Microwave Utemil/Cookware Guide

~pe of Utensil/Cookware

Foil-lined Paper Bags, Boxes and Baking Trays

Metal or part metal Poh, Pans, Thermometers, Skewers and Foil Trays

Boilable Hard and Soft Plastics, such as: Rubbermaid

Glass jars, such as for baby foods, vegetables, entrees, syrups,

salad dressing

Handmade Pottery, Porcelain, Stoneware

Microwave Plastics such as:

Anchor Hocking Microware, Bangor

Plastics, Mister Microwave, Nordic

Ware, Republic, Tara, Wearever Nupac

Paper or Styrofoam Plates and Cups

Oven Glass such as: Anchor Hocking, Fire King, Glassbake, Heller, Jena, Pyrex

Regular Dinnerware, such as:

Corelle by Coming, Dansk Generation, Denby, El Camino, Franciscan, International Stoneware, Lenox Temperware, Marsh, Mikasa, Pfaltzgraff

Unsuitable Dinnerware, such as:

Corning Centura, Fitz and Floyd

Oven-to-table Ware, Melamine,

Dishes with metal trim

Paper Towels and Napkins,

Wax Paper

Glass-Ceramic (Pyroceram), such as: Corning Ware, Progression G. by Noritake

Plastic Wrap, Cooking Bags, Boil-in-bags, Storage Bags

Specialty Glass-Ceramic and Porcelain, such as: El Camino,

F.B. Rogers, Heller, Marsh Industries, Pfaltzgraff, Shafford

Paperboard Trays used for frozen entrees and dinners

Plastic trays and plates used for frozen entrees and dinners

Microwave Uses

Avoid. Use only foil trays 3/4-in. deep or less. Foil or metal will reflect microwaves, thus preventing even heating. Arcing can occur if foil is closer than l-in. to oven walls.

Cooking ground beef (colander).

Defrosting. Heating.

Avoid heating baby food in jars, especially meat and egg mixtures. Remove metal caps to warm syrup.

Cooking and heating.

Cooking.

Heating and serving foods and beverages. Styrofoam should be used for short-term heating to low temperatures and for serving.

Cooking and heating.

Heating and some cooking. Avoid metal rings or decorations on dinnerware.

None.

Cooking bacon. Absorbing moisture and preventing spatters. Heating and serving sandwiches or appetizers. Use wax paper as light covering to hold in steam.

Cooking and heating.

Covering to hold in steam (wrap). Cooking (cooking and boil-in bags). Heating (storage bags).

Recommended for microwave oven-to-table cooking of special foods.

Cooking and heating.