Microwave Cooking - Amana ACM1580A Owner's Manual

Microwave Cooking

Microwave Power Levels
Your microwave oven has 10 cook power levels to let you cook or heat a wide
variety of foods. Refer to the chart below for suggestions:
Microwave Power Level Chart
Power
Level Use
10 • Boiling water.
(HIGH) • Making candy.
• Cooking poultry pieces, fish and vegetables.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat.
• Whole poultry.
9 • Reheating rice, pasta and vegetables.
8 • Reheating prepared foods quickly.
• Reheating sandwiches.
7 • Cooking egg, milk and cheese dishes.
• Cooking cakes, breads.
• Melting chocolate.
6 • Cooking veal.
• Cooking whole fish.
• Cooking puddings and custard.
5 • Cooking ham, whole poultry and lamb.
• Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.
4 • Thawing meat, poultry and seafood.
3 • Cooking less tender cuts of meat.
• Cooking pork chops, roast.
2 • Taking chill out of fruit.
• Softening butter.
1 • Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm.
• Softening butter and cream cheese.
0 • Standing time.
12
Manual Programming
To manually set the cooking time and
power level.
1. Press PROGRAM.
• ENTER COOKING
TIME scrolls
through display.
2. Enter desired cook-
ing time using digit
touch pads.
• TOUCH START
OR POWER scrolls
through display.
3. Press POWER
LEVEL pad to
change power level,
if desired.
4. Press START/
PAUSE pad.
5. At end of cooking
cycle, tones sound
and oven turns off.
Stage Cooking
Stage cooking allows consecutive
cooking cycles without interruption.
Two different cooking cycles can be
used.
To use stage cooking:
1. Press PROGRAM.
• ENTER COOK-
ING TIME scrolls
through display.
2. Enter desired cook-
ing time using digit
touch pads.
• TOUCH START
OR POWER scrolls
through display.
3. Press POWER
LEVEL.
• ENTER POWER
LEVEL 1 - 10
scrolls through dis-
play.