Complete Owner's Guide

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BEFORE USING MICROWAVE
About Your Microwave Oven
This Use and Care Manual is valuable: read it care-
fully and always save it for reference.
A good microwave cookbook is a valuable asset.
Check it for microwave cooking principles, tech-
niques, hints, and recipes.
NEVER use the microwave oven without the turn-
table and support or turn the turntable over so that
a large dish could be placed in the microwave oven.
The turntable will turn both clockwise and counter-
clockwise.
ALWAYS have food in the microwave oven when it
is on to absorb the microwave energy.
When using the microwave oven at power levels
below 100%, you may hear the magnetron cy-
cling on and o. It is normal for the exterior of the
microwave oven to be warm to the touch when
cooking or reheating.
Condensation is a normal part of microwave cook-
ing. Room humidity and the moisture in food will
influence the amount of moisture that condenses
in the microwave oven. Generally, covered foods
will not cause as much condensation as uncovered
ones. Ventilation openings must not be blocked.
The microwave oven is for food preparation only. It
should not be used to dry clothes or newspapers.
All microwave ovens are rated by using the IEC
Test Procedure at 1200 watts. If using recipes or
package directions, check food a minute or two
before the minimum time setting elapses and add
time accordingly.
Radio or TV Interference
Should there be any interference caused by the
microwave oven to your radio or TV, check that the
microwave oven is on a dierent electrical cir-
cuit, relocate the radio or TV as far away from the
microwave oven as feasible or check position and
signal of receiving antenna.
About Microwave Cooking
• Arrange food carefully. Place thickest areas
towards outside of dish.
• Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest
amount of time indicated and add more as
needed. Food severely overcooked can smoke
or ignite.
• Cover foods while cooking. Check recipe or
cookbook for suggestions: paper towels, wax
paper, microwave plastic wrap or a lid. Cov-
ers prevent spattering and help foods to cook
evenly.
• Stir foods from outside to center of dish once
or twice during cooking, if possible.
• Turn foods over once during microwaving to
speed cooking of such foods as chicken and
hamburgers. Large items like roasts must be
turned over at least once.
• Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway
through cooking both from top to bottom and
from the center of the dish to the outside.
• Allowing food to stand in or out of the oven
after cooking power stops can improve results.
Standing time after defrosting or cooking al-
lows the temperature to evenly spread through-
out the food.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating
that cooking temperatures have been reached.
Doneness signs include:
• Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
• Center bottom of dish is very hot to the
touch.
• Poultry thigh joints move easily.
• Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
• Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.