Heating Or Reheating Guide - GE Spacemaker II JEM20H Use And Care Manual

Heating or Reheating Guide

1.
Directions below are for reheating already-cooked foods at refrigerator or room temperature. Use microwave oven safe conbiners.
2. Cover most foods for fastest heating. Exceptions are rare or medium meats, some sandwiches, griddle foods like pancakes and baked foods.
3. Adjust temperatures to your personal taste. Stir foods before serving.
4. Be sure foods are heated through before serving. Steaming or bubbling around edges does not necessarily mean food is heated throughout. Stir
food once or twice during heating, if possible, to ensure even, thorough heating. As a general rule, hot foods produce an
in center of underside of dish.
Item
Appetizers
Saucy; such as meatballs, riblets,
cocktail franks, etc.
cup/serving)
(Y2
Dips: cream or processed cheese
Pastry bites: small pizzas, egg rolls, etc.
Tip: Cover saucy appetizers with wax paper. Cover dips with plastic wrap. Do not cover pastry bites, they will not be crisp.
Plate of Uftovers
Meat plus 2 vegetables
Tip: Cover plate of food with wax paper or plastic wrap. Rotate plate 1/2 turn after haIf of time.
Saucy main dishes: chop suey, spaghetti,
creamed chicken, chili, stew, macaroni and
cheese, etc. (%-1 cup/serving)
Rare beef roast, minimum time; Medium rare,
maximum time (3 to 4-oz./serving)
Well done: beef, pork, ham, poultry, etc.
Steaks, chops, ribs, other meat pieces:
Rare beef steak
Well done beef, chops, ribs, etc.
Hamburgers or meat loaf
(4-oz./serving)
Chicken pieces
Hot dogs and sausages
Breakfast sausage links
Rice and pasta
(%-% cup/serving)
Topped or mixed with sauce
Tip: Cover main dishes with plastic wrap. Cover other main dishes and meats with wax paper. Do not cover rare or medium rare meats. When
heating or reheating 3 to 4 servings of meat slices or pieces, rotate cookware 1/2 turn after half of time.
Coffee, tea, cider, other water based
Cocoa, other milk based
Tip: Do not cover.
Amount
1 to 2 servings High (10)
3 to 4 servings High (10)
Medium (5)
1 cup Medium (5)
2 to 4 servings High (10)
1 plate High (10)
1 to 2 servings High (10)
3 to 4 servings High (10)
1 can (16-oz.) High (10)
Meal-High (7)
3 to 4 servings Meal-High (7)
1 to 2 servings Meal-High (7)
Meal-High (7)
3 to 4 servings
1 to 2 servings Meal-High (7)
3 to 4 servings Meal-High (7)
1 to 2 servings Meal-High (7)
3 to 4 servings Meal-High (7)
1 to 2 servings High (10)
3 to 4 servings High (10)
High (10)
3 to 4 pieces High (10)
1 to 2 High (10)
3 to 4 High (10)
2 Medium (5)
4 Medium (5)
8 Medium (5)
1 to 2 servings High (10)
1 to 2 servings High (10)
3 to 4 servings High (10)
1 to 2 cups High (10)
3 to 4 cups High (10)
1 to 2 cups Meal-High (7)
Meal-High (7)
3 to 4 cups
10
warm to the touch
area
Approximate
2 to 3
3 to 5
1 to 3
2 to 3
1 to 2
2 to 3
2 to 8
9 to 15
4 to 6
1 to 2
2 to 3
1 to 3
4 to 6
1 to 2
3 to 4
2 to 3
3 to 5
2 to 3
4 to 6
1 to 2
3 to 5
1 to 1 %
2 to 3
1 to 2
2 to 5
4 to 7
1 to 3
5 to 8
1 to 3
4 to 8