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Cooking Power
Many recipes for microwave cooking specify which cooking
power to use by percent, name or number. For example,
70%=7=Medium-High.
Use the following chart as a general guide for the suggested
cooking power of specific foods.
Cooking
To Use:
1. Touch the number pads to set a length of time to cook.
2. Touch COOK POWER repeatedly to scroll through the power
levels and set a cooking power other than 100%. Refer to the
Cooking Power chart.
3. Touch START.
The display will count down the cook time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and
1 long end-of-cycle tone will sound.
4. Touch OFF or open the door to clear the display.
The cook time and cooking power cannot be changed after
touching START without interrupting cooking.
Cooking in Stages
The oven can be set to cook at different cooking powers for
various lengths of time, up to 4 stages, plus Keep Warm. Stage
cooking can only be programmed in manual cook settings.
To Cook in Stages:
1. Enter cook time in minutes and seconds for 1st stage.
2. Touch COOK POWER repeatedly to select the cooking power
for the 1st stage.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each additional stage.
Keep Warm may be programmed as the final stage, if desired.
See “Keep Warm” section.
4. Touch START.
The display will count down the time of each stage.
When the cycles have completed, “END” will appear in the
display and 1 long end-of-cycle tone will sound. If Keep
Warm has been added as the final stage, 1 long tone will
sound between the last cook cycle and the Keep Warm cycle.
5. Touch OFF or open the door to clear the display.
The cook times and cooking powers cannot be changed after
touching START without interrupting cooking.
PERCENT/
NAME
COOK
POWER
PAD
TOUCH
USE
100%, High
(default setting)
Once Quick heating convenience foods
and foods with high water
content, such as soups,
beverages and most vegetables.
90% Twice Cooking small tender pieces of
meat, ground meat, poultry
pieces and fish fillets.
Heating cream soups.
80% 3 times Heating rice, pasta or casseroles.
Cooking and heating foods that
need a cook power lower than
high. For example, whole fish and
meat loaf.
70%,
Medium-High
4 times Reheating a single serving of
food.
60% 5 times Cooking sensitive foods such as
cheese and egg dishes, pudding
and custards.
Cooking non-stirrable casseroles,
such as lasagna.
50%, Medium 6 times Cooking ham, whole poultry and
pot roasts.
Simmering stews.
40% 7 times Melting chocolate.
Heating bread, rolls and pastries.
30%, Medium-
Low, Defrost
8 times Defrosting bread, fish, meats,
poultry and precooked foods.
20% 9 times Softening butter, cheese, and ice
cream.
10%, Low 10 times Taking chill out of fruit.
0% 11 times Sensor operation; no cook power