Kenmore 721.62759, 721.62752 Cooking at different cook powers, Cook Power, Name, When to USE IT

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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 from 1 to 10stands for a different percentage of cook power.

The following chart gives the percentage of cook power each number pad stands for, and the cook power name usually used.

COOK POWER

NAME

Automatic 100% of

High

full power

 

9 = 90% of full power

8 = 80% of full power

ii

7 = 70% of full power

Medium-High

6

= 60% of full power

 

5

= 50% of full power

Medium

4 = 40% of full power

 

3 = 30% of full power

Medium-Low,

 

 

Defrost

2 = 20% of full power

 

ii

 

 

1 = 10%of full power

Low

Italso tells you when to use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.

NOTE: Refer to a reliablecookbook for cooking times based on the 1000 Watt cook power of your microwave oven.

WHEN TO USE IT

•Quick heating many convenience foods and foods with high water content, such as soups and beverages.

•Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat,

•Heating cream soups

•Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles

•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

•Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and custards

•Finishing cooking casseroles

•Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts

•Simmering stews

•Melting chocolate

•Heating pastries

•Defrostingfoods, such as bread, fish, meats, poultry, and precookedfoods

•Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream

•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 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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