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Combination cooking offers the best features of microwave energy and convection cooking. Microwaves cook food fast and convection circulation of heated air browns foods beautifully.
Four combination cooking codes make it easy to set your oven for combination cooking. Just enter one digit to automatically set both oven temperature and microwave power level.
How to Combination ~me Cook
Step 1: Touch Combination COOK pad. The time of day disappears from the display and “ENTER COMB CODE” flashes.
Step 2: Select a combination cooking code by touching a number pad from one to four. The selected code appears in the display and
“ENTER COMB COOK TIME” flashes.
Step 3: Enter desired cooking time in hours and minutes by touching number pads in sequence. For example for 1 hour and 20 minutes, touch 1, 2 and O. Display shows “1H:20?’ To enter time less than one hour, for example, 30 minutes, touch 3 and O. Display shows “H:30” until Start is touched.
Step 4: Touch START. Cooking time begins to count down. When time reaches less than 59 minutes, display shows minutes on left of colon and seconds on right. When time is completed, oven signals, flashes “End” and turns off.
Questions and Answers
Q. May I use my metal roasting pan to Combination Cook a roast?
A. No. Do not use metal cookware on the metal wire shelf when using Microwave or Combination cooking. Place roast in glass dish on shelf.
Q. Can I switch from one Combination code to another during cooking?
A. No. The selected Combination code may not be changed during the cooking operation, but you may reprogram the complete cooking instructions if you wish.
Combination Codes
The following guide shows the oven temperature and microwave power (watts) that are automatically set when using that particular code number. You must set the cooking time or internal food temperature as shown above and on page 27. Check your cookbook for specific food instructions.
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1 | 275° F. | 220 |
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2 | 300° F. | 220 |
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3 | 325° F. | 220 |
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4 | 375° F. | 220 |
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Q. Is it necessary to place a glass dish on the oven floor when Combination cooking?
A. No. For best roasting results, place meat in a glass dish. Place dish on the oven rack.
Remember:
. Check page 8 of this book and your cookbook for correct cookware when Combination cooking.
c For best roasting and browning results, whole roasts and poultry should be cooked in a dish placed directly on the oven rack.
●Place meat in a glass dish on a trivet to collect juices and prevent spattering. See Convection preheat instructions on page 24.
. Some recipes call for preheating.
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