Cookhg At Lower Cod - Whirlpool MT2081XB Use And Care Manual

Cooking at lower cook powers
For best results, some recipes call for bwer
The following chart gives the percentage of
cook powers. The lower the cook power, the
cook power each Number Pad stands for,
slower the cooking. Each Number Pad also
and the wok power name usualfy used. lt
stands for a different percentage of cook
also tells you when to use each cook power.
power. Many microwave wokbook recipes
Follow recipe or food package instructions if
tell you by number, percent, or name whii available.
cookpowertouse.
COOK POWER
Automatic 100% of
full power
NAME
High
WHEN TO USE tT
l
Quick heating many convenience foods and
foods with high water content, such as sow
and beverages
l
Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat,
pouttry pieces, fiih fillets, and vegetables
9=90% of full power
8=80% of full power
7=70% of full power
l
Heating cream soups
l
Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles
Medium-High
l
Cooking and heating foods that need a cook
power lower than high (for example, whole
fiih and meat
ba9
or when food is cooking
too fast
l
Reheating a single sewing of food
6=60X of full power
l
Cooking requiring special care, such as
cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and
CUStdS
550% of full power
4=40% of full power
3=30% of full power
2=200/o of full power
1 =l 0% of full power
l
Rnishiig cooking casseroles
Medium
l
Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts
l
Melting chocolate
l
Simmering stews
l
Heating pastries
Medium-Low,
l
Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats,
Defrost poultry, and precooked foods
l
Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream
Low
l
Keeping food warm
l
Taking chill out of fruit
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