USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

MULTI-STAGE COOKING

For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers during different stages of a cook cycle. You can program your oven for 2 stages, so that it will switch from one power level to another during the cook cycle.

Example: To set a 2-stage cook cycle.

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS

Your microwave oven has 10 cook power levels to let you cook or heat a wide variety of foods. Refer to the table below for suggestions:

Microwave Power Level Table

Power

Use

Level

 

Touch:

1.

2.

to set a 3 minute cook time for first stage.

Display Shows:

:ENTER COOKING TIME

3 : 00 TOUCH START OR POWER

• Boiling water.

10• Making candy.

(High)

• Cooking poultry pieces, fish, and

vegetables.

 

 

• Cooking tender cuts of meat.

 

• Whole poultry.

9• Reheating rice, pasta, and vegetables.

• Reheating prepared foods quickly.

8• Reheating sandwiches.

3.

3 : 00 ENTER POWER

LEVEL 1 TO 10

 

 

 

• Cooking egg, milk, and cheese dishes.

7• Cooking cakes, breads.

Melting chocolate.

Cooking veal.

to set an 80%

4. cook power for the first stage.

5.

6.

to set a 7 minute cook time for second stage.

3 : 00 POWER 80 TOUCH START

:ENTER COOKING TIME

7 : 00 TOUCH START OR POWER

6• Cooking whole fish.

Cooking puddings and custard.

Cooking ham, whole poultry, and lamb.

5• Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.

4• Thawing meat, poultry, and seafood.

3

• Cooking less tender cuts of meat.

• Cooking pork chops, roast.

 

2

• Taking chill out of fruit.

• Softening butter.

 

Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm.

1 • Softening butter and cream cheese.

0• Standing time.

7.

 

7 : 00 ENTER POWER

 

 

LEVEL 1 TO 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.

to set a 50%

7 : 00 POWER 50

 

cook power for

TOUCH START

 

 

 

 

the second

 

 

stage.

9.

 

 

Time counting down

 

 

and POWER 80.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.When the first stage is over, you will hear two short tones as the oven begins the second cook stage.

NOTE: You may program standing time as the second stage in multi-stage cooking.

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LG Electronics LCRM1240ST, LCRM1240SB manual MULTI-STAGE Cooking, Microwave Power Levels, Microwave Power Level Table