User Guide

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For best food care
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Store only high-quality, fresh food in your appliance.
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Store perishable foods in the appliance immediately after purchase. Storingatroom
temperature increases the rate of deterioration and can allow harmfulmicrobialgrowth.
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Foods such as meat, poultry and seafood should be well wrapped or sealed in
suitablepackaging to prevent dehydration, color deterioration, loss of flavor, and
transfer ofodor.
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We recommend storing these foods on the bottom shelf of your appliance
orinone of the bins to prevent potential spills and cross-contamination
with otherfoods.
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Ensure hot foods and beverages are cooled sufficiently before placing them into
theappliance. Hot items may cause other foods to warm to unsafe temperatures.
Itmayalso cause sealed items to sweat/condensate—which is undesirable.
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Beverages are best stored standing upright in the door shelves or on the bottle
racksprovided.
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Ensure raw and cooked foods are stored separately to avoid cross-contamination.
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Consume food items within the recommended storage times. Discard foods that
showsign of spoilage.
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Keep door openings to a minimum to maintain optimum storage temperatures inside
your appliance.
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We recommend using ‘Fast Freeze’ when you are adding food items toyour freezer, such
as after grocery shopping. This feature will ensure the food isfrozen within the shortest
period of time, locking in the freshness andextending the shelf life of yourfood.
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Storing at temperatures other than settings recommended may impact the storage life.
Items stored in your refrigerator
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Dairy items such as butter and cheeses should be stored in the covered door shelf
tominimize any transfer of odor or odor absorption from other foods.
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Eggs should be stored in their carton to avoid absorption of strong odors through
theirporous shell structure.
Items stored in your freezer
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We recommend cooling carbonated beverages in your freezer only when the ‘Bottle Chill’
function isactive.
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Do not store carbonated drinks without activating this function. Beverages
stored for long periods of time can lead to freezing liquid and the possibility
ofbottle/canexplosion.
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Ensure air is removed from packaging to avoid large formation of ice crystals and
prevent freezer burn.
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To maintain freshness and quality, we recommend defrosting foods in the refrigerator.
These foods should not be in contact with fresh foods. Ensure partially or fully defrosted
foods are never re-frozen – cook immediately.
FOOD CARE