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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
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.
•
Form the meat into the shape of a doughnut before
freezing. When defrosting, scrape off thawed meat
when the beep sounds and continue defrosting.
•
Place foods in a shallow glass baking dish or on a
microwave roasting rack to catch drippings.
•
Foods should still be somewhat icy in the center
when removed from the oven.
Four defrost choices are preset in the oven. The defrost
feature provides you with the best defrosting method
for frozen foods, because the oven automatically sets
the defrosting times for each food item according to the
weight you enter. For added convenience, the AUTO
DEFROST includes a built-in tone mechanism that
reminds you to check, turn over, separate, or rearrange
the food during the defrost cycle. Four different
defrosting options are provided.
1. MEAT
2. POULTRY
3. FISH
4. BREAD
After touching the AUTO DEFROST pad once, select
the food category by touching number pad 1 (Meat),
2 (Poultry), 3 (Fish), or 4 (Bread). Available weight
ranges for Meat, Poultry, and Fish are 0.1 to 6.0 lbs.
(.05 to 2.7 kg). The available weight range for Bread is
0.1 to 1.0 lb. (.05 to 2.7 kg).
AUTO DEFROST TABLE
Category Food
MEAT
0.1 to 6.0 lbs.
(.05 to 2.7 kg)
POULTRY
0.1 to 6.0 lbs.
(.05 to 2.7 kg)
FISH
0.1 to 6.0 lbs.
(.05 to 2.7 kg)
BREAD
0.1 to 1.0 lb
s
.
(.05 to 2.7 kg)
BEEF
Ground beef, round steak, cubes for stew,
tenderloin steak, pot roast, rib roast, rump
roast, chuck roast, hamburger patty
LAMB
Chops (1-in. [2.5-cm] thick), rolled roast
PORK
Chops (1/2-in. [1-cm] thick), hot dogs,
spareribs, country-style ribs,
rolled roast, sausage
VEAL
Cutlets (1 lb. (0.5 kg), 1/2-in. [1-cm] thick).
POULTRY
Whole (under 4 lbs. [1.8 kg]), pieces,
breasts (boneless)
CORNISH HENS
Whole
TURKEY
Breast (under 6 lbs. [2.7 kg])
FISH
Fillets, whole steaks
SHELLFISH
Crab meat, lobster tails, shrimp, scallops
MUFFINS
ROLL CAKE
Example: To defrost 1.2 lbs. (0.5 kg) of meat.
Touch:
Display
Shows:
AUTO DEFROST
NOTE:
When you touch the START/PAUSE pad, the display
changes to defrost time countdown. The oven will
beep during the DEFROST cycle. At this time, open
the door and turn, separate, or rearrange the food.
Remove any portions that have thawed. Return frozen
portions to the oven and touch START/PAUSE to
resume the defrost cycle.
The oven will not CLEAR
during the BEEP unless the door is opened.
2.
MEAT TOUCH
1
POULTRY TOUCH
2
FISH TOUCH
3
BREAD TOUCH
4
3.
ENTER WEIGHT
5.
1.
Time of day
MEAT
Time counting down
to enter the weight
4.
1.2 LBS
TOUCH START
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