Microwave Time Cooking
Time cooking is a familiar method of cooking food for a predetermined length of time. You will find that cooking with microwave energy takes a great deal less time than conventional cooking methods. And your microwave oven, unlike many other ovens, turns itself off automatically after the preset time has elapsed.
You can even program your oven to Microwave Cook by time in two stages! Cook at one power level for a desired length of time; then the oven automatically changes to a different power level and continues cooking until the food is done. Check the cookbook for foods requiring two power levels.
Setting the Oven Controls
Step 1: Touch Microwave COOK. The time of day disappears from the display and “ENTER COOK TIME” flashes.
Step 2: Enter the cooking time in minutes and seconds. For example, touch 1, 2 and O for 1 minute, 20 seconds. Display shows the cooking time. When setting 1 hour and 30 minutes touch 9, 0, 0, and O. Display shows 90:00. The oven is automatically set to cook at High power (10), unless another power level is selected. If needed, touch
POWER LEVEL– “ENTER POWER” flashes. Touch the number pad for the desired power level.
Step 3: Touch START. The display shows “COOK TIME” and the remaining cooking time counting down. When time is up, the display shows “End:’ the oven signals and shuts off. If, during cooking, you wish to see what power level is being used, touch POWER LEVEL pad and the number appears momentarily.
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Step 1: Touch Microwave COOK and the the desired number pads for first stage cooking time, as described in Steps 1 and 2 above.
Step 2: Touch POWER LEVEL. Cooking time disappears from the display and “ENTER POWER” flashes. Touch the number pad for first stage power level or oven automatically cooks at High (10).
Step 3: For the second cooking stage, touch Microwave COOK and the numbers for second phase cooking time. If a different power level is required, see the following instructions on how to change power level.
How to Change Power hvel
After setting cook time, touch POWER LEVEL pad, then touch desired number for new power level.
Step 4: Now touch START. First stage cooking time appears on the display counting down. When the first stage time has elapsed, the oven automatically changes to the second stage of cooking and power level. When cooking is finished, the display shows “End~’ the oven signals and turns off.
Questions and Answers
Q. I touched the number pads to enter cooking time but nothing happened. Why?
A. The Microwave COOK pad must be touched before setting the number pads or the oven will not accept the number entries.
Q. I set my oven to Microwave
COOK by time for the period in the recipe, but the food wasn’t done at the end of that time. What happened?
A. Since house electrical power may vary, many microwave time cooking recipes give you a time range to prevent overcooking. Set the oven for the minimum time, test the food for doneness, and cook a little longer if necessary.
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