Hotpoint RVM1435 Owner's Manual page 14

Power Level
ii T he po_er!ewlm_v be
}:: e mered or cha,_ged
+
immediateb after
ii enteri!_g tile _'ature
::time tor TIME C,OOK,
TIME DEFROST or
changed during time
select Time Defrost.
2 E, cook .g or
ii defrosting time.
ii4 Se!ect desired power
Varial)le power levels add
flexibility to microwave
cooking. The power levels
on
the
l//icr()w_e oven
can be coral)areal
to the
surlhce
milts on a range.
ttigh (power level 10) or
full t)ower is tlle/astest
way to cook and gives you
100% 1lower. Each power
level gives you microwave
energ-} a certain percent of
die time. Power level 7 is
microwave energ-y 70% of
die time. Power level 3 is
energy 30% of the time.
A high setting (10) will
cook/aster Lint toed
ma_.
nee(t lIlore ti'e(tuelH
stirring, rotating or turlfing
()vet_ Most cooking will Lie
done on t ]igh (power level
10). A lower setting will
cook more evenh' and need
less stirring or rotating of
the/oo(I.
Sol//e t()ods ill,iv have
belier [laver textllre or
al)l)earance if one of die
h)wer seuings is used. Use
a h)wer power level when
looking/oo(ts that have a
tendency to boil o_er, such
_,s s(Mlol)ed t)ot_toes.
Rest periods (when tlle
lili(row_lve energy
(v(les
el1) give time tor the toed
to "equMize" or lralJ, sler
heat to the inside ol tile
loo(|. An
eXallll)le
ol this is
shown with t)ower level 3
the de/i'os| (vole. [f micro-
w_,_e energy did not cxcle
off, the outside of the/ood
Wollld (ook ])e/iJre the
inside _r_S deIi'oswd.
/lere are SOlll(' CX_tl/l|)|_ '_,
el
IlSeS l()r
V_lrioIIS ])owe[
levels:
Power Level Best Uses
High 10
FM_. b_,con.
vcget_,bles,
boilimz liquids.
Med-High 7 Gcmlc
cookiP.g (n
llle;41 ;lnd
pouhry;
b_king
(_sscroles
and rehcming.
Medium 5
Slow cooking
and lcnderizing
S[/( h _ls SleWS
alld less _cll(lcr
CIILS el llle;_ll,
Low2or3 Delrostiu_,
witholll
cooking:
simmcriP.g:
delicate smites.
Warm I
Kc, epiJug
lood
_.VD I'lI_ _viT|I( _[/1
OV,_'I'C ookill _
sotlenillg
butter.