Whirlpool RM278PXL Use And Care Manual page 21

HUWMICROWWEOVENSUFORK
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.
Microwaves are like TV
waves or light waves. You
can't see them, but You can
see what they do.
Mod? Mixer Magr
/
Oven Cavity
A magnetron produces
-.
mrcrowaves. the mrcrowaves
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.
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tron
Bottom
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Microwaves pass through
glass, paper and plastic
without heating them so food
absorbs the energy. Micro-
waves bounce off metal pans
so food does not absorb the
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
Metal Floor
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.
The microwaves disturb
water molecules in the food.
As the molecules bounce
around bumping into each