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etting to Know Your
Microwave-Convection
Hood Combination
Oven cavity
This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you
to the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this
information before use.
IN THIS SECTION
How microwave cooking works ........ 8
Microwave oven features ................. 10
Control panel features...................... 11
Using the exhaust fan ...................... 14
How microwave cooking works
Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave
energy is not hot. It causes food to make
its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks
the food.
Microwaves are like TV waves or light
waves. You cannot see them, but you can
see what they do.
Using the cooktop/countertop light ... 15
Using the metal rack .......................... 17
Setting the clock ................................ 18
Using the Minute Timer ..................... 19
Magnetron
A magnetron in the microwave oven pro-
duces microwaves. The microwaves move
into the area under the oven floor. There
they bounce off the mixing antenna into the
oven where they contact the food.
Mixing antenna
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