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Keep Warm
WARNING
Hot cooked food can be kept warm in the microwave oven.
Keep Warm™ setting can be used by itself or can be
preprogrammed to follow a cooking cycle.
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Cover plates of food.
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Cover foods that were covered while being cooked.
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For best results, do not cover baked goods such
as pastries, pies, turnovers, etc.
To Use Keep Warm:
1.
Touch the POWER pad or MICROWAVE (on combination
oven models).
2.
From the Cooking mode menu, touch KEEP WARM.
NOTE:
The default power level is 10%.
3.
Select a Keep Warm time (--:--:--). The maximum length
is 01:29:59.
4.
Touch START. The oven display will count down the cook
time.
When the stop time is reached, the microwave oven will shut
off automatically.
If enabled, end-of-cycle tones will sound, then reminder
tones will sound every minute.
5.
Touch MICROWAVE CANCEL to turn off the oven.
Browning Pan
The Browning Pan feature uses the crisper pan, the broil
element and microwaves to crisp and brown foods. While
microwaves heat food from above, they also heat the pan
from below to brown and crisp the food.
Browning Pan can be used to saute meats and vegetables,
panfry bacon and eggs, and to crisp and brown pizza and
french fries.
Some Browning Pan cycles are programmed to preheat the
empty pan for 3 minutes before cooking begins. When the
preheating cycle is complete, the microwave oven will stop
and prompt you to add the food to the crisper pan. The
microwave oven may prompt you to turn over the food
during the cycle.
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Always use the crisper pan.
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See the “TEFLON
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Coated Crisper Pan and Handle” section
before using.
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Microwave oven cavity and door will become very hot during
broil element use. The use of oven mitts is recommended.
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The crisper pan will become very hot. Use the handle to
grasp and remove the pan from the oven. Do not place hot
crisper pan directly on heat-sensitive surfaces. Damage may
occur.
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To avoid damage to plastic utensils, do not use them
with the crisper pan as it becomes very hot and could melt
the utensils.
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Do not use metal utensils, as they can scratch the pan.
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For best cooking results, do not use the pan in any other
microwave oven or in a thermal oven.
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For best cooking results, do not place the crisper pan on the
grilling grid or convection grid. Always use the turntable as a
support for the pan.
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For best results, coat pan lightly with cooking oil to make
removing food and cleaning easier.
Use the following chart as a guide when using the browning
function.
Preprogrammed Browning Pan
Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for
browning several food types.
Browning Pan Cooking Chart
FOOD
QUANTITY
Manual*
Bacon
2–4 slices
Poultry breast, boneless
1–3 pieces
French fries
1–3 pieces
Hamburger patties
1–4 patties
Pizza roll
1–4 servings
Potato nuggets
1–4 servings
Pizza, frozen, rising crust
6 to 12" (15–30.5 cm)
Pizza, frozen, thin crust
6 to 12" (15–30.5 cm)
*Manual Browning requires that a cook time be entered.
To Use Programmed Browning Pan:
1.
Touch the Power pad or MICROWAVE (on combination
oven models).
2.
From the Cooking mode menu, touch BROWNING PAN.
3.
Select the food type, and then touch NEXT.
4.
Use the tumbler to select one of the preset quantities,
and then touch NEXT to start cooking to the recommended
doneness.
OR
5.
Modify the food doneness by touching a Doneness pad.
Choose Select More Done, Suggested, or Less Done,
and then touch SET.
6.
Touch START.
When the stop time is reached, the microwave oven will
shut off automatically.
If enabled, end-of-cycle tones will sound, then reminder
tones will sound every minute.
7.
(Optional) After the cooking cycle ends, select Keep Warm
from the Cooking mode menu, and then touch START.
This will start a new cooking cycle that will keep food
warm. The microwave will run at 10% power for 60 minutes.
See the “Keep Warm” section for additional information.
8.
(Optional) After cook ends, touch ADD 30 SEC. This
will automatically add 30 seconds to the cook time.
9.
Touch MICROWAVE CANCEL to turn off the oven.
