About Christine Olenchuk Expertise I am able to answer questions on people seeking recipes as well as any questions they may have on technique etc.
Experience I am a self taught baker and cooke. I love to both bake and cook for family, friends and co-workers. I am constantly complimented and asked for recipes. Also, people are always telling me that I should open up my own business featuring by cooking or baking.
Question Hi Christine,
I am single male and love experimenting with ingredients and cook up many a thing. I do get recipes from the web, but I see that most of the procedures call for baking/cooking in microwave oven at 200, 350 etc. degrees. I mean they specifically spell out the required heating temperature, while my digital microwave oven doesn't carry temperature settings. It has only low, medium, high etc settings. Most of the ovens available in the market are of the same variety. What do I do?
Answer Hello Niz:
Thank you for the opportunity to answer your interesting question.
Hopefully you will find the following information helpful.
"WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE CORRELATION BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND MICROWAVE OVENS?"
"Microwave oven power is measured in watts and indicates the intensity of which your oven will cook. Learn to relate your microwave "percentages of power" to your conventional "degrees of heat."
Based on a microwave with 650-800 watts of power, the scale below shows how you can learn to relate your microwave "percentages of power" to your conventional oven's "degrees of heat."
All heat measurements are in Fahrenheit.
100 - 90% power 425 - 500 degrees, deep fat fry, broil or stove-top burner on "high"
80% 375 - 425 degrees
70% 350 - 375 degrees or medium-high on stove-top
60 - 50% 300 - 350 degrees or medium on stove-top
40 - 30% 225 - 300 degrees or medium-low on stove-top
20% 200 - 225 degrees
10% 150 - 200 degrees or lowest setting on stove-top"
