Manual Cooking
To Use:
1.
Place food on the turntable and close the door.
to lowest. See “Microwave Cooking Power” chart.
The display will count down the set cook time.
When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will sound,
and the display will return to the time of day.
to pause or cancel cooking.
Cooking in Stages
The microwave oven can be set to cook at different cooking
powers for various lengths of time, up to 2 stages. One of
frost function (see
“Defrost” section), which will be the first stage.
To Cook in Stages:
1.
Place food on the turntable and close the door.
The display will count down the set cook time for each
stage, and a short tone will sound at the end of the first
stage.
The power level may be seen for 3 seconds by touching
POWER during the cycling stage.
When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will sound,
and the display will return to the time of day.
to pause or cancel cooking.
Cook time may be added in 30-second increments during
the
stage by touching START/+30SEC control.
To Use Defrost As First Stage: Touch Weight Defrost,
nd 100 ounces (see “Defrost” section), then
Defrost
The Defrost feature has two functions: dEF1, which is an
automatic defrost by weight, and dEF2, which is a manual
be adjusted.
example, from
more quickly than deep
Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at
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 Defrost feature should not be used for food that has been
left outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes, or for
f
r
ozen ready-made food. Use the following chart as a guide.
To Defrost by Weight:
1.
Place food, uncovered, on the turntable and close
the door.
3.
Enter the weight in ounces, from 4 to 100.
If an invalid value is entered, the microwave oven
will not start.
4.
Touch START/+30SEC.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will
sound, and the display will return to the time of day.
to pause or cancel cooking.
To Defrost by Time:
1.
Place food, uncovered, on the turntable and close
the door.
2.
display.
3.
Enter the desired time for defrosting.
4.
Touch START/+30SEC.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will
sound, and the display will return to the time of day.
5.
t
down to pause or cancel cooking.
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 microwave-
safe baking dish. Do not
cover.
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up
Place in microwave-safe
baking dish, chicken breast
side up. Do not cover.
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
FISH
Place in microwave-safe
baking dish. Do not cover.
1.
2.
3
.
4
.
If cooking with a power other than 100%, touch
number
keys
t
o select the power
levels from highest
2.
Touch TIME COOK.
3.
Enter length of time to cook.
4.
Touch POWER. “PL10” will appear briefly in the display.
5.
Touch START/+30SEC.
6
.
Touch
STOP/CANCEL
at any time during the countdown
to lowest. See “Microwave Cooking Power” chart.
If cooking with a power other than 100%, touch
number
keys
t
o select the power
levels from highest
2.
Touch TIME COOK.
3.
Enter length of time to cook.
4.
Touch POWER. “PL10” will appear briefly in the display.
5.
Touch TIME COOK.
6.
Enter length of time to cook for second stage.
to lowest.
If cooking with a power other than 100%, touch
number
keys
t
o select the power
levels from highest
7.
Touch POWER. “PL10” will appear briefly in the display.
8.
Touch START/+30SEC.
9.
Touc
h STOP/CANCEL at
any time during the countdown
defrost by time. The default power level is 30%, and can
2.
Touc
h WEIGHT DEFROST
. “dEF1” will appear .
5.
Touc
h STOP/CANCEL a
t any time during the countdown
Touc
h TIME DEFROST.
“dEF2” will appear in the
Touc
h STOP/CANCEL a
t any time during the cou n
The default microwave power is power level 3. If you want
press "
POWER
" once, and
pad of the power level you wanted.
above for second stage programming.
follow steps 5-8
between 4 a
"dEF1" appears in the display. Enter the number of ounces
second
EN-11
the stages may be an automatic De
to change the power level,
the LED will display "PL 3", then press the number
Fillets, Steaks, Whole
Shellfish
Shallow packages will defrost
blocks.
thr end of the cycle for more even defrosting.
fruit juice containers) before defrosting.
Unwrap foods and remove lids (for