Microwave Power Levels; Kitchen Timer - Kenmore 721.80492 Use & Care Manual

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes _11 for different cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from 1 to 9 stands for a
different percentage of fuelcook power.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usualEyus_.
It also tells you when to use each cook power, Folbw
recipe or fo_ package instructions if available.
NO_: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times
based on the 1000 Watt cook power of your m_rowave
oven.
COOK Power NAME
100% of full power High
9 = _/o of full power
8 = 80°/oof full power
7 = 7_,S of full power
Medium-High
6 = 60% of full power
5 = 50% of fu!l power Medium
4 = 4C_/o of full power
3 = 30°./oof full power Medium-Low,
Defrost
2 = 2_ of fu]t power
1 = 10% of full power Low
WHEN TO USE IT
• Qui_ heating many convenience fo_s and
fo_s with high water content, such as soups and
beverages.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat,
• Heating cream soups
• Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles
•Cooking and heating foods that n_ a
Cook Power lower than high (for example,
whole fish and meat loaf) or when hod is
cooking too fast
• Reheating a single sewing of food
• Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese
and egg dishes, pudding, and custards
. Finishing cooking casseroles
• Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts
• Simmering stews
• Melting chocolate
• Heating pastdes
• Manually defrosting foods, such as bread, fish,
meats, pou_ry, and precooked fo_s
• Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream
• Keeping fo_ warm
• Taking chill out:of fruit
NOTE: Once cook time has been entered, you _n also use the Cook Power pad as a second Kitchen
Timer by entering "0" for the Cook Power The oven will count down the cooking time you set without
cooking.
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