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Always prick the skin of foodstuffs with peels or skins
such as apples, tomatoes, potatoes and sausages
before cooking to prevent the peel or skin from
bursting.
Never use the microwave to dry food. Risk of fire
Do not defrost or heat food at too high a power or for
too long if the food has a low water content, e.g.
bread. Risk of fire
Never use the microwave to heat cooking oil on its
own. Risk of fire
Do not place baking trays on the microwave floor. Do
not line the microwave floor with aluminium foil.
This causes heat to accumulate. Baking and roasting
times will no longer be correct and the enamel will be
damaged.
Never pour water directly into a hot microwave. This
could damage the enamel.
Do not place too much on the universal pan when
baking very moist fruit cakes. Fruit juice dripping from
the universal pan leaves stains that cannot be
removed.
Only leave the microwave oven to cool with the door
closed. Do not allow anything to become trapped in
the microwave oven door. The fronts of adjacent units
may be damaged over time even if you only leave the
microwave oven door open slightly.
If the oven door seal is very dirty, the door will no
longer close properly when the microwave is in
operation. The front of adjacent units could be
damaged. Keep the seal clean.
Do not stand or sit on the microwave oven door.
Drying food
d
Food with a low water
content
d
Cooking oil
d
Causes of damage
Baking tray or aluminium
foil on the microwave floor
Water in the oven
Fruit juice
Cooling with the
microwave oven door open
Very dirty oven seal
Using the microwave oven
door as a seat