MICROWAVE
POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for different
cool<
powers. The lower the cool<power, the slower the
cooking.
Each number from I 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 cool<
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 900 Watt
cool< power of
your microwave
oven.
COOK POWER
LEVEL
WHEN TO USE IT
100% of full power
High
• Quicldy
heating
convenience
foods
and foods
with high water
content,
such as soup and
beverages.
• Cooking
tender cuts of meat, ground
meat or
chicken.
9 = 90% of full power
" Heating
cream soups.
8 = 80% of full power
" Heating
rice, pasta, or casseroles.
7 -- 70% of full power
Medium-High
• Cooking
and heating
foods that need a
Cool< Power lower than High (for example,whole
fish and meat loaf) or when food is cooking
too fast.
• Reheating
a single serving of food.
6 = 60% of full power
" Cooking
that requires special
care, such as
cheese and egg dishes, pudding,
and custards.
• Finishing cooking
casseroles.
5 = 50% of full power
Medium
• Cooking
ham, whole poultry,
and pot roasts.
• Simmering
stews.
4 = 40%
of full power
• Melting
chocolate.
• Heating
pastries.
3 = 30%
of full power
Medium-Low,
Defrost
• Manually
defrosting
precooked
and other foods,
such as bread, fish, meats and poultry.
2 = 20%
of full power
• Softening
butter, cheese, and ice cream.
I = 10% of full power
Low
• Keeping
food warm.
• Taking chill out of fruit.
0 = 0%
of full power
None
"Standing
time in oven.
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