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OP
ERATION
AUTOMATIC DEFROST BY WEIGHT
Automatic Defrost allows you to easily defrost food. Power levels and times are
automatically determined when the food weight is entered.
TOTAL DEFROST: Use for thorough defrosting of larger, dense frozen foods, when it
is important to have the center section defrosted as well as the outside. Ideal for items
such as roasts, whole chicken and steak.
QUICK DEFROST: Use to assist separation of frozen pieces of chicken 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.
•
The Total Defrost includes preset standing time.
•
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
twice to select
Total Defrost course.
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.
Press
Defrost course
once
twice
QUICK DEFROST
TOTAL DEFROST
AUTO
DEFROST
2
5
Ounces
Tenths of a Pound
1 - 2
3 - 4
5
6 - 7
8
9 - 10
11 - 12
13
14 - 15
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