Microwave Terms - GE Spacemaker PVM2070 Owner's Manual

Microwave Terms
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Arcing
Covering
Shielding
Standing Time
Venting
Definition
Arcing is tile microwave tel'm fl)r sparks ill tile ()veil. Arcing is caused by:
" tile metal shelf being installed incorrectly and touching tile
microwave walls.
" metal or fl)il touching tile side of tile oven.
, fl)il that is not molded to fl)od (upturned edges act like antennas).
" metal such as twist-ties, poultry pins, gold-rimmed dishes.
" recycled paper towels containing small metal pieces.
Covers hokl in moisture, allow for more even heating and reduce cooking
time. Venting plastic wrap or covering with wax paper allows excess steam
to escape.
Ill a regular oven, you shield chicken breasts or baked fl)ods to prevent
ove>browning. When microwaving, you use small strips of flfil to shield
thin parts, such as tile tips of wings and legs on poultry, which would cook
beflwe larger parts.
When you cook with regular 55\ells, fl/ods such as *'(lasts or cakes are
allowed to stand to finish cooking or to set. Standing time is especially
important ill microwave cooking. Note that a microwaved cake is slot
placed on a cooling rack.
After covering a dish with plastic wrap, you vent tile plastic wrap by
tHrlling
back
one corner so excess steilI// Cilll escnpe.
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