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This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you to the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before use.

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How	microwave		cooking works ...	...... 8	Using	the cooktop/countertop
Microwave		oven	features	.... 10	light .	...............................................		.... 15
Control panel features.				... 11	Using	the	bi-level cooking rack ...	.... 17
Using	the	exhaust	fan	... 14	Setting	the	clock	.... 18
					Using	the	Minute Timer	.... 19

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Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food.

Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You cannot see them, but you can see what they do.

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A magnetron in the microwave oven produces microwaves. The microwaves move into the area under the oven floor. There they bounce off the mixing antenna into the oven where they contact the food.

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