Kenmore 721.80609 - Manual (Page 17)

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number trom 0 to 9 stands tor a
different percentage ot tull cook power.
The following chart gives the percentage ot cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usually used.
It 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 1100 Watt cook power ot your
microwave oven.
COOK Power NAME WHEN TO USE IT
100% of full power High • Quick heating many convenience foods and toods
with high water content, such as soups and
beverages
• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat
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 toods 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
6 = 60% of full power • Cooking requiring 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 detrosting foods, such as bread, fish,
meats, poultry, and precooked toods
2 = 20% of full power
• Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream
1 = 10% of full power
Low • Keeping food warm
• Taking chill out of fruit
0 = 0% of full power No power • Power level 0 allows the temperature to evenly
spread throught the food, improving the cooking
results.
NOTE: Once cook time has been entered, you can also use the Cook Power pad as a second Kitchen Timer by
entering “0” for the Cook Power. The oven will count down the cooking time you set without cooking.
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