Getting to Know Your Microwave
Oven
This section discusses the concepts
behind microwave
cooking.
It also shows the basics that you need to
know in order to operate
your microwave
oven. Please read this information
before using your oven.
HOW YOUR MICROWAVE
OVEN
WORKS
Microwave
ovens are safe. Microwave
energy
is not hot. It
causes food to make its own heat, and it is this heat that
cooks the food.
Microwaves
are like TV waves, radio waves, or light waves.
You cannot
see them, but you can see the results of what
they do.
A magnefron
in the microwave
oven produces
microwaves.
The microwaves
move into the oven where they contact
food as it turns on the turntable.
The glass turntable
of your microwave
oven lets microwaves
pass through.
The microwaves
then bounce off a metal
floor, back through
the glass turntable,
and are absorbed
by the food.
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O_'en cavity
Glass
turntable
Microwaves
pass through
mast glass, paper,
and plastics
without
heating
them, so food
absorbs the energy. Microwaves
bounce off metal containers
so food does
not absorb
the energy.
RADIO
iNTERFERENCE
Using your microwave
oven may cause interference
to your radio, TV, or similar equipment.
When
there is
interference,
you can reduce it or remove it by:
" Cleanlng
the door and sealing surfaces
of the oven.
Adjusting
the receiving
antenna
of the radio or television.
Moving
the receiver
away from the microwave
oven.
Plugging
the microwave
oven into a different
outlet so that the microwave
oven and receiver
are on
different
branch
circuits.
FOR THE BEST COOKING
RESULTS
* Always
cook food for the shortest cooking
time recommended.
Check to see how the food is cooking.
If
needed, touch Add 30 Sec while the oven is operating,
or after the cooking
cycle is over (see the "Add
30 Sec" section).
" Stir, turn over, or rearrange
the food being cooked
about halfway
through
the cooking
time for all recipes.
This will help ensure that the food is evenly cooked.
" if you do not have a cover for a dish, use wax paper, or microwave-approved
paper
towels or plastic
wrap. Remember
to turn back a corner of the plastic wrap to vent steam during
cooking.
* The metal shelf is used for cooking
certain items and should be removed
from the microwave
oven when not
needed.
Do not store metal shelf in the microwave
oven.
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