Kenmore 721.8502 Microwave Power Levels, Cook Power, When To Use It, Using Your Microwave Oven

USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS

For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking. Each number from 1 to 9 stands for a different percentage of full cook power.

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 based on the 1,000 Watt cook power of your microwave oven.

COOK POWER	LEVEL	WHEN TO USE IT
		•Quickly heating convenience foods and foods
		with high water content, such as soups
100% of full power	High	and beverages.
		•Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat
		or chicken.
9 = 90% of full power		•Heating cream soups.
8 = 80% of full power		•Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles.
		•Cooking and heating foods that need a Cook
7 = 70% of full power	Medium-High	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 that requires special care, such as
6 = 60% of full power		cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and custards.
		•Finishing cooking casseroles.
5 = 50% of full power	Medium	•Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts.
		•Simmering stews.
4 = 40% of full power		•Melting chocolate.
		•Heating pastries.
3 = 30% of full power	Medium-Low,	•Manually defrosting precooked and other foods,
	Defrost	such as bread, fish, meats and poultry.
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.
0 = 0% of full power	None	•Standing time in oven.

NOTE: Once the 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.

17