A37159,SEC R90GC O/M ® HIGH SPEED CONVECTION MICROWAVE OVEN OPERATION MANUAL ® MODEL R-90GC CONTENTS • Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy ................................ Inside Front Cover • For Customer Assistance ... Inside Front Cover • Consumer Limited Warranty ................... 1 • Product Information Card ........................ 1 • Important Safety Instructions .................. 2 • Unpacking and Installation Instructions...
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M F O R C U S T O M E R A S S I S TA N C E To aid in reporting this High Speed Convection Microwave Oven in case of loss or theft, please record below the model number and serial number located on the unit. We also suggest you record all the information listed and retain for future reference.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M C O N S U M E R L I M I T E D WA R R A N T Y SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION warrants to the first consumer purchaser that this Sharp brand product (the “Product”), when shipped in its original container, will be free from defective workmanship and materials, and agrees that it will, at its option, either repair the defect or replace the defective Product or part thereof with a new or remanufactured equivalent at no charge to the purchaser for parts or labor for the period(s) set forth b
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M I M P O R TA N T S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S When using electrical appliances basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following: WARNING - To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy: 1. Read all instructions before using the appliance. 2. Read and follow the specific “PRECAU- TIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY” on inside front cover. 3.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M U N PA C K I N G A N D I N S TA L L AT I O N I N S T R U C T I O N S Unpacking and Examining Your Oven Choosing a Location for Your Oven Remove: 1. all packing materials from inside the oven cavity; however, DO NOT REMOVE THE WAVEGUIDE COVER, which is located on the right cavity wall. Read enclosures and SAVE the Operation Manual, Sharp High Speed Convection Microwave Oven Cookbook and Touch Guide. You will use your oven frequently so plan its location for ease of use.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS This appliance must be grounded. This oven is equipped with a cord having a grounding wire with a grounding plug. It must be plugged into a wall receptacle that is properly installed and grounded in accordance with the National Electrical Code and local codes and ordinances. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M I N F O R M AT I O N Y O U N E E D T O K N O W ABOUT YOUR OVEN This Operation Manual is valuable: read it carefully and always save it for reference. The Sharp High Speed Convection Microwave Cookbook is a valuable asset. Check it frequently for cooking principles, techniques, hints and recipes. the amount of moisture that condenses in the oven. Generally, covered foods will not cause as much condensation as uncovered ones. Vents on the oven back must not be blocked.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT UTENSILS AND COVERINGS It is not necessary to buy all new cookware. Many pieces already in your kitchen can be used successfully in your new High Speed Convection Microwave Oven. The chart below will help you decide what utensils and coverings should be used in each mode. Utensils and Coverings Aluminum foil Aluminum containers Browning dish Glass ceramic (Pyroceram.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW DISH CHECK. If you wish to check if a dish is safe for microwaving, place the empty dish in the oven and microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds. If the dish becomes very hot, do NOT use it for microwaving. AUTOMATIC COOKING Use the recommended container in the cooking chart in this operation manual, cookbook and display. ACCESSORIES There are many microwave accessories available for purchase. Evaluate carefully before you purchase so that they meet your needs.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SPEED COOKING AND CONVECTION COOKING • Do not cover turntable, low rack or high rack with aluminum foil. It interferes with air flow that cooks food. • The oven cabinet, cavity, door, accessories and dishes will become hot. To PREVENT BURNS, use thick oven gloves when removing the food or turntable from the oven. • Round pizza pans are excellent cooking utensils for many items. Choose pans that do not have extended handles.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M PART NAMES OVEN PARTS 3 9 13 18 12 11 10 14 8 6 5 7 15 1 4 2 16 17 3 1 Door handle 8 Removable turntable To open the door, pull the handle down and forward. Never hold the door handle when moving the oven. Place the turntable on the turntable support securely. The turntable will rotate clockwise or counterclockwise. Only remove for cleaning.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M PART NAMES CONTROL PANEL 11, 12 15, 19 13 23-26 15, 19 15-22 14, 28 11, 28 11 29, 30 28, 30 Number next to the control panel illustration indicates page on which there are a feature description and usage information. 10 SEC R90GC O/M,P01-10 10 03.5.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M B E F O R E O P E R AT I N G MANUAL COOKING • Before operating your new oven make sure you read and understand this operation manual completely. SPEED COOKING Your oven has 3 special speed cooking modes. • Before the oven can be used, follow these procedures: Caution: The oven cabinet, cavity, door, turntable, turntable support, rack and dishes will become hot. To PREVENT BURNS, use thick oven gloves when removing the food or turntable. 1. Plug in the oven. Close the door.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M MANUAL COOKING 2. ROAST 3. BAKE Use the ROAST setting for poultry, meat, fish or other foods you would normally roast that are not included in Basic Cook on pages 16-18. ROAST is a preprogrammed setting that roasts with high speed air circulation, 325°F. and a boost of microwave power. The cooking time is reduced 33% to 50% compared with typical ovens. No preheat is necessary. Use the low rack over the splash guard so all sides are cooked with a minimum of moisture loss.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M MANUAL COOKING CONVECTION COOKING To Preheat and Cook with Convection The CONVECTION setting is used when conventional time and temperature are desired. Your oven can be programmed to combine preheating and convection cooking. You can preheat to the same temperature as the convection temperature or change to a higher or lower temperature. During convection cooking, hot air is circulated throughout the oven cavity to brown and crisp foods evenly.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M MANUAL COOKING MICROWAVE TIME COOKING • Suppose you want to defrost for 5 minutes at 30%. Your oven can be programmed for 99 minutes 99 seconds (99.99). Always enter the seconds after the minutes, even if they are both zeros. PROCEDURE • Suppose you want to cook for 5 minutes at 100%. PROCEDURE 1 Enter cooking time. 2 Touch START. 1 Enter cooking time. 2 Touch POWER LEVEL 8 times or hold down until the desired power level appears.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M A U T O M AT I C C O O K I N G SPEED COOKING Operation 2:Select food by entering the specific food number. The 84 basic foods and 100 recipes are cooked with SHARP'S new high speed hot air system. Follow the directions below and those in the Interactive Display to ensure perfectly cooked foods. • Suppose you want to roast a 5 pound chicken.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING BASIC COOK CHART MEATS Number BEEF 1 Frankfurters* 2 Hamburgers 1/4 pound each 3 Meat loaf 4 Roast tender cut, boneless 5 Steaks, bone-in 1-inch thick 6 Steaks, boneless 1-inch thick Number LAMB 7 Chops, bone-in 3/4-1-inch thick 8 Roast, boneless Number PORK 9 Chops, bone-in 1/2-3/4-inch thick 10 Chops, boneless 1-inch thick* 11 Roast, loin boneless 12 Roast, tenderloin 13 Sausage 14 Smoked ham slice POULTRY Number CHICKEN 15 Breasts, boneless 16 Pieces, bone-in 17 Wh
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING CASSEROLES Number Food 34 Baked 35 Lasagna 36 Macaroni and Cheese 37 1 level 2 levels 1 level 2 levels Real baked potatoes PIZZA Number Food 38 Boboli 39 Deli fresh* 40 Pizza crust, from a mix* 41 Pizza crust, refrigerated* 42 Regular crust, frozen* 43 Reheat, refrigerated leftover 44 Rising crust, frozen* APPETIZER SNACKS FROZEN Number Food 45 Bagel bites* 46 Burritos or Chimichangas* 47 Cheese sticks* 48 Corn dogs* 49 Eggplant sticks* 50 Egg rolls* 51 French frie
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING CAKES / BREADS Number CAKE 70 Angel food cake from a mix 71 Bundt from a mix, baked at 350°F 72 Bundt from a mix, baked at 375°F 73 74 Number 75 Layer from a mix* Cupcakes from a mix* QUICK BREAD Biscuits from a mix 76 Biscuits, frozen 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 Biscuits, refrigerated Crescent rolls, refrigerated Loaf from a mix Muffins from a mix Sweet rolls, refrigerated Breadsticks, refrigerated Garlic loaf, frozen Loaf, refrigerated * This Amount 1 1 1 Rack
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING RECIPES Operation 2: Select recipe by entering the specific recipe number. There are 100 great recipes in the SHARP HIGH SPEED CONVECTION MICROWAVE OVEN COOKBOOK. All recipes are preprogrammed with SHARP'S new technology with high speed hot air, so you can get perfect result in a shorter time. Note they are in nine categories. See the chart on pages 20 to 22 and follow the directions in the cookbook. There are 2 ways to select your favorite recipe.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING RECIPES MEATS Number Food Apricot Pork Roast 1 Barbecued Steaks 2 3 Beef and Bean Wheels 4 Chinese Pork Chops 5 Crispy Franks 6 Glazed Ham Slice 7 Glazed Veal Chops 8 Heavenly Hamburgers 9 Meat Loaf Surprise 10 Oriental Flank Steak 11 Pork Tenderloin with Herbs 12 Sour Cream Burgers 13 Spareribs with Plum Glaze 14 Steak Kabobs 15 Sweet and Sour Lamb Chops 16 Zesty Pork Tenderloin POULTRY Number Food 17 Apple Turkey Breast 18 Caribbean Chicken Breasts 19 Crunchy Garlic
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING CASSEROLES Number Food 41 Baked Shrimp Salad* 42 Chicken Linguine Casserole 43 Citrus Treasure Fish* 44 Crustless Chicken Quiche 45 Grilled Vegetables 46 Macaroni and Blue Cheese 47 Mexicali Corn Pudding 48 Mushroom Lasagna 49 Party Roasted Potatoes 50 Pasta with Squash and Shallots 51 Stuffed Peppers 52 Tamale Casserole 2 levels 2 levels PIZZA Number Food 53 Brie and Cranberry Pizza* 54 Chewy Pizza Bread* 55 Grecian Potato Pizza* 56 Hail Caesar Pizza* 57 Hawaiian
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING CAKES / BREADS Number 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Food Banana Apricot Bran Bread Banana Carrot Muffins Banana Streusel Loaf Blueberry Monkey Bread Cinnamon Date Scones Cinnamon Swirl Pound Cake Classic Cheesecake Classic Cranberry Tea Cake Green Onion Biscuits Herb Biscuits No Knead Cheddar Dill Bread Nut Cake with Mocha Cream Quick Sticky Rolls Very Berry Bundt Cake Yummy Blueberry Muffins Zucchini Muffins 2 levels 2 levels 2 levels 2 levels
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING MICROWAVE OPTIONS There are 17 microwave settings, including POPCORN REHEAT, COMPUCOOK and COMPUDEFROST. 2 POPCORN The popcorn setting automatically provides the correct cooking time for most brands of microwave popcorn. See the chart below. 3 • Suppose you want to pop a 3.5 ounce bag of regular popcorn. or Touch START. Popcorn can be programmed with AUTOMATIC COOKING TIME ADJUSTMENT. See page 28.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING REHEAT / COMPU COOK NOTE: Reheat and CompuCook automatically compute the correct warming or cooking time and microwave power level for foods shown in the charts on page 24 and 25. 1. To reheat or cook other foods above or below the quantity allowed on the Reheat Chart or CompuCook Chart, cook manually. 2. You can adjust cooking result as you like. Refer to AUTOMATIC COOKING TIME ADJUSTMENT on page 28. • Suppose you want to heat 2 cups of soup.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M SA PU ET CO IMAALT IFCE AC TO UO RK EI SN G REHEAT CHART FOOD AMOUNT PROCEDURE 1. Beverage .5 - 2 cups This setting is good for restoring cooled beverage to a better drinking temperature. Stir after heating. 2. Casserole 1 - 4 cups Use to reheat refrigerated canned or homemade pasta with sauce or other cooked casserole. For room temperature pasta or casserole, use Less option. For pasta without sauce double the quantity per setting.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING COMPU DEFROST CompuDefrost automatically defrosts ground meat, steaks, chops, fish and poultry. • Suppose you want to defrost a 2.0 pound steak. PROCEDURE 1 Touch COMPU DEFROST. 2 Select desired food by or DOWN touching UP arrows. 3 Enter weight by touching the number pads 2 and 0 . (Ex. 2.0 lbs steak) 4 Touch START. or After the 2nd stage, open the door. Shield any warm portions. Close the door. Touch START.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M AUTOMATIC COOKING MANUAL DEFROST Always stop the oven periodically to remove or separate the portions that are defrosted. If food is not defrosted at the end of the estimated defrosting time, program the oven in 1 minute increments at 30% until totally defrosted. When using plastic containers from the freezer, defrost only long enough to remove from the plastic in order to place in a microwave-safe dish.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M O T H E R C O N V E N I E N T F E AT U R E S DEMONSTRATION MODE TIMER To demonstrate, touch CLOCK, the number 0 and touch START and hold for 3 seconds. DEMO ON will appear in the display. Cooking operations and specific special features can now be demonstrated with no power in the oven. For example, touch MINUTE PLUS and the display will show 1.00 and count down quickly to END. To cancel, touch CLOCK, then the number 0 and STOP/CLEAR.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M OTHER CONVENIENT FEATURES CUSTOM HELP NOTE: Custom Help provides 4 features that make using your oven easy because specific instructions are provided in the Interactive Display. 1. Auto Start can be used for manual cooking if clock is set. 2. If the oven door is opened after programming Auto Start, it is necessary to touch START for Auto Start time to appear in the readout so that the oven will automatically begin programmed cooking at the chosen Auto Start time. 3.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M OTHER CONVENIENT FEATURES 4. REFRESH CYCLE HELP The oven has a special catalyst which assists with smoke and odor removal. When the indicator light above the CUSTOM HELP is flashing, touch the pad to read valuable information. Use the Refresh Cycle to • Condition the heater before using the oven the first time. • Remove any objectionable odor. • Keep the catalyst in optimum condition. MINUTE PLUS Minute Plus allows you to cook for a minute at 100% by simply touching MINUTE PLUS.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M CLEANING AND CARE Interior - after manual/automatic speed or convection cooking. Spatters may occur because of moisture and grease. Wash immediately after use with hot, soapy water. Rinse and polish dry. Harder to remove spatters may occur if oven is not thoroughly cleaned or if there is long time/high temperature cooking. Do not use any chemical oven cleaners.
A37159,SEC R90GC O/M SERVICE CALL CHECK Please check the following before calling for service: 1. Place one cup of water in a glass measuring cup in the oven and close the door securely. Operate the oven for one minute at HIGH 100%. A Does the oven light come on? YES _______ NO _______ B Does the cooling fan work? (Put your hand over the rear ventilating openings.) YES _______ NO _______ C Does the turntable rotate? (It is normal for the turntable to turn in either direction.
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