Time Reduce Cooking; Manual Cooking; Microwave Power Levels - Sharp R-3730 Operation Manual

R-3730 English 22/06/2001
When you prefer a little under finish, it is recommended to use the REDUCE function. This will shorten the total
cooking time.
Reduced cooking time = total cooking time x reduce factor.
Example: Suppose you want to reheat frozen Apetito menu by using MEMORY 1 with the time reduce setting.
1. Press the TIME
REDUCE key.
x1
• Your oven can be programmed for up to 3 cooking sequences. You can enter cooking time up to 99 minutes
99 seconds for each stage. (See page 12 for details.)
• To input manual cooking
1. Press the MANUAL key.
2. Enter cooking time.
3. Select desired power level.
4. Press the START key.
• During cooking mode, the oven stops when the door is opened, and the programme is cancelled if the START
key is not pressed within 1 minute after the door is closed.
• Before cooking check the suitable utensils on pages 18 - 19.
Your oven has 6 power levels. To choose the power
level for cooking, follow the advice given in the
recipe section. Generally the following
recommendations apply:
100 % - (900 W) used for fast cooking or
reheating e.g. soup, casseroles, canned food, hot
beverages, vegetables, fish, etc.
70 % - (630 W) used for longer cooking of dense
foods such as roast joints, meat loaf and plated
meals, also for sensitive dishes such as cheese
sauce and sponge cakes. At this reduced setting,
the sauce will not boil over and food will cook
evenly without over cooking at the sides.
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2. Press the NUMBER
key 1.
1
x1

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS

TIME REDUCE COOKING

3. Press the START key.
START
x1

MANUAL COOKING

50 % - (450 W) for dense foods which require a
long cooking time when cooked conventionally, eg.
beef dishes, it is advisable to use this power setting
to ensure the meat will be tender.
30 % - (270 W Defrost setting) to defrost, select
this power setting, to ensure that the dish defrosts
evenly. This setting is also ideal for simmering rice,
pasta, dumplings and cooking egg custard.
10 % - (90 W) for gentle defrosting, eg. cream
gateaux or pastry.
0 % - (0 W) for setting standing time.
No microwave power.
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Display will count down
through the cooking time.