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Vmiable
power
levels
add
flexibility
to microwme
(ooking.
Th_
power
levcls
OIX
the
l//icl
owave
ovel/
can be compared
to th(
sllrt;ice
//nits
orl
a
range.
Power
leel
ltigh
or fifll
power
is the fastest
_/y to
(ook
and
gi_es you 100%
powm:
The
micl-o'_tve
is
pie-set
at t {igh powen
Each
power
lewl
gives )o/_
i//icrowave
ellergy
i certain
pel'Cel/t
Of Ihe
th//e.
Powe*
leel
7 is microwme
<nergy
70% of the
lime.
Powel
level 3 is energy
30(_ of
the lime.
A high
setting
will cook
thsler
but tood
may need
morn
tieq_lem
stirring,
rotating
o1
ttlIl'ling
OVel;
Most cooking
will be done
on powerk
elltigh.
A
lower
setting
will cook
more
evenly
and
need
less
stirring
or rotating
of
tile tood.
Some
foods
may have
belier
t]a\or,
lexl/ire
or
appearance
il- one of the
lower
settings
is nsed.
I Jse
a lower
power
level whel]
(ooking
foods
that
have
a tendency
to boil o_m;
such as scalloped
potatoes.
Rest periods
(when
the
microwave
energy
Q'cks
off) give time
tot 1he food
to "equalize"
ol lrans{cr
heat
to th< inside
of the
tood.
An example
of lhis is
shown
with 1)owl I level
2_-
the defl'ost
cycle.
If
illicl'o}_;/ve
{ nergy
did
I/Ot
cycle oil
the outside
ot- the
ti)od would
cook
betore
file inside
was det'rost<
d.
[{ele
al'e
SOIrle
exal//l)les
of/ISeS
for
various
power
lex els:
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