Sharp R-770B: MANUAL OPERATIONS

MANUAL OPERATIONS

Microwave Cooking Techniques

Arrange food carefully

Place thickest areas toward outside of dish.

Cook for the shortest amount of time indicated and add more time

Watch cooking time

as needed.

Food severely overcooked can smoke or ignite.

Check recipe for suggestions: paper towels, microwave plastic

wrap or a lid.

Cover foods before cooking

Covers prevent spattering and help foods to cook evenly.

(Helps keep oven clean)

Use small pieces of aluminium foil to cover thin areas of meat or

Shield foods

poultry in order to avoid overcooking.

From outside to center of dish once or twice during cooking, if

Stir foods

possible.

Foods such as chicken, hamburgers or steaks should be turned

Turn foods

over once during cooking.

Like meatballs halfway through cooking both from top to bottom

Rearrange foods

and from the center of the dish to the outside.

After cooking ensure adequate standing time.

Remove food from oven and stir if possible.

Allow standing time

Cover during standing time can allow the food to finish cooking

completely.

Look for signs indicating that cooking temperature has been

reached. Doneness signs include:

– Steam emits throughout the food, not just at edge;

– Joints of poultry can be torn apart easily;

Check for doneness

– Pork and poultry show no pinkness;

– Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.

A normal part of microwave cooking. The humidity and moisture

in food will influence the amount of moisture in the oven. Gener-

Condensation

ally, covered foods will not cause as much condensation as

uncovered foods. Ensure that the ventilation openings are not

blocked.

Microwave safe plastic wrap

For cooking food with high fat content, do not bring the wrap in

contact with the food as it may melt.

Microwave safe plastic

Some microwave safe plastic cookware are not suitable for cook-

cookware

ing foods with high fat and sugar content.

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Microwave Time Cooking

This is a manual cooking feature, first enter the cooking time then the power level.

You can programme up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. There are five different power levels.

Power level

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LOW HIGHMEDIUM

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of microwave power

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10% 30% 50% 70% 100%

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Examples of foods typi-

Keeping food

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Defrost

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Fruit

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cally cooked on micro-

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Softening

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Vegetable

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wave oven power level

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butter

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This variable cooking control allows you to select the rate of microwave cooking.

If a power level is not selected, then HIGH power is automatically used.

*Suppose you want to time cook for 10 minutes on HIGH power.

Step

Procedure Pad Order Display

Enter desired cooking time.

0 001

COOK will flash on and off.

Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

INSTANT COOK/

The timer begins to count

down.

To lower the power press the POWER LEVEL pad once. Note the display will indicate “100%”. To lower

to “70%” press the POWER LEVEL pad again. Repeat as necessary to select “50%”, “30%” or “10%”

power levels.

* Suppose you want to cook Fish Fillets for 10 minutes on MEDIUM power.

Step

Procedure Pad Order Display

Select power level by pressing the POW-

ER LEVEL pad as required (for MEDIUM

press three times).

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Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

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The timer begins to count

down.

If the door is opened during cooking process, the cooking time in the readout automatically stops. The

cooking time starts to count down again when the door is closed and the INSTANT COOK/START pad

is pressed.

If you want to check the power level during the cooking, press POWER LEVEL pad.

As long as your finger is pressing the POWER LEVEL pad, the power level will be displayed.

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START

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Casseroles

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Muffins

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Seafood

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START

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Enter desired cooking time.

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COOK

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COOK will flash on and off.

Sequence Cooking

Your oven can be programmed for up to 4 automatic cooking sequences, switching from one variable

power setting to another automatically.

Note that POWER LEVEL must be entered first when programming sequence cooking.

* Suppose you want to cook for 10 minutes on MEDIUM followed by 5 minutes on HIGH.

Step

Procedure Pad Order Display

Select desired power level by pressing

the POWER LEVEL pad (for MEDIUM press

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three times).

Enter desired cooking time.

0 001

2

For second sequence, select microwave

cooking and power level (for HIGH press

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the POWER LEVEL pad once).

Enter desired cooking time.

5 00

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COOK will flash on and off.

The timer begins to count

down to zero. When it

reaches zero,

5

the second sequence will

appear and the timer will

begin counting down to

zero again.

Instant Cook™

For your convenience Sharp’s Instant Cook allows you to easily cook for one minute on HIGH power.

Step

Procedure Pad Order Display

Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

Within one minute of closing the door.

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The timer begins to count

down.

Press the INSTANT COOK/ START pad until desired time is displayed.

Each time the pad is pressed, the cooking time is increased by 1 minute.

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INSTANT COOK/

START

INSTANT COOK/

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x 3

COOK

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COOK will flash on and off.

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x 1

COOK

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Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

COOK

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START

COOK

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Slow Cook

The SLOW COOK setting is designed for foods which cook longer time. For example, stewing, braising,

boiling soup or chinese desserts of liquid type. The SLOW COOK setting provides two choices: SLOW

COOK HIGH or SLOW COOK LOW. The maximum cooking time is 2 hours for each choice when cook

manually.

To select SLOW COOK HIGH, press the SLOW COOK pad once.

To select SLOW COOK LOW, press the SLOW COOK pad twice.

* Suppose you want to cook stew chicken on SLOW COOK HIGH for 1 hour 30 min.

Step

Step Procedure Pad Order Displa

Procedure Pad Order Display

SLOW COOK

COOK will flash on and off.

INSTANT COOK/

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The cooking time will count

down to zero. After cooking an

audible signal will sound. All

indicators will go out. The time

of day will reappear on display.

NOTE 1. If you need to check the food doneness during cooking, you can open the oven door or pressing

the STOP/CLEAR once, then check and stir. After that close the door and touch INSTANT COOK/

START pad to resume cooking.

2. Combination between HIGH and LOW is free until 2 stages. But combination between SLOW

COOK and other features is not possible.

3. You can get a cooking hint whenever HELP is lit in the display. See page E-33.

SPECIAL NOTES ON SLOW COOKING

For better cooking result, always try to:

1. Cut the ingredients into smaller pieces.

2. Add in adequate liquid medium (eg: water, sauce) and try to submerge the ingredients into the liquid medium

in order to avoid scorching. This is especially important when stew or chicken soup is prepared.

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3. When soup or large quantity is prepared, make sure that the water level is at least 1

/2 inches (3.8cm) from

the rim of casserole, otherwise spill over may result.

4. Do not add too much seasonings or salt at the initial stage of cooking. Try to add (especially salt) soon after

or just after finish.

5. Cook with the casserole lid on. Also please do not open the lid during cooking as this may disturb the cooking

sequence.

6. Stir and stand for 10 minutes after cooking.

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Press the SLOW COOK pad once.

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x 1

Enter desired cooking time.

HELP

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COOK

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Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

HELP

START

COOK

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Grill Cooking

Your oven has three grill cooking modes. Select the desired grill mode by pressing the GRILL pad.

For the top heater mode, press the GRILL pad once.

For the bottom heater mode, press the GRILL pad twice.

For the top and bottom heaters mode, press the GRILL pad three times.

It is not necessary to preheat for grill cooking.

* Suppose you want to cook 1.0 kg of steak for 20 minutes using the top and bottom heaters.

Step

Procedure Pad Order Display

Press the GRILL pad three times.

GRILL

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x 3

Enter desired cooking time.

0 002

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COOK will flash on and off.

Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

INSTANT COOK/

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The timer begins to count

down.

When the timer reaches about 2/3 of the

way through the cooking time, open the

door and turn over the steak. And then

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close the door.

Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

The timer begins to count

down again. When it reaches

5

zero, all indicators will go off

and the oven will "beep". The

cooling fan will remain on

until the oven cavity has

cooled.

Warning:

The oven cavity, door, turntable, turntable support, racks, dishes and especially bottom heater will

become very hot, use thick oven gloves when removing the food or turntable from the oven to PREVENT

BURNS.

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COOK

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START

COOK

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INSTANT COOK/

COOK

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START

Grill Mix Cooking

Your Grill Microwave Oven has four preprogrammed settings that make it easy to cook with both grill

heaters and microwave.

Select the desired mix setting by pressing the GRILL MIX pad. It is not necessary to preheat for the mix

cooking.

Preset programme

The times

pressing

Microwave

Setting

Grill heater

GRILL MIX pad

power

Grill mix High with Top heater Once 50% Top heater

Grill mix Low with Top heater Twice 10% Top heater

Grill mix High with Bottom heater Three times 50% Bottom heater

Grill mix Low with Bottom heater Four times 10% Bottom heater

* Suppose you want to reheat 4 pieces of pizza (approx. 360g) for 6 minutes on Grill mix Low with Top

heater.

Step

Procedure Pad Order Display

Press the GRILL MIX pad twice.

GRILL MIX

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x 2

Enter desired cooking time.

6 00

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COOK will flash on and off.

Press the INSTANT COOK/START pad.

INSTANT COOK/

The timer begins to count down.

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When it reaches zero, all indica-

tors will go off and the oven will

"beep". The cooling fan will re-

main on until the oven cavity

has cooled.

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COOK

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START

COOK

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Warning:

The oven cavity, door, turntable, turntable support, racks, dishes and especially bottom heater will

become very hot, use thick oven gloves when removing the food or turntable from the oven to PREVENT

BURNS.