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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
AUTO DEFROST thaws frozen food without entering
a cook time or cook power. Three defrost categories
are preset in your oven: Ground Meat, Poultry, and
Steaks/Chops. See the Auto Defrost Chart below.
NOTES:
¥ For added convenience, AUTO DEFROST has a
built-in reminder tone to tell you when to check, turn
over, separate, or rearrange food. The oven will sound a
tone during the defrost cycle. At the tone, open the door
and turn, separate, or rearrange food. Remove any por-
tions that have thawed. Return frozen portion to the oven
and touch START to resume the defrost cycle.
¥ You can defrost foods that weigh 0.1 to 6.0 lbs
(0.1-4.0 kgs).
For best results:
¥ Remove fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry from its
original closed paper or plastic package (wrapper).
Otherwise, the wrap will hold steam and juice close
to the foods, which can cause the outer surface of
the foods to cook.
¥ Shape ground meat into the form of a doughnut before
freezing. When defrosting, remove thawed meat when
the reminder tone sounds and continue defrosting.
¥ Place foods in a shallow container or on a microwave
roasting rack to catch drippings.
¥ Food should still be somewhat icy in the center when
removed from the oven.
Example: To defrost 1.2 lbs. of ground beef.
Touch:
Display Shows:
AUTO DEFROST
1.
once for
Ground
Meat.
2.
4.
to start
the oven.
Auto Defrost Chart
Category
GROUND
MEAT
Touch
keypad
1
Food
to be Defrosted
Beef
Ground beef
Cubes for stew
Hamburger patties
Pot roast
Rib roast, Rump roast,
Chuck roast
Pork
Bacon, Hot dogs
Sausage links
Sausage patties
Ribs, Roast
Lamb
Ribs
Roasts
Time counting down.
5.
At the end of the
defrost time, four
tones will sound.
The oven will stop.
Display scrolls the words
GROUND MEAT
TOUCH 1, POULTRY
TOUCH 2
STEAKS/CHOPS
TOUCH 3
ENTER WEIGHT
3.
to enter 1.2 lbs.
At Reminder Tone
Turn over. Remove thawed portions and
break apart. Return remainder to oven.
Turn over. Remove thawed portions with
fork.
Turn over.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Same as above.
Turn over.
Turn over.
Turn over.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Same as above.
Standing
Time
5 min.
5 min.
5 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
2 min.
5 min.
5 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
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