; Standing (the food once taken out, not you); and Adding Moisture. 

The Troubleshooting Guide was informative: Trouble--Oven will not start, Possible Cause--Electrical cord not plugged in, Possible Remedy--Plug it in.

I loved the manual's suggestion for preventing or curing Arcing (Sparking)--"Clean cavity with wet towel."

Yep, it's a beauty, look at that clean control panel--two dials, period. And the light shuts off when you open it.