Microwave Power Levels - Kenmore 790.8034 Use & Care Manual

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for different cool<
powers. The lower the coo!< power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from I to 9 stands for a
different percentage of full cool< power.
The following table gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cool<
power name usually used.
The table 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 1,000 Watt cool< power of
your microwave oven.
COOK POWER LEVEL WHEN TO USE IT
100% of full power High
• Quicldy heating convenience foods and foods
with high water content, such as soup and
beverages.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat or
chicken.
9 -- 90% of full power • Heating cream soups.
8 -- 80% of full power • Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles.
7 -- 70% of full power Medium-High • Cooking and heating foods that need a
Cool< Power lower than High (for example,whole
fish and meat loaf) or when food is cooking too fast.
• Reheating a single serving of food.
6 -- 60% of full power • Cooking that requires special care, such as
cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and custards.
• Finishing cooking casseroles.
5 -- 50% of full power Medium • Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts.
• Simmering stews.
4 -- 40% of full power • Melting chocolate.
• Heating pastries.
3 -- 30% of full power Medium-Low, Defrost • Manually defrosting precooked and other foods,
such as bread, fish, meats and poultry.
2 -- 20% of full power • Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream.
1 -- 10% of full power Low • Keeping food warm.
• Taking chill out of fruit.
0 -- 0% of full power None "Standing time in oven.
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