Getting to Know Your
Microwave Hood
Combination
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
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How
mkrowave cooking works . . . . . . . . .
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Using the cooktoplcountertop light . . 15
Microwave
oven
features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Using the hi-level cooking rack . . . . . . . 17
Control
panel features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting the clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Uslng the exhaust fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 Using the
Minute Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
How microwave cooking works
Mkrowave
ovens
ars
safe.
Microwave
energy ‘E 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.
Magnetron
Mixing antenna
Oven cevity
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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