Whirlpool YMH6140XF installation instructions Cooking AT Different Cook Powers

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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS

For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking. Each Number pad also stands for a different percentage of cook power. Many micro- wave cookbook recipes tell you by number, percent, or name which cook power to use.

The following chart gives the percentage of cook power each Number pad stands for, and the cook power name usually used. It also tells you when to use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.

NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times.

COOK POWER

NAME

WHEN TO USE IT

10=100% of full power

High

•Quick heating many convenience foods and

(automatic)

 

foods with high water content, such as soups

 

 

and beverages

 

 

•Cooking small tender pieces of meat, ground

 

 

meat, poultry pieces, fish fillets, and most

 

 

vegetables

 

 

 

9=90% of full power

 

•Heating cream soups

8=80% of full power

 

•Heating rice, pasta, or stirrable casseroles

7=70% of full 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

 

 

•Reheating a single serving of food

6=60% of full power

 

•Cooking sensitive foods, such as cheese and egg

 

 

dishes, pudding, and custards

 

 

•Cooking nonstirrable casseroles, such as lasagna

5=50% of full power

Medium

•Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts

 

 

•Melting chocolate

4=40% of full power

 

•Simmering stews

 

 

•Heating pastries

3=30% of full power

Medium-Low,

•Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats,

 

Defrost

poultry, and precooked foods

 

 

 

2=20% of full power

 

•Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream

1=10% of full power

Low

•Keeping food warm

 

 

•Taking chill out of fruit

NOTE: Once cook time has been entered you can also use the COOK POWER pad as a second Minute Timer by entering “0” for the cook power. The oven will count down the cooking time you set without cooking.

1.Put your food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch COOK TIME.

TOUCH

YOU SEE

 

COOK

ENTER COOK TIME

 

TIME

 

POWER

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