Microwaves/ Convection Oven

Microwaves/ Convection Oven

1. Safety

   • Use microwave safe dishes such as paper, plastic, glass, or microwaveable dishes
   • Do not use metal or gold/ silver dishes
   • Use potholders to avoid burns
   • Cover dishes with paper towels, wax paper, or plastic wrap
   • Never put foil or metal in microwave
   • Do not cook eggs in shells because they will explode

2. How it Works

   • Magnetron produces waves
   • Waves travel through a wave guide
   • Microwaves cause molecules in food to vibrate
   • Fan generates and disperses heat
   • Heating element in the back sucks air out of chamber, past heating and back to chamber
   • Heat radiates out of chamber
   • Stirrer scatters the wave in the interior of oven
   • Dipolar molecules are pulled by waves
   • Heat circulates all throughout the oven

3. Uses

   • Heat up food
   • Cook food
   • For a quick and most efficient meal preparation

4. Tips

   • Cook foods 25% faster than a coventional oven
   • Cook 25 degrees lower than you would in a conventional oven
   • Food in round containers will cook more evenly than in square containers
   • Pierce items with fork so they don't explode
   • Food can be place in any area and it will get evenly brown
   • Remove food from oven before it's fully cooked
   • Stir and turn foods
   • Covering foods in microwave can hold moisture