This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven.
HOW YOUR KENMORE MICROWAVEWITH ULTRA WAVETECHNOLOGY WORKS
A microwave oven uses microwaves to heat food. Microwaves are very short waves of electromagnetic energy that travel at the speed of light (186,282 miles per second). Microwaves used in microwave ovens are in the same family of frequencies as the signals used in radio and television broadcasting.
In the case of microwave ovens, the commonly used wave frequency is roughly 2,450 megahertz (2.45 giga- hertz). Waves in this frequency range have an interest- ing property: they are absorbed by water, fats and sug- ars. When they are absorbed they are converted directly into atomic
ULTRA WAVE TM INVERTER MICROWAVE SYSTEM ULTRA WAVE TM Inverter Microwave System gives you better microwave cooking performance for defrosting, cooking and reheating foods quickly and uniformly. The
ULTRA WAVE Inverter Microwave System is proven technology that delivers a constant stream of microwave power - true high, medium and low power.
Conventional microwave ovens operate on HIGH power only. To achieve 70% power level in a conven- tional microwave oven, the oven operates 70% of the time at HIGH power and 70% of the time OFF
One of the most important components used in the microwave oven is the Magnetron. A magnetron, in the microwave oven is reponsible for the production of microwaves. These microwaves produced by the mag- netron, move into the oven and come in contact with the food placed on the glass turntable.
Further, the glass turntable iniside the oven lets the microwaves pass through.These microwaves further bounce off a metal floor and travel back through the
glass turn table and are finally absorbed by the food, )laced inside the oven .
One of the characterstic features of microwaves is that they can pass through most glass, papers and plastics without heating them and they further get absorbed by the food in the form of heat energy. The microwaves bounce off the metal container and so the metal con- tainer does not absorb its energy.
Magnetron
The ULTRA WAVE Inverter Microwave System delivers power continuously, to defrost more evenly and mini- mize overcooking of food and messy food spatters.
SENSOR COOKING
The ULTRA WAVE TM Inverter Microwave System fea- tures Sensor Cooking functions. A humidity sensor in the oven cavity detects moisture and humidity emmit- ted from food as it gets heated.
The sensor adjusts cooking time according to various types and amounts of food.Sensor cooking takes the guesswork out of microwave cooking.
FOR THE BEST COOKING RESULTS
•Keep a check on the cooking of food.
•In order to make sure that the food is evenly cooked, stir, turn, or rearrange the food around halfway during the cooking time.
•Plastic wrap 1/4 to 1/2 inches ( 6.35 to 12.7 mm), inorder to vent steam during heating or cooking.
Oven cavity
Metal floor Glass turntable
