GE JKP85 Owner's Manual page 12

Changingthe microwave power level.
The power level may be entered or changed immediately after entering the feature time for 77meCook,
77meDefrost or Express Cook. The power level may also be changed during time countdown.
Tochange the power level...
[] Presstile TIMECOOKpador tlle TIME
DEFROST pad.
[] Enter (ooking or defiosting time.
[] Press tlle POWER LEVELpad.
[] Select desired power level 1-10.
[] Press tile START pad.
Variablepower levels add flexibihty to microwave
cooking. Thepower levels on the microwave oven
can be comparedto the surface units on a range.
Eachpower level gives you microwave energya
certain percent of the time.
i:YPower level 7 is nficrowave energy /0/v
of the time.
Here are some examples of uses for
various power levels:
>_High l& Fish, bacon, vegetables,
boiling liquids.
>_Med-High7: (;enfle cooking of meat
and pouhu; 1)aking casseroles and
reheating.
i;Y Medium5".Slow cooking and
tenderizing fi)r stews and less tender
(tits oflneat.
i:YLow 2 or 3: Defiosting;
simmering;
delicate sauces.
>_Warm1: Keeping food winm; softening
butter.
Power level 3 is energy 30% of the time.
i;_? M ost cooking will be done on High
(power level 10) which ,gives y_)u 1O0%
power. Power level 10 will cook faster
but toed may need more flequent
stining, rotating or turning over.
A lower setting will cook more evenly
and need less sfining or rotating of the
ti)od. Some too(ls may have better flavor,
texture or appearance if one of the lower
settings is used. Use a h)wer power level
when cooking ti)o(ls that have a tenden(y
to boil over,
such as
scalloped potatoes.
Rest periods (when the mioowave
energy _ycles off) ,givetime fin the food
to "equalize" or uansf;er heat to the inside
of the fi)od. An example of this is shox_l_
with power level3-the deiiost (ycle.
If microwave energy did not _ycle off,
the outside of the fi)od w{_uMcook
befi)re the inside was defios/ed.
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