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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
Cooking at different cook powers
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from 1 to 10 stands for a
different percentage of cook power.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
WHEN TO USE IT
• Quick heating many convenience foods and foods with high
water content, such as soups and beverages
• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat, poultry pieces, fish
fillets, and vegetables
• Heating cream soups
• Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles
• 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
• Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese and egg
dishes, pudding, and custards
• Finishing cooking casseroles
• Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts
• Melting chocolate
• Simmering stews
• Heating pastries
• Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, poultry, and
precooked foods
• Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream
• Keeping food warm
• Taking chill out of fruit
COOK POWER
Automatic 100% of
full power
9 = 90% of full power
8 = 80% of full power
7 = 70% of full power
6 = 60% of full power
5 = 50% of full power
4 = 40% of full power
3 = 30% of full power
2 = 20% of full power
1 = 10% of full power
NAME
High
Medium-High
Medium
Medium-Low,
Defrost
Low
power name usually used. It also tells 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 1000 Watt cook power of your
microwave oven.
1. Put food in oven and close door.
2. Set cooking time.
Example for 10 minutes, 30 seconds:
Touch “1, 0 QUANTITY, 3, 0 QUANTITY”.
3. Set cook power.
Example for 50% cook power:
Touch COOK POWER six times.
Each time you touch COOK POWER, the cook
power will decrease by 10 percent.
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