Safety Instructions and Precautions | 6 |
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND PRECAU TIONS
GENERAL SAFETY
•Always use pot holders to prevent burns when handling utensils that are in contact with hot food. Enough heat from the food can transfer through utensils to cause skin burns.
•Avoid steam burns by directing steam away from the face and hands. Slowly lift the farthest edge of a dish’s covering and carefully open popcorn and oven cooking bags away from the face.
•Stay near the microwave oven while it is in use and check cooking progress frequently so that there is no chance of overcooking food.
•Never use the oven cavity for storing cookbooks or other items.
•Select, store and handle food carefully to preserve its high quality and minimize the spread of food- borne bacteria.
•Keep the waveguide cover clean. Food residue can cause arcing and fires. Refer to page 43.
•Use care when removing items from the oven so that the utensil, your clothes or accessories do not touch the safety door latches.
•Always have food in the microwave oven when it is on to absorb the microwave energy.
•Never use the microwave oven without the turntable and support. Never turn the turntable over so that a large dish can be placed in the oven. The turntable will turn both clockwise and counterclockwise.
•If the oven light fails, consult Wolf factory certified service.
•When using the microwave oven at power levels below 100%, you may hear the magnetron cycling on and off. It is normal for the exterior of the oven to be warm to the touch when cooking or reheating.
•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.
•The microwave oven is for food preparation only. It should not be used to dry clothes or newspa- pers.
•Your microwave oven is rated 1200 watts by using the IEC test procedure. In using recipes or package directions, check food a minute or two before the minimum time and add time accord- ingly.
