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Operating Instructions
Model: 1200325
MICROWAVE
Birko Microwave Oven - 6001096 - January 2015 v1.00
For Best Cooking Results
When determining time for particular foods, always figure minimum time and check occasion-
ally during cooking for progress. The microwave oven cooks so quickly, therefore it is easy to
overcook your foods.
Be careful of the cooking time for small quantities of foods, or foods with low water content.
They may burn if cooked too long.
Do not use the oven for drying kitchen towels or napkins. They may burn if heated too long.
Do not try to boil eggs in the oven.
When you cook an egg, be sure to pierce the yolk membrane prior to placing into the oven to
prevent the egg bursting.
Open the door and give the dish a half turn, or turn the food over during cooking. This helps
to achieve more even cooking. When you cook chicken the legs cook faster than other parts.
Wrap the legs with aluminum foil during cooking to reflect the microwave energy in order to
create even cooking.
Important Recommendations
Cooking should be done only with microwave safe vessels, do not use steel or other metallic
vessels.
Temperature of foods. For best results it is recommended that foods be slightly undercooked
when subsequently heated in this oven.
Remember that after the heating cycle has been completed, internal food temperatures con-
tinue to rise slightly in foods heated in this oven.
A major abuse of microwave applications is the category of breads, pastries and pies, which
must be heated more slowly. Therefore, baked foods should only be heated until the crust is
warm to the touch.
Do not overheat your food: 99% of all food quantity complaints of microwave heated foods can
be traced to overheating.