"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
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
4. Touch numbers for desired cooking time.
EXAMPLE: To set
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10 | WARM | • | Softening |
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20 | LOW | • | Softening |
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30 | DEFROST | • | Thawing | meat, | poultry, | 320 | watts | ||||
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40 | BRAISE | • | Cooking | less tender | cuts | 390 | watts | ||||
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50 | SIMMER | • | Cooking | stews | and |
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60 | BAKE | • | Cooking | scrambled | eggs | 535 | watts | ||||
70 | ROAST | • | Cooking | rump | roast, |
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80 | REHEAT | • | Reheating |
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90 | SAUTI_- | • | Cooking | onions, | celery | 745 | watts | ||||
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i00 (HI) | MAX | • | Cooking | poultry, | fish, | 815 | watts | ||||
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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.
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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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