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MANUAL COOKING MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking. Each number from 1 to 9 stands for a different percentage of full cook power. The following table gives the percentage of cook power each number pad stands for, and the cook power name usually used. The table also tells you when to use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package instructions if available. NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times based on the 950 Watt cook power of your microwave oven. COOK POWER 100% of full power 9 = 90% of full power 8 = 80% of full power 7 = 70% of full power 6 = 60% of full power 5 = 50% of full power 4 = 40% of full power 3 = 30% of full power 2 = 20% of full power 1 = 10% of full power 0 = 0% of full power LEVEL High Medium-High Medium Medium-Low, Defrost Low None WHEN TO USE IT Quickly heating convenience foods and foods with high water content, such as soup and beverages. Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat or chicken. Heating cream soups. Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles. Cooking and heating foods that need a Cook Power lower than High (for example, whole fish and meat loaf) or when food is cooking too fast. Reheating a single serving of food. Cooking that requires special care, such as cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and custards. Finishing cooking casseroles. Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts. immering stews. Melting chocolate. Heating pastries. Manually defrosting pre-cooked and other foods, such as bread, fish, meats and poultry. oftening butter, cheese, and ice cream. Keeping food warm. Taking chill out of fruit. Standing time in oven. 13

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MANUAL COOKING
MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from 1 to 9 stands for a
different percentage of full cook power.
The following table gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usually used.
NOTE:
COOK POWER
LEVEL
WHEN TO USE IT
100%
of full power
High
with high water content, such as soup and
Quickly heating convenience foods and foods
Cooking and heating foods that need a
beverages.
Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat or
chicken.
9 = 90% of full power
8 = 80% of full power
7 = 70% of full power
Medium-High
Cook Power lower than High (for example, whole
fish and meat loaf) or when food is cooking too fast.
6 = 60% of full power
Cooking that requires special care, such as
cheese and egg dishes, pudding, and custards.
5 = 50% of full power
Medium
Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts.
immering stews.
4 = 40% of full power
Melting chocolate.
3 = 30%
of full power
Medium-Low, Defrost
Manually defrosting pre-cooked and other foods,
such as bread, fish, meats and poultry.
2 = 20%
of full power
oftening butter, cheese, and ice cream.
1 = 10% of full power
Low
0 = 0%
of full power
None
Heating cream soups.
Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles.
Reheating a single serving of food.
Finishing cooking casseroles.
Heating pastries.
Keeping food warm.
Standing time in oven.
Taking chill out of fruit.
The table also tells you when to use each cook power.
Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.
Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times
based on the 950 Watt cook power of your
microwave oven.