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MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
Forbest results, some recipes callfor different cook
powers.The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Eachnumber from 10 to 0 stands for a
different percentage of fullcook power.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook
powereach number pad standsfor, and the cook
power name usually used.
It also tells youwhen to useeach cook power. Follow
recipe or food package instructions ifavailable.
NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times
based on the 1000Watt cook power of your microwave
oven.
COOK Power LEVEL
100% of full power High
9 =90% of full power
8 =80% of full power
7 = 70% of full power Medium-High
6 =60% of full power
5 = 50% of full power Medium
4 =40% of full power
3 =30% of full power Medium-Low,
Defrost
2 =20% of full power
1 = 10% of full power Low
WHEN TO USE IT
•Quick heating many convenience foods and
foods with high water content, such as soups and
beverages.
• Cooking tendercuts of meat, ground meat,
• Heating cream soups
• Heating rice, pasta,or casseroles
• Cooking and heatingfoods that need a
Cook Power lower than high (forexample,
whole fish and meat loaf) or when food is
cooking too fast
• Reheating a single serving offood
• Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese
and egg dishes, pudding, and custards
• Finishingcooking casseroles
• Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts
• Simmering stews
• Meltingchocolate
• Heating pastries
• Manually defrostingfoods, such as bread, fish,
meats, poultry,and precookedfoods
• Softening butter,cheese, and icecream
• Keeping foodwarm
•Taking chillout of fruit
0 =0% of full power None • Standingtime in oven
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