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MICROWAVE MULTISTAGE COOKING
Some recipes require different stages of cooking at different power levels
to get better results. You can program oven for 2 cooking stages. Each
stage can be programmed with a different power level and time.
OPERATION
POWER LEVEL
(Press POWER LEVEL two
times. 80% appears in display)
POWER LEVEL
(Press POWER LEVEL five
times. 20% appears in display)
START
Step
Procedure Keypad/Display
1
Follow steps 1 and 2 for TIME COOKING
for the first stage.
(do not press START)
Example: To cook for 10 minutes at 80%
power level for first stage.
Enter cooking time for second stage by
turning Rotary Dial to the right.
2
Example: To cook for 3 minutes at 20% power
level for second stage.
3
Press POWER LEVEL
to enter desired power
level for second stage.
4
Press START.
Note: •
After total time has elapsed, 3 beeps sound and END appears in
display. Press STOP/CANCEL or open oven door to clear before
starting another cooking function.
POWER LEVEL SETTING GUIDE
100% • Cooking poultry, vegetables, and most casseroles. Boiling water.
80% • Reheating precooked or prepared food quickly.
• Cooking fish.
60% • Cooking scrambled eggs.
• Baking cakes.
40% •
Cooking less tender cuts of meat in liquid or slow-cooking dishes.
• Completing the cooking cycle of less tender roasts.
20% • Softening chocolate.
• Clarifying butter.
•
Heating breads, rolls, pancakes, tacos, tortillas,
French toast.
• Manual defrosting.
0% •
Standing time.
3:00
10:00
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