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GE JES1290 Owner's Manual page 9

Microwave ovens with convection and grill
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Usingthe microwave features,
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Make
sure the turntable support and glass
turntable are in place when micrewaving.
Place
food
or microwavable
container
directly
oil the glass
turntable
to cook
VO/II"
f0od,
Center
tile glass turntable
on tile
turntable
support.
Make
sure
that
cookware
is suitable
fin.
microwaving,
About changing the microwave power level
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Tile
power
level
may be entered
or
changed
immediately
after
entering
the
time
fi)r Time Cook, Combination,
Time
Defrost
or Express Cook. Tile
power
level
may also be changed
during
time
COtlntdown,
B
Fi_t, fi_llow directions
fiw Time Cook,
Time Defrost or Express Cook.
F_
Press the POWER/'_MPbutton.
I_'] Enter
the desired
power level 1-10.
D
Press tile START/PAUSEbutton to start
cooking.
Variable
power levels add fleMbili D' to
micrm_m'e
cooking.
Tile power levels
on the IllicI'o%_lve oven C[lll be
COllll)ared
to tile surfi_ce traits on a range. Each power
level gives you microgroove energy a certain
l)ercent
of the time. Power level/is
microgroove energy 70% of tile time.
Power level3 is energy 30% ot tile time.
Most cooking
will be done
on High (power
level 10) which gives you 100% powex:
Power level 10 will cook fi_ster but fi_od may
need more fl'equent
stirring,
rotating
or
tm'ning
ove_: A lower setting will cook more
evenly and need less stirring
or rotating
ot
tile fi)o(l. Some fi)o(ls may have better fla\'oL
textm'e
or appearance
if one of tile h)wer
settings
is used. Use a lower power level
when cooking
tbods that have a tendency
to boil o\'e_; such as scalloped
potatoes.
Rest periods
(when
tile microwave
energr) '
cycles off) give time fin" the tood to
"equalize"
or transter
heat to the inside
of tile food. An example
of this is shown
with power level,_-the
defrost
cycle.
If microwave
ener_'
did not cvcle off;
the outside
of the food would cook befin'e
tile inside was defl'osted.
Hero am some examples of uses for various
power levels:
High
10: Fish, bacon,
vegetables,
boiling
liquids.
Med-High7."
Gentle
cooking
of meat
and
poultry;
1)a!dng
casseroles
and
reheating.
Medium
5". Slow cooking
and
tenderizing
for stews
and
less tender
cuts of meat.
Low 2 or3:
Defrosting;
simmering;
delicate
Sat/ces.
Warm I: Keel)ing, fl)od waml; softening,
butte_:

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