LG MHES1738F Owners Manual - Page 30

30 OPERATION food is still frozen solid in the center, return it to the microwave oven for more defrosting. - Depending on the shape of the food, some areas may defrost more quickly than others. - The shape of the package affects how quickly food will defrost. Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than a deep block. - For best results, shape ground meat into the form of a doughnut before freezing. When defrosting, scrape off thawed meat when the beep sounds and continue defrosting. - Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such as chicken wings, leg tips, fish tails, or areas that start to get warm. Make sure the foil does not touch the sides, top, or bottom of the oven. The foil can damage the oven lining. Convection Cooking Tips Convection cooking circulates hot air through the oven cavity with a fan. The constantly moving air surrounds the food to heat the outer portion quickly, creating even browning and sealed-in flavor by the constant motion of hot air over the food surfaces. Press the Convection button to use the convection functions on the oven. Do not use the oven without the turntable in place. NOTE • Always use the metal rack on the turntable when convection cooking. • Do not cover the turntable or metal rack with aluminum foil. It interferes with the flow of air that cooks the food. • Round pizza pans are excellent cooking utensils for many convection-only items. Choose pans that do not have extended handles. • Use convection cooking for items like soufflés, breads, cookies, angel food cakes, pizza, and some meat and fish dishes. • Your oven comes equipped with a metal tray which can be used for cooking in convection mode or combination mode. • You do not need to use any special techniques to adapt your favorite oven recipes to convection cooking, but you do need to lower the oven temperature by 25 ℉ from the temperature recommended on the packaging when cooking prepared foods. • When baking cakes, cookies, breads, rolls, or other baked foods, most recipes call for preheating. Preheat the empty oven just as you do a regular oven. You can start cooking more dense foods such as meats, casseroles, and poultry without preheating. • All heatproof cookware or metal accessories can be used in convection cooking. • Use the metal accessories only for convection cooking. Never use for microwave or combination cooking since arcing and damage to the oven may occur. • After preheating, if you do not open the door, the oven will automatically hold at the preheated temperature for 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONS • The oven cavity, door, turntable, roller rest, metal tray, metal rack, and cooking accessories will become very hot. Use oven mitts when removing the food, cooking accessories, metal rack, metal tray, and turntable from the oven after convection cooking. • Do not use lightweight plastic containers, plastic wraps, or paper products during any convection cycle. Combination Cooking Tips Combination microwave-convection cooking shortens the cooking time for foods that would usually take a long time to cook. It leaves meats crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. In combination cooking, the convection heat and microwave energy alternate automatically. NOTE • Meats may be roasted directly on the metal rack or in a shallow roasting pan placed on the rack. Check the Cooking Guide for instructions on using the metal rack. • Less tender cuts of beef can be roasted and tenderized using oven cooking bags. • When baking, check for doneness after cooking time is up. If not completely done, let stand in oven for a few minutes to complete cooking. Precautions • All cookware used for combination cooking must be both microwave-safe and oven-safe. • During combination baking, some baking cookware may cause arcing when it comes in contact with the oven walls or metal accessory racks. Arcing is a discharge of electricity that