GE Monogram ZMW2000 Series Use And Care Manual page 27

GUIDETO USE OF THE OVEN SHELF
•Use the shelf only when cooking food on 2
levels. Food microwaves best when placed
directly on the oven floor.
.Do not store or cook with metal shelf on
floor of oven. Product damage may result.
•Use pot holders when handling metal shelf
and cookware. They may be hot.
.Do not store microwave browning dish on
metal shell:
•Use of shelf with the Auto Cook, Auto Reheat
or Popcorn program is not recommended.
The wire shelf is specifically designed for added
capacity heating and reheating in your microwave
oven. Now more than 1 food may be heated or
reheated and ready to serve al the same time.
Batters and dough foods and also uncooked foods
which need to be prepared from scratch should be
cooked without the oven shelf.
How to Insert the Shelf Into the Oven
To insert the shelf, slide it all the
way in until it drops into place on
the shelf supports.
Make sure the raised bumps on
the sides of the shelf are on the
top or the shelf will not rest
solidly on the shelf supports.
Use the shelf only when cooking
food on 2 levels. To prevent
arcing, remove the shelf when
you are not using it.
How to Reheat Several Different Types of Foods
When heating several different types of food together,
foods which should be served hot must be placed on
the oven floor, while foods which need only to be
warmed should be placed on the shelf. This is
because microwave energy enters the oven from the
bottom only. Also, it is important to remember that
foods absorb microwave energy at different rates.
Rates can be affected by the size of the food, and its
starting temperature.
Because of the varying rates, you may need to start
reheating a large or dense food a few minutes ahead
of time, then add other smaller or less dense foods.
Alternately, if one of the foods you are heating seems
undercooked but the others are heated satisfactorily,
let the underheated food continue cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of food at High (10).
To determine heating times, add times for all foods
together. After half of time, stir or rearrange foods
(do not reverse positions). Check foods (especially
those on the oven floor) after 3/4 of total time and
remove any which are done, Continue cooking others,
Together
Place on the
floor larger
or more dense
foods, which
need the most
heating, such
as leftover
fried chicken,
casseroles of
canned or leftover vegetables, rice or pasta. Place
on the oven shelf those foods which need only be
warmed, such as bakery pies, rolls, muffins or breads.
Pop popcorn on the microwave oven floor only.
Popcorn placed on the oven shelf will not pop
properly. Use prepackaged popcorn labeled for
use In
microwave
ovens.
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