USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
Your microwave oven has 10 cook power levels to let
you cook or heat a wide variety of foods. Refer to the
table below for suggestions:
Microwave Power Level Table
• Boiling water.
• Making candy.
• Cooking poultry pieces, fish, & vegetables.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat.
• Whole poultry.
• Reheating rice, pasta, & vegetables.
• Reheating prepared foods quickly.
• Reheating sandwiches.
• Cooking egg, milk, & cheese dishes.
• Cooking cakes, breads.
• Melting chocolate.
• Cooking veal.
• Cooking whole fish.
• Cooking puddings & custard.
• Cooking ham, whole poultry, & lamb.
• Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.
• Thawing meat, poultry, & seafood.
• Cooking less tender cuts of meat.
• Cooking pork chops, roast.
• Taking chill out of fruit.
• Softening butter.
• Keeping casseroles & main dishes warm.
• Softening butter & cream cheese.
• Standing time.
10
(High)
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Use
Power
Level
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers during different stages of a cook cycle. You
can program your oven to switch from one power
level to another for up to 2 stages.
Example: To set a 2-stage cook cycle.
Touch: Display Shows:
MULTI-STAGE COOKING
1.
2.
5.
3.
4.
6.
to set a 7 minute cook
time for second stage.
to set a 3 minute cook
time for first stage.
7.
9.
::
ENTER COOKING TIME
::
ENTER COOKING TIME
7
::
00
7
::
00
8.
to set an 50%
cook power
for the second
stage.
to set an 80%
cook power for
the first stage.
POWER
50
When the first stage is over, you will hear two
short tones as the oven begins the second
cook stage.
10.
Time counting down
and POWER 80
3
::
00
TOUCH START
OR POWER
3
::
00
LEVEL
1
TO
10
ENTER POWER
POWER
80
TOUCH START
3
::
00
TOUCH START
OR POWER
LEVEL
1
TO
10
ENTER POWER
TOUCH START
7
::
00
will
appear on display.
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