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■ Do not use light plastic containers, plastic wrap, or paper
products. All heatproof cookware or metal utensils can be used
in convection cooking. Round pizza pans are excellent for
convection cooking.
■ When the broil element is in use, the cooling fan turns on and
stays on for up to 10 minutes after the cycle is over.
■ Use convection cooking for items such as soufflés, breads,
cookies, angel food cakes, pizza, and most meats and fish.
Auto Convection Conversion is a function that converts a standard
thermal bake cook time and temperature into an ideal cook time
and temperature for convection cooking.
Convection temperatures and times differ from those of standard
cooking. The oven will automatically reduce standard recipe
temperatures and times for convection cooking.
The conversion may not be exact because foods are grouped in
general categories.
Use the following chart as a guide.
Convection Chart
SETTING FOODS
Bake Casseroles and baked goods
Roast Meats and vegetables
To Use Recipe Conversion:
1. If preheat is not required, place food in oven or on convection
grid on the turntable, and close the door.
2. Touch POWER or MICROWAVE (on combination oven
models).
3. From the Cooking mode menu, select the Convert Recipe (for
convection).
4. Select between Roast or Bake to convert a traditional recipe
to a convection method of cooking. Touch NEXT.
5. Enter the standard cooking temperature between 170°F and
450°F (77°C and 232°C).
6. Touch NEXT.
7. Select the original recipe Bake/Roast time and touch SET.
or
8. Touch SKIP TIMER to move to the next step.
9.
10.
Touch START. If preheat is required, place food in oven or on
convection grid on turntable after preheat tone sounds. The
display will count down the cook time.
When the stop time is reached, the oven will display "Cooking
Ended" and transition to hold temperature, which maintains
the oven temperature.
If enabled, end-of-cycles tones will sound.
(Optional) After the cooking cycle ends, touch the ADD
30 SEC button. This will automatically add 30 seconds to the
cook time.
11. Touch MICROWAVE CANCEL to turn off the microwave oven.
Defrost
The Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can be
manually set to defrost by using 20% cook power.
■ For optimal results, food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder when
defrosting.
■ Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting.
■ Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
■ Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the end
of the cycle for more even defrosting.
■ Foods left outside the freezer for more than
20 minutes or frozen ready-made food should not be defrosted
using the Custom Defrost feature, but should be defrosted
manually.
■ Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such
as chicken wings, leg tips, and fish tails. See “Aluminum Foil
and Metal” first.
■ Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for
defrosting a number of food types. For each food category, a
precise amount of food can be entered or preprogrammed
quantities can be selected.
SpeedCook Foods
The SpeedCook function uses the broil element, convection
element and fan, and microwaves. All cycle on and off in intervals.
■ Bakeware and the interior oven surfaces, including the door,
will become hot.
■ Always use an instant read thermometer to determine
doneness of meat and poultry.
■ Use microwave-safe and ovenproof bakeware.
■ Do not use covers or containers made of foil, paper, waxed
paper, or plastic not recommended for use in a conventional
oven.
■ When roasting, meats and poultry may spatter. Plastic oven
bags designed for conventional oven use can be used for
easier cleanup. Follow manufacturer's recommendations.
■ When using the grilling grid or convection grid, place it directly
on the turntable.
■ Arrange pieces of food in a single layer on the crisper pan or
baking dish.
Before SpeedCooking, put food in the oven and close the door.
Preheating is not necessary.
To Use SpeedCook Foods:
NOTE: For combination units, touch the MICROWAVE to access
the microwave menu.
1. From the Mode menu, select SPEEDCOOK FOODS.
2. Scroll to the desired food category and touch NEXT.
3. Scroll to the desired food and touch NEXT.
NOTE: Some cooking selections may ask for additional
information, such as food weight or pan size. If this occurs,
make the proper selection and touch NEXT.
4. Read and follow the on-screen cooking instructions.
5. Touch START to begin cooking cycle.
or
Touch DONENESS and scroll to select between More Done,
Suggested, or Less Done and touch SET to return to the
previous screen, and then touch START to begin the cooking
cycle.
6. Touch MICROWAVE CANCEL to turn off the oven.
SETTING QUANTITY
Meats
Bone-in pork chops 0.4-1.5 lb (0.2-0.7 kg)
Boneless beef roast 1.5-5.0 lb (0.7-2.3 kg)
Boneless ham 1.0-4.5 lb (0.5-2.0 kg)
Boneless pork chops 0.3-1.6 lb (0.1-0.7 kg)
Boneless pork roast 1.0-5.0 lb (0.5-2.3 kg)
Meatloaf 1.5-2.0 lb (0.7-0.9 kg)
Meatballs 20 pieces
Swiss steak 1.0-2.0 lb (0.5-0.9 kg)