
Using Your Microwave Oven
Manual Cooking at variable powers
For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. Each percentage stands for a different level of cook power; i.e., 100% equals full power. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking.
1.TOUCH COOK TIME pad.
2.TURN to time and PRESS. TURN to set cook time and PRESS.
3.TURN to power and PRESS. TURN to cook power and PRESS.
4.TURN to Start and PRESS.
Many microwave cookbook recipes tell you by number, percent or name which cook power to use. The following chart gives the percentage of cook power each number 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 cook times. The maximum power for this oven is 1000 watts.
COOK POWER | NAME | WHEN TO USE IT |
100% of full power | High | • Quick heating many convenience foods and |
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| foods with high water content, such as soups, |
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| beverages and most vegetables |
90% of full power |
| • Cooking small tender pieces of meat, ground |
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| meat, poultry pieces and fish fillets |
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| • Heating cream soups |
80% of full power |
| • Heating rice, pasta, or stirrable casseroles |
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| • Cooking and heating foods that need a cook |
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| power lower than high (for example, whole fish |
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| and meat loaf) |
70% of full power | • Reheating a single serving of food | |
60% of full power |
| • Cooking sensitive foods, such as cheese and egg |
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| dishes, pudding, and custards |
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| • Cooking nonstirrable casseroles, such as lasagna |
50% of full power | Medium | • Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts |
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| • Simmering stews |
40% of full power |
| • Melting chocolate |
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30% of full power |
| • Heating bread, rolls and pastries |
• Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, | ||
| Defrost | poultry, and precooked foods |
20% of full power |
| • Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream |
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10% of full power | Low | • Keeping food warm |
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| • Taking chill out of fruit |
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