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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
Your microwave oven has 10 cook power levels to let
you cook or heat a wide variety of foods. Refer to the
chart below for suggestions:
Microwave Power Level Chart
• Boiling water.
• Making candy.
• Cooking poultry pieces, fish, & vegetables.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat.
• Whole poultry.
• Reheating rice, pasta, & vegetables.
• Reheating prepared foods quickly.
• Reheating sandwiches.
• Cooking egg, milk, & cheese dishes.
• Cooking cakes, breads.
• Melting chocolate.
• Cooking veal.
• Cooking whole fish.
• Cooking puddings & custard.
• Cooking ham, whole poultry, & lamb.
• Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.
• Thawing meat, poultry, & seafood.
• Cooking less tender cuts of meat.
• Cooking pork chops, roast.
• Taking chill out of fruit.
• Softening butter.
• Keeping casseroles & main dishes warm.
• Softening butter & cream cheese.
• Standing time.
10
(High)
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Use
Power
Level
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers during different stages of a cook cycle. You
can program your oven to switch from one power
level to another for up to 2 stages.
NOTE:
If you are using the AUTO DEFROST
feature as one of the cooking stages, it must be
programmed as the first stage.
Example: To set a 2-stage cook cycle.
Touch:
Display Shows:
MULTI-STAGE COOKING
1.
2.
5.
once.
once.
3.
once.
4.
to set an
80% cook
power for
the first
stage.
to set a 3 minute cook
time for the first stage.
6.
to set a 7 minute cook
time for second stage.
7.
once.
8.
to set a
50% cook
power for
the second
stage.
9.
At the end of the
cooking time, four
tones will sound.
The oven will stop.
to start
the
oven.
11.
When the first stage is over, you will hear two
short tones as the oven begins the second
cook stage.
10.
Star
Start
Power
Power
Power
Power
5
Time
ime
Time
ime
8
3
0
0
7
0
0
