Filter
Top Products
7
Make sure all cookware used
in your microwave oven is
suitable for microwaving.
Most glass casseroles,
cooking dishes, measuring
cups, custard cups, pottery
or china dinnerware which
does not have metallic trim
or glaze with a metallic
sheen can be used. Some
cookware is labeled “suitable
for microwaving.”
• If you are not sure if
a dish is microwave-safe,
use this test: Place in the
oven both the dish you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with
1 cup of water—set the
measuring cup either
in or next to the dish.
Microwave 1 minute at
high. If the dish heats,
it should not be used
for microwaving.
If the dish remains cool
and only the water in the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwave-safe.
• If you use a meat
thermometer while
cooking, make sure
it is safe for use in
microwave ovens.
• Do not use recycled paper
products. Recycled paper
towels, napkins and waxed
paper can contain metal
flecks which may cause
arcing or ignite. Paper
products containing nylon
or nylon filaments should
be avoided, as they may
also ignite.
• Some styrofoam trays
(like those that meat is
packaged on) have a thin
strip of metal embedded
in the bottom. When
microwaved, the metal
can burn the floor of
the oven or ignite a
paper towel.
• Do not use the microwave
to dry newspapers.
• Not all plastic wrap
is suitable for use in
microwave ovens.
Check the package
for proper use.
• Paper towels, waxed paper
and plastic wrap can be
used to cover dishes in
order to retain moisture
and prevent spattering. Be
sure to vent plastic wrap so
steam can escape.
• Cookware may become hot
because of heat transferred
from the heated food. Pot
holders may be needed to
handle the cookware.
• “Boilable” cooking
pouches and tightly closed
plastic bags should be slit,
pierced or vented as
directed by package.
If they are not, plastic
could burst during or
immediately after cooking,
possibly resulting in injury.
Also, plastic storage
containers should be at
least partially uncovered
because they form a tight
seal. When cooking with
containers tightly covered
with plastic wrap, remove
covering carefully and
direct steam away from
hands and face.
MICROWAVE-
SAFE
COOKWARE
How to test for a microwave-
safe dish.