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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
To avoid risk of property damage:
Do not use rack to pop popcorn.
Rack must be on the four plastic supports
when used.
Use the rack only when cooking food on rack
position.
Do not cook with rack on floor of the oven.
Example: To defrost for 2 minutes.
1. Touch
DEFROST 3 times.
2. Enter the defrosting time you
want.
3. Touch
START/ENTER.
(Defrost starts)
This feature allows you to choose the time you want to
defrost.
When the defrost time is over, four beeps will sound and
COOK END
will display.
The metal rack gives you extra space when cooking in
more than one container at the same time.
To use rack:
1. Place rack securely in the four plastic supports.
• Rack
MUST NOT
touch metal walls or back of
microwave oven.
2. Place equal amounts of food both
ABOVE AND
BELOW
rack.
• Amount of food must be approximately the same to
balance out cooking energy.
TIME DEFROST
METAL RACK
• When using
DEFROST
, the weight to be entered is the
net weight in pounds and tenths of pounds (the weight of
the food minus the container).
• Use
DEFROST
only for raw food.
DEFROST
gives best
results when food to be thawed is a minimum of 0°F
(taken directly from a true freezer). If food has been
stored in a refrigerator-freezer that does not maintain a
temperature of 5°F or below, always program a lower
food weight (for a shorter defrosting time) to prevent
cooking the food.
• If the food is stored outside the freezer for up to 20
minutes, enter a lower food weight.
• The shape of the package alters the defrosting time.
Shallow rectangular packets defrost more quickly than a
deep block.
• Separate pieces as they begin to defrost. Separated
pieces defrost more easily.
• You can use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield
foods like chicken wings, leg tips, and fish tails, but the
foil must not touch the side of the oven. Foil causes
arcing, which can damage the oven lining.
• Shield areas of food with small pieces of foil if they start
to become warm.
• For better results, a preset standing time is included in
the defrosting time.
• For best results, elevate food to be defrosted on a
microwave safe roasting rack. This prevents the
possibility of warm meat juices cooking food during
defrost.
DEFROST TIPS
