GE Monogram ZMC1090 Series manual What Your Oven can do, Comparison Guide

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 sealed- in flavor by the constant motion of hot air over the food surfaces.

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 convenient—just follow the step-by-step instructions in this manual. A sensor detects steam from the food and automatically adjusts cooking time and power level for best results.

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

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.	one-third less time than ovens, while
	cooking of food.		browning and sealing in juices.
HEAT	Microwave energy.	Circulating heated air.	Microwave energy and circulating
SOURCE			heated air.
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
			outside of food.
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 clean-up.	faster than regular ovens.	and crisping from convection heat.

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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