Owners Manual
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FOOD CARE
For best food care
Store only high-quality, fresh food in your appliance.
Store perishable foods in the appliance immediately after purchase. Storingatroom
temperature increases the rate of deterioration and can allow harmfulmicrobialgrowth.
Foods such as meat, poultry and seafood should be well wrapped or sealed in
suitablepackaging to prevent dehydration, color deterioration, loss of flavor, and
transfer ofodor.
– We recommend storing these foods on the bottom shelf of your appliance
orinone of the bins to prevent potential spills and cross-contamination with
otherfoods.
Ensure hot foods and beverages are cooled sufficiently before placing them into
theappliance. Hot items may cause other foods to warm to unsafe temperatures.
Itmayalso cause sealed items to sweat/condensate — which is undesirable.
Beverages are best stored standing upright in the door shelves or on the bottle
racksprovided.
Ensure raw and cooked foods are stored separately to avoid cross-contamination.
Consume food items within the recommended storage times. Discard foods that
showsign of spoilage.
Keep door openings to a minimum to maintain optimum storage temperatures inside
your appliance.
We recommend using ‘Fast Freeze’ when you are adding food items toyour freezer,
such as after grocery shopping. This feature will ensure the food isfrozen within
the shortest period of time, locking in the freshness andextending the shelf life of
yourfood.
Items stored in your refrigerator
Dairy items such as butter and cheeses should be stored in the covered door shelf
tominimize any transfer of odor or odor absorption from other foods.
Eggs should be stored in their carton to avoid absorption of strong odors through
theirporous shell structure.
Items stored in your freezer
We recommend cooling carbonated beverages in your freezer only when the ‘Bottle
Chill’ function isactive.
– Do not store carbonated drinks without activating this function. Beverages stored
for long periods of time can lead to freezing liquid and the possibility ofbottle/
canexplosion.
Ensure air is removed from packaging to avoid large formation of ice crystals and
prevent freezer burn.
We recommend defrosting foods in the refrigerator to maintain freshness and quality.
Ensure partially or fully defrosted foods are never re-frozen — cook immediately.