MICROWAVE OVEN Instruction manual ENGLISH KOR-6367
T h i n g s y o u SHOULD KNOW! When you unpack your microwave oven from its box, please check it immediately for damage. If the door is damaged or bent, if there are dents inside the oven etc., get in touch with your retail outlet immediately. Using a microwave oven safely ◆ ◆ WARNING When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without evidence of bubbling.
Things Before using the oven please read these instructions carefully, they contain safety notes and useful tips.
MICROWAVES a n d O V E N When preparing ready-to-serve food (like TV dinners) always carefully follow the instructions provided by the food manufacturer on the package and also the tips and guidelines contained at the end of this manual. Cooking safely with microwaves ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Microwaves are high frequency electromagnetic waves like radio waves. They create heat by causing the molecules in water, fat and sugar to vibrate. They only penetrate a certain depth (e.g. approx.
M I C R O WAV E S a n d O V E N The microwave oven Safety door lock The oven will only operate with the door fully closed. When the door is open the oven turns off and will only start again after the door is closed. This special oven window is transparent to light, but prevents microwaves escaping. The microwave window is protected by a splash guard. The seal surfaces prevent microwaves escaping from the chamber.
COOKING with microwaves Cookery books and recipes provide details of power settings and times. Heating and defrosting Heating up ready-to-serve food, cooking small amounts, soaking and defrosting. Symbol Setting Gentle heating Heat Defrost KOR-6367 150 W 220 W 350 W Cooking These are the highest and fastest settings for preheating, boiling, cooking, roasting, heating, melting etc.
C O O K I N G with microwaves What to do Place the food in a suitable dish on the rotating plate and carefully close the door. Turn the dial to one of the seven settings. ◆ Interrupt an operation to turn, stir or simply check the food. Opening the door interrupts the operation. The timer pauses and the microwaves are switched off. To continue cooking, simply close the door. ◆ To stop an operation set the timer to "0". ◆ The oven switches off the microwave after the set time has elapsed, i.e.
APPENDIX Cooking with microwaves differs in some aspects from normal cooking. The guidelines and tips below will help you get better results using a microwave oven. Guidelines and tips Wait time Microwaves do not usually completely penetrate the food on the rotary plate. The wait times allow the food to continue cooking even after the oven has switched off. The temperature can rise by up to 8° C inside the food.
APPENDIX Skins, peels, shells ... Some foods have a skin or peel or a shell (eggs, potatoes, apples, liver, sausages). Puncture the skin or peel with for example a fork to allow steam to escape and the food to expand - this releases pressure and prevents the food from bursting. Water Cooking in a microwave needs very little water. For 100 g of vegetables or potatoes, use 1 tablespoon of water.
APPENDIX No components of this microwave oven are user-serviceable. Any repairs or adjustments must always be performed by qualified service technicians.
APPENDIX Microwave suitable dishes and utensils Microwave suitable dishes are transparent to microwaves (i.e. made of such materials as plastic, glass and ceramics), especially when also fireproof. Suitable dishes only become slightly warm after one minute microwave cooking at high power. Dishes unsuitable for microwave ovens are all metal dishes which reflect microwaves.
APPENDIX Technical data Power supply 230 V~, 50 Hz Microwave Power consumption Power Frequency 1200 Watt 850 Watt (IEC 705) 2450 MHz Dimensions (w-h-d) 465 x 279 x 370 mm Oven chamber (w-h-d) 290 x 220 x 306 mm Weight 13.5 kg The right to make technical improvements is reserved. Errors and omissions excepted. Moulded plugs (for UK only) ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Should it be necessary to remove a moulded on plug from the mains cable, it should be cut off and replaced with a suitable replacement.
