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Defrosting
The Auto Defrost feature can be used or the microwave oven can
be manually set to defrost.
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Food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal
results.
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Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting.
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Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
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Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
end of cycle for more even defrosting.
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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 Auto Defrost system has 3 categories: Meat, Poultry and
Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more
than 20 minutes and frozen ready-made food. Use the following
chart as a guide.
To Use Auto Defrost:
1. Touch DEFROST.
2. Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
or
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch the number pads to enter the weight.
Meats and Poultry can be set from .1 to 6.6 lb (45 g to 3 kg).
Fish can be set from .1 to 4.4 lb (45 g to 2 kg).
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
4. Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute.
5. Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
To Defrost Manually:
1. Touch COOK TIME.
2. Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
3. Touch COOK POWER.
4. Touch number pad 3.
5. Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute.
6. Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
Warm Hold
Hot cooked food can be kept warm in the microwave oven. Warm
Hold can be used by itself or can be programmed to follow a
cooking cycle. Opening the door during Warm Hold will cancel
the function.
To Use:
Put hot cooked food in the oven. Cover plates of food and foods
that were cooked covered. Pastries, pies, turnovers, etc. should
remain uncovered.
1. Touch WARM HOLD.
2. Touch START.
“WARM” will appear on the display and the warm time will
count down.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound
every minute.
3. Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
To set at end of cycle: Touch WARM HOLD while setting a
cooking cycle before touching START, or during 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
microwavable baking dish.
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up
Place in microwavable
baking dish, chicken breast-
side up.
Remove giblets from whole
chicken.
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,
Shellfish
Place in microwavable
baking dish.
WARNING
Food Poisoning Hazard
Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour
before or after cooking.
Doing so can result in food poisoning or
sickness.