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MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking, Each number from 0 to 9 stands for a
different percentageof full cook power.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usually used.
It alsotells 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 11O0 Watt cook power of your
microwave oven,
COOK Power NAME WHEN TO USE IT
100% of full power High • Quick heating many convenience foods and foods
with high water content, such as soups and
beverages
• Cooking tendercuts of meat, ground meat
9 = 90% of full power • Heatingcream soups
8 = 80% of full power • Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles
7 = 70% of full power Medium-High • 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 • Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese and
egg dishes, pudding, and custards
• Finishingcooking casseroles
5 = 50% of full power Medium • Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts
• Simmering stews
4 = 40% of full power • Meltingchocolate
• Heating pastries
3 = 30% of full power Medium-Low, • Manually defrostingfoods, such as bread, fish,
Defrost meats, poultry, and precooked foods
2 = 20% of full power • Softening butter,cheese, and ice cream
1 = 10% of full power Low • Keeping foodwarm
• Taking chill out of fruit
0 = 0% of full power No power • Power level 0 allows the temperature to evenly
spread throught the food, improving the cooking
results.
NOTE: Once cook time has been entered, you can also use the Cook Power pad as a second Kitchen Timer by
entering "0" for the Cook Power. The oven will count down the cooking time you set without cooking.
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