Your Microwave Oven Shelf, MAY be HOT

YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SHELF

iMPORTANT SAFETY

INFORMATmON

o DO HOT STORE OR COOK with

shelf on floor of oven. Product

damage may result,

• Use potholders when handEing

metal shelf and utensils. THEY

MAY BE HOT,

o DO HOT store microwave

browning dish on metal she]If.

• Use of shelf with Automatic

Cooking is not recommended.

The wire shelf is designed for added capacity heating and reheating In your microwave oven. More than

one food may be heated or reheated and ready to serve at the same time.

When microwaving with the oven shelf, it Is important to arrange foods properly. Cookware size is important. Be sure dishes will fit together on or under the shelf. Food size should be considered; foods over 4 Inches high or 3 1/2 Ibs., are not recommended for shelf cooking.

Batters and dough foods and also uncooked foods which need to be prepared from scratch should be

cooked without the oven shelf following recipe directions°

Use potholders when handling foods heated together with your oven shelf, especially when heating larger amounts of food. Extra steam generated from multiple food cooking may make cookware hotter than with regular mtcrowavtng..

REHF=ATIING iN YOUR

MICROWAVE

Tips for Reheating Similar Foods

Two plates of leftovers --- Arrange thick or dense foods to outside edges of plate and cover with plastic wrap. Stagger plates with one on shelf and one on oven floor. Microwave for 2-3 minutes on HIGH (10) and reverse position of plates (top to bottom) and rotate 1/2 turn. Continue heating until hot.

Two casseroles --Cover with plastic wrap. Use staggered arrangements of food. Place food on right side of shelf and left side of floor. Microwave and reverse positions of food after 1/2 of tlme_ Also, heat small bowls of leftovers this way, stirring and reversing positions after half of tlmeo

Two frozen entrees (5-7ozoeach) or two W dinners-- Follow package directions. If there are foil covers, remove them. Place one "IV dinner on right snell and second dinner on left floor. Microwave and reverse positions (top and bottom) and rotate foods 1/2 turn. Continue mlcrowavlng as directed until foods are done.

Tips for Reheating Different Types of

Food

When heating different types of food together, foods which should be served hot must be placed on the oven floor, while foods which are only warmed should be placed on the shelf. Microwave energy enters the oven from the bottom only. It Is important to remember that foods absorb microwave energy at different rates. You may need to start heating large or dense food a few minutes ahead of smaller or less dense foods. Stagger and rotate foods as described above.

POSiTONING THE $HII_LF

To position the microwave oven shelf, tip the back slightly and fit the shelf support guldes ontothe support guides located on each side of the oven in the rear.

Next, lower the front until the shelf support guides fit

onto the support guides located at each side of the oven in the front.

When properly positioned, the shelf should fit snugly In

place, be level and not touch the back wall of the oven.

If _rcing	occurs when using		the shelf to cook
more fhan	one	food at the same timej turn		the
oven off.	Make	sure the shelf	is positioned	right

side up on all four shelf supports and not touching

oven walls.	19	NEMiC06