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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
A WARNING!
4
MICROWAVE-SAFE
COOKWARE
Make sure to use suitable
cookware
during
iilicrowave
cooking.
Most
glass
casseroles,
cooking
dishes, measuring
cups, custard
cups, potmry
or
china
dim_erware
which
does not have metallic
trim
or glaze with a metallic
sheen
can be used. Some
cookware
is labeled
"suitable
tot microwaving."
•
Place food or microwavable
container
directly
on the glass turntable
to cook w)m" food.
•
Use of the black metal tray during
microwave
cooking
will result in inferior
cooking
perlimnance.
•
If you are not sm'e it a dish is microwave-sate,
use this test: Place in the oven both the dish you
are testing
and a glass measming
cup filled with
1 cup of water--set
the measuring
cup either
in
or next to the dish. Microwave
30-45 seconds
at high. If the dish heats, it should
not be used
tot microwaving.
If the dish remains
cool and only the water in
the cup heats, then the dish is microwave-sate.
•
Ove_Mzed fi)od or oversized
metal cookware
should
not be used in a microwave/convection
oven because
they increase
the risk of electric
shock and
could
catlse
a fire.
•
Sometimes
the oven floor; turntable
and walls
can becollle
too hot to touch. Be careflll
touching
the flora; tm'ntable
and walls during
and alter cooking.
•
Ifw)u
use a meat
them]ometer
while cooking,
make sure it is sale for use in microwave
ovens.
•
Do not use rec)'cled
paper
products.
Recycled
paper
towels, napkins
and waxed paper
can
contain
metal flecks which
may cause arcing
or ignim. Paper
products
containing
nylon
or nylon filaments
should
be avoided,
as they
may also ignim.
•
Some sP,,roloam
trays (like those that meat
is packaged
on) have a thin strip of metal
embedded
in the bottom.
_4]]en microwaved,
the metal can burn the floor of the oven or
ignite a paper
towel,
•
Do not use the microwave
to (h 7 newspape_.
•
Not all plastic wrap is suitable tbr use in
microwave
ovens. Check
the package
for
[)i'o[)ei"/Ise.
•
Do not use paper products
when
the
microwave/convection
oven is operamd
in the
convection
or COll/bination
illode.
•
Paper
towels,
waxed
paper
and
plastic
wrap
can be used
to cover
dishes
in order
to retain
moisture
and
prevent
spattering.
Be sm'e
to
vent
plastic
wrap
so steam
can escape.
•
Cookware
may become
hot because
of heat
transferred
fl'om
the
heamd
food.
Pot
holde_
may be needed
U) handle
the
cookware.
"Boilable"
cooking
pouches
and tightly closed
plastic bags shouM
be slit, pierced
or vented
as
directed
by package.
If they are not, plastic couM
bm_t dm'ing
or immediately
after cooking,
possibly resulting
in injui T. A]so, plastic storage
containers
should
be at least partially
uncovered
because
they titan
a fight seal. _]]en
cooking
with containe_
tightly covered
with plastic wrap,
remove
covering
careflflly and direct steam away
fi'om hands and e_ce.
Use toil only as directed
in this guide. TV dinne_
may be microwaved
in tbil trays less than 3/4"
high; remove the top toil cover and return
the
troy to the box. \4lien
using foil in the microwave
oven, kee I) the foil at least 1" away from the sides
of the oven.
•
Plastic cookware---Plasfic
cookware
designed
tor
microwave
cooking
is ve_y usefifl, but should
be
used careflfllv. Even microwave-sate
plasfc
may
not be as tolerant
ot overcooking
condifons
as
are glass or ceramic
materials,
and may solten
or
char if subjected
to short periods
of overcooking.
In hmger
exposures
to overcooking,
the food
and cookware
could ignim.
•
Use of the shelf accessory:
-- Remove
the shelf flx)m the oven when not in use.
-- Use pot holde_
when handling
the shelf and
cookware.
They Illav be hot.
-- Be sm'e that the shelf is positioned
properly
inside the oven to prevent
product
damage.
-- Do not {'over the shell or any i)ml ot the oven
with metal fi)il. This will cause ovefl]eating
ot the
II]i{TO_;Ive/{'onve{'[ion
()veil,
Follow these guidelines:
UUse
microwave-sati
_ plastics only and use
them in strict compliance
xdth the cookware
IIla n ti[il Ct t ii'ei"s
I'e COlIllI/e
n da tions.
_'_
Do
not
IlliCl'OWa_,e
ell/l)g
,' containei's.
_Do
not pemfit
children
to use plastic
cookware
without
complete
super\ision.
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