Kenmore 565.68301 - Manual (Page 13)

TIME COOKING
This basic microwave cooking method allows you to cook food for a desired time.
In addition to the HI (maximum) power level, you can select different microwave
power from 9 levels, 1 to 9 (10-90% of HI power level).
Example: To cook at power level 8 for 40 seconds:___________
Step Procedure Keypad Display
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Touch TIME. C
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Enter 40 seconds by touching
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Touch POWER LEVEL.
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Touch 8 to select power level
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Touch START.
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Note: • Cooking time can be set up to 99 minutes 99 seconds.
» When you cook on HI power, skip steps 3 and 4.
• Foods with high moisture content should be cooked on HI power.
• To check the power level during cooking, touch POWER LEVEL.
Manual Defrosting (Without using Auto Defrost feature);
Use power level 3. To speed up the defrosting of dense foods over 1 lb (450 g).
you may start on
HI for 2 minutes, then reduce to the level 3.
Delay Start Cooking:
Use power level 0 for the first stage of multistage cooking. You can delay cooking
start time by up to 99 minutes 99 seconds.
POWER LEVEL SETTING GUIDE
1 • Softening cream cheese, butter.
• Keeping casseroles warm.
6 »Cooking scrambled eggs.
• Baking cakes.
2 •'Softening chocolate.
• clarifying butter.
• Heating breads, roils, pancakes,
tacos, tortillas, French toast. •
7 »Cooking cheese dishes.
3 • Completing the cooking cycle of
casseroles, stews, sauces.
• Manual defrosting.
8 • Reheating precooked or prepared food
quickly, ■
• Cooking fish.
► Cooking less tender cuts of meat in
liquid or slow-cooking dishes.
► Completing the cooking cycle of
less tender roasts.
9 • Reheating rice and pasta.
5 »Cooking custards and pasta.
• Cooking rump roast,ham.veal,lamb.
HI »Cooking poultry, vegetables, and most
casseroles. Boiling water.
• Preheating a browning dish.
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