MICROWAVE COOKING TIPS

Cooking Comparison Guide

Cooking with your new oven offers a wide variety of food preparation options: microwave cooking, convection cooking, and combination cooking. 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.

Combination cooking combines microwave energy with convection to 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.

The following guide shows at a glance the difference between microwave, convection, and combination cooking.

MICROWAVE

CONVECTION

COMBINATION

COOKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METHOD

Microwave energy is

Hot air circulates around

Microwave energy and

 

distributed evenly

food to produce browned

convection heat combine to

 

throughout the oven for fast,

exteriors and sealed-in

shorten the cooking time of

 

thorough cooking of food.

juices.

regular ovens, while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

browning and sealing in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

juices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEAT SOURCE

Microwave energy.

Circulating heated air.

Microwave energy and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

circulating heated air.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Fast, high efficiency

• Aids in browning and seals

• Shortened cooking time

 

cooking.

in flavor.

from microwave energy.

BENEFITS

• Oven and surroundings

• Cooks some foods faster

• Browning and crisping

 

do not get hot.

than regular ovens.

from convection heat.

 

• Easy clean-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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