How to Use the Double Duty
TM
Shelf
●
Do not store or cook with
shelf on floor of oven.
damage may result.
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Use potholders when handling
and cookware.
They may be hot.
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Do not store microwave
browning dish on
shelf.
. Use of DOUBLE DUTY
TM
shelf
with Auto Cook, Reheat or
program is not
recommended.
The wire shelf is specifically
designed for added capacity heating
and reheating in your microwave
oven. Now more than one food may
be heated or reheated and ready to
serve at the same time.
When microwaving with the oven
shelf, some techniques will differ
from the cookbook which came
with your oven. It is
to
arrange foods properly (shown on
the next page). Cookware size is
important; select from among the
suggestions below. Also, food size
should be considered; foods over 4
inches high, or 3 pounds are not
recommended for shelf cooking.
Batters and dough foods and also
uncooked foods which need to be
prepared from scratch should be
cooked without the oven shelf,
following cookbook directions.
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Use pot holders when handling
foods heated
with
your
Cookware for Shelf
Heating and Reheating
Before placing food in the dishes,
check to see that they will
together on or under the shelf. Also,
be sure cookware is microwave safe.
Cookware for
or reheating
include 1 cup
cup,
-
9x5x3-inch loaf dishes
pie
plates.
Positioning the Shelf
To position the DOUBLE DUTY
TM
shelf, tip the back slightly and the
shelf support guides onto the
support guides located on each side
of the oven in the rear.
Next, lower the front until the shelf
support guides onto the support
guides located at each side of the
oven in the front.
When properly positioned, the shelf
should-fit
in place, be level
Leftovers may be placed in small
individual ceramic or plastic bowls
or divided plates.
Use wax paper or plastic wrap
oven shelf, especially
heating
instead of lids on casseroles. Lids
and not touch the back or side wall
of tie oven.
If arcing occurs when using the
shelf to cook more than one food
at the same time, turn the oven
off. Make sure the shelf is
positioned right-side-up on all
four shelf supports and not
touching oven walls.
larger amounts of food. Extra steam
may add too much height to dish.
generated from multiple food
cooking may make cookware hotter
than with regular microwaving.
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