INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW
About Your Oven
This Operation Manual is valuable: read it carefully and always save it for reference.
The Sharp Carousel Convection Microwave Cookbook is a valuable asset. Check it frequently for cooking principles, techniques, hints and recipes.
NEVER use the oven without the turntable and support nor turn the turntable over so that a large dish could be placed in the oven. The turntable will turn both clockwise and counterclockwise.
ALWAYS have food in the oven when it is on to absorb the microwave energy.
When using the oven at power levels below 100%, you may hear the magnetron cycling on and off.
Condensation is a normal part of microwave cooking. Room humidity and the moisture in food will influence the amount of moisture that condenses in the oven. Generally, covered foods will not cause as much condensation as uncovered ones. Vents on the oven back must not be blocked.
After using convection, automatic mix or broil, you will hear the sound of the cooling fan. The fan may continue to operate as long as 5 minutes, depending on the oven temperature.
Be aware that, unlike
The oven is for food preparation only. It should not be used to dry clothes or newspapers.
Your oven is rated 900 watts using the IEC Test Procedure. In using recipes or package directions, check food at the minimum time and add time accordingly.
About Food
| DO | DON’T |
|
|
|
Eggs, sausages, | * Puncture egg yolks before cooking to | * Cook eggs in shells. |
nuts, seeds, fruits | prevent “explosion”. | * Reheat whole eggs. |
& vegetables | * Pierce skins of potatoes, apples, | * Dry nuts or seeds in shells. |
| squash, hot dogs and sausages so that |
|
| steam escapes. |
|
|
|
|
Popcorn | * Use specially bagged popcorn for the | * Pop popcorn in regular brown |
| microwave oven. | bags or glass bowls. |
| * Listen while popping corn for the | * Exceed maximum time on |
| popping to slow to 1 or 2 seconds or use | popcorn package. |
| POPCORN pad for |
|
| * Use an overturned 9 or 10 inch oven |
|
| proof glass pie plate on top of the |
|
| turntable when popping bagged |
|
| microwave popcorn. |
|
|
|
|
Baby food | * Transfer baby food to small dish and | * Heat baby food in original jars. |
| heat carefully, stirring often. Check | * Heat disposable bottles. |
| temperature before serving. | * Heat bottles with nipples on. |
| * Put nipples on bottles after heating and |
|
| shake thoroughly. “Wrist” test before |
|
| feeding. |
|
|
|
|
General | * Cut baked goods with filling after | * Heat or cook in closed glass jars |
| heating to release steam and avoid | or air tight containers. |
| burns. | * Can in the microwave as |
| * Stir liquid briskly before and after | |
| heating to avoid “eruption”. | harmful bacteria may not be |
| * Use deep bowl when cooking liquid or | destroyed. |
| cereal to prevent boilovers. | * Deep fat fry. |
|
| * Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet |
|
| papers. |
|
|
|
5
