Operation
3
Power level Microwave output
10 High
100 %
9
90 %
8
80 %
7
70 %
6
60 %
5
50 %
4
40 %
3
30 %
2
20 %
1
10 %
3.3.9 Heating with multiple
cooking stages
For best results, some microwave recipes call for
different power levels or different lengths of time
for cooking. Your microwave may be set to change
from one stage to another automatically (2 stages
maximum).
Example: to cook food for 3 minutes at 80%
power and then 50% power for 6 minutes 30 sec-
onds:
1. Press Microwave.
Microwave Oven / User Manual
Use to prepare when:
• Boiling water.
• Cooking ground beef.
• Making candy.
• Cooking fresh fruits & vegetables
• Cooking fish & poultry.
• Preheating browning dish.
• Reheating beverages.
• Cooking bacon slices.
• Reheating meat slices quickly.
• Saute onions, celery & green peppers.
• All reheating.
• Cooking scrambled eggs.
• Cooking breads & cereal products.
• Cooking cheese dishes & veal.
• Cakes, muffins, brownies & cupcakes.
• Cooking pasta.
• Cooking meats & whole poultry.
• Cooking custard.
• Cooking spare ribs, rib roast & sirloin roast.
• Cooking less tender cuts of meat.
• Reheating frozen packaged foods.
• Thawing meat, poultry & seafood.
• Cooking small quantities of food.
• Finish cooking casseroles, stew & some
sauces.
• Softening butter & cream cheese.
• Heating small amounts of food.
• Softening ice cream.
• Raise yeast dough.
2. Use the number pads to enter heating time for
the 1st stage (cook time may be set up to 99
minutes and 99 seconds).
3. Press Power Level pad once.
4. Use the number keys to enter power level for
the 1st stage. PL8 appears in the display (80
% power).
5. Press Microwave pad for 2nd stage.
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