Manual

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MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for differentcook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from 1 to 9 stands for a
different percentage of full cook power.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usually used.
Italso tells you when to use each cook power. Follow
recipe or food package instructions ifavailable.
NOTE: Refer to a reliablecookbook for cooking times
based on the 1000 Watt cook power of your microwave
oven.
COOK Power LEVEL WHEN TO USE IT
100% of full power High • Quickly heating convenience foods and foods with
high water content, such as soups and beverages.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat,or
chicken.
9 = 90% offull power • Heatingcream soups.
8 = 80% offull power • Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles.
7 = 70% offull power Medium-High • Cooking and heating foods that need a
Cook Power lower than high (for example,
whole fish and meat loaf) or when food is
cooking too fast.
• Reheatinga single serving of food.
6 = 60% offull power • Cooking that requires special care, such as cheese
and egg dishes, pudding, and custards.
• Finishingcooking casseroles.
5 = 50% offull power Medium • Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts.
• Simmering stews.
4 = 40% offull power • Melting chocolate.
• Heating pastries.
3 = 30% offull power Medium-Low, • Manually defrosting foods, such as bread, fish,
Defrost meats, poultry,and precooked foods.
2 = 20% offull power • Softening butter,cheese, and ice cream.
1= 10% of full power Low • Keepingfood warm.
• Takingchill out of fruit.
0 = 0% of full power None • Standing time in oven.
NOTE: Once cook time has been entered, you can also use the Cook Power pad as a second Kitchen
Timer by entering "0"for the Cook Power. The oven will count down the cooking time you set without
cooking.
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