Using The Pre-Programmed Convenience Food Pads - Amana AOR27DE Use & Care Manual

USING THE PREPROGRAMMED FOOD PADS
1o
2.
3.
Place the food in the oven and close the oven door.
Press
STOP/RESET
to clear the display.
Press the desired preprogrammed pad. The prepro-
grammed time and "MICRO" will be displayed.
NOTE: If you press any of the multiple food pads, MINI
MEAL, SOUP, POTATO OR HOT DRINK, a "t" and two letters
representingthe pad name willbe displayed.For example,
if you presspad 5, "LU" (forLunch)will be displayed.
4. Press
START.
The oven willoperateand thetimewill
countdown."MICRO"and "POWER"willbe displayed.
5. The oven will stop and sound a signal at the end of the
cooking time.
NOTE:To stop the oven,press
STOP/RESET
once.
To clearthedisplay,press
STOP/RESET
twice.
USING THE PREPROGRAMMED CONVENIENCE FOOD PADS
Your oven features ten preprogrammed number pads specifically designed to cook some of the more popular microwaveable foods fast and
easy using full power. The chart below outlines each preprogrammed pad in detail.
Pad Pad Preprogrammed
Number Name Time Uses Instructions
1 REHEAT 10 seconds Reheat a cinnamon roll or soften butter.
2 REHEAT 30 seconds Reheat a slice of pizza or cook a scrambled egg.
3 REHEAT 1 rain.,30 sec. Reheat a plate of food or a cheese spread.
4 FROZEN 4:00 minutes Designed to cook a 9-10 oz. package of frozen vegetables to
VEG. serving temperature,
Follow these guidelines to reprogram the pad to cook other
package sizes of frozen vegetables.
Package Size Time
4-5 oz. 2:00-2:30
6-8 oz. 2:00-3:00
12-16 oz. 4:30-6:00
28-32 oz. 9:00-11:00
Empty the contents of the package into a
1-11/2quart casserole dish. Heat, covered.
Stir halfway through the cooking time.
Note: If heating vegetables in a pouch,
pierce pouch before heating.
MINI 1 minute
MEALS
SOUP 1 min., 45 sec.
Designed to heat a 71/2-81/2 oz. (room temperature) lunch sized Prepare the mini meal for heating per the
serving mini meal, such as Hormel Micro Cup
TM,
Chef Boyardee ® package instructions. Stir soups before
Microwave Meals and Lunch Buckets, to serving temperature. Up heating to prevent boil overs. Stir all mini
to four individual meals can be heated at one time. See page 20 for meals before serving.
instructions. Follow these guidelines to reprogram the pad to heat
othersingle servingmeals.
PackageSize Time*
71/2-81/2 oz. 1:35-1:50
(refrigerated
temperature)
101/2 o z. 1:35-1:50
(roomtemperature)
101/2 o z. 2:10-2:20
(refrigerated
temperature)
Designed to heat a 10'/2-11 oz. can of ready-to-eat soup to serving
temperature. Up to four individual servings of soup can be heated
at one time. See page 20for instructions.
Stirsoup vigorously o r pour from the can into
the servingbowlbefore reheating toprevent
boil overs.Coverwithventedplastic wrap,
for faster moreevenheating.
7 POTATO 3 minutes Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork to
allow steam to escape during cooking. Place
in the oven on a microwave-safe paper towel.
Tum over halfway through the cooking time.
Let stand 2 minutes before serving.
Note: if cooking more than one potato,
arrange in a circular pattern on the micro-
wave-safe paper towel.
Designed to cook a 6-7 oz. baking potato. Up to 8 potatoes can be
cooked at one time. Follow these guidelines to reprogram the pad
to cook other sizes of potatoes.
Weight Time*
5-6 oz. 2:45-3:00
9-10 oz. 3:15-3:30
11-12 oz. 3:30-4:00
8 HOT DRINK 1 min., 15 sec. Designed to heat a room temperature 6-8 oz. cup of your favorite Note: To prevent boil overs when heating
hot drink, i.e. coffee, tea or cider. Up to four individual cups can be cocoa, heat the water before adding the
heated at one time. See page 20 for instructions, cocoa mix.
9 POPCORN 2 min., 45 sec. Designed to pop most 3.5 oz. packages of microwave popcorn. Follow package directions for popping.
0 PIZZA 2 min., 45 sec.
Specialty popcorn, i.e. cheese, caramel or toffee flavors may take
less time to pop.
Follow these guidelines to reprogram the pad to pop different size
bags of popcorn.
Weight Time
1.5-1.75 oz. 1:50-2:10
7 oz. 4:20-4:35
Designed to cook a single serving 7" round or 41/2 " deep dish pizza
or a 7"x3"x31/2" french bread pizza. For best results, choose
pizzas which have packaging that enhances crispness and
browning.
Prepare the pizza for cooking per the package
instructions. Turn the pizza a quarter-turn
halfway through the cooking time.
*NOTE: To cook multiple items, reprogram the oven for the time recommended for one serving. The oven will automatically calculate the time for
cooking more than one serving. See page 21. 20