HOW TO USE THE DOUBLE
SHELF
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Use the shelf only when cooking food on 2 levels.
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Do not store microwave browning dish on metal
Food microwaves best when placed directly on
shelf.
the oven floor.
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Use of Double
shelf with Auto
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Do not store or cook with shelf on floor of oven.
Cook, Auto Reheat or Popcorn program is
Product damage may result.
not recommended.
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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 capacity
Batters and dough foods and also uncooked foods which
in your microwave oven. Now more than one food may
need to be prepared from scratch should be cooked
be heated or reheated and ready to serve at the same time.
without the oven shelf.
Positioning the Shelf
To
position the DOUBLE
shelf, tip the
back slightly and fit the
shelf support guides onto
the support guides located
on each side of the oven
in the rear.
Next, lower the front until
the shelf support guides fit
onto the support guides
located at each side of
the oven in the front.
When properly positioned,
the shelf should fit snugly
in place, be level and not touch the back or side wall of
the oven.
If arcing occurs when using the shelf to cook more
than one food at the same time, turn the oven off.
Make sure the shelf is not touching oven walls. To
prevent arcing, remove the shelf when you are not
using it.
How to Reheat Several Different
of Foods Together
When heating several different types of food together,
foods which should be served hot must be placed on the
shelf, while foods which need only to be warmed
should be placed on the oven floor. This is because
microwave energy enters the oven from the top only.
Also, it is important to remember that foods absorb
microwave energy at different rates. Rates can be
affected by the size of the food, and its starting
temperature.
Because of the varying rates, you may need to start
reheating a large or dense food a few minutes ahead
of time, then add other smaller or less dense foods.
Alternately, if one of the foods you are heating seems
undercooked but the others are heated satisfactorily,
let the
food continue cooking.
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.
Place on shelf large
or dense foods, which
need
the most
heating,
such as leftover fried
chicken, casseroles
of canned or leftover
vegetables, rice or
pasta. Place on floor
foods which need only be warmed, such as bakery
pies, rolls, muffins or breads.
Pop popcorn on the microwave oven floor only.
Popcorn placed on the oven shelf will not pop properly.
Use a special microwave popcorn accessory or
prepackaged popcorn labeled for use in microwave
ovens.
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