Power Le_ Els - GE Spacemaker PVM2070 Owner's Manual

(;hanging the Power I,evel
Variable Power
Levels l- l 0
The power level may be entered or changed
immediately atter entering the feature time fin':
" Time Cook
" Time Deti'ost
" Express Cook
* Reheating Pizza, Casserole or Rice
Tile power level may also be changed dm'ing
tilne co{/lltdowll.
1 From tile Home Screen, select COOK,
DEFROST or RIp, HEAT.
From the (;ook Screen, select TIME COOK
or EXPRESS. From tile Deti'ost Screen,
select BY TIME. From the Reheat Screen,
select PIZZA, CASSEROLE or RICE.
3 Enter tile cooking or defl'osting time and
press ENTER, or select a reheat tood t}pe.
4 On tile Summa_ T Screen, press POWER
LEVEL.
5 Using tile arrow pads, select desired power
level 1-10.
6 Press ENTER to enter the new power level
or CANCEL to cancel your selection.
Variable power levels add flexibility to your
microwave cooking. The power levels on your
l//icrow;lve ()veil CHII
be
coi//p;lred to
tile
surthce units on a range. Each power level
gives you miciowave energy a certain percent
of the time. Power level 7 is microwave energy
70% of the time. Power level 3 is microwave
energy 30% of the time. Most cooking will be
done on High (power level 10) which gives
you 100% power.
Power level 10 will cook thster but tood may
need more h'equent stirring, rotating or
turning over. A lower setting will cook m ore
evenly and need less stirring or rotating of
tile ti)od.
Sollle
[()ods lllav have better flavor, texture or
appearance if one of tile lower settings is used.
Use a lower power level when cooking toods
that have a tendency to boil ovec such as
scalloped potatoes.
Rest periods (when tile microwave energy
cycles off) give time for the tood to "equalize"
or transfer heat to tile inside of the ti_od. An
example of this is shown with power level 3--
tile det/"ost cycle. If microwave energy did not
cycle oil tile outside of the/i)od would cook
be%re tile inside was defl'osted.
POWER LEVEL
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CANCEL ENTER
Here are SOl//e exaI//ples of rises for '_;iriotls
power levels:
POWER LEVEL BEST USES
High 10 Fish, bacon,
vegetables,
boiling liquids.
Meal-High 7 Gentle cooking of
meat and poultry;
baking casseroles
and reheating.
Medium 5 Slow cooking and
tenderizing such as
stews and less tender
cuts of meat.
Low 3 Defi'osting without
cooking; simmering;
delicate sauces.
_'\.um 1 Keeping fi)od warm
without o\ ercooking;
sottening butter.
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