Microwave
Utemil/Cookware
Guide
Type of
Utensil/Cookware
Microwave Uses
Foil-lined Paper Bags, Boxes and
Baking Trays
Metal or part metal pots, Pans,
Thermometers, Skewers and Foil
Trays
Boilable Hard and Soft Plastics,
such as:
Rubbermaid
Glass jars, such as
for
baby foods,
vegetables, entrees, syrups,
salad dressings
Handmade Pottery, Porcelain,
Stoneware
Microwave Plastics such as:
Anchor Hocking
Microware,
Bangor
Plastic, Mister Microwave, Nordic
Ware, Republic,
Tara,
Wearever
Nupac
Paper or Styrofoam Plates
and Cups
Oven Glass such as:
Anchor Hocking,
Fire King,
Glassbake,
Heller,
Jena,
Pyrex
Regular Dinnerware, such as:
Corelle
by Corning,
Dansk
Generation,
Denby,
El
Camino,
Franciscan,
International Stoneware, Lenox
Temperware,
Marsh,
Mikasa,
Pfaltzgraff
Unsuitable Dinnerware, such as:
Corning Centura,
Fitz
and Floyd
Oven-to-table Ware, Melamine,
Dishes with metal trim
Paper Towels and Napkins,
Wax Paper
Glass-Ceramic
(Pyroceram),
such as:
Corning Ware,
Progression G by
Noritake
Plastic Wrap, Cooking Bags,
Boil-in-bags, Storage Bags
Specialty Glass-Ceramic and
Porcelain, such as: El
Camino,
F.B.
Rogers,
Heller,
Marsh Industries,
Pfaltzgraff,
Shafford
Avoid. Use only foil trays 3/4-in. or less. Foil or metal will reflect
microwaves, thus preventing even heating. Arcing can occur if foil is closer
than l-in. to oven walls.
Cooking ground beef (colander).
Defrosting. Heating.
Avoid heating baby food in jars,
especially meat and egg mixtures.
Remove metal caps to warm syrup or
sofien
salad dressing from refrigerator.
Cooking and heating.
Cooking.
Heating and serving foods and beverages. Styrofoam should be used for
short-term heating to low temperatures and for serving.
Cooking and heating.
Heating and some cooking.
None.
Cooking bacon. Absorbing moisture and preventing spatters. Heating and
serving sandwiches or appetizers. Light covering to hold in steam.
Cooking and heating.
Covering to hold in steam (wrap). Cooking (cooking and boil-in bags)
Heating (storage bags).
Recommended for microwave oven-to-table cooking of special foods.
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