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How to UseTemp HoId
Temp Hold is an especially
handy feature
of your mi-
crowave
oven. It lets you hold foods
at serving
tem-
perature,
keeping them "just-cooked"
hot and fresh.
With the Temp Hold feature:
1. You can select a holding
temperature
between
~
90° and 200"F.
2. You can select any Power Level you want.
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Because
foods tend to stay moist and tender
during
v
microwaving,
Temp Hold is the perfect
way to keep
vegetables,
casseroles,
and
even
scrambled
eggs
piping
hot and
ready
to serve.
Roasts,
ham
and
poultry,
too, may be kept juicy and table ready with
this feature.
You can even warm up leftovers!
If you wish, you can set your oven to automatically
defrost,
hold,
time or temperature
cook,
and then
Temp. Hold. You must be sure, when you combine
Time
Cook
and
Temp
Hold,
that
the temperature
probe
is placed
in the
food
before
starting
the
microwave
oven.
For
temperature
cooking
and
holding,
you
can
choose
one finished
temperature
and power level for
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e cooking
and if you want another
wer level for the Temp Hold cycle.
not turn
off automatically
so you
holding
time. (Allow
foods
to hold
safe.
Times
vary
depending
on
amount.)
temperature
and
Temp Hold does
can
control
the
only as long as
food
type
and
Things to remember when setting
your oven to microwave
Temp Hold.
TO prevent
spoilage,
do not hold
foods
except
solid roasts at temperatures
below
150° for more
than 2 hours.
HOW TO TEMPERATURE
HOLD
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1. Insert probe in food
and attach probe to oven.
(If vou have iust Tem~
*
"eked you; food, steps
.ne and two are already
done)
2. Touch TEMP HOLD.
Read out displays:
O .
Select the holding tem-
perature.
Oven will
automatically
microwave
the food until it reaches
pre-set temperature,
then
maintains
temperature.
. Solid (not rolled) roasts may be held below 150°.
However,
during
the microwave
roasting
process,
a great amount
of heat is stored in the roast. Keep-
ing
the
roast
in the warm
oven
cavity
during
TEMP/HOLD
can cause a greater
increase
in in-
ternal temperature
than when allowing
the roast to
stand outside
the oven on a kitchen
counter.
Tem-
peratures
of up to 20° to 30° above
the TEMP/
HOLD setting
are possible.
Because
of this heat
storage,
it is not possible
to hold roasts at a rare
degree of doneness.
It is suggested
that you first remove
the roast from
the oven and let it stand, uncovered,
for about 10 to
15 minutes
before
returning
to TEMP/HOLD.
Or, if
you know before
cooking
that you intend
to hold a
solid
roast
at serving
temperature,
you
may com-
pensate
for the stored
heat
by undercooking
the
roast. See your Cookbook
for details.
How to speed up
Automatic Simmer recipes
The
Automatic
Simmer
recipes
in the
Mcrowave
Guide and Cookbook
were especially
developed
for
long slow cooking.
However,
you can speed up the
cooking
process
by using the Temp Hold feature and
following
the instructions
as given in the cookbook.
You can cut the time in half for most simmer-cooking
recipes
with no risk of toughening
because
with the
temperature
probe
you do not exceed
the recom-
mended temperature,
3. Select POWER LEVEL.
Oven will automatically
use High unless you
select another
level. See
cookbook
for suggested
power levels.
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4. Press START. The
oven will not shut off until
you touch the CLEAR/
OFF Pad.
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