4. After cooking, open the door.
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Cooking at lower cook
For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers. The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. Each Number Pad also stands for a different percentage of Cook Power. Many microwave cookbook recipes tell you by number, percent or name which Cook Power to use.
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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.
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Automatic 100% of | HIGH | Quick reheating of foods | with high | water | |||||||
full power |
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| content, | such | as | beverages. | If food | contains | |||
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| eggs or cream, choose a lower power. | |||||||
9=90% | of full | power |
| Heating | large | quantities | of | liquids, | such as | ||
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| water or soup | stock. |
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| Reheating soups | or casseroles. |
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| Cooking and heating vegetables, fish, meat, | |||||||
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| etc. when you need a Cook Power lower than | |||||||
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| HIGH or when food is cooking too fast. | |||||||
6=60% | of full | power |
| Cooking | requiring | special | care, such | as for | |||
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| high protein sauces, cheese and egg dishes, | |||||||
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| and casseroles that need to finish cooking. | |||||||
5=50% | of full | power | MED | Starting | cakes | which must | be finished | on | |||
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| HIGH power or finishing cooking of a large |
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4=40% of full power 1 I 3=30% of full power
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1 Simmering stews, reheating pastries.
Defrosting of foods such as bread, shellfish,
1 and precooked foods.
~Defrosting and softening butter, cheese and ice cream.
Keeping one food serving warm.
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