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Two or More Plates
Two 10¼" (26 cm) plates may be heated side by side, or 1 dish
larger than the turntable, plus 2 plates on the cooking rack. For
best results, halfway through heating, turn the plates (or larger
dish) halfway around, and switch plates between top and bottom
(if heating more than 2 plates). See “Cooking Rack” section.
The turntable must be turned off while heating 2 bottom plates or
1 larger dish. See “Turntable” section.
Defrosting
The automatic Defrost control can be used or the microwave
oven can be manually set to defrost.
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Food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal
results.
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Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting.
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Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
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Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
end of cycle for more even defrosting.
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Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such
as chicken wings, leg tips and fish tails. See “Aluminum Foil
and Metal” first.
The automatic Defrost control has 3 categories: Meat, Poultry
and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer
more than 20 minutes and frozen ready-made food. Use the
following chart as a guide.
To use the Defrost control:
1. Touch DEFROST.
2. Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
or
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch the number pads to enter the weight.
Meats and Poultry can be set from 0.2 to 6.6 lb (90 g to 3 kg).
Fish can be set from 0.2 to 4.4 lb (90 g to 2 kg).
Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
4. Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute for 15 minutes.
5. Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or
stop reminder tones.
To Defrost manually:
1. Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
2. Touch COOK POWER.
3. Touch 3.
4. Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute for 15 minutes.
5. Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or
stop reminder tones.
Soften
The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods.
Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be
ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to
make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide.
To Soften:
1. Touch SOFTEN.
The display will alternate between showing “SOFTN” and
“PAD.”
2. Touch SOFTEN repeatedly to scroll through the Soften menu
items
or
Touch number pad to select Soften menu item.
3. Enter quantity of food items using the prompts in the display
or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the
selected food class will give a response.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
MEAT
Beef: ground, steaks, roast,
stew
The narrow or fatty areas of
irregular shaped cuts should
be shielded with foil before
defrosting.
Do not defrost less than
¹⁄₄
lb
(113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)
patties.
Place all meats in
microwavable baking dish.
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up
Place in microwavable baking
dish, chicken breast side up.
Remove giblets from whole
chicken.
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,
Shellfish
Place in microwavable baking
dish.
FOOD
CODE
SOFTEN
PAD
QUANTITY
Butter
1
1 time
1, 2 or 3 sticks
Ice cream
2
2 times
16, 32 or 64 oz
(473, 946 or 1893 mL)
Cream cheese
3
3 times
3 oz or 8 oz
(85 or 227 g)
