QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Can I operate my microwave oven | No. If you remove or turn over the turntable, you will get poor |
without the turntable or turn the turntable | cooking results. Dishes used in your oven must fit on the |
over to hold a large dish? | turntable. |
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Can I use a rack in my microwave oven | You can use a rack only if the rack is supplied with your |
so that I may reheat or cook on two | microwave oven. If you use a rack not supplied with the |
levels at a time? | microwave oven, you can get poor cooking performance and/or |
| arcing. |
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Can I use either metal or aluminum pans | You can use aluminum foil for shielding (use small, flat pieces), |
in my microwave oven? | small skewers, and shallow foil trays (if tray is not taller than |
| 1.9 cm [3⁄4 inch] deep and half filled with food to absorb |
| microwave energy). Never allow metal to touch walls or door. |
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Is it normal for the turntable to turn in | Yes. The turntable rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, |
either direction? | depending on the rotation of the motor when the cooking cycle |
| begins. |
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Sometimes the door of my microwave | This appearance is normal and does not |
oven appears wavy. Is this normal? | affect the operation of your oven. |
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What are the humming noises that I hear | You may hear the sound of the transformer when the |
when my microwave oven is operating? | magnetron tube cycles on. |
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Why does the dish become hot when I | As the food becomes hot it will conduct the heat to the dish. |
microwave food in it? I thought that this | Be prepared to use hot pads to remove food after cooking. |
should not happen. |
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What does “standing time” mean? | “Standing time” means that food should be removed from the |
| oven and covered for additional time to allow it to finish |
| cooking. This frees the oven for other cooking. |
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Why does steam come out of the air | Steam is normally produced during cooking. The microwave |
exhaust vent? | oven has been designed to vent this steam out the vents. |
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Can I pop popcorn in my microwave | Yes. Pop packaged microwave popcorn following |
oven? How do I get the best results? | manufacturer’s guidelines or use the preset POPCORN pad. |
| Do not use regular paper bags. Use the “listening test” by |
| stopping the oven as soon as the popping slows to a “pop” |
| every 1 or 2 seconds. Do not repop unpopped kernels. Do not |
| pop popcorn in glass cookware. |
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