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AUTOMATIC DEFROST BY WEIGHT
Automatic Defrost allows you to easily defrost food. Power levels and times are
automatically determined when the food weight is entered.
TOTAL DEFROST:
Use for thorough defrosting of larger, dense frozen foods, when it
is important to have the center section defrosted as well as the outside. Ideal for items
such as roasts, whole chicken and steak.
QUICK DEFROST:
Use to assist separation of frozen pieces of chicken or fish that
need preparation prior to cooking. Excellent for defrosting ground meat for use in
spaghetti sauce or tacos.
Example:
To thoroughly defrost a 2.5 kg whole chicken:
Defrosting Techniques:
•
Remove freezer paper, plastic wrap or foil wrap. Place food in a microwave-safe
dish.
•
To prevent thin parts and edges from becoming too warm and cooking
before center of food is defrosted, shield with small pieces of aluminum foil.
•
Because some foods will still be icy in the center, it is necessary to have a
standing time after defrosting the food in the oven. Food should be taken out of
the oven to complete defrosting. A longer standing time might be required for
denser foods such as roasts.
•
To defrost items not listed in defrosting chart, use Time defrosting
(see page 14).
•
The total defrost includes preset standing time.
Note: •
Maximum weight for defrosting is 2.9 kg.
•
The oven selects 1 kg if a weight is not entered.
•
Five beeps sound during the defrosting cycle to signal that food should
be rearranged to improve defrosting performance.
Open the door and
rearrange the food. The oven continues the defrosting cycle to the end if
you do not open the door.
•
Food can be defrosted in a styrofoam package.
•
If weight of food is stated in pounds and ounces, it must be converted
to kilograms.
Conversion Table
1
Press
AUTO DEFROST
twice to select
Total Defrost course.
2
Enter the weight of food in kilogram.
3
Press
START
.
Total defrost time appears in the
display.
Press
To select:
once
twice
QUICK DEFROST
TOTAL DEFROST
AUTO
DEFROST
2
5
START
lbs - oz.
kg
lbs - oz.
kg
lbs - oz.
kg
4 oz.
0.1
2 lb-7 oz.
1.1
4 lb-10 oz.
2.1
7 oz.
0.2
2 lb-11 oz.
1.2
4 lb-14 oz.
2.2
10 oz.
0.3
2 lb-14 oz.
1.3
5 lb-1 oz.
2.3
14 oz.
0.4
3 lb-2 oz.
1.4
5 lb-5 oz.
2.4
1 lb-2 oz.
0.5
3 lb-5 oz.
1.5
5 lb-8 oz.
2.5
1 lb-5 oz.
0.6
3 lb-9 oz.
1.6
5 lb-12 oz.
2.6
1 lb-9 oz.
0.7
3 lb-12 oz.
1.7
5 lb-15 oz.
2.7
1 lb-12 oz.
0.8
4 lb
1.8
6 lb-3 oz.
2.8
2 lb
0.9
4 lb-3 oz.
1.9
6 lb-6 oz.
2.9
2 lb-4 oz.
1.0
4 lb-7 oz.
2.0
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