Sharp R-27STM-A manual

800W (IEC 60705) OPERATION MANUAL with COOKBOOK R-27STM-A MICROWAVE OVEN R-27STM-A.indd A R-27STM-A.indd A 7/3/09 5:31:02 PM 7/3/09 5:31:02 PM[...]

OPERATION MANUAL This operation manual contains important information which you should read carefully before using your microwave oven. IMPORTANT: There may be a serious risk to health if this operation manual is not followed or if the oven is modified so that it operates with the door open. If you require any advice or assistance regarding your Sh[...]

1 O VEN AND A CCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 C ONTROL P ANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 S AFETY : Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

2 9 3 2 1 4 5 6 10 8 7 O VEN AND A CCESSORIES 14 15 11 12 13 OVEN: 1. Oven lamp 2. Control panel 3. Door opening handle 4. Waveguide cover (DO NOT REMOVE) 5. Oven cavity 6. Coupling 7. Door latches 8. Door hinges 9. Door seals and sealing surfaces 10. Door 11. Power cord 12. Ventilation openings 13. Outer cabinet ACCESSORIES: Check to make sure the[...]

3 CONTR OL P ANEL 1. DIGITAL DISPLAY 2. INDICATORS BUTTONS: 3. AUTO COOK 4. EXPRESS COOK 5. EXPRESS DEFROST 6. START/AUTO MINUTE 7. TIME/WEIGHT 8. STOP/CLEAR 9. POWER LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 R-27STM-A.indd 3 R-27STM-A.indd 3 7/3/09 5:31:03 PM 7/3/09 5:31:03 PM[...]

4 INST ALLA TION WARNING: Inspect the Oven: • Check the oven carefully for damage before and regularly after installation. • Make sure the door closes properly, that it is not misaligned or warped. • Check the hinges and door safety latches are not broken or loose. • Ensure the door seal and sealing surfaces are not damaged. If the door or [...]

5 INST ALLA TION IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Oven Use: • The oven is for domestic food use only. • Never operate the oven when empty. • Do not leave or store anything inside the oven when not in use. • Never attempt to use the oven with the door open. It is important not to force or tamper with the door safety latches. • Never operate[...]

6 MAFF HEA TING CA TEGOR Y The heating category (a letter A to E) developed by MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) with microwave oven and food manufacturers indicates the ability of the oven to heat small quantities of food (up to 500g [1lb 2oz]). It does not represent the general performance of the oven. HO W Y OUR O VEN W ORKS Mic[...]

7 BEFORE OPERA TION Your oven has an Energy Save Mode. This facility saves electricity when the oven is not in use. T o operate the oven: 1. Plug in the oven. Nothing will appear on the display at this time. 2. Open and close the door. The display will show: NOTES: If you do not operate the oven for 3 minutes or more (i.e. after closing the door, p[...]

8 MICR O W A VE PO WER LEVELS • Your oven has 6 power levels, as shown opposite. • To change the power level for cooking, enter the cooking time and then press the POWER LEVEL button. Power level: The microwave power level is varied by the microwave energy switching on and off. When using power levels other than 100P you will be able to hear th[...]

9 HO W T O OPERA TE Y OUR O VEN MANU AL COOKING • Enter the cooking time and use microwave power levels 0P to 100P to cook (refer to page 8). • Stir or turn the food, where possible, 2 - 3 times during cooking, if required. • After cooking, cover the food and leave to stand, if required. • Refer to the cooking charts in the cookbook section[...]

10 HO W T O OPERA TE Y OUR O VEN 1. Enter the defrosting time by turning the TIME/WEIGHT knob. 2. Input the power level by pressing the POWER LEVEL button 4 times. The display will count down through the defrosting time. 3. Press the START/AUTO MINUTE button once to start defrosting. MANUAL DEFROSTING • Enter the defrosting time and use microwave[...]

11 A UT O COOK AUT O COOK enables you to cook foods listed on the control panel and the chart on page 12. Follow the example belo w for details on how to operate this function. 2. Enter the weight by turning the TIME/WEIGTH knob until the desired weight is displayed. 1. Select the menu required by pressing the AUTO COOK button twice. 3. Press the S[...]

12 A UT O COOK CHAR T No MENU WEIGHT RANGE COOKING PROCEDURE AC-1 Jacket Potatoes 1 - 4 pieces (1 potato = approx. 250g) • Pierce each potato in several places and place towards the edge of the turntable. • Turn food over when the oven indicates. • Stand, wrapped in aluminium foil for 5 minutes. AC-2 Rice / Pasta 0.1kg - 0.3kg • Add 300ml ([...]

13 EXPRESS COOK / EXPRESS DEFR OST EXPRESS COOK enables you to cook 3 popular menus from frozen or chilled. Please refer to the chart on pages 14. EXPRESS DEFROST enables you to defrost 3 popular menus. Please refer to the chart on page 15. When cooking from frozen (-18°C) press the desired menu button once, will appear in the display. When cookin[...]

14 EXPRESS COOK / EXPRESS DEFR OST EXPRESS COOK CHART MENU WEIGHT RANGE COOKING PROCEDURE x1: Frozen x2: Chilled 0.5kg - 1.5kg • Place meat in a flan dish on the turntable. • Turn meat over when the audible signal sounds. • After cooking, leave meat to stand wrapped in aluminium foil for 10 minutes. x1: Frozen x2: Chilled 0.5kg - 1.5kg • Pl[...]

15 EXPRESS COOK / EXPRESS DEFR OST WARNING: The door, outer cabinet, oven cavity, turntable and dishes will become very hot during operation. To prevent burns, always use thick oven gloves. EXPRESS DEFROST CHART MENU WEIGHT RANGE COOKING PROCEDURE Meat Joint: Beef/Lamb/Pork 0.5kg - 1.5kg • Place meat in a flan dish on the turntable. • Turn meat[...]

16 CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS 1. SEQUENCE COOKING AUTO MINUTE enables you: • To cook on 100P microwave power in multiples of 1 minute. (direct start) • To extend cooking time during manual cooking in multiples of 1 minute. NO TE: • The AUT O MINUTE function for direct start can only be used within 3 minutes after cooking completion, closing the doo[...]

17 MICR O W A VE COOKING AD VICE Microwaves cook food faster than conventional cooking. It is therefore essential that certain techniques are followed to ensure good results. Many of the following techniques are similar to those used in conventional cooking. Arrange Cover Pierce Stir, turn and rearrange Stand Cooking Techniques Place the thickest p[...]

18 MICR O W A VE COOKING AD VICE Face & Hands: Always use oven gloves to remove food or cookware from the oven. Stand back when opening the oven door to allow heat or steam to disperse. When removing covers (such as cling film), opening roasting bags or popcorn packaging, direct steam away from face and hands. Check the temperature of food and [...]

19 SUIT ABLE COOKW ARE To cook/defrost food in a microwave oven, the microwave energy must be able to pass through the container to penetrate the food. Therefore it is important to choose suitable cookware. Round/oval dishes are preferable to square/ oblong ones, as the food in the corners tends to overcook. A variety of cookware can be used as lis[...]

20 DEFR OSTING AD VICE Defrosting food using your microwave oven is the quickest method of all. It is a simple proccess but the following instructions are essential to ensure the food is thoroughly defrosted. NOTES: • Remove all packaging and wrapping before defrosting. • To defrost food, use microwave power levels MEDIUM LOW or LOW. • Please[...]

21 Plated meals Sliced meat Poultry portions Casseroles Remove any poultry or meat portions, reheat these separately, see below. Place smaller items of food to the centre of the plate, larger and thicker foods to the edge. Cover with vented microwave cling film and reheat on MEDIUM, stir/ rearrange halfway through reheating. NOTE: Ensure the food i[...]

22 CONTENTS I NTRODUCTION , C OOKER Y N OT E S & C ONVERSION C HAR TS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 D EFROSTING C HAR T : Meat, poultry, fish, fruit, bread, pastry, savoury pie & quiche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 C OOKING C HAR TS : Meat, poultry & fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

23 10P Stage1: 30P Stage-2: -10P 10P 30P 10P 10P 10P 30P 30P 30P 30P 30P 30P 10P 10P 10P 10P Place in a flan dish. T urn over 4-5 times during defrosting. Shield. Place on a plate. Use sequence programming. Stage 1: Defrost on 30P f or the first quarter of cooking time. Stage 2: Defr ost on 10P for the remaining cooking time. T urn over 3-4 times, [...]

24 Beefburgers Minced Meat Sausages (thick) Sausages (thin) Bacon Whole P oultry: Chicken, T urkey & Duck Chicken/T urkey P ortions, Breasts & Drumsticks Minced T urkey Fish Fillets Whole fish & Steaks (T rout, Mackerel) COOKING CHAR T 2 - 3 Minutes 2 - 3 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 1 Minute 10 Minutes 5 Minutes 2 - 3 Minutes 2 - 3 Minu[...]

25 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 5 Minutes 4 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 3 Minutes 2 Minutes 3 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P 100P Aubergines & Broccoli (fr esh) Sliced Beans (green - fr es[...]

26 FOOD ❇ COOKING MICRO ▼ METHOD ● ST ANDING TIME PO WER LEVEL TIME COOKING CHAR T ❇ Cooking Time: Cooking time is constant for any quantity of rice or pasta, quantity of boiling water has to be adjusted according to quantity of rice or pasta, see Method. ● Standing Time (rice & pasta only): After standing, rinse in boiling water prio[...]

27 Canned foods (Soup, Baked beans, Spaghetti, V egetables) Bread r olls/ Croissants Christmas pudding Sausage rolls (cook ed, chilled appr ox. 50g each) Quiche, (cooked, chilled) Meat pie (cooked, chilled) Fruit pie (cooked, chilled) 70P 70P 70P 70P 70P 70P 50P 6 - 7 Minutes/ 425g can 40 - 50 Seconds/ 2 croissants/2 r olls 40 Seconds/125g slice 1 [...]

28 RECIPES VEGET ABLE & BEAN SOUP Serves 4-6 75g celery, sliced 125g carrots, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 100g leeks, sliced 125g black eyed beans, cooked 125g chick peas, chopped 125g kidney beans, cooked 100g sweetcorn, canned 400g chopped tomatoes, canned 600ml (1 pint) hot vegetable stock salt and pepper to taste 1 Place the celery, ca[...]

29 RECIPES FISH RISOTTO Serves 4 75g onion, chopped 75g celer y , sliced 75g green pepper , seeded and sliced 75g red pepper , seeded and sliced 300g fish fillet, chunks 250g uncook ed prawns 1.25ml ( 1 / 4 tsp) ca yenne pepper 2.5ml ( 1 / 2 tsp) ground cumin 75g canned sw eetcorn, drained 200g white long grain rice 750ml (1 1 / 4 pint) hot fish st[...]

30 RECIPES BEEF RISOTTO Serves 4 75g onion, chopped 75g celery, sliced 75g green pepper, seeded and sliced 75g red pepper, seeded and sliced 300g beef fillet, thinly sliced into 5cm strips 1.25ml ( 1 / 4 tsp) cayenne pepper 2.5ml ( 1 / 2 tsp) ground cumin 75g canned sweetcorn, drained 200g white long grain rice 750ml (1 1 / 4 pint) hot beef stock s[...]

31 RECIPES CREAMY TURKEY CASSEROLE Serves 4 25g margarine 600g turkey, cubed 200g button mushrooms, sliced 300g leeks, sliced salt and pepper Sauce: 50g margarine 50g plain flour 5ml (1 tsp) cayenne pepper 30ml (2 tbsp) english mustard powder 100g creamed coconut 300ml ( 1 / 2 pint) milk salt and pepper 250g mascarpone cheese HONEYED CHICKEN Serves[...]

32 RECIPES GARLIC CHICKEN Serves 4-6 150g green peppers, chunks 150g red peppers, chunks 150g yellow peppers, chunks head of garlic, separate cloves and peel 150g celery, sliced 800g chicken fillets, cubed 400g chopped tomatoes, canned 5ml (1 tsp) caster sugar 10ml (2 tsp) fresh basil, chopped salt and pepper to taste BEAN CASSEROLE Serves 4 200g c[...]

33 1 Place the fruit, 50g of the brown sugar and the cinnamon in a dish, mix well and cook on 100P for 4 minutes. 2 Place flour and oats in bowl, mix well and rub in margarine, until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add remaining brown sugar, mix well. Sprinkle over the fruit and cook on 50P for 10 minutes. V ariations: Cheese sauce: Stir in 75g[...]

34 RECIPES GINGER CAKE Ser ves 4 - 6 (800g) 200g caster sugar 200g margarine 4 eggs (medium) 200g self raising flour 2” piece, fresh stem ginger , grated 20ml (4 tsp) ground ginger 60ml (4 tbsp) orange juice topping: 225g cream cheese grated rind of 1 orange 5ml (1 tsp) orange juice 30ml (2 tbsp) icing sugar 1 Cream the sugar and margarine until [...]

35 OVEN INTERIOR • It is important to clean the interior of your microwave oven after each use. • To clean the oven interior, use a mild detergent solution, such as washing-up liquid, with warm water on a soft cloth. • Food and liquid splashes will build-up on the oven walls and ceiling. If grease, fat and food debris is allowed to build-up i[...]

36 If you think the oven is not working properly there are some simple checks you can carry out yourself before calling an engineer. This will help prevent unnecessary service calls if the fault is something simple. Follow this simple check below: Place half a cup of water on the turntable and close the door. Select HIGH and programme the oven to c[...]

37 The wires in the mains cable are colour coded as shown: Green and yellow stripes = EARTH Blue = NEUTRAL Brown = LIVE As the colours in the mains lead of your oven may not correspond with the coloured marking identifying the terminals in your plug, connect the wires as described: • The green and yellow wire to the plug terminal marked E or or c[...]

38 GU ARANTEE Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd. (“Sharp”) guarantees that for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase the enclosed product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship. Sharp agrees to provide for the repair or, at its option, the replacement of a defective product. Sharp reserves the right to replace defective parts[...]

39 A C Line V oltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single phase 230-240V , 50Hz Po wer Consumption: Micro wa ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.22kW Off Mode (Energy Sav e Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . less than 0.5W Inp[...]

Sharp Electronics (U.K.) Ltd London, U. K. U.K.: 08705 274277 (office hours) Ireland: 01 676 0648 (office hours) Website: http://www.sharp.co.uk/support PRINTED IN THAILAND TINSEB215WRRZ-K91 R-27STM-A.indd 40 R-27STM-A.indd 40 7/3/09 5:31:09 PM 7/3/09 5:31:09 PM[...]