Time Reduce Cooking; Manual Cooking; Microwave Power Levels - Sharp R-8730 Operation Manual

R-8730 ENGLISH 12/07/2001
When you use the same NUMBER key within a short time one after another, the food may be
overcooked. It is recommended to use the time reduce function to get the best results. This function will
shorten the total cooking time depending on the reduced factor for each memory;
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 15 for details.)
• To input manual cooking:
1. Press the MANUAL key.
2. Enter cooking time. (for preheating, you can omit this step).
3. Select desired cooking mode.
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 22 - 23.
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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TIME REDUCE COOKING

2. Press the NUMBER
key 1.
x1

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS

3. Press the START key.
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.