Sharp 1.5 Cu. Ft. Countertop Microwave Oven Operation Manual - Manual (Page 28)

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MANUAL CONVECTION AND AUTOMATIC MIX COOKING
HELPFUL HINTS FOR
CONVECTION AND AUTOMATIC
MIX COOKING
Your convection microwave oven can cook any food
perfectly because of the number of ways it can cook:
microwave only, automatic mix, convection only or broil.
The cookbook has excellent instructions, guidelines,
hints, charts and recipes to help you get the best use of
your oven. Consult it often until you are familiar with
it. This operation manual tells you how to program the
oven.
The oven cannot be used without the turntable in place.
Never restrict the movement of the turntable.
CONVECTION COOKING:
1 When preheating, the turntable can be left in or
removed. When using the high rack for 2 shelf bak-
ing in a preheated oven, it is easier to remove the
turntable for preheat.
Place the high rack on turntable along with food.
When preheat is over, open the oven door and quickly
place the turntable, high rack and food to be baked
inside.
2 Do not cover the turntable, low rack or high rack with
aluminum foil. It interferes with air flow that cooks
food.
3 Round pizza pans are excellent cooking utensils for
many convection-only items. Choose pans that do
not have extended handles.
4 Using a preheated low rack can give a grilled appear-
ance to steaks, hot dogs etc.
AUTOMATIC MIX COOKING:
1 Meats are best when roasted directly on the low rack.
A dish can be placed below the meat if gravy is to
be made from the drippings.
2 Less tender cuts of meat can be roasted and tender-
ized using oven cooking bags.
3 When baking, check for doneness after time has
elapsed. If not completely done, let stand in oven a
few minutes to complete cooking.
Note:
During mix baking, some metal baking utensils may
cause arcing when they come in contact with the
turntable, oven walls or accessory racks. Arcing is a
discharge of electricity that occurs when microwaves
come in contact with metal.
If arcing occurs, place a heat resistant dish (Pyrex®
pie plate, glass pizza dish or dinner plate) between the
pan and the turntable or rack. If arcing occurs with
other metal baking utensils, discontinue their use for
mix cooking.
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