Manual Operation 15

TIME cooking

Your Convection Microwave Oven can be programmed for 99 minutes and 99 seconds (99.99). Always enter the seconds after the minutes, even if they are both zeros.

•Suppose you want to cook for 5 minutes at 100%.

PROCEDURE

1. Enter cooking time.

5 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Touch START/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

START

TOUCH ON.

 

 

TOUCH ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO SET POWER LEVEL

There are eleven preset power levels.

Using lower power levels increases the cooking time which is recommended for foods such as cheese, milk and long slow cooking of meats. Consult cookbook or recipes for specific recom- mendations.

TOUCH

Approx.

COMMON

POWER

Percentage

WORDS FOR

LEVEL PAD

of Power

POWER

ONCE THEN

 

LEVELS

TOUCH

 

 

 

 

 

POWER

100%

High

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

9

90%

 

 

 

 

8

80%

 

 

 

 

7

70%

Medium High

 

 

 

6

60%

 

 

 

 

5

50%

Medium

 

 

 

4

40%

 

 

 

 

3

30%

Med Low/Defrost

 

 

 

2

20%

 

 

 

 

1

10%

Low

 

 

 

0

0%

 

 

 

 

•Suppose you want to defrost for 5 minutes at 30%.

PROCEDURE

1. Enter defrosting

5

0

 

 

 

0

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Touch POWER LEVEL

 

 

 

3

 

 

P o w e r

 

 

and number 3.

 

L e v e l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Touch START/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

START

 

 

 

 

TOUCH ON.

 

 

 

TOUCH ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can program up to 4 automatic cooking sequences. Follow directions on page 28. Note that POWER LEVEL must be entered first when programming multiple sequences.

MANUAL DEFROST

If the food that you wish to defrost is not listed on the Defrost Chart or is above or below the limits in the “Amount” column on the Defrost Chart , you need to defrost manually.

You can defrost any frozen food, either raw or previously cooked, by using POWER LEVEL 3. Follow the exact 3-step procedure found under Time Cooking. Estimate defrosting time and press 3 for 30% when you select the power level.

For either raw or previously cooked frozen food the rule of thumb is approximately 5 minutes per pound. For example, defrost 5 minutes for 1 pound of frozen spaghetti sauce.

Always stop the oven periodically to remove or separate the portions that are defrosted. If food is not defrosted at the end of the estimated defrosting time, program the oven in 1 minute increments on POWER LEVEL 3 until totally defrosted.

When using plastic containers from the freezer, defrost only long enough to remove from the plastic in order to place in a microwave-safe dish.