KitchenAid KHMS155L manual Custom Defrost, Easy Simmer

Custom Defrost

The Custom Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can be manually set to defrost by using 30% cook power.

■Food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal results.

■Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before defrosting.

■Thin packages will defrost more quickly than thick blocks.

■Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the end of the cycle for more even defrosting.

■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 Custom 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.

MEAT

4.Touch START.

The display will count down the defrost time.

About halfway through defrosting, “TURN” will appear on the display while the oven continues to operate. Open door, turn food, close door, then press START to resume.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder tones.

5.Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

To Change Defrost Time: Touch COOK POWER repeatedly to scroll through “MORE,” “LESS” or “NORML” time.

To Defrost manually:

1.	Touch COOK TIME, then enter a length of time to defrost.
2.	Touch COOK POWER, then 3.
3.	Touch START.
	The display will count down the defrost time.
	When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and
	the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder
	tones.

Beef: ground, steaks, roast, stew

Lamb: stew and chops

Pork: chops, ribs, roasts, sausage

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.

4. Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or

stop reminder tones.

Easy Simmer

Use Easy Simmer for foods such as soups, casseroles, stews and other liquid food. It can also be used to cook pasta. Cook power or doneness cannot be changed during this function, as it uses the sensor.

POULTRY

Chicken: whole and cut up	Place in microwavable
	baking dish, chicken breast
Cornish hens	side up.
	Remove giblets from whole
Turkey: breast
	chicken.
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,	Place in microwavable
Shellfish	baking dish.

To use Custom Defrost:

1.Touch CUSTOM DEFROST.

2.Touch 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish

or

Touch CUSTOM DEFROST control repeatedly to scroll through foods.

3.Touch the number pads to enter the weight.

Meat and Poultry can be set from 0.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from 0.1 to 4.4 lbs (45 g to 2 kg).

To Use Easy Simmer:

Before using, make sure the microwave oven has been plugged in for at least 3 minutes, add ¹⁄₄ to ¹⁄₂ cup (60 to 125 mL) of water to vegetables and cover dish with its lid, not plastic wrap.

1.Touch EASY SIMMER.

2.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to simmer.

3.Touch START.

“BOIL” will appear on the display. When water begins to boil the display will count down the simmer time.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder tones.

4.Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

Simmer time may be changed after Easy Simmer program starts by repeating steps 2 and 3.

Simmering Pasta

Use a container large enough to cover food completely with water. Add 1 tbsp (15 mL) oil to water. Place container and water in the microwave oven and follow the above steps, setting a simmer time of 1 second. When time ends, remove the container from the microwave oven, remove the lid, place food in the water, re-cover, replace in oven and then follow the above steps setting the desired simmer time.

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