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Power Levels /
Defrosting
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In this session you'll learn to cook with lower microwave power levels.
You'll also learn how to use the defrost cycle To do these things you'll
use sections of the Touchmatic control you didn't use in Session #1 or
#2. Locate this control on your Radarange Oven:
COOKMATIC LEVEL PAD -- Used to change the cooking
power level.
Cooking at Cookmatic
Power Levels
Many foods cook very well at full microwave power (as you learned in
Session #2). However, just as some foods cook better conventionally at
lower rather than higher oven temperatures, some foods cook better at
lower rather than higher microwave power levels. Your Amana
Radarange Microwave Oven has ten power levels from 10% to 100%
(70-700 watts). Each power level is particularly well suited for cooking
different types of foods.
Your Radarange Microwave Oven is designed to allow quick defrosting
of frozen foods. Most foods are defrosted using Cookmatic Level 3. This
defrost cycle pulses microwave energy on and off automatically. During
the "on" periods (approximately 30% of defrost time programmed)
microwave energy is produced heating the exterior of the frozen food.
During the "off" periods the heat is conducted to the interior of the
food. This allows the food to be evenly defrosted, with little or no
cooking of the exterior before the interior is completely thawed.
Defrosting instructions for specific types of foods are provided at the
beginning of appropriate chapters of your Amana cookbook. Follow
instructions in your Amana cookbook for defrosting at Cookmatic Levels
other than Cookmatic Level 3.
Note: Many foods, especially meats, need to be completely defrosted
before cooking begins. If not completely defrosted on the inside
as well as the outside, cooking will be uneven. If ice crystals
remain in the inside of meats when cooking starts, the meat will
be done on the outside while the inside is underdone. Defrosting
times and power levels suggested in the Amana cookbook have
been thoroughly tested to provide optimum defrosting. Be sure to
follow defrosting instructions exactly_
Each recipe in the Amana cookbook specifies the Cookmatic power
level to be used for cooking, For example, the directions in your Amana
cookbook for heating milk are to heat the milk for one and one-half
minutes at Cookmatic Level 8. To heat a cup of milk:
A Place a cup of milk (or a cup of cold water) in the Radarange
Oven.
B Press
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