Kenmore 721.86002 HOW Your Microwave Hood Combination, Works, Radio Interference, Sensor Cooking

This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also discusses the basic information you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven.

HOW YOUR MICROWAVE HOOD COMBINATION

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	I
cannot see them, but you can see what they do.
A magnetron	in the microwave	oven	produces	microwaves.	The
microwaves	move into the oven	where	they contact the food		as it
turns on the	turntable.

WORKS

Magnetron

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The glass turntable of your microwave oven lets microwaves

pass through. Then they bounce off a metal floor, back through the glass turntable, and are absorbed by the food.

Oven cavity

Metal floor Glass tray Guide tray

Microwaves pass through most glass, paper, and plastics

without heating them, so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal containers so food does not absorb the energy.

Sensor Cooking

This Microwave System features Sensor Cooking functions. A humidity sensor in the oven cavity detects moisture and humidity emitted from food as it heats. The sensor adjusts cooking times to various types and amounts of food. Sensor Cooking takes the guesswork out of microwave cooking.

For the best cooking results

•Always cook food for the shortest cooking time recommended. Check to see how the food is cooking.

•Stir, turn over, or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the cooking time for all recipes. This will help make sure 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.

•Always remove the cooking rack from the oven when the rack is not in use.

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:

•Cleaning 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.

TESTING YOUR MICROWAVE	OVEN	I
Cook at 100% power for 1 minute. When	the time is up, the water should be heated.
I o test the oven, put approximately 1 cup	of cold water in a glass container in the oven. Close the door.

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