Combination Cooking(Microwave And Convection); Combination Cooking With Preprogrammed Pads; Using Maunal Time Entry; Combination Cooking - Amana ACE208 Service Manual

Combination Cooking (microwave and convection)
To avoid risk of burns, handle utensils, racks, and door with care. Allow oven, utensils, and racks to
cool before cleaning. Oven, utensils, and racks, become hot during operation.
To operate the oven for combination cooking, you can use preprogrammed
pads or manual time entry. The following instructions are for
combination cooking only. For convection only cooking, see that section.

Combination Cooking with Preprogrammed Pads

1. Press PREHEAT ON/OFF to start the oven.
• Oven begins a preheat condition.
• PREHEAT NOT READY displays with NOT flashing.
• To change preheat temperature, see Programming
section.
2. Oven reaches preheat temperature.
• Signal sounds and PREHEAT READY displays.
3. Press desired pad.
• For double pad programming, press pads in proper sequence.
• Oven begins automatically.
4. Cooking cycle begins
• Total cooking time is displayed.
• To display the temperature while a program is running, press the
TEMP button and the temperature will briefly display.
5. Oven finishes cooking sequence
• An end of cycle beep signals the end of the cooking cycle.
Oven interior and cooking dish will be hot.
6. Press PREHEAT ON/OFF to shut off oven.
Using Manual Time Entry
1. Press PREHEAT ON/OFF to start the oven.
• Oven begins a preheat condition.
• PREHEAT NOT READY displays with NOT flashing.
• To change the preheat temperature, see Programming .
2. Oven reaches preheat temperature.
• Signal sounds and PREHEAT READY displays.
3. Press TIME.
• Enter desired cooking time by using numeric keypad.
4. Press TEMP if cooking temperature differs from preheat
temperature.
• Enter the new temperature.
5. Press POWER LEVEL.
• To have microwave power on HIGH, press the
POWER LEVEL pad again. H displays.
• For a lower microwave power, press pads 1 (for
10%) through 9 (for 90%). 0 turns off the microwave
power and cooking is by convection only.
6. If stage cooking is desired, press STAGE and repeat
steps 3, 4, and 5.
• Up to 4 different stages can be programmed.
7. Press the START pad to begin the cooking cycle.
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CAUTION

Combination Cooking

The combination mode uses both
the speed of microwave energy
and browning of convection
PREHEAT
cooking to yield fast, high quality
ON / OFF
food.
• Microwave cooking uses high
• Convection cooking uses the
• Oven will maintain a minimum
PREHEAT
ON / OFF
TIME
TEMP
POWER
LEVEL
START
15
frequency energy waves to heat
the food. When cooking,
microwave energy causes food
molecules to move rapidly. This
rapid movement between the food
molecules creates heat, which
cooks the food. POWER displays
when oven is generating
microwave energy for the current
cycle.
selected oven temperature to bake
and brown foods. The circulating
air surrounds food in an envelope
of evenly heated air.
convection temperature of 150°F
(66°C) to ensure drier air and
more even cooking.
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