—Do not use the oven for storage purposes.
Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when not in use.
—If materials inside oven should ignite, keep
oven door closed, turn oven off and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or
circuit breaker panel.
• Some products such as whole eggs and sealed
containers—for example, closed jars—will
explode and should not be heated in this
microwave oven. Such use of the microwave
oven could result in injury.
• Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, even with
the lid off. Make sure all infant food is thoroughly
cooked. Stir food to distribute the heat evenly.
Be careful to prevent scalding when warming
formula or breast milk. The container may feel
cooler than the milk really is. Always test the
milk before feeding the baby.
• Don’t defrost frozen beverages in narrow
necked bottles (especially carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened, pressure can build
up. This can cause the container to burst, possibly
resulting in injury.
• Use foil only as directed in this guide. TV
dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4
″
high; remove the top foil cover and return the
tray to the box. When using foil in the microwave
oven, keep the foil (other than metal shelf) at
least 1 inch away from the sides of the oven.
• Cookware may become hot because
of heat transferred from the heated
food. Pot holders may be needed to
handle the cookware.
• Sometimes, the oven floor and walls can
become too hot to touch. Be careful touching
the floor and walls during and after cooking.
• Foods cooked in liquids (such as pasta) may tend
to boil over more rapidly than foods containing
less moisture. Should this occur, refer to the Care
and Cleaning section(s) for instructions on how to
clean the inside of the oven.
• Thermometer—Do not use a thermometer in
food you are microwaving unless the thermometer
is designed or recommended for use in the
microwave oven.
• Remove the temperature probe from the oven
when not using it to cook with. If you leave the
probe inside the oven without inserting it in food
or liquid and turn on microwave energy, it can
create electrical arcing in the oven and damage
oven walls.
• Plastic cookware—Plastic cookware designed
for microwave cooking is very useful, but should
be used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic
may not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions
as are glass or ceramic materials and may
soften or char if subjected to short periods of
overcooking. In longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware could ignite. For these
reasons: 1) Use microwave-safe plastics only and
use them in strict compliance with the cookware
manufacturer’s recommendations. 2) Do not
subject empty cookware to microwaving.
3) Do not permit children to use plastic
cookware without complete supervision.
• Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to
at least an INTERNAL 160°F and poultry
to at least an INTERNAL 180°F. Cooking
to these temperatures usually protects against
foodborne illness.
• Do not boil eggs in a microwave oven.
Pressure will build up inside egg yolk and will
cause it to burst, possibly resulting in injury.
• Foods with unbroken outer ‘‘skin’’
such as potatoes, sausages, tomatoes,
apples, chicken livers and other
giblets, and egg yolks (see previous
caution) should be pierced to allow
steam to escape during cooking.
• Not all plastic wrap is suitable for use in
microwave ovens. Check the package for
proper use.
• Hot foods and steam can cause
burns. Be careful when opening
any containers of hot food, including
popcorn bags, cooking pouches and
boxes. To prevent possible injury,
direct steam away from hands
and face.
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