MICROWAVING
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HOW TO OPERATE THE OVEN
Opening and closing the door:
To open the oven door, pull the door opening handle.
The oven lamp will come on while the door is open.
Close the door firmly and the oven lamp will go out.
Stopping the oven:
If you wish to stop the oven during cooking press the
STOP/CLEAR
key or open the oven door. To start the
oven, close the door and press the
START/AUTO
MINUTE
key. If you wish to cancel the cooking
programme, press the
STOP/CLEAR
key twice.
Prepare and place food in suitable container onto the
turntable or directly onto the turntable. Close the door.
WARNING
Always operate the oven with the turntable
and support fitted correctly, see page 2. This
promotes thorough even cooking.
A badly fitted turntable may rattle, may not
rotate properly and damage the oven.
The turntable rotates clockwise or counter
clockwise. The rotary direction may change
each time you start the oven. This does not
affect cooking performance.
Enter cooking time,
press the
1 min
key twice.
Press the
MICRO/
GRILL/DUAL
key
twice for 70P
(MEDIUM HIGH).
Press the
START/AUTO
MINUTE
key once to
start cooking.
Display will count
down through
cooking time.
Example:
To cook for 2 minutes on 70P (MEDIUM HIGH) power.
x2
x1
Introduction:
Water, sugar and fat in food absorbs microwaves
and causes them to vibrate. This creates heat by
friction, in the same way your hands get warm when
you rub them together.
Outer areas of food are heated by microwave
energy, and remaining portions by conduction. It is,
therefore, important to
turn
,
rearrange
or
stir
food
to ensure even heating. Where recommended, allow
food to stand, this is not optional but necessary to
ensure thorough cooking and is particularly important
for dense food, such as joints of meat.
Microwaves pass through non-metallic dishes and utensils
and heat the food inside the dishes. Microwaves are
reflected by metal. The oven is lined with metal and has a
fine metallic mesh in the door to prevent microwave
leakage. Metallic dishes are not suitable for
microwaving.
(See suitable cookware, page 14-15).
STIR
TURN
KG / %
GRILL
MICRO COOK
1.
2.
3.
4.
x2
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