WHAT YOUR OVEN CAN DO
Cooking with your new oven offers a wide variety of food preparation options. Microwave cooking uses very short, high frequency radio waves. The movement of the microwaves through the food generates heat and cooks most foods faster than regular methods, while retaining their natural texture and moisture. Microwave cooking heats food directly, not the cookware or the interior of the oven. Reheating is easy and defrosting is particularly convenient because less time is spent in food preparation.
Convection cooking constantly circulates heated air around the food, creating even browning and
Your new oven also offers the option of combination cooking, using microwave energy along with convection cooking. You cook with speed and accuracy, while browning and crisping to perfection.
You can use microwave cooking, convection cooking or combination cooking to cook by time. Simply preset the length of cooking time desired and your oven turns off automatically. Or you can cook by temperature, by these methods, using the temperature probe to determine the doneness by the internal temperature of the food. This method takes the guesswork out of cooking, shutting the oven off automatically when the food reaches the desired temperature.
The Microwave Sensor Cooking Features (Sensor Cook, Sensor Reheat and Sensor Popcorn) do your microwave cooking for you. They are easy and
Do not use the Sensor Features twice in succession on the same food
Combination Roast uses alternating microwave and convection to roast meats to perfection.
Auto Defrost automatically sets the defrosting time and power levels for you. Enter the food weight in pounds and tenths of a pound and touch the START pad. The oven calculates the defrosting time and changes power levels during defrosting to give even defrosting results.
The Delay Start/Reminder feature lets you program the oven to start cooking at a desired time, even if you’re not at home. The Reminder feature can be used like an alarm clock.
The following guide shows at a glance the difference between microwave, convection and combination cooking.
Comparison Guide
Microwave | Convection | Combination |
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COOKING | Microwave energy is | Hot air circulates around | Microwave energy and convection |
METHOD | distributed evenly throughout | food to produce browned | heat combine to cook foods in up to |
| the oven for thorough, fast | exteriors and seal in juices. | |
| cooking of food. |
| browning and sealing in juices. |
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HEAT | Microwave energy. | Circulating heated air. | Microwave energy and circulating |
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| heated air. |
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HEAT | Heat produced within food | Heat conducted from | Food heats from instant energy from |
CONDUCTION | by instant energy penetration. | outside of food to inside. | penetration and heat conducted from |
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| outside of food. |
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BENEFITS | Fast, high efficiency cooking. | Aids in browning and seals | Shortened cooking time from |
| Oven and surroundings do | in flavor. Cooks some foods | microwave energy, plus browning |
| not get hot. Easy | faster than regular ovens. | and crisping from convection heat. |
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Read this guide to learn the many different things your Microwave/Convection/Combination Oven can do. You will find a wide variety of cooking methods and programs designed to suit your lifestyle.
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