Convection Cooking - GE JEBC200B Use And Care Manual

Cooking with your new oven offers a wide variety
of food preparation options. Microwave cooking
uses very short, high frequency radio waves. The
movement of the microwaves through the food
generates heat and cooks most foods faster than
regular methods, while retaining their natural
texture and moisture. Microwave cooking heats
food directly, not the cookware or the interior of
the oven. Reheating is easy and defrosting is
particularly convenient because less time is
spent in food preparation.
Convection cooking constantly circulates heated
air around the food, creating even browning and
sealed-in flavor by the constant motion of hot air
over the food surfaces.
Your new oven also offers the option of combination
cooking, using microwave energy along with
convection cooking. You cook with speed and
accuracy, while browning and crisping to perfection.
You can use microwave cooking, convection cooking
or combination cooking to cook by time. Simply
preset the length of cooking time desired and your
oven turns off automatically. Or you can cook by
temperature, by these methods, using the temperature
probe to determine the doneness by the internal
temperature of the food. This method takes the
guesswork out of cooking, shutting the oven off
automatically when the food reaches the desired
temperature.
Comparison Guide
Microwave
Microwave energy is
COOKING
METHOD distributed evenly throughout
the oven for thorough, fast
cooking of food.
HEAT Microwave energy.
SOURCE
HEAT Heat produced within food
CONDUCTION by instant energy penetration.
BENEFITS Fast, high efficiency cooking.
Oven and surroundings do
not get hot. Easy clean-up.
Read this book to learn the many different things your Microwave/ConvectiotiCombination Oven can do. You will find a wide
variety of cooking methods and programs designed to suit your lifestyle.
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The Microwave Sensor Cooking Features (Auto
Cook, Auto Reheat and Popcorn) do your microwave
cooking for you. They are easy and convenient—just
follow the step-by-step instructions in this manual. A
sensor detects steam from the food and automatically
adjusts cooking time and power level for best results.
Combination Auto Roast is a cooking function that
uses the temperature probe. You simply select from
3 Combination Auto Roast codes, and the oven
automatically adjusts power level, oven temperature
and internal food temperature to cook the food the
way you want it.
Auto Defrost automatically sets the defrosting time
and power levels for you. Enter the food weight in
pounds and tenths of a pound and touch the START
pad. The oven calculates the defrosting time and
changes power levels during defrosting to give even
defrosting results.
The Auto StatiReminder feature lets you program the
oven to start cooking at a desired time, even if you're
not at home. The Reminder feature can be used like
an alarm clock.
The following guide shows at a glance the difference
between microwave, convection and combination
cooking.
Convection
Hot air circulates around
food to produce browned
exteriors and seal in juices.
Circulating heated air.
Heat conducted from
outside of food to inside.
Aids in browning and seals
in flavor. Cooks some foods
faster than regular ovens.
Combination
Microwave energy and convection
heat combine to cook foods in
one-half the time of regular ovens,
while browning and sealing in juices.
Microwave energy and circulating
heated air.
Food heats from instant energy from
penetration and heat conducted from
outside of food.
Shortened cooking time from
microwave energy, plus browning
and crisping from convection heat.
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