E Cooking Comparison Guide - Kenmore 721.68360 Owner's Manual

Cooking Comparison Guide
Cooking with your new oven offers a wide vadety of feed
preparation options, Microwave cooking uses very short.
Itigh-frequency radio waves. The movement of the
microwaves through the food generates heat: and cooks
moat foods faster" than regular methods, whiie retaining
their naturaI te×_ure and moisture. Mk'4"owave cooking
heats food directly, no[ the cookware or the interior of the
oven. Reheating is easy and defrosting is particularly
convenient because tess time is spent in food preparation.
Convection cooking constantly circulates heated air
aro_nd the bed, creating even browning and _._ated - in
flavor by 9_e constant motion of hot air over the food
surfaces.
The Sensor Cooking features make your microwave do the
cooking for you, It's easy and convenient - just follow the
step - by _ step instructions in this guide. A sensor detects
steam from the food and automatically adiusts cooking
time and power level for best result&
Combination Roast uses _ternating microwave and
convection to roast meets to perfection.
Auto Defrost automatically sots the defrosting time and
power _evels according to the weight of the bed. Just
enter the food weight in pounds and tenths el a pound and
touch the START _ad, The oven autematicaflys calculates
the correct defros:[ing time and power tevels
Your new oven also offers the option of combination
cooking, using microwave energy abng with convection
cooking, You cook with speed and eccuraey_ while
browning and crispin# to perlection.
You OaRuse microwave cooking, convection cooking or
combination cookk_g 1ocook by time. Simply prese_ the
tength of cooldng time desired and your oven turns o_t
automatically. Or you can cook by temperature, by these
methods, using the temperature probe to determine the
deneness by the internal temperature of the food, This
method takes the guesswork out of cooking, strutting tl_e
oven off automatically wl_n the _ood reaches tt_e desired
temperature.
The Detay Start/Reminder feature b_s you program the
ove_ to start cooking at a, desired time, even if you're not
at lleme, The Remit, dot feature can be used like an alarm
ctock.
1"he ioltowing guide shows a_ e glance the difference
between microwave, convection end combination cooking.
Microwave Convection Combination
COOKING Hot air circulates around
METHOD food to produce: browned
exteriors and seated-in
juices,
Microwave energy is
d!Strbuted evenly
throughout the oven for
thorough, fast cooking of
food,
M_crowave energy and convection
heat combir_e to cook foods in up
to one-hal_ the time of regular
ovens, while browning and sea_ing
in iuices.
HEAT Microwave energy. Circulating heated air. Mbrowave energy and circulating
SOURCE heated air_
HEAT Heat produced within food Heat conducted from Food heats from instant energy
CONDUCTION by instant energy outside of food to inside, from penetration and heat
penetration conducted from outside of food.
BENEFITS Fast, high efficiency Aids _nbrowning and seafs Shortened cook}ng tirne from
cooking, Oven and in flavor, Cooks some microwave energy, plus browning
surroundings do net get foods faster than regular and crisping from convection heat.
hot. Easy cIean-up, overs.
Read this guide to learn tile many different _hings your MicrowaveiConvection/Combination Oven ea_ do.
Yeu witl find a wide variety of cooking methods and programs designed to suit your lifestyle.