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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
Your microwave oven is equipped with ten power levels (11 steps including 0) to give you maximum
flexibility and control over cooking. When your cooking program is completed, a beep automatically
sounds. The table below will give you some idea of which foods are prepared at each of the various
power levels.
MICROWAVE POWER LEVEL CHART
Power Level
Use
●
Boil water.
●
Brown ground beef.
10
100%
●
Cook fresh fruits & vegetables.
(High)
●
Make candy.
●
Cook fish, meat & poultry.
●
Preheat browning dish.
9
90%
●
Heat precooked food.
●
Saute onions, celery & green pepper.
8
80%
●
All reheating
●
Roast meat & poultry.
7
70%
●
Cook mushrooms & shellfish.
●
Cook foods which contain cheese & eggs.
6
60%
●
Bake cakes, muffins.
●
Prepare eggs.
●
Cook meat, poultry.
5
50%
●
Cook custard
●
Prepare rice, soup.
4
40%
●
Melt butter & chocolate.
●
Cook less tender cuts of meat.
3
30%
●
All defrosting
2
20%
●
Soften butter & cheese.
1
10%
●
Soften ice cream.
●
Raise yeast dough.
0
0
●
Standing time.
●
Independent timer.
Output
(of watts)
