Using Top Brown; Using Aluminum; Cooking You Should Not Do In Your Microwave - Sears Kenmore ELITE 65.69642 Use And Care Manual

USING TOP BROWN
Top Brown uses a halogen element that heats quickly
to brown and crisp the top of foods that have been
cooking in the microwave oven. Top Brown can be
used to crisp and brown the toppings of casseroles
and desserts. It can also be used to crisp the tops of
pizza and other foods cooked in the Skillette pan.
Use the browner rack to place food closer to the Top
Brown element for faster browning. When food covers
the entire rack, turn the Turntable ON. To Top Brown
single servings or smaller quantities of food faster,
position food on the front half of the browner rack or
the center front of the cooking rack directly under the
Top Brown element and turn the Turntable OFE
Place the Skillette pan on the browner rack to Top
Brown foods that have been cooked in the
microwave. Do not operate any microwave
function with the SkUlette pan placed on the
browner rack or cooking rack.
While Top Brown is in use, the fan operates at a low
speed automatically until the timer shuts off. See
"Manual Cooking in Stages" section to program Top
Brown to cook in stages.
Cleaning the browner rack
Clean with warm, soapy water. The browner rack is
dishwasher safe.
USING ALUMINUM FOIL
Metal containers should not be used in a microwave
oven. There are, however, some exceptions. If you
have purchased food which is prepackaged in an
aluminum foil container, refer to the instructions on
the package. When using aluminum foil containers,
cooking times may be longer because microwaves
will penetrate only the top of the food.
If you use aluminum containers without package
instructions, follow these guidelines:
• Place the container in a glass bowl and add some
water so that it covers the bottom of the container,
not more than _ in. (6.4 mm) high. This ensures
even heating of the container bottom.
• Always remove the lid to avoid damage to the oven.
• Use only undamaged containers.
• Do not use containers taller than ¾ in. (19 mm).
• Container must be at least half filled.
• To avoid arcing, there must be a minimum _ in.
(6.4 mm) between the aluminum container and the
walls of the oven and also between two aluminum
containers.
• Always place the container on the turntable.
• Reheating food in aluminum foil containers usually
takes up to double the time compared to reheating
in plastic, glass, china, or paper containers. The
time when food is ready will vary depending upon
the type of container you use.
• Let food stand for 2 to 3 minutes after heating so
that heat is spread evenly throughout container.
COOKING YOU SHOULD NOT DO IN YOUR
MICROWAVE OVEN
• Do not do canning of foods in the oven. Closed • Do not use the microwave oven to sterilize objects
glass jars may explode, resulting in damage to (baby bottles, etc.). It is difficult to keep the oven at
the oven. the high temperature needed for sterilization.
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