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Doneness Adjustment
Doneness may be adjusted for every cooking program except
Keep Warm. During programming, touch POWER LEVEL after
food and quantity selections are made. Touch POWER LEVEL
once for “MORE”, or twice for “LESS”.
Reheat (non-sensor)
Times and cooking power have been preset for reheating specific
food types. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD
NO. QUANTITY/INSTRUCTIONS
Fresh Rolls/
Muffins
1
1-8 pieces, 2 oz (57 g) each*. Place on
paper towel.
Frozen Rolls/
Muffins
2
1-8 pieces, 2 oz (57 g) each*. Place on
paper towel.
*For smaller rolls, two rolls may be counted as one piece. For larger
or refrigerated rolls, one roll may be counted as 2 pieces.
To Use Reheat:
1.
Place food in the microwave drawer, and close the drawer.
2.
Touch REHEAT.
3.
Select food item by entering its number (see chart and/or
cooking guide label).
4.
Enter quantity. Doneness may be adjusted at this time by
touching POWER LEVEL.
5.
Touch START.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and
end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder tones.
6.
Touch STOP or open the drawer to clear the display.
Beverage Center
Beverage Center enables you to reheat coffee or tea to restore it
to a more suitable drinking temperature, or to make instant coffee
or tea.
FOOD
NO. QUANTITY/INSTRUCTIONS
Reheat
beverage
1
0.5-2 cups (125-500 mL). Choose cook
time by touching number 1 for each 0.5
cup. For example, for 1 cup of coffee, you
would touch 1 twice.
Hot water
2
1-6 cups (250-1500 mL). Use this setting
for heating cold tap water to a temperature
below the boiling point to make instant
coffee or tea. Choose cook time by
touching number 2 for each 1 cup of water.
For example, 2 cups of water, you would
touch 2 twice.
To Use Beverage Center:
1.
Place container with beverage or water in the microwave
drawer, and close the drawer.
2.
Touch Beverage Center.
3.
Touch 1 for reheating your cooled beverage, or 2 for heating
water for coffee or tea.
4.
Select quantity by re-touching 1 or 2 (depending on selection)
until the correct quantity is reached.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching POWER
LEVEL.
5.
Touch START.
Defrost
The automatic defrost function can be used, or the microwave
drawer can be manually set to defrost.
■
Unwrap foods and remove lids (for example, from fruit juice
containers) before defrosting.
■
Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
■
Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the end
of cycle for more even defrosting.
■
When using plastic containers from the freezer, defrost only
long enough to remove the food from the plastic in order to
place it in a microwave-safe dish.
■
Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such
as chicken wings, leg tips and fish tails. See the “Aluminum
Foil and Metal” section first.
The automatic defrost function should not be used for food left
outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes and frozen ready-
made food.
Times and cooking power have been preset for defrosting certain
food types. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD
NO. QUANTITY/INSTRUCTIONS
Ground
meat
1
0.5-2.0 lbs (227-907 g). Remove wrap and
place in microwave-safe baking dish. Do
not cover.
Steaks/
Chops
2
0.5-3.0 lbs (227 g-1.4 kg). Remove wrap
and place in microwave-safe baking dish.
Do not cover.
Boneless
poultry
3
0.5-2.0 lbs (227-907 g). Remove wrap and
place in microwave-safe baking dish. Do
not cover.
Bone-in
poultry
4
0.5-3.0 lbs (227 g-1.4 kg). Remove wrap
and place breast side up in microwave-safe
baking dish. Do not cover.
Roast
5
2.0-4.0 lbs (907 g-1.8 kg). Remove wrap
and place fat side down in microwave-safe
baking dish. After each stage, turn roast
over and shield the warm portions with
aluminum foil. Let stand, covered, for 30 to
60 minutes.
Casserole/
Soup
6
1-6 cups (250 mL-1.5 L). Remove wrap
and place in microwave-safe baking dish.
Do not cover.
To Use the Defrost Control:
1.
Place food, uncovered, in the microwave drawer, and close
the drawer.
2.
Touch DEFROST.
3.
Select food item by entering its number (see chart and/or
cooking guide label).
4.
Enter the weight in tenths of a pound for Meat or Poultry,
or enter volume in cups for Casserole/Soup. See chart for
quantity limits.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching POWER
LEVEL.
5.
Touch START. The display will count down the defrost time.
During defrosting, tones will sound to indicate it is time to
check, turn, rearrange or separate food. Open drawer, turn
food if necessary, close door and touch START to resume
defrosting.
When the cycle ends, “LET STAND COVERED” will appear in
the display, and end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by
reminder tones.
6.
Touch STOP or open the drawer to clear the display.
To Defrost Manually:
Follow directions in the “Manual Cooking”
section, and use 30% cooking power. See the “Microwave
Cooking Power” chart.
