Microwave Power Levels - Kenmore 790.8032 Use & Care Manual

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for different
cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from I to 9 stands for a
different percentage of full cook power.
The following table gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usually used.
The table also tel& 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 cook power of
your microwave oven.
COOK POWER LEVEL WHEN TO USE iT
100% of full power High
• QuicNy 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
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.
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.
I = 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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