Manual

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
Your microwave oven offers 10 cook power levels to
cook or heat a wide variety of foods. Refer to the table
below for suggestions.
Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.
NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking
times based on the lO00-Watt cook power of your
microwave oven.
COOK Power LEVEL WHEN TO USE IT
100% of full power High • Quickly heatingconvenience 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 • Heating cream soups.
8 = 80% offull power • Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles.
7 = 70% offull power Medium-High • Cooking and heatingfoods that need a
Cook Power lower than high (forexample,
whole fish and meat loaf) or when food is
cooking toofast.
• Reheating a single serving of food.
6 = 60% offull power • Cooking that requiresspecial care, such as cheese
and egg dishes, pudding, and custards.
• Finishing cooking 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% offull power Low • Keeping food warm.
• Taking chill out of fruit.
0 = 0% of full power No power • Power level "0" allows the temperature to evenly
spread through the food, improving the cooking
results.
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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