Cooking at different cook powers
For best results, some recipes call for different 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.
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. Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.
NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times.
I COOK POWER | NAME | WHEN TO USE IT |
1O=l 00% of full power | High | l Quick heating many convenience foods and |
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| foods with high water content, such as soups |
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| and beverages |
l Cooking small tender pieces of meat, ground
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| meat, poultry pieces, fish fillets, and vegetables | |||
9=90% | of full | power |
| l | Heating | cream soups | ||
8=80% | of full | power |
| l | Heating | rice, | pasta, | or casseroles |
7=70% | of full | power | l | Cooking | and | heating | foods that need a cook | |
power lower than high (for example, whole fish and meat loaf) or when food is cooking too fast
. Reheating a single serving of food
6=60% of full power
5=50% of full power Medium
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Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and custards
Finishing cooking casseroles
Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts
Melting chocolate
4=40% of full power
Defrost
2=20% of full power
l=lO% of full power Low
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Simmering stews
Heatina oastries
Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, ooultrv. and orecooked foods
Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream
Keeping food warm
Taking chill out of fruit
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