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Wonderful
Microwave Oven - let me count the ways
Microwave
oven is one of the best gifts that this magnificent millennium
has presented to us. It is a marked invention of the 20th century
that serves multi various purposes of people all through out the
world. Microwave ovens are very popular because of their amazing
speed of cooking foods.
An added advantage
of microwave oven is, it requires less electricity since it heats
only the food and nothing else. Microwave oven offers ultimate
convenience and versatility.
A microwave
oven consists of following features:
• A Magnetron
• A cooking chamber
• A waveguide
• A magnetron control circuit mostly with a microcontroller
A microwave
oven passes the microwave radiation through the food at a frequency
of 2450 Mhz. Water, sugar molecules and fat of the foods absorb
this microwave and the food gets cooked in an instant.
Advantages
of Microwave Oven
All the microwave ovens have several valuable features like push
button doors, enamel painted inner cavity, safe-from-children
lock features, instant cooking and heating facilities, cooking
signals, 99 min 99 sec digital timer, digital clock [12 hours
system] and weight defrost [meat, poultry, seafood].
There are several advantages of microwave ovens:
• Food can be cooked easily and quickly.
• Fast food cooking does not mean burned food or overcooked
food.
• There is no smoke or grease so the kitchen remains clean
and tidy.
• They have multifarious uses of defrosting and re-heating.
• Nutrients are preserved and the actual taste of the food
is retained.
Types
of Microwave Ovens
The microwave ovens are available in two types. They are Simple
Microwave oven and Microwave and Convection Oven.
Simple Microwave Oven – It cooks food as well as re-heats
it.
Microwave and Convection Oven – It helps in heating and
drying the food surface, which makes the food crispy. It is very
useful for baking cakes, pastries etc.
Microwave Ovens- Some Precautions
There are certain precautions that should be followed while using
the microwave oven. They are as follows:
• The oven door should not be subjected to any strain.
• Do not install the oven near gas burners, TV or other
electrical appliances.
• Do not operate an empty oven as it can cause much damage.
Microwave
ovens most efficiently heat the liquids and fats, frozen water
and sugar molecules. Starting from great hotels to small households,
microwave ovens had been a big success. It is a great help for
everyone. So look for your requirements and get yourself a microwave
oven before it is late.
Just a few
thoughts as you are outfitting your kitchen. There are many more
kitchen articles in our kitchen
section. There is more specific information in the links at
the beginning of this article. They can guide you where you need
to go.
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