cookware guide

To cook food in the microwave oven, the microwaves must be able to penetrate the food, without being reflected or absorbed by the dish used.

Care must therefore be taken when choosing the cookware. If the cookware is marked microwave-safe, you do not need to worry.

The following table lists various types of cookware and indicates whether and how they should be used in a microwave oven.

CookwareMicrowave-Comments

 

 

Safe

 

Aluminium foil

 

Can be used in small quantities to

 

 

 

protect areas against overcooking.

 

 

 

Arcing can occur if the foil is too close

 

 

 

to the oven wall or if too much foil is

 

 

 

used.

 

 

 

Browning plate

 

Do not preheat for more than eight

 

 

 

minutes.

 

 

 

China and earthenware

 

Porcelain, pottery, glazed earthenware

 

 

 

and bone china are usually suitable,

 

 

 

unless decorated with a metal trim.

 

 

 

Disposable polyester

 

Some frozen foods are packaged in

cardboard dishes

 

these dishes.

 

 

 

Fast-food packaging

 

 

Polystyrene cups

 

Can be used to warm food.

 

containers

 

Overheating may cause the polystyrene

 

 

 

to melt.

Paper bags or

 

May catch fire.

 

newspaper

 

 

Recycled paper or

 

May cause arcing.

 

metal trims

 

 

 

 

 

Glassware

 

 

Oven-to-table ware

 

Can be used, unless decorated with a

 

 

 

metal trim.

Fine glassware

 

Can be used to warm foods or liquids.

 

 

 

Delicate glass may break or crack if

 

 

 

heated suddenly.

Glass jars

 

Must remove the lid. Suitable for

 

 

 

warming only.

 

 

 

 

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