C. TWO-STAGE COOKING
Two-stage cook function lets you cook a food at
two different power levels with one time setting.
For example, rice should be cooked in two stages.
Stage 1 starts rice at 100% power for 5 minutes;
stage 2 completes cooking 10-12 minutes at 50%
power level.
SET STAGE 1:
Assuming 100% power, just touch number pad
illustrated in
“
Quick and Easy
”
setting above for
correct first stage time. (Most 2 stage recipes start
with 100% power but you can also switch power
levels after setting cook time.)
DO NOT TOUCH START PAD.
SET STAGE 2:
Touch COOK pad then enter proper cooking time
and (lower) power level. (Most 2 stage recipes use
lower power for second stage.) Touch START
pad. First stage of cooking begins.
MEM (memory) word prompt shows on the display
during Stage 1 Cooking, indicating that the oven is
remembering that a second step (stage 2) has
been programmed. After Stage 1 time has elapsed,
signal may be heard, signaling the beginning of
Stage 2.
AFTER TOTAL TIME HAS ELAPSED, 4 long
beeps sound and END appears in display. Touch
RESET pad or open oven door to clear END
before starting another cooking function.
THESE ARE NORMAL:
Outside of oven may feel warm. Steam may
escape from oven or moisture in oven may be
seen after cooking.
Change in interior light intensity, and change in
blower sound when lower power setting are used.
TV or radio interference (similar to interference
experienced in other small appliances) may be
noticed. This does not indicate a problem.
4. SETTING
“
SPEED DEFROST
”
A. Speed Defrost automatically sets microwave oven
power for quickest thawing of small to medium
size foods. Speed Defrost works in conjunction
with the Timer, so you must know how much time
to set. Speed Defrost thawing times are usually
fast enough that you stay close to oven and can
attend to the food as it is defrosting. Many foods
benefit from being turned over, rearranged or
broken apart (if separate pieces are frozen
together.) This attention makes defrosting faster
and more even.
“
How do I know whether to set
Speed Defrost or Defrost by Weight?
”
This is
determined by the type of food being defrosted
and amount of attention that must be paid to the
food. The automatic-coded Defrost by Weight
requires only turn-over of the meat.
l
Touch SPEED DEFROST pad.
Word prompts ENTER DEF TIME shows on the
display.
l
Enter desired Speed Defrost time by touching
correct number pads. Digital timer sets minutes
and seconds from left to right so a single digit can
be set (5 for 5 seconds) or up to 4 digits (2405 for
24 minutes 5 seconds). ENTER DEF remains on
the display. Touch START/STOP pad. DEF
flashes on the display and defrost time begins
counting down. AFTER TIME HAS ELAPSED
signal sound and END appears in display. Touch
RESET pad or open door to clear END before
starting another cooking function.
B. To set
“
SPEED DEFROST
”
and one or two-stage
cooking sequentially. After setting SPEED
DEFROST, oven can be programmed to
automatically switch to One or Two-Stage cook.
This feature is useful for frozen, moist casseroles
and similar foods which can be stirred while
reconstituting. After defrosting, cook at 100%
power level, then reduce to lower settings until
bubbling hot. Stir occasionally to break up and
redistribute heat.
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