Sears Microwave Oven manual HI-POWER/MULTI-POWER Cooking, Cooking Guide for MULTI-POWER Settings

"HI-POWER"/"MULTI-POWER" COOKING

"HI" gives the highest cooking power possible with your oven. It is the recommended setting for cooking foods with high moisture content or for cooking foods that need fast cooking to maintain their natural flavor and texture. Many foods need slower cooking (at less than full power) in order to give you the best results. In addition to "HI" there are ten multi-power settings. The cookbook tells you which power setting is recommended for the food being cooked.

1.Touch STOP/CLEAR. Place food in oven, then close the door.

2.Touch MICRO.

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3.Touch "_" PAD for desired cooking power level.

EXAMPLE: To set power level 80, touch "_" PAD twice.

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NOTE: When using the LOW/HIGH PADS to change power levels you can touch them once, or twice, etc., or you can touch and hold the pad. The display window will show the power levels changing automatically.

It is not necessary to touch "_" PAD when cooking with the highest power ("HI"). To set "HI-POWER" cooking, skip step 3 above.

4. Touch numbers for desired cooking time.

EXAMPLE: To set 3-I/2 minutes, touch "3", "3" and

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COOKING GUIDE FOR "MULTI-POWER" SETTINGS

The "Multi-Power" feature lets you cook at the best power level for the food being cooked.

POWER	POWER									MICROWAVE
LEVEL	SETFINGS		EXAMPLES							OUTPUT
										POWER*
10	WARM	•	Softening			cream	cheese			180	watts
20	LOW	•	Softening			chocolate				250	watts
		•	Heating breads,				rolls,
			tacos
30	DEFROST	•	Thawing		meat,		poultry,			320	watts
			and seafood
		•	Completing			the cooking
			cycle	of casseroles,
			stews,	and		some sauces
40	BRAISE	•	Cooking		less tender				cuts	390	watts
			of meat in liquid or slow
			cooking dishes
50	SIMMER	•	Cooking		stews		and			465	watts
			soups after bringing to a
			boil
60	BAKE	•	Cooking		scrambled				eggs	535	watts
70	ROAST	•	Cooking		rump		roast,			605	watts
			ham,	veal,		and	lamb
80	REHEAT	•	Reheating			precooked			or	675	watts
			prepared			food quickly
90	SAUTI_-	•	Cooking		onions,			celery		745	watts
			and green			peppers
			quickly
i00 (HI)	MAX	•	Cooking		poultry,			fish,		815	watts
	POWER		vegetables,			and	most
			casseroles
		•	Preheating			the	browning
			dish:	boiling water

	*Approximate watts as measured by IEC-705 Test Pro-
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Remember, the timer is a digital clock that is divided into 60 seconds. Therefore, 1/2minute is equal to 30 seconds. Touch 30 and not 50 (as with a calculator) to indicate 1/2.

NOTE: Although we recommend entering the power level first when setting the microwave oven, you can en- ter the time first and then enter the power level.

5. Touch START.

Your oven is equipped with an Auto Defrost system which is the best defrost method for this oven.

FAST DEFROST is explained in order to show other de- frosting possibilities.

To speed up the defrosting of dense food items over 1 lb., start on "HI" then reduce to the 30 (DEFROST) set- ting.

I. Microwave on "HI" for 1-2 minutes per pound of dense food items.

2.Then Microwave on 30 (DEFROST) for 3 minutes per pound or until food is thawed. Defrosting time will be greatly reduced.

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