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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
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How microwave cooking works . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the cooktop/countertop
Microwave oven features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
light
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15
Control panel features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the bi-level cooking rack . . . . . . . 17
Using the exhaust fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Setting the clock
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Using the Minute Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How microwave cooking works
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Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave
energy is not hot. It causes food to make
its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks
Mixing anten
na Oven cavity
the food.
Microwaves are like TV waves or light
waves. You cannot see them, but you can
see what they do.
A magnetron in the microwave oven
produces 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.
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