Use and Care Manual

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Operation
Microwave Features
Defrost
Defrost automatically defrosts foods ground meat, steaks, chicken pieces.
• Defrost a 2.0 pound steak.
1. Touch Defrost pad once.
2. Select desired food by touching Defrost pad until the display shows the food name. Ex: touch twice for steak.
3. Enter weight
20.
4. Touch Start/Touch On pad.
The oven will stop and directions will be displayed. Follow the indicated message.
5. After the 1st stage, open the door. Turn steak over and shield any warm portions. Close the door. Touch Start/Touch
On pad.
6. After the 2nd stage, open the door. Shield any warm portions. Close the door. Touch Start/Touch On pad.
7. After defrost cycle ends, cover and let stand as indicated in Defrost Chart.
NOTE:
• The weight can be entered in increments of 0.1 lb. If you attempt to enter more or less than the allowed amount ERROR
WEIGHT TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE
will appear in the display.
• Defrost can be programmed with More/Less Time Adjustment. See page 30.
• To defrost other foods or foods above or below the weights allowed on Defrost Chart, use time and 30% power. See
Manual Defrost below.
Defrost Chart
Touch
Defrost Pad*
Food Amount Procedure
Once Ground Meat .5 - 3.0 lb.
Remove any thawed pieces after each stage. Let stand, covered, 5–10 minutes.
Twice Steaks
(Chops, fish)
.5 - 4.0 lb.
After each stage of defrost cycle, rearrange and if there are warm or
thawed portions, shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil. Remove any
meat or fish that is nearly defrosted. Let stand, covered, 10–20 minutes.
3 times Chicken Pieces .5 - 3.0 lb.
After each stage of defrost cycle, if there are warm or thawed portions,
rearrange or remove. Let stand, covered, 10–20 minutes.
* Number of touched AFTER initial touch to access Defrost.
NOTE:
Check foods when oven signals. After final stage, small sections may still be icy. Let stand to continue thawing. Do not
defrost until all ice crystals are thawed.
Shielding prevents cooking from occurring before the center of the food is defrosted. Use small smooth strips of alumi-
num foil to cover edges and thinner sections of the food.
Manual Defrost
If the food that you wish to defrost is not listed on the Defrost Chart or is above or below the limits in the Amount column
on the Defrost Chart, you need to defrost manually.
You can defrost any frozen food, either raw or previously cooked, by using Power Level 3. Follow the exact 3-step
procedure found under Time Cooking Microwave on page 17. Estimate defrosting time and press 3 for 30% when you
select the power level.
For either raw or previously cooked frozen food the rule of thumb is approximately 5 minutes per pound. For example,
defrost 5 minutes for 1 pound of frozen spaghetti sauce.
Always stop the microwave oven periodically to remove or separate the portions that are defrosted. If food is not
defrosted at the end of the estimated defrosting time, program the oven in 1 minute increments on Power Level 3 until
totally defrosted.
When using plastic containers from the freezer, defrost only long enough to remove from the plastic in order to place in a
microwave-safe dish.