SENSOR COOKING
Food releases humidity during cooking/heating.
How much humidity food releases is affected by
the quantity, temperature,
and shape of the food.
Your microwave oven has a sensor that detects
this humidity. The amount of humidity detected
tells the oven how long to cook or heat your food.
You can sensor cook when preparing any of 4
types of food. Just touch the pad for the food you
want to cook or heat (see the following chart).
To sensorcook:
1. Touch a SENSOR
COOK
pad.
Example for baked
potato
YOU SEE
(until cooking
time is
estimated)
NOTES:
• You do not need to touch START/ENTER to start
the oven. The oven will start cooking/heating
when you touch one of the SENSOR COOK pads.
• If you need more or less cooking time, do not
touch the selected SENSOR COOK pad again.
Touch POWER within 20 seconds after choosing
the food type. (See "Changing preset cooking
times" in the "Getting to Know Your Microwave
Oven" section.) You cannot change preset
cooking times for POPCORN.
• The sensor needs 2 minutes, 30 seconds to warm
up after the oven is connected to power or after a
power failure in your home. If you start sensor
cooking during the warm-up, "SENSE" shows on
the display until the warm-up is over. Microwave
energy will not be turned on until the sensor is warm.
• When cooking foods for a long time, allow the
oven to cool down before sensor cooking again.
How well your popcorn cooks will depend on the
brand of popcorn and how much fat it has in it. Try
several brands to decide which pops the best. For
best results, use fresh bags of popcorn.
This chart shows you how to choose a type of food and the amount you can choose for each type.
PAD
INSTRUCTIONS
AMOUNT
Popcorn*
Pop only 1 package at a time. If you are using a
3.5 oz (100 g), 3.0 oz (85 g),
microwave popcorn popper, follow manufacturer's
1.75 oz (50 g)
instructions.
NOTE." Remove cooking rack before placing pack-
age in oven.
Baked
Before baking, remember to pierce the potato with a
1 to 4 potatoes
Potato
fork several times. After cooking, let the potato
(10 oz [284 g] to 13 oz [369 g]
stand 5 minutes to finish cooking,
each)
Fresh
Prepare as you want, wash, but do not dry
1 to 4 cups (250 mL to 1 L)
Vegetable
vegetables. Place vegetables in a correct-size
microwavable
container. Add 2 to 4 tbsp (30 to
60 mL) water. Cover with plastic wrap and vent.
Frozen
Remove from package, rinse off frost under running
1 to 4 cups (250 mL to 1 L)
Vegetable
water. Place vegetables in a correct-size
microwav-
able container. Add 2 to 4 tbsp (30 to 60 mL) water.
Cover with plastic wrap and vent.
* The display does not show cooking time for this setting. "SENSE" stays on the display until cooking is
finished.
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