How Microwave Ovens Work; Bi-Level Oven Rack - Whirlpool RM275PXL Use & Care Manual

HOW MICROWAVE OVENS WORK
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.
Mode Mixer Magnetron
Oven Cavity
Bottom
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Metal Floor
Microwaw;s are like TV
waves or Itght waves. You
can't see them Dut you can
see what hley do
MiorowawPs poss through
glass, paper and plastic
without heahng them so food
absorbs the. energy Micro-
waves balance off rnetai pans
so food does not absorD the
energy
A magnetron produces
microwaves The microwaves
move into the oven where
they are scattered around by
a stirrer [like a fan)
Microwaves bounce off
metal oven walls and are
absorbed by food
Microwaves may not reach
the center of a roast. The heat
around the outside is what
cooks the roast all the way
through. This is one of the
reasons for letting some
foods [roasts, baked pota-
toes] stand for a while after
cQoking, or for stirring some
foods during the cooking
time.
The bottom of your micro-
wave oven lets micro-
waves through, Then they
bounce off the metal
floor, back through the
bottom, and are ab-
sorbed by the food.
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The microwaves disturb
water molecules in the food
As the molecules bounce
around Dumping into each
other, heat is made. like rub-
bing your hands together.
Th,s is the heat that cooks
BI-LEVEL OVEN RACK
_se the Bi-Level Oven Rack to stack foods when cooking in more than one container.
The rack can be turned upside-down to help fit taller containers on the bottom of the
First Position: Use the rack only when heating
more than one container of food.
Do not let a container touch the top of the
oven.
Second Position: Turn rack upside-down
when using a taller container on the bottom
of the over,
CLEANING THE RACK
• Wash by hand with a mild detergent.
• Wash on the top rack of a dishwasher
• Do not use abrasive scrubbers or cleansers
SPECIAL CAUTIONS
• Put food in containers, then place con-
tainers on rack.
• Do not cook foods directly on rack without
putting them in conta;ners first,
• Do not use wlth browning dish.
• Use only in the microwave oven.
• Do not let food or container touch the top of
the oven.
• Do not store rack in the oven,
• Use only when cooking foods in more than
one container.
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