Cooking in Stages
The oven can be set to cook at different cooking powers for various lengths of time, up to 3 stages.
Sensor cooking cannot be done in stages.
To Cook in Stages:
1.Place food on the turntable and close the door.
2.Touch COOK TIME, then enter a length of time to cook for the first stage.
If cooking with 100% power, skip Step 3.
3.Touch COOK POWER, then enter the desired power level for the first stage. See “Microwave Cooking Power” chart.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the second and third stages.
5.Touch START.
The display will count down each of the cook times. A “1,” “2” and “3” will appear on the display during their respective stages.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and the
6.Touch CANCEL OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
The cook time and cooking power of the cycling stage can be changed after touching START without interrupting cooking.
To Change Cook Time: Touch COOK TIME. Use the number pads to enter the new cook time. Touch START.
To Change Cooking Power: Touch COOK POWER. Use the number pads to enter the new cooking power or repeatedly touch COOK POWER. Touch START.
Reheating
Times and cooking power have been preset for reheating specific foods. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD | PAD | QUANTITY/INSTRUCTION |
Casserole | 1 | |
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| Place in microwavable container, |
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| and cover with plastic wrap. Stir |
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| and let stand |
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| reheating. |
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Pizza Slice* | 2 | |
(refrigerated) |
| Place on paper towel. |
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Baked Goods | 3 | |
(example: medium |
| Place on paper towel. |
muffin or bagel) |
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Soup* | 4 | |
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| Place in microwavable container. |
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| Cover with plastic wrap and vent. |
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| Let stand |
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| reheating. |
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Sauce* | 5 | |
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| Place in microwavable container. |
Cover with plastic wrap and vent. Let stand
*Sensor function
**For smaller rolls, 2 rolls may be counted as 1 piece.
To Use Reheat:
1.Place food on the turntable and close the door.
2.Touch REHEAT.
3.Touch number pad from chart
or
Touch REHEAT repeatedly to scroll through foods.
4.Touch number pads to enter quantity for Casserole and Baked Goods only.
The sensor will determine quantities for Pizza Slice, Soup and Sauce.
Reheat time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.
5.Touch START.
The display will count down the reheat time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and the
6.Touch CANCEL OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
To Reheat Manually: Follow instructions in “Manual Cooking” section, and use 70% cooking power. See “Microwave Cooking Power” chart.
Two or More Plates
Two plates may be heated side by side, or 1 dish larger than the turntable, plus 2 plates on the cooking rack. For best results, halfway through heating, turn the plates (or larger dish) halfway around, and switch plates between top and bottom (if heating more than 2 plates). See “Cooking Rack” section.
The turntable must be turned off while heating 2 bottom plates or 1 larger dish. See “Turntable” section.
Defrosting
The automatic Defrost control can be used or the microwave oven can be manually set to defrost.
■Food should be 0°F
■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 cycle for more even defrosting.
■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.
The automatic Defrost control has 4 categories: Meat, Poultry, Fish and Bread. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen
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