MICROWAVE OVENS PRODUCT GUIDE

Commercial Microwave Ovens:

• More durably built and easier to operate
• Built with heavy duty power cords, commercial quality relays and overload switches
• Can withstand heat and humidity build-up in your kitchen
• Are UL and NSF approved
• County health inspectors and fire insurance policies require commercially approved microwave ovens.

Domestic Microwave Ovens:

• Are built for home use—not made for abuse
• County health inspectors can close down your establishment until domestic microwave ovens are removed
• Fire insurance policy will not be paid if evidence of use of a domestic microwave oven is in your establishment
• Domestic warranty void if used in commercial setting.
  

Convection Microwave Ovens

• Combining cooking technologies, when applied appropriately, will result in high quality food products, reduced cook times and reduced steps in preparation. Convection and microwave cooking have both proven themselves as stand alone technologies. However, when both are used simultaneously, the operator produces food that has a better appearance in a reduced time frame.
  

Advantages of Microwave Cooking

• Easy to install
• Compact and take up little space
• Employees can be quickly trained to use them
• They use less energy
• The microwave is well-suited for steaming vegetables, cooking delicate seafood and heating and preparing a variety of other types of foods

Amana's RCS10MP microwave is an economical choice for everyday use in a commercial setting.

Do microwaves cook from the inside out?
A common misconception of microwaves is that they cook from the inside out. Microwaves actually only penetrate up to one inch into the food depending on the density of the product and at that point the water heats up, creates steam, and cooks the rest by conduction, just like a regular oven.

Do microwaves ruin food?
A microwave is like any other piece of kitchen equipment; there are things it does well and things it doesn't do well. A microwave lends itself to foods that are high in moisture, like vegetables, pasta and grain items. Defrosting and reheating foods is a job well done by a microwave.

Don't microwaves emit radiation?
Microwave ovens, when functioning properly, do not expose users to any microwave radiation at all.

Are microwaves only good for reheating?
No. Microwaves are excellent steamers. Always cover food that is to be cooked in a microwave. For the first half of the microwave time, the microwave heats the water content in the food to the boiling point...then the steam is produced. It is this steam that cooks the food so quickly. So, when you think of microwaves, think steam.

Do foods cooked in a microwave lose their nutritional value?
Cornell University has released a study on the effects of different cooking methods on the nutritional quality of different foods. They looked at vitamin C and its levels after boiling, steaming and micro waving. It was determined that up to seven times more nutrients are retained with microwave cooking than with the other methods.
A microwave is just like any other piece of equipment in the kitchen; there are some foods that it cooks VERY well and some it doesn't. But when it comes to vegetables or seafood, the microwave is incomparable. Remember to add a little liquid and cover the microwave safe pan when cooking which keeps the steam in and speeds the cooking