GE JET340D Use And Care Manual page 4

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When using the convection or
combination cooking functions,
both the exterior and interior of
oven will become hot. Always use
hot pads to remove containers of
food or accessories such as oven
racks, ceramic oven tray or probe.
c Some products such as whole
eggs and sealed containers-for
example, closed glass jars-may
explode and should not be heated
in this oven.
Avoid heating baby food in
glass jars, even without their lids;
especially meat and egg mixtures.
o Donl defrost frozen beverages
in narrow necked bottles; espe-
cially carbomted ones. Even if the
container is opened, pressure can
build up. This can cause the con-
tainer to burst, resulting in injury.
Use metal only as directed in
Cookbook. Metal strips as used
on meat roasts are helpful when
used as shown in Cookbook.
TV dinners maybe cooked in
metal trays but when using shelf
they must be replaced in their
box. However, when using metal
in microwave oven, keep metal
(except for shelf accessory) at least
l-inch away fkom sides of oven.
Cooking utensils may become
hot because of heat transferred
from the heated food. This is
especially true if plastic wrap has
been covering the top and handles
of the utensil. Potholders maybe
needed to handle the utensil.
Sometimes, the oven floor can
become too hot to touch. Be
careful touching the floor during
and after cooking.
Do not use regular cooking or
oven thermometers when cooking
by microwave or comb-tion.
The metal and mercury in these
thermometers could cause "arcing"
and possible damage to oven.
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a Remove the temperature probe
from the oven when not using it
to cook with. If you leave the
probe inside the oven without
inserting it in food or liquid, and
turn on microwave energy, it can
create electrical arcing in the oven,
and damage oven walls.
o Plastic Utensils-Plastic uten-
sils designed for microwave
cooking are very useful, but
should be used carefully. Even
microwave plastic may not be as
tolerant of overcooking conditions
as are glass or ceramic materials
and may soften or char if sub-
jected to short periods of over-
cooking. In longer exposures to
overcooking, the food and utensils
could ignite. For these reasons:
1) Use microwave plastics only
"and use them" in strict com-
pliance with the utensil manufac-
turer's recommendations. 2) Do
not subject empty utensils to
microwaving. 3) Do not permit ,
children to use plastic utensils
without complete supervision.
o When cooking pork follow our
directions exactly and always .
cook the meat to at least 17(P.
This assures that, in the remote
possibility that trichina may be
present in the meat, it will be
killed and meat will be safe to eat.
c Boiling eggs (in and out of
shell) is not recommended for
microwave cooking. Pressure can
build up inside egg yolk and may
cause it to burst, resulting in
injury.
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~ Foods with unbroken outer
'skin" such as potatoes, hot dogs
or sausages, tomatoes, apples,
chicken livers and other giblets,
and eggs (see previous caution)
should be pierced to allow steam
to escape during cooking.
Q "Boilable" cooking pouches
and tightly closed plastic bags
should be slit, pierced or vented as
directed in Cookbook. If they are
not, plastic could burst during or
immediately after cooking, pos-
sibly resulting in injury. Also,
plastic storage containers should
beat least partially uncovered
because they form a tight seal.
When cooking with containers
tightly covered with plastic wrap,
remove covering carefully and
direct steam away from hands
and face.
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Use of the shelf accessory. (See
your Cookbook for proper use.)
- Remove the shelf from oven
when not in use.
-Do not store or cook with shelf
on floor of oven. Product damage
may result.
—Use potholders when handling
the shelf and utensils. They may
be hot.
-Do not use microwave brown-
ing dish on shelf. The shelf could
overheat. Use of shelf with Auto-
matic Cooking feature is not
recommended.
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