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DEFROST
Defrost allows you to easily defrost food two ways. Power levels and times
are automatically determined when the food weight is entered.
AUTO DEFROST: Use for more thorough defrosting of larger, dense frozen
foods. Ideal for items such as roasts, whole chicken and steak.
QUICK DEFROST: Use to assist in the separation of frozen pieces of
chicken, ground meats, or fish that need preparation prior to cooking.
Excellent for defrosting ground meat for use in spaghetti sauce or taco meat.
Example:
To thoroughly defrost a 2.5 lb whole chicken:
Defrosting Techniques:
•
Remove freezer paper, plastic wrap or foil wrap. Place food in a
microwave-safe dish.
•
To prevent thin parts and edges from becoming too warm and cooking
before center of food is defrosted, shield with small pieces of aluminum
foil.
•
Because some foods will still be icy in the center, it is necessary to have
standing time after defrosting the food in the oven. Food should be
taken out of the oven to complete defrosting. A longer standing time
might be required for denser foods such as roasts.
•
Timed Defrosting: Use power level P30 (Medium Low). For most frozen
foods, allow approximately 5 minutes per pound. To speed up the
defrosting of dense foods over 1 lb, you may start on P100 for 2
minutes. Then reduce to the power level P30 and enter remaining time.
Step
Procedure
Keypad
1
Press Auto Defrost.
2
Enter the weight of food.
Weight must be converted to pounds
and tenths (0.1) of a pound.
Example: 2 lb. 8 oz. = 2.5 lbs
Conversion Chart:
3
Press START.
Total defrost time appears in the
display.
Ounces
Tenths of a Pound
1 - 2
3 - 4
5
6 - 7
8
9 - 10
11 - 12
13
14 - 15
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
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