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Cooking Instructions

Cooking Guide

Guide for Cooking Poultry in Your Microwave

Guide for Cooking Meat in Your Microwave

• Place poultry on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe

dish.

• Place meat on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe

• Cover poultry with wax paper to prevent spattering.

dish.

• Use aluminum foil to shield bone tips, thin meat areas, or areas that

• Start meat fat-side down. Use narrow strips of aluminum foil to shield

start to overcook.

any bone tips or thin meat areas.

• Check the temperature in several places before letting the poultry

• Check the temperature in several places before letting the meat

stand the recommended time.

stand the recommended time.

 

The following temperatures are removal temperatures. The

temperature of the food will rise during the standing time.

 

Food

Cook Time/Power Level

Directions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food

Cook Time/Power Level

Directions

 

Whole

Cooking Time:

Place chicken breast-side

 

 

 

 

Chicken

6-9 min. / lb.

down on roasting rack. Cover

Roast

Cooking Time:

Place roast fat-side down on

 

 

180°F dark meat

with wax paper. Turn over

Beef

7-11 min. / lb. for 145° F -

roasting rack. Cover with wax

 

Up to 4 lbs.

 

170°F light meat

half way through cooking.

Boneless

Rare

paper. Turn over half way

 

 

 

Power Level: Medium

Cook until juices run clear

 

8-12 min. / lb. for 160° F -

through cooking. Let stand 10

 

 

 

 

 

High(7).

and meat near the bone is no

Up to 4 lbs.

Medium

minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

longer pink. Let stand 5-10

 

9-14 min. / lb. for 170° F -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minutes.

 

Well Done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken

 

 

 

Power Level: High(0) for

 

 

Cooking Time:

Place chicken bone-side

 

first 5 minutes, then

 

 

Pieces

6-9 min. / lb.

down on dish, with the

 

Medium(5).

 

 

 

180°F dark meat

thickest portions towards the

Pork

Cooking Time:

Place roast fat-side down on

 

Up to 2 lbs.

170°F light meat

outside of the dish. Cover

 

 

Power Level: Medium

with wax paper. Turn over

Boneless

11-15 min. / lb. for 170° F

roasting rack. Cover with wax

 

 

 

 

High(7).

half way through cooking.

or bone-in

Well Done

paper. Turn over half way

 

 

 

 

 

Cook until juices run clear

 

Power Level: High(0) for

through cooking. Let stand 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and meat near the bone is no

Up to 4 lbs.

first 5 minutes, then

minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

longer pink. Let stand 5-10

 

Medium(5).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expect a 10°F rise in temperature during the standing time.

 

Food

Remove from oven

After standing

 

(10 min.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beef

Rare

135°F

145°F

 

Medium

150°F

160°F

 

Well Done

160°F

170°F

Pork

Medium

150°F

160°F

 

Well Done

160°F

170°F

Poultry Dark meat

170°F

180°F

 

Light meat

160°F

170°F

 

 

 

 

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UMV2186AA specifications

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