Directions below are for heating or reheating
Adjust temperatures to suit your personal taste.
already-cooked foods stored in refrigerator or at
foods stand a few minutes before sewing.
room temperature. Use microwave-safe
4. Be sure foods are heated throughout before serving.
2. Cover most foods for fastest heating.
are
Steaming or bubbling around edges of dish does
some sandwiches,
foods
baked items.
not
mean food is heated throughout.
3. Bubbling around edges of dish is normal,
the
If you use a meat thermometer while cooking,
center is the last to heat. Foods heated to
to
will provide safe, palatable results.
make sure it is safe for use in microwave ovens.
Item
Power
Foods
coffee cake,
sweet
1 pica
(3)
1/4 to
min.
nut or fruit bread
9 inch
or
(3)
1/2 to 3 min.
12 rolls or doughnuts
Dinner
1
Medium (5)
10 to 15 sec.
6 to 8
Medium (5)
1/4 to 1 min.
nut or custard; 1
of 9 inch pie
1 slice
to
min.
(use minimum time for custard)
9 inch pie
Meal-High (7)
3 to 5 min.
Beverages
drinks (6 oz. per cup)
1 to 2 cups
Meal-High
to 4 min.
Coffee, other water-baaed drinks (6 oz. per cup)
to 2 cups
to 2 min.
Meats and Main Dishes
Chicken pieces
to 2
1/2 to 2 min.
Hamburgers or
oz. per serving)
1 to 2 servings
1/2 to 2 min.
Hot dogs and sausages
1 to
2
1/4 to
min.
pasta (m-3/4 cup per serving)
to 2 servings
1/4 to min.
Saucy, main dishes: chop
spaghetti, creamed chicken,
1 to 2 servings
to 3 min.
chili, stew, macaroni and cheese, etc. (3/4-1 cup per sewing)
Steaks, chops,
meat pieces
1 to
2
servings
Meal-High (7)
to 3 min.
meat (3 to 4 oz. per serving)
1 to 2 servings
Meal-High
to min.
Topped or mixed with sauce (2/3-3/4 cup per serving)
1 to 2 servings
to 3 min.
saucy main dishes with plastic wrap. Cover other main dishes and meats with wax paper.
When heating or reheating 3 to 4 servings of meat
or
rotate dish 1/2 turn after half of
time.
Plate of
Meat plus 2 vegetables
1 plate
to 2 min.
Tip:
Cover plate of food with wax paper or plastic wrap.
Sandwiches
with 2 slices of bread
1 to 2 servings
Meal-High
1/4 to 2 min.
Moist
Sloppy
barbecue, ham salad,
to 2 servings
Meal-High
1/2 to 1 min.
etc. in bun
cup per serving)
Tip: Use paper towel or napkin to cover sandwiches.
soups
(6 oz. per serving)
1 to 2 servings
Meal-High (7)
to 2 min.
(6 oz. per serving)
1 to
2
servings
to 2 min.
Tip: Cover soups with wax paper or plastic wrap.
Vegetables
or whole: asparagus spears,
on the cob, etc.
1 to 2 servings
1/4 to min.
Mashed
cup per serving)
to 2 servings
1/4 to 1 min.
pieces: peas, beans, corn, etc.
(1/2
cup
1 to 2 servings
1/4 to 1 min.
Tip:
vegetables for most even heating.
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