Manual

The Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can be
manually set to defrost by using 20% cook power.
• For optimal results, food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder
when defrosting.
• Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting.
• Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
• Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
end of the cycle for more even defrosting.
• Foods left outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes or
frozen ready-made food should not be defrosted using the
Custom Defrost feature, but should be defrosted manually.
• 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.
Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for
defrosting a number of food types. For each food category a
precise amount of food can be entered or preprogrammed
quantities can be selected.
To Use Defrost:
1. Touch the START button or touch the MICROWAVE button
(on combination oven models).
2. Touch the MODES tab to move to the Modes menu.
3. From the Modes menu, touch DEFROST.
4. Choose Cook Time or View Foods from the popup menu.
5. If View Foods is selected, choose one of the foods from the
list and press NEXT. The list shows only the foods appropriate
for the Defrost mode. See "View Foods" section.
6. Touch the COOK TIME tab to enter the cook time screen.
Enter a cooking length using the on-screen number keyboard
to set a timer to sound when cooking ends. The time length
may not exceed 01:30:00.
7. Press START to begin defrosting.
8. (Optional) After cook ends, press KEEP WARM button. This
will start a new cooking cycle that will keep food warm. The
microwave will run at 10% power for 60 minutes. See "Keep
Warm" section for additional information.
9. (Optional) After cook ends, press ADD 30 SEC button. This
will automatically add 30 seconds to the cook time. Press
ADD MORE TIME to go to Cook Timer screen if necessary.
10. Touch CANCEL (or CANCEL MICROWAVE on combo
models) to turn off the oven.
To Use Defrost with Weight Unknown:
If the precise weight of the food is unknown, use the following
chart as a reference.
FOOD SETTING QUANTITY
Bread Bagel Small 1-8 pieces
Muffin
Roll
Medium 1-6 pieces
Large 1-6 pieces
Small 4-16 pieces
Medium 1-6 pieces
Large 1-6 pieces
Small 2-8 pieces
Medium 1-6 pieces
Large 1-6 pieces
FOOD SETTING QUANTITY
Fish/ Fillet 1-6 pieces
Seafood Steak 1-4 pieces
Shrimp 1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
Scallops 1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
Meat Ground
Chops
Steak
1-4 cups
(236 mL-1
Small 1-6 pieces
Medium 1-6 pieces
Large 1-4 pieces
Small 1-6 pieces
Medium 1-4 pieces
Large 1-2 pieces
L)
Poultry Breast 1-6 pieces
Ground 1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
Pieces Small 1-6 pieces
Medium 1-4 pieces
Large 1-4 pieces
DEFROST PREPARATION CHART
MEAT
Beeh ground, steaks, roast, The narrow or fatty areas of
stew irregular shaped cuts should
be shielded with foil before
Lamb: stew and chops defrosting.
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts, Do not defrost less than
sausage 1¼Ib (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)
patties.
Place all meats in microwave-
safe baking dish.
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
Place in microwave-safe
baking dish, chicken breast
side up.
Remove giblets from whole
chicken.
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole, Place in microwave-safe
Shellfish baking dish.
Steam is a sensor cooking function that uses microwaves to
steam food. Use Steam for foods such as vegetables, fish and
potatoes.
• Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for
steaming a number of food types.
• Manual Steam requires that a cook time be entered.
• Use a microwavable steamer.
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