Sharp R-55TS - Manual (Page 9)

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SEC R55TS
TINSEA983WRRZ-D32 SEC R55TS
160°F
ABOUT MICROWAVE COOKING
• Arrange food carefully. Place thickest areas towards
outside of dish.
• Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest amount of
time indicated and add more as needed. Food severely
overcooked can smoke or ignite.
• Cover foods while cooking. Check recipe or cookbook
for suggestions: paper towels, wax paper, microwave
plastic wrap or a lid. Covers prevent spattering and
help foods to cook evenly.
• Shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil any
thin areas of meat or poultry to prevent overcooking
before dense, thick areas are cooked thoroughly.
• Stir foods from outside to center of dish once or twice
during cooking, if possible.
• Turn foods over once during microwaving to
speed cooking of such foods as chicken and hamburg-
ers. Large items like roasts must be turned over at
least once.
I N F O R M A T I O N Y O U N E E D T O K N O W
• Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway through
cooking both from top to bottom and from the center of
the dish to the outside.
• Add standing time. Remove food from oven and stir, if
possible. Cover for standing time which allows the food
to finish cooking without overcooking.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating that
cooking temperatures have been reached.
Doneness signs include:
- Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
- Center bottom of dish is very hot to the touch.
- Poultry thigh joints move easily.
- Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
- Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
• After cooking, accessories and dishes may be hot.
Be careful when removing food.
• Check foods to see that they are cooked to the United
States Department of Agriculture's recommended
temperatures.
To test for doneness, insert a meat thermometer in a thick
or dense area away from fat or bone. NEVER leave the
thermometer in the food during cooking, unless using a
microwave thermometer when cooking with only
microwave power.
• ALWAYS use potholders to prevent burns when
handling utensils that are in contact with hot food.
Enough heat from the food can transfer through utensils
to cause skin burns.
• Avoid steam burns by directing steam away from the
face and hands. Slowly lift the farthest edge of a dish's
covering and carefully open popcorn and oven cooking
bags away from the face.
• Stay near the oven while it's in use and check cooking progress
frequently so that there is no chance of overcooking food.
• NEVER use the cavity for storing cookbooks or other items.
• Select, store and handle food carefully to preserve
its high quality and minimize the spread of foodborne
bacteria.
• Keep waveguide cover clean. Food residue can cause
arcing and/or fires.
• Use care when removing items from the oven so that
the utensil, your clothes or accessories do not touch the
safety door latches.
ABOUT SAFETY
... for fresh pork, ground meat,
boneless white poultry, fish,
seafood, egg dishes and frozen
prepared food.
... for leftover, ready-to-reheat
refrigerated, and deli and carry-out
“fresh” food.
... white meat of poultry.
... dark meat of poultry.
T E M P F O O D
165°F
170°F
180°F
Children should be taught all safety precautions: use
potholders, remove coverings carefully, pay special atten-
tion to packages that crisp food because they may be extra
hot.
Don’t assume that because a child has mastered one
cooking skill he/she can cook everything.
Children need to learn that this oven is not a toy. See
page 22 for Child Lock feature.
ABOUT CHILDREN AND THE MICROWAVE
Children below the age of 7 should use the microwave
oven with a supervising person very near to them. Be-
tween the ages of 7 and 12, the supervising person should
be in the same room.
The child must be able to reach the oven comfortably; if
not, he/she should stand on a sturdy stool.
At no time should anyone be allowed to lean or swing on
the oven door.
• The oven cabinet, cavity, door, accessories and
dishes will become hot. To PREVENT BURNS, use
thick oven gloves when removing the food or
turntable from the oven.
• We recommend leaving the turntable in the oven during
preheating unless it will be used as the baking pan,
such as with biscuits. When preheat is over, open oven
door and quickly place foods to be baked inside.
• Do not cover turntable with aluminum foil.
ABOUT GRILL, BAKE AND AUTOMATIC COOKING