arcelik MD 898 KZI User manual

MD 898 KZI
MD 898 YKZI
30 L Electronic
Microwave Oven
User Manual

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CONTENTS
1 Important safety and
environmental instructions 4
1.1 General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Intended use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3 Children’s safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4 Compliance with the WEEE Directive and
Disposing of the Waste Product: . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 Compliance with RoHS Directive . . . . . . 11
1.6 Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Your microwave oven 12
2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Technical data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3 Description of your appliance 13
3.1 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.1 Glass turntable plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.2 Roller base support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3 Unpacking and installing your oven . . . . 13
3.4 Advantages of the microwave oven . . . . 14
3.5 Theory of microwave cooking. . . . . . . . . 15
3.6 Dishes suitable for microwave oven . . . . 15
4 Using your appliance 17
4.1 Heating with a Single Button . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Microwave heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.3 Automatic defrosting by weight . . . . . . . 20
4.4 Auto Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.5 Cooking with memory function: . . . . . . . 21
4.6 Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.7 Cooking in Combination. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.8 Convection Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.9 Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.10 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.11 Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.12 Stop/Cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5 Cleaning and care 24
5.1 Outer surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.2 Keep the inside of the oven clean. . . . . . 24
5.3 Inner surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.4 For transportation:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6 Troubleshooting 25
7 Actions to be Taken Before
Calling the Authorised Service 26
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1 Important safety and environmental
instructions
Important Safety Instruc-
tions Read Carefully And
Keep For Future Reference
This section contains safety ins-
tructions that will help protect
from risk of fire, electric shock,
exposure to leak microwave
energy, personal injury or pro-
perty damage. Failure to follow
these instructions shall void any
warranty.
1.1 General safety
•The microwave oven is intended
for heating food and beverages.
Drying of food or clothing and
heating of warming pads, slip-
pers, sponges, damp cloth and
similar may lead to risk of injury,
ignition or fire.
This appliance is intended to be
used in household and similar
applications such as:
•Staff kitchen areas in shops,
offices and other working envi-
ronments;
•Farm houses
•By clients in hotels, motels and
other residential type environ-
ments;
•Bed and Breakfast type environ-
ments.
•Do not attempt to start the oven
when its door is open; otherwise
you may be exposed to harmful
microwave energy. Safety locks
should not be disabled or tam-
pered with.
•Do not place any object bet-
ween the front side and the
door of the oven. Do not allow
dirt or cleaning agent remnants
built-up on the closure surfaces.
•Any service works involving re-
moval of the cover that provides
protection against exposure to
microwave energy must be per-
formed by authorized persons/
service. Any other approach is
dangerous.
•Your product is intended for
cooking, heating and defrost
food at home. It must not be
used for commercial purposes.
Manufacturer shall not be held
liable for damages that have
arisen from misuse.

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instructions
•Do not use this appliance out-
doors, bathrooms, humid envi-
ronments or in places where the
it can get wet.
•No responsibility or warranty
claim shall be assumed for da-
mages arising from misuse or
improper handling of the appli-
ance.
•Never attempt to dismantle the
appliance. No warranty claims
are accepted for damage cau-
sed by improper handling.
•Only use the original parts or
parts recommended by the ma-
nufacturer.
•Do not leave this appliance
unattended while it is in use.
•Always use the appliance on a
stable, flat, clean dry, and non-
slip surface.
•The appliance should not be
operated with an external clock
timer or separate remote control
system.
•Before using the appliance for
the first time, clean all parts.
Please see the details given
in the "Cleaning and Mainte-
nance" section.
•Operate the appliance for its in-
tended purpose only as descri-
bed in this manual. Do not use
abrasive chemicals or steam
on this appliance. This oven is
particularly intended for heating
and cooking the food.
It is not intended for industrial or
laboratory use.
•Do not use your appliance to dry
clothes or kitchen towels.
•Appliance becomes very hot
while it is in use. Pay attention
not to touch the hot parts inside
the oven.
•Your oven is not designed to dry
any living being.
•Do not operate the oven empty.
•Only use utensils that are su-
itable for use in microwave
ovens.

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•Cooking utensil may get hot due
to the heat transferred from the
heated food to the utensil. You
may need oven gloves to hold
the utensil.
•Utensils shall be checked to en-
sure that they are suitable for
use in microwave ovens.
•Do not place the oven on sto-
ves or other heat generating
appliances. Otherwise, it may
be damaged and the warranty
becomes void.
•Microwave oven must not be
placed in a cabinet that is not in
compliance with the installation
instructions.
•Steam may come out while ope-
ning the covers or the foil after
cooking the food.
•Use gloves while taking any kind
of heated food out.
•The appliance and its acces-
sible surfaces may be very hot
when the appliance is in use.
•Door and outer glass may be
very hot when the appliance is
in use.
1.1.1 Electrical safety
•If the supply cord is damaged,
it must be replaced by the ma-
nufacturer or its service agent
or a similarly qualified person in
order to avoid a hazard.
•Beko Microwave Ovens comply
with the applicable safety stan-
dards; therefore, in case of any
damage on the appliance or
power cable, it should be repa-
ired or replaced by the dealer,
service center or a specialist
and authorized service alike to
avoid any danger. Faulty or un-
qualified repair work may be
dangerous and cause risk to
the user.
•Make sure that your mains
power supply complies with the
information supplied on the ra-
ting plate of the appliance.
The only way to disconnect
the appliance from the power
supply is to remove the power
plug from the power outlet.
•Use the appliance with a groun-
ded outlet only.
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•Never use the appliance if the
power cable or the appliance it-
self is damaged.
•Do not use this appliance with
an extension cord.
•Never touch the appliance or its
plug with damp or wet hands.
•Place the appliance in a way so
that the plug is always acces-
sible.
•Prevent damage to the power
cable by not squeezing, ben-
ding, or rubbing it on sharp
edges. Keep the power cable
away from hot surfaces and
naked flame.
•Make sure that there is no dan-
ger that the power cable could
be accidentally pulled or that
someone could trip over it when
the appliance is in use.
•Unplug the appliance before
each cleaning and when the
appliance is not in use.
•Do not pull the power cable of
the appliance to disconnect it
from its power supply and never
wrap its power cable around the
appliance.
•Do not immerse the appliance,
power cable, or power plug in
water or any other liquids. Do
not hold it under running water.
•When heating food in plastic or
paper containers, keep an eye
on the oven due to the possibi-
lity of ignition.
•Remove the wire strings and/or
metal handles of paper or plas-
tic bags before placing bags su-
itable for use in microwave oven
to the oven.
•If smoke is observed, switch
off or unplug the appliance and
keep the door closed in order to
stifle any flames.
•Do not use inside of the oven
to store something. Do not leave
paper items, cooking material or
food inside the oven when it is
not being used.
•The contents of feeding bottles
and baby food jars shall be stir-
red or shaken and the tempe-
rature shall be checked before
consumption, in order to avoid
burns.
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•This appliance is a Group 2
Class B ISM equipment. Group
2 contains all ISM (Industrial,
Scientific and Medical) equip-
ment in which radio-frequency
energy is intentionally genera-
ted and/or used in the form of
electromagnetic radiation for
the treatment of material, and
spark erosion equipment.
•Class B equipment is suitable
for use in domestic establish-
ments and establishments
directly connected to a low vol-
tage power supply network.
•Door or outer surface of the
appliance may become hot
when it is in use.
1.1.2 Product safety
•Heating the beverages with
microwave may cause them to
boil by splashing around after
they have been taken out of the
oven; so be careful when you
are holding the containers.
•Do not roast anything in the
oven. Hot oil may damage the
components and materials of
the oven, and it may even cause
skin burns.
•Pierce food with thick crust such
as potatoes, zucchinis, apples
and chestnuts.
•Appliance must be placed so
that the rear side is facing the
wall.
•Before moving the appliance,
please secure the turntable to
prevent damage to it.
•Eggs in their shell and whole
hard-boiled eggs must not be
heated in microwave ovens
since they may explode, even
after microwave heating has
ended.
•Never remove the parts at the
rear and sides of the appliance,
which protect the minimum
distances between the cabinet
walls and the appliance in order
to allow for the required air cir-
culation.
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1.2 Intended use
•The oven should be cleaned re-
gularly and any food deposits
removed.
•Failure to maintain the oven in
a clean condition could lead to
deterioration of the surface that
could adversely affect the life of
the appliance and possibly re-
sult in a hazardous situation.
•Cleaning the door seals and
adjacent parts: Use hot soapy
water. Clean with a dish cloth,
do not scour. Do not use a metal
or glass scraper for cleaning.
•WARNING: If the door or door
seals are damaged, the oven
must not be operated until it has
been repaired by a competent
person.
•WARNING: It is hazardous for
anyone other than a competent
person to carry out any service
or repair operation which in-
volves the removal of a cover
which gives protection against
exposure to microwave energy.
•WARNING: Liquids and other
foods must not be heated in se-
aled containers since they are
liable to explode.
•Microwave oven is intended for
built-in use only.
•Do not use the appliance for
anything other than its intended
use.
•Do not use the appliance as a
heat source.
•Microwave oven is intended to
thaw, cook and stew food only.
•Do not over-cook foods; other-
wise, you may cause a fire.
•Do not use steam assisted clea-
ners to clean the appliance.
1.3 Children’s safety
•Extreme caution is advised
when being used near children
and persons who are restric-
ted in their physical, sensory or
mental abilities.
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•This appliance can be used by
the children who are at the age
of 8 or over and by the people
who have limited physical, sen-
sory or mental capacity or who
do not have knowledge and ex-
perience, as long as they are
supervised with regard to safe
use of the product or they are
instructed accordingly or un-
derstand the risks of using the
product. Children should not
play with the appliance. Cle-
aning and user maintenance
procedures should not be per-
formed by children unless they
are controlled by their elders.
•Danger of choking! Keep all the
packaging materials away from
children.
•Only allow children to use the
oven without supervision when
adequate instructions have
been given so that the child is
able to use the microwave oven
in a safe way and understands
the hazards of improper use.
•Due to excessive heat that ari-
ses in grill and combination
modes, children should only
be allowed to use these modes
under supervision of an adult.
•Keep the product and its power
cable so that they are inacces-
sible by children under 8 years
old.
•The appliance and its acces-
sible surfaces may be very hot
when the appliance is in use.
Keep children away.
•The appliance is not intended
for use by persons (including
children) with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities,
or lack of experience and know-
ledge, unless they have been
given supervised or instruction
concerning use of the appliance
by a responsible person for their
safely.
•Young children should be su-
pervised to ensure that they do
not play with the appliance.
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•WARNING: Only allow children
to use the oven without super-
vision when adequate instructi-
ons have been given so that the
child is able to use the oven in
a safe way and understands the
hazards of improper use.
1.4 Compliance with the WEEE
Directive and Disposing of the Waste
Product:
This product complies with EU WEEE Directive
(2012/19/EU). This product bears a classification
symbol for waste electrical and electronic equip-
ment (WEEE).
This product has been manufactured
with high quality parts and materials
which can be reused and are suitable
for recycling. Do not dispose of the
waste product with normal domestic
and other wastes at the end of its service life. Take
it to the collection center for the recycling of elect-
rical and electronic equipment. Please consult
your local authorities to learn about these collecti-
on centers.
1.5 Compliance with RoHS Directive
The product you have purchased complies with
EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU). It does not con-
tain harmful and prohibited materials specified in
the Directive.
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1.6 Package information
Packaging materials of the product are
manufactured from recyclable materi-
als in accordance with our National
Environment Regulations. Do not dispo-
se of the packaging materials together with the
domestic or other wastes. Take them to the packa-
ging material collection points designated by the
local authorities.

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Markings on the product or the values stated in other documents supplied with the product are values obtained under laboratory
conditions as per relevant standards. These values may vary according to the usage of the appliance and ambient conditions.
2 Your microwave oven
2.1 Overview
1. Door Safety Interlock System
2. Oven Window
3. Oven Air Vent
4. Cylinder Ring
5. Glass Tray
6. Control Panel
7. Grill rack
2.2 Technical data
Power
consumption
230 V~50Hz, 1450 W
Output 900 W
Grill Heater 1000 W
Convection 1350 W
Operating
Frequency
2,450 MHz
External
Dimensions
520 mm (W) X 530 mm (D)
X 300 mm (H)
Internal
Dimensions of
the Oven
350 mm (W) X 372 mm (D)
X 232 mm (H)
Oven Capacity 30 litres
Weight without
Packaging
19 kg

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3 Description of your appliance
3.1 Control Panel
Microwave
Menu
Convection
Memory
Grill
Combi
Start
Clock/Time Stop/Cancel
Time Setting
3.2 Accessories
3.2.1 Glass turntable plate
Please use the glass turntable plate in all cooking
operations and never operate the oven without it.
The glass plate will collect all meal juices and food
pieces falling down. Otherwise meal will spill into
the oven and dry out. Let the glass turntable plate
cool down before cleaning it.
•Place the glass plate on the roller ring and the
roller base support.
3.2.2 Roller base support
Use the roller support under the glass1 plate.
Do not place any other plate/tray apart from the
glass plate onto the roller ring.
CYou can wash all of these accessori-
es in the dishwasher.
3.3 Unpacking and installing your
oven
•You can check whether your oven is operating
properly by implementing the main steps on this
page. Please pay attention to the instructions
regarding where and how to install your oven.
•Make sure that you remove all accessories and
all the packages while unpacking your oven.
Please check if your oven is damaged just in
case. Unpack your oven and place it on a flat
surface.

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3 Description of your appliance
•Put your oven onto a surface that is 85 cm
above the ground. Leave a clearance of 30 cm
on the front side of your oven and 10 cm on
the rear side for ventilation. Leave a distance of
8 cm between the oven and counter’s edge to
prevent it from falling.
This oven should not be used for commercial pur-
poses. This product has been designed for house-
hold use only.
To install your oven;
1. Plug your oven into a grounded socket. Make
sure that there is no other appliance plugged
into that socket. If your oven does not function
properly, unplug and plug it into the socket
again.
2. Open the front door of your oven. Place the rol-
ler base support and then place the glass plate
on it.
3. Put a container that is suitable for microwave
cooking and filled with 300 ml water in the
oven.
4. Turn the knob until you see “30” on the display
to operate your oven for 30 seconds and press
“Start”. You will hear a “beep” signal upon pres-
sing “Start”.
5. Your display will count down from 30 seconds.
Once it reaches 0, you will hear the “beep” sig-
nal for 5 times. Open your oven’s door and test
the temperature of the water. If the water is hot,
this means your oven is functioning.
Be careful while removing the con-
tainer filled with water; it may be
hot.
3.4 Advantages of the microwave
oven
•Microwave oven is highly beneficial in terms
of cooking time. Microwave cooking can be as
short as three or four times when compared to
conventional ovens. This also depends on the
thickness, temperature and amount of the meal
to be cooked. Meals preserve their natural taste
completely when they are cooked with their own
juice by using less spice or none at all.
•Microwave oven will provide power saving.
Power is not consumed only during cooking.
Microwave ovens do not waste any energy. Only
the meal is heated during cooking. Since the
kitchen is not heated up, persons in the kitchen
do not feel discomfort.
•Microwave cooking also means less dish to
wash. Meals can be cooked and served in the
same vessel. Because the vessel is not heated
during cooking. Spilled and poured food rem-
nants do not get burn on oven walls; it will be
easier to clean the oven.
•There is no need to get worried when you forget
to defrost the meat. Microwave oven can defrost
the frozen food in a couple of minutes, allowing
to start cooking immediately.

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3 Description of your appliance
3.5 Theory of microwave cooking
•Microwaves are a type of energy similar to the
waves of radios and televisions. The magnetron
tube in microwave ovens produce microwave
energy. Microwaves create high-speed vibrati-
ons in food molecules. These vibrations create
the heat required to cook the food.
•The microwave energy enters into the cooking
section of the oven by being filtered through the
special plate on the glass walls. Microwaves do
not cook food vessels but the food in the vessels
heat them.
Microwaves cannot escape the metal walls of
your oven. Microwaves can reach the inner parts
of materials such as porcelain, glass and paper.
There are cookware made of these materials su-
itable for microwaves. If you open the oven door
during or at the end of cooking, the emission of
microwaves and cooking process will stop.
Your microwave oven is one of the safest ones of
your household appliances. Your microwave oven
will stop producing microwaves immediately if you
open its door. Microwaves turn into heat the mo-
ment they enter into your food; so there is no mic-
rowave energy that is harmful for you while you’re
eating the food.
3.6 Dishes suitable for microwave
oven
ANever use metal or metal-coated
dishes in your microwave oven.
•Microwaves cannot pass through metal. Any
metal item in the oven reflects the microwaves
and this creates a flash-over (arc), a dangerous
incident that resembles lightning. Most of the
heat-resistant non-metal dishes are suitable
for use in microwave oven. On the other hand,
these dishes may contain materials that are not
suitable for microwave cooking. You can perform
the test below to see if a dish is appropriate for
microwave ovens or not.
Test: Place the empty dish you are testing into
the oven and place another dish filled with water.
Operate the oven at the highest level for 1 minute.
If the water is heated and the test dish feels cold
when you touch it, you can use it in your microwa-
ve oven. However, if the water does not get heated
and the other dish (test dish) is hot, it means that
the microwaves are being absorbed by the dish.
So, this dish is not suitable for use in microwave
oven.
•Most tableware items are suitable for micro-
wave ovens. You can refer to the user manual of
the manufacturer or perform the microwave test
if you have a doubt.
•Use round vessels for microwave cooking ins-
tead of elliptic or rectangular vessels. Other-
wise, the food that remains on the edges will be
effected more by the microwave and edges will
get overcooked.
•Microwaves can pass through substances such
as paper, plastic, glass and ceramic without
producing any heat. Cooking vessels made of
glass or ceramic are often suitable for micro-
wave cooking. Do not use paper or plastic ves-
sels for Grill, Grill-Microwave or Steam cooking.
Use these vessels only for short-time microwave
cooking.
Glass vessels
•Very thin glass vessels and crystal with lead
content should not be used. Heat-resistant glass
vessels are suitable for use in microwave ovens.
On the other hand, fragile glass vessels such
as water or wine glasses should not be used in
ovens since they may break while the food is
getting heated.
Plastic vessels
•In long-duration cooking operations, do not use
vessels/covers made of plastic/melamine or
bags designed for storing frozen food. Because
very hot food will eventually melt or warp plastic
vessels. Use these vessels only for short-time
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3 Description of your appliance
Cooking bags
•Plastic cooking bags are suitable for use in
ovens provided that they are designed for co-
oking food. But you should make a hole on the
bag for the steam to escape. Never use conven-
tional plastic bags for cooking food since they
will melt and get ripped.
Paper
•No types of paper is suitable for cooking long
times in microwave ovens. This will cause the
paper to catch fire. Paper vessels are useful and
suitable for cooking greasy and dry food that
can be cooked in a short time in the microwave
oven. Paper towels are also quite suitable for
wrapping food or spreading on plates/trays you
put the greasy food on.
•Some recyclable paper products may contain
impure materials that may arc or they may catch
fire when used in microwave ovens.
Wooden and wicker vessels
•Large wooden vessels should not be used as
the microwave energy causes the wood to get
dry and crispy.
Ceramic and clay vessels
•Vessels made of these materials are generally
suitable for use in microwave ovens. However,
you should test them to be sure.
Metal vessels - foils
•Metal vessels reflects the microwaves away
from the food. Therefore, do not use them.
•Aluminium foil in small pieces or stripes can be
used to cover or undercook wings or legs, or the
parts that remain on the edge such as thin tips
of the joints of poultry.
•Flat cooking trays with a depth less than 1.5 cm
on the edges can also be used; however, in such
cases oil paper or stretch wrap should be used
instead of foil.
A
Some items containing a high level
of iron or lead are not suitable to be
used as cookware. You should cer-
tainly check if vessels can be used
in microwave ovens or not.

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4 Using your appliance
Placing the Food
•You will get the best results if you scatter the
food into the plate. This may be achieved in va-
rious ways to get better results.
•If you will cook too many pieces of the same
type of food (such as potatoes), they will be bet-
ter cooked when placed in the oven in a circular
form with equal clearances. Never use food on
top of each other.
•When cooking food with different shapes and
thicknesses, place the smallest and the thin-
nest part into the middle of your vessel since
the microwaves will be more effective on the
outer parts of the food. Thus, you can have that
part cooked last.
•Place food with irregular shape such as fish in
a way that their tails will be in the middle of the
vessel.
•You can place very thin meat slices on top of
each other.
•Thicker pieces such as sausage and chopped
meat should not be placed close to each other.
•Heat broth and sauces in separate vessels. Pre-
fer narrow and deep vessels to wide and shallow
ones. Do not fill more than 2/3 of the vessel
when heating broth, sauce or soup.
•If you will cook whole fish, make some cuts on
it; thus you will prevent skin from bursting.
•Cover the head and tail parts of the fish with alu-
minium foil to protect them against overcooking.
•If you are using stretch wrap, bag or oil paper,
make a hole or leave a small opening in order to
allow steam get out.
•Food with small pieces will get cooked sooner
than the ones with large pieces and the ones
with regular shapes will get cooked sooner than
the ones with irregular shapes. Cut the food in
even sizes and regularly to cook them in the
best way possible.
Height of the food
•Top parts of the food that are higher get cooked
more quickly than the bottom parts (generally
for foods such as roast). For this reason, you
may need to turn these types of food upside
down, even several times for some food.
•You can place thick or dense food at a higher
place so that the microwaves can have an ef-
fect at the bottom and middle parts of the food
as well.
Thickness of the food
•As microwaves can enter the food 2 cm at the
deepest, inner parts of thick food get cooked
only when the heat at the side edges are con-
veyed to the inner side. Only the outer part is
cooked with microwave energy; the rest of the
food is cooked with heat conduction.
•Cube is the worst shape for a food to be cook
with microwaves. Its corners will be burnt even
before its centre is heated. Rounded, thin, ring-
shaped food can be cooked successfully in mic-
rowave ovens.
Cooking Recommendations
Factors affecting the cooking process in
microwave ovens
•There are lots of factors that affect the cooking
process. Degrees of temperature of the ingre-
dients in a recipe cause a lot of changes in the
cooking duration. For example, baking a cake
made with ice-cold butter, milk and eggs will
take much longer that baking a cake made with
ingredients at room temperature.
•Cooking durations of the recipes given in this
manual are approximate values. Because you
cannot recover overcooked food.
•Especially for some recipes such as bread,
cake, and sauces with cream, it is recommen-
ded to remove the food from the oven before it
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•This kind of food will continue to be cooked as
the heat on the outer side is transmitted to the
inner side if they are covered and rested outside
of the oven.
•If you keep the food in the oven until it is cooked
completely, the outer side may burn. You will
better estimate cooking and resting durations
of foods over time.
•Never leave your food unattended while it is
being cooked. Your microwave oven features an
inner light that turns on automatically when the
oven has been switched to enable you to check
the status of your food while it is being cooked.
To defrost:
•Shape of the package may change the defrost
time. Shallow rectangular packages will defrost
quicker than the deep vessels.
•Separate the pieces from each other as the food
get defrosted. Thus other pieces will defrost ea-
sier.
•Cover the parts of the food that start heating
with small pieces of foil. Wood toothpicks will
help keeping the foil in place.
•Place aluminium foil pieces that prevent mic-
rowave energy in a way that they will not fall
so that they do not arc. To prevent square or
rectangular shaped food from being overcoo-
ked, place the foil at the corners and the edges.
Never use too much foil.
Amount of food
•The more food you cook the more time it will
take. Double amount of food means double
amount of time approximately. If it takes 4 minu-
tes to bake a potato, it will take about 7 minutes
for two potatoes.
•The number of the microwaves in your oven re-
mains the same even if the amount of the food
cooked in it changes. Thus, if you place more
food in the oven, the cooking duration will also
extend.
Moisture content
•Cooking duration will change depending of the
amount of juice as microwave is sensitive to
moisture. Food with natural juice (vegetables,
fish and poultry) will get cooked quickly and ea-
sily. Adding water is suggested when cooking
dry food such as rice and beans in microwave.
•Since the moisture in the microwave oven will
be gone, you must either sprinkle drier foods
(such as fried meat and some vegetables) with
some water or cover them to keep the moisture
in it before cooking.
Condensation
•Moisture in food items may sometimes cause
condensation inside the oven during cooking.
This is normal. Generally, foods that are covered
will cause less condensation.
Sugar
•Follow the suggestions in microwave cooking
books when cooking food items such as pud-
ding or tart which contain too much sugar or
butter. If you exceed the suggested duration, you
may cause the food item get burned or the oven
get damaged.
Density of the food
•Light and porous foods such as bread and cake
can be cooked in a much shorter period of time
compared to heavy and dense foods such as
roast and stew. You must be careful when coo-
king porous foods in microwave oven to prevent
their outer surfaces from becoming dry and
hard.
Bone and fat amount of foods
•Bones conduct heat and fat gets cooked faster
than meat. When cooking bone-in-meat or fatty
meat, you must be careful to cook it evenly on
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Cooking covered foot
•The cover will keep the heat and thus the steam
in the vessel, enabling the food to be cooked in
a shorter period of time. You can use a vessel
with a lid or a vessel you covered with microwa-
vable cling wrap. If you wrap the food in baking
paper, the paper will retain the heat and prevent
oil splash. However, it may cause the food to
dry slightly as it does not provide full coverage
compared to lid or cling wrap.
Colour of the food
•Meat and poultry that have been cooked for 15
minutes or more slightly darken in their own fat.
For the foods you cook in a shorter period of
time to have a more appetising and nice colour,
you can spread some soy sauce or barbecue
sauce on them. These sauces do not change
the flavour of the food when used in very small
quantities.
Reducing the pressure in foods
•Many food items are covered with skin or shell.
They may explode due to the pressure that bu-
ilds up during cooking. To avoid this, the skin
or shell must be punctured with a fork or knife.
This process must be applied to potato, chicken
liver, mussels, egg yolk, sausage and some fru-
its and vegetables.
Stirring/mixing and turning the food during
cooking
•Stirring the food is quite important when coo-
king with microwaves. In conventional cooking,
foods are stirred for mixing purposes. However,
in microwave cooking, it is stirred to distribute
the heat evenly. Always stir from the outer sides
towards the inside since the outer parts get he-
ated before the inner parts.
•Roast type meats and big, longitudinal foods
such as a whole chicken must be turned upside-
down to be cooked evenly on the top and at
the bottom. You may even have to turn diced/
chopped meat and chicken upside down.
•Stirring/mixing and turning the food during coo-
king is important to cook every part evenly.
Different cooking durations
•Always start by trying the minimum cooking
time and check whether the food is cooked
or not. Cooking times in this user manual are
approximate values. Cooking times may vary
depending on the sizes and shapes of the foods
and vessels.
Waiting time
•Let the food rest for a while after taking it out of
the oven. Keeping the food wait for some time
after defrosting, cooking and reheating will al-
ways give better results. Because the heat of
the food will dissipate well.
•In microwave ovens, foods continue to get coo-
ked for some more time even after the oven is
switched off. Temperature of the foods increase
by 3°C to 8°C during the waiting process. Co-
oking continues not because of the microwave
oven but the heat inside the food. Waiting time
may change depending on the food. In some
cases, this duration is as short as it takes you
to take the meal from the oven and transfer it
to the service plate. This time may go up to 10
minutes in large foods.
•Before cooking or defrosting your food, remove
its plastic packaging. Your food may sometimes
have to be covered with nylon cling wrap to be
cooked in some exceptional cases.
•Especially, it is recommended to remove foods
such as meat, chicken, bread, cake an sauce
with cream before they are cooked fully and
complete the cooking duration with the waiting
time.

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4.1 Heating with a Single Button
You can start the simple cooking process with a
single button. It is an extremely simple and fast
way to heat things such as a glass of water, etc.
Example: To heat a glass of milk
•Place a glass of milk on the glass turntable and
close the oven door.
•Press the start button and the microwave oven
will operate with 100% power for 1 minute.
•When the baking is completed, 5 beeps will be
heard.
4.2 Microwave heating
This function has two options.
1. Quick microwave heating (100% power)
Example: to heat the food with 100% power for
5 minutes;
•Set the cooking duration to “5:00”.
•Press the start button.
2. Microwave heating in manual use.
Example: To heat the food with 70% power for
10 minutes;
•Press the microwave button and select “70%”
power.
•Set the cooking duration to “10:00”.
•Press the start button.
There are 5 different power levels and the longest
microwave heating duration is 60 minutes.
Touching
durations
Microwave
power
Display
1 100% P100
2 70% P70
3 50% P50
4 30% P30
5 10% P10
4.3 Automatic defrosting by weight
Simply select the weight of the food; it will auto-
matically help you adjust the power and duration.
Example: Defrosting 500 g frozen meat;
•Turn the automatic defrosting button to the left
until “500” is displayed to select defrosting
function.
•Press the start button
The weight of the food must be less than 2,000
grams.
4.4 Auto Menu
Simply select the type and weight of the food; it
will automatically adjust the power and duration.
Example: Auto-cooking 400 g fish;
•Press the auto menu button until “A5” is disp-
layed.
•Turn the time setting button until “400” is disp-
layed.
•Press the start button.