Getting to Know Your Microwave-Convection Hood Combination

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 ...

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Using

the cooktop/countertop

 

Microwave

oven

features

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light .

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Control panel features.

... 11

Using

the

bi-level cooking rack ...

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Using

the

exhaust

fan

... 14

Setting

the

clock

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Using

the

Minute Timer

.... 19

How microwave cooking works e&a

Magnetron

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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.

Mixing anten na

Oven cavity

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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