Overview
This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also discusses the basic information you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven.
HOW YOUR MICROWAVE HOOD COMBINATION WORKS
Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it is this heat that cooks the food. Microwaves are like TV waves, radio waves, or light waves. You cannot see them, but you can see what they do.
A magnetron in the microwave oven produces microwaves. The microwaves move into the oven where they contact food as it turns on the turntable.
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Metal floor Glass tray | Oven cavity |
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The glass turntable of your microwave oven lets microwaves pass through. Then they bounce off a metal floor, back through the glass turntable, and are absorbed by the food.
Microwaves pass through most glass, paper, and plastics without heating them so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal containers so food does not absorb the energy.
Sensor Cooking
The Microwave System features Sensor Cooking functions. A humidity sensor in the oven cavity detects moisture and humidity emitted from food as it heats. The sensor adjusts cooking times to various types and amounts of food. Sensor cooking takes the guess work out of microwave cooking.
For the best cooking results
•Always cook food for the shortest cooking time recommended. Check to see how the food is cooking.
•Stir, turn over, or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the cooking time for all recipes. This will help make sure the food is evenly cooked.
•If you do not have a cover for a dish, use wax paper, or
•Always remove the cooking rack from the oven when the rack is not in use.
RADIO INTERFERENCE
Using your microwave oven may cause interference to your radio, TV, or similar equipment. When there is interference, you can reduce it or remove it by:
•Cleaning the door and sealing surfaces of the oven.
•Adjusting the receiving antenna of the radio or television.
•Moving the receiver away from the microwave oven.
•Plugging the microwave oven into a different outlet so that the microwave oven and receiver are on different branch circuits.
TESTING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
To test the oven, put approximately 1 cup of cold water in a glass container in the oven. Close the door.
Cook at 100% power for 1 minute. When the time is up, the water should be heated.
