GE 164 D2588P191 Microwave Oven User Manual


 
GU~E
TO USE OF
T~
OWN
S~LF
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Use the shelf only when cooking food on
Do not store microwave browning dish on
2 levels. Food microwaves best when placed
metal shelf.
directly on the oven floor.
Do NOT use the shelf with the Popcorn
Do not store or cook with metal shelf on floor of
program.
oven. Product damage may result.
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Use pot holders when handling metal shelf and
cookware. They may be hot.
The wire shelf is specifically designed for added
Batters and dough foods and also uncooked foods
capacity heating and reheating in your microwave which need to be prepared from scratch should be
oven. Now more than one food may be heated or
cooked without the oven shelf.
reheated and ready to serve at
tie
same time.
Positioning the Shelf
To position the shelf, tip the back
slightly and
fit
the shelf support
guides onto the support guides
located at each side of the oven
in the rear.
When properly positioned, the
shelf should fit snugly in place,
be level
and not touch the back
or side
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of the oven.
If arcing occurs when using the
shelf to cook more than one food
Next,
lower the front until the shelf
at the same time, turn the oven
support guides fit onto the support
off. Make
sure the shelf is not
guides located at each side of the
touching oven walls. To prevent
oven in the front.
arcing, remove the shelf when
you are not using it.
How to Reheat Several Different
~pes
of Feds Together
When heating several different types of food together,
Place on the
foods which should be served hot must be placed on
floor larger
the oven floor, while foods which need only to be
or more dense
warmed should be placed on the shelf. This is
foods, which
because microwave
energy
enters the oven from the
bottom only. Also, it is important to remember that
need the most
heating, such
foods absorb microwave
energy
at different rates.
as leftover
Rates can be affected by the size of the food,
and
its
fried chicken,
starting temperature.
casseroles of
Because of the varying rates, you may need to start
canned or leftover vegetables, rice or pasta. Place
reheating a
lmge
or dense food a few minutes ahead
on the oven shelf those foods which need only be
of time, then add other smaller or less dense foods.
warmed, such as bakery pies, rolls, muffins or breads.
Alternately, if one of the foods
you
are
heating seems
Pop popcorn on the microwave oven floor
undercooked but the others are heated satisfactorily,
only. Use prepackaged popcorn labeled for
let the
underheated
food continue cooking.
use in microwave ovens.
Heat or reheat different types of food at High ( 10).
To determine heating times, add times for all foods
together. After half of time, stir or rearrange foods
(do not reverse positions). Check foods (especially
those on the oven floor) after 3/4 of total time
and
remove
any
which are done. Continue cooking others.
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