Cookware Guide
USES
Foil-1ined Paper Bags, Boxes and
Avoid. Use only foil trays 3/4” or less. Foil or metal will reflect
Baking Trays
microwaves, thus preventing even heating. Arcing can occur if foil is
Metal or
part metal
closer than 1“ to oven walls.
Thermometers, Skewers and Foil Trays
Boilable Hard and Soft Plastics,
Cooking ground beef (colander). Defrosting. Heating.
such as:
Glass jars, such as for baby foods,
Avoid heating baby food in jars, especially meat and egg mixtures.
vegetables, entrees, syrups, salad
Remove metal caps to warm syrup or soften salad dressing from
dressings.
refrigerator.
Handmade Pottery, Porcelain,
Cooking and heating.
Stoneware
Microwave Plastics such as:
Cooking.
Anchor Hocking Microwave, Bangor
Plastic, Mister Microwave, Nordic Ware,
Republic,
or Styrofoam Plates and Cups
Heating and serving foods and beverages. Styrofoam should be used
for short-term heating to low temperatures and for serving.
Oven
Glass such as:
Anchor Hocking,
Cooking
heating.
Fire King,
Pyrex
Regular Dinnerware, such as:
Heating and some cooking.
by Corning,
Generation,
El
Franciscan,
International Stoneware,
Marsh,
Unsuitable Dinnerware, such as:
None.
Corning
and Floyd
Oven-to-table Ware, Melamine, Dishes
with metal trim
Paper Towels and Napkins, Wax
Cooking bacon. Absorbing moisture and preventing spatters. Heating
and serving sandwiches or appetizers. Light covering to hold in steam.
Glass-Ceramic
Cooking and heating.
such as:
Corning Ware, Progression G.
by
Plastic Wrap,
Cooking Bags,
Covering to hold in steam (wrap). Cooking (cooking and boil-in-bags).
Boil-in-bags, Storage Bags
Heating (storage bags).
Specialty Glass-Ceramic and Porcelain,
Recommended for microwave oven-to-table cooking of special foods.
such as:
El
Rogers,
Marsh Industries,
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