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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

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 from 1 to 10 stands for a

different percentage of cook power.

The following chart gives the percentage of cook

power each number pad stands for, and the cook

WHEN TO USE IT

• Quick heating many convenience foods and foods with high

water content, such as soups and beverages

• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat, poultry pieces, fish

fillets, and vegetables

• Heating cream soups

• Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles

• 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

• 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

• Simmering stews

• Heating pastries

• Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, poultry, and

precooked foods

• Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream

• Keeping food warm

• Taking chill out of fruit

COOK POWER

Automatic 100% of

full power

9 = 90% of full power

8 = 80% of full power

7 = 70% of full power

6 = 60% of full power

5 = 50% of full power

4 = 40% of full power

3 = 30% of full power

2 = 20% of full power

1 = 10% of full power

NAME

High

Medium-High

Medium

Medium-Low,

Defrost

Low

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

based on the 1000 Watt cook power of your

microwave oven.

1. Put food in oven and close door.

2. Set cooking time.

Example for 10 minutes, 30 seconds:

Touch “1, 0 QUANTITY, 3, 0 QUANTITY”.

3. Set cook power.

Example for 50% cook power:

Touch COOK POWER six times.

Each time you touch COOK POWER, the cook

power will decrease by 10 percent.

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