Microwave Utemil/Cookware Guide
~pe of Utensil/Cookware
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
Dishes with metal trim
Paper Towels and Napkins,
Wax Paper
Plastic Wrap, Cooking 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
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
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
Recommended for microwave
Cooking and heating.
Cooking and heating.
