Countertop Combination Oven Owner's Manual ACM1580A Installer: Please leave this manual with this appliance. Consumer: Please read and keep this manual for future reference. Keep sales receipt and/or cancelled check as proof of purchase. Contents Important Safety Instructions ................................................................2-4 Installation ................................................................................................5 Display and Features .................................
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS What You Need to Know About Safety Instructions Recognize Safety Symbols, Words, Labels Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in this manual are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may occur. Common sense, caution, and care must be exercised when installing, maintaining, or operating oven. DANGER— Immediate hazards which WILL result in severe personal injury or death.
Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message WARNING When using electrical oven, basic safety precautions should be followed to reduce risk of burns, electric shock, fire, or injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy. 1. READ all instructions before using equipment. 2. READ AND FOLLOW the specific PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY in IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. 3. This equipment MUST BE GROUNDED. Connect only to properly grounded outlet.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING WARNING To avoid risk of fire in the oven cavity: Liquids such as water, coffee, or tea are able to be overheated beyond the boiling point without appearing to be boiling due to surface tension of the liquid. Visible bubbling or boiling when the container is removed from the microwave oven is not always present. THIS COULD RESULT IN VERY HOT LIQUIDS SUDDENLY BOILING OVER WHEN A SPOON OR OTHER UTENSIL IS INSERTED INTO THE LIQUID.
Installation Unpacking Oven Oven Placement • Inspect oven for damage such as dents in door or inside oven cavity. • Do not install oven next to or above source of heat, such as pizza oven or deep fat fryer. This could cause microwave oven to operate improperly and could shorten life of electrical parts. • Report any dents or breakage to source of purchase immediately. Do not attempt to use oven if damaged. • Remove all materials from oven interior.
Display and Features OVEN SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz Input Power 1,500 W Cooking Power 1,000 W (IEC 60705 Standard) Frequency 2,450 MHz Rated Current 13 A Outer Dimensions (WxHxD) 225⁄8" x 147⁄8" x 20" Cavity Volume 1.5 Cu. Ft. Net Weight 52 lbs. Your oven will be packed with the following materials: NOTE: A beep sounds when a pad on the control panel is touched, to indicate setting has been entered. Glass Turntable.......................
1. DISPLAY – The Display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings and cooking functions selected. 2. CONV COOK – Touch this pad to operate the oven for convection cooking only. See page 17. 3. AUTO BAKE – Touch this pad to automatically bake frozen pizza, muffins, biscuits and frozen French fries using both microwave and convection energy alternately. See page 19. 4.
Display and Features (cont’d) 12-Hour Clock and Timer Oven is equipped with a 12-hour clock and a timer that can be set up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds. Clock does not display AM or PM. Start/Pause This pad will start the function you set, or pause the oven temporarily during cooking or defrosting. Press again to restart oven from a pause. Easy Cook Press the EASY COOK pad for each minute of microwave cooking time desired. At the end of the cooking cycle, tones will sound.
Reminder The reminder feature may be used as an alarm clock. The oven does not operate. The reminder time can be set to activate up to 12 hours after current time of day. To program a reminder: 1. Press REMINDER pad. • ENTER REMIND TIME scrolls through display. 2. Enter desired time of day using the digit touch pads. • TOUCH REMINDER scrolls through display. 3. Touch REMINDER pad. Warm/Hold This feature safely keeps cooked food warm in your oven for up to 99 minutes using microwave energy.
Cooking Methods Microwave Cooking Convection Cooking Combination Cooking Microwave cooking uses high frequency energy waves to heat the food. When cooking, microwave energy causes food molecules to move rapidly. This rapid movement between the food molecules creates heat, which cooks the food. Microwaves cook moist food and foods of varying fat content more quickly. Convection cooking utilizes both a convection element and fan to evenly distribute heated air throughout the oven cavity.
Cookware Suggestions The cooking method used determines the cookware that can be used. To simplify choices, use cookware that is approved for all three cooking methods: microwave, convection and combination.
Microwave Cooking Microwave Power Levels Manual Programming Your microwave oven has 10 cook power levels to let you cook or heat a wide variety of foods. Refer to the chart below for suggestions: To manually set the cooking time and power level. 1. Press PROGRAM. Microwave Power Level Chart Power Level • ENTER COOKING TIME scrolls through display. Use 10 • Boiling water. (HIGH) • Making candy. • Cooking poultry pieces, fish and vegetables. • Cooking tender cuts of meat. • Whole poultry.
4. Press digit touch pad to adjust microwave energy. • For a lower microwave power, press pads 1 (for 10%) through 9 (for 90%). 0 turns off the microwave power completely. 5. Press PROGRAM. • ENTER COOKING TIME scrolls through display. 6. Enter desired cooking time using digit touch pads. • TOUCH START OR POWER scrolls through display. 7. Press POWER LEVEL • ENTER POWER LEVEL 1 - 10 scrolls through display. 8. Press digit touch pad to adjust microwave energy for second stage.
Microwave Cooking (cont’d) Defrost Notes: • Remove fish, shellfish, meat and poultry from its original closed paper or plastic package. • Form the meat into a shape of a doughnut before freezing. • Remove thawed meat during defrost and then continue defrosting. • Place foods in a shallow glass baking dish. • The oven beeps approximately midway through a defrost cycle to remind you to check the food. Pause the oven by opening the door.
Sensor Popcorn Sensor Reheat Sensor Cook A sensor detects steam from the food and automatically adjusts cook time for best cooking results. Commercially packaged popcorn in 3.0 to 3.5 oz. bags can be used. Designed to reheat precooked, roomtemperature or refrigerated foods easily and quickly by detecting steam from the food and automatically adjusting cook time for best heating results. A sensor detects steam from the food and automatically adjusts cook time for best cooking results for most foods. 1.
Microwave Cooking (cont’d) Sensor Cooking Guide Food Serving amount and recommendations 1 Potatoes Serving size is 1 to 4 medium, about 8 to 10 ozs. (225g to 280g) each. Pierce each potato several times with a fork and place around the edge of the oven tray, at least 1 inch (2.5cm) apart. 2 Fresh Vegetables Serving size is 1 to 4 cups (250mL to 1L). Place moist vegetables in a microwavable container. Add 2 to 4 tablespoons water. Cover with plastic wrap and vent.
Convection Cooking CAUTION ➣ To avoid risk of burns, handle utensils, racks, and door with care. Allow oven, utensils, and racks to cool before cleaning. Oven, utensils, and racks, become hot during operation. ➣ To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, do not use oven without turntable in place. ➣ To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, do not cover turntable or rack with aluminum foil.
Combination Cooking (microwave and convection) The following instructions are for combination cooking only. For convection cooking, see page 17. Notes: • Metal utensils should not be used on the metal rack during combination cooking. Use glass utensils whenever possible. • A metal muffin tin or small, shallow metal tray can be used if glass pan is not available. • If any arcing occurs, discontinue use of that utensil. CAUTION ➣ To avoid risk of burns, handle utensils, racks, and door with care.
The following instructions are for combination cooking only. For convection cooking, see page 17. Notes: • When cooking frozen pizzas, place the pizza directly on the convection rack. Do not use a pizza pan or aluminum foil. Place the convection rack securely on turntable and away from the sides of the oven. • For other baking/roasting place food in appropriate utensil, then place on convection rack.
Cooking Tips Meat Basics Storage Safety For specific questions regarding meat preparation, handling, or storage contact USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Meat & Poultry Hotline at (800) 535-4555. • Once carved, refrigerate unused portion immediately. Handling Hints • When shopping, put meat in its own separate plastic sack to keep drips off other foods. • Defrost frozen meats in refrigerator, not at room temperature. • Keep meat cool and covered until it is time to cook.
Roasting Guidelines Tender cuts such as rib and loin cuts are best cooked by dry heat methods, such as roasting. To roast: 1. 2. 3. 4. Heat oven to desired temperature. Place roast directly from refrigerator fat side up in a shallow, non-metal pan. Place roast in combination oven. Remove roast and check internal temperature with a meat thermometer. DO NOT place roast inside combination oven with thermometer. 5. Roast is done when 5° F below desired degree of finished internal temperature. 6.
Cooking Tips (cont’d) Cookies Baking Time Guidelines • Shiny, flat cookie sheets should be used. Avoid cookie pans with high sides—this will cause uneven browning on the top. • Cookie sheet should not touch the sides of the oven or door. Cake Pan Type Oval Pan Size Cups of Batter Oven Temp.
Common Baking Problems Adjusting to a new oven can be hard, especially making a change to a convection oven. If you begin to notice consistent problems refer to the chart below for possible solutions. Baking Notes: Problem Cause Lopsided cakes (bake unevenly) Pans touching each other or oven walls. Batter spread unevenly in pan. Incorrect use of aluminum foil. Oven is not level. Cakes, cookies, biscuits too brown on bottom or top Oven not preheated. Pans touching each other or oven walls.
Care and Cleaning Clean oven frequently to maximize oven life, performance, and efficiency. A dirty oven cooks inefficiently because moisture, spills, and grease absorb convection and microwave energy. CAUTION To prevent burns, handle utensils, racks, and door with care. Allow oven, utensils, racks to cool before cleaning. Oven, utensils, and racks, become hot during operation.
Troubleshooting WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock which can cause severe personal injury or death, do not remove outer case at any time. Only an authorized servicer should remove outer case. Operation Topic Possible Cause Solution Oven not working Power outage • Make sure appliance is plugged in. • Verify that circuit breaker is not tripped. • Replace household fuse but do not change fuse capacity.
Warranty FULL ONE Year Amana Appliances will repair or replace, including related labor, any part which proves defective as to workmanship or materials. Limited Warranty After one year from the date of original retail purchase, Amana will provide a free part, as listed below, to replace any part that fails due to a defect in materials or workmanship. The owner will be responsible for paying all other costs including mileage and transportation.
