Your microwave oven is preset with three defrost sequences, Using DEFROST is the best way to defrost frozen foods. The Defrost Sequence Table below provides some basic guidelines for using the three defrost sequences.
1.Touch STOP/CLEAR.
2.Touch DEFROST.
3.Choose food category.
Touch pad
Category number
Meat1
Poultry2
Fish3
4.Enter the weight
5.Touch START.
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6.After 1/3 of the defrost time is over, The display will prompt you to turn food over, Open _or, turn food over, and shield any warm portions.
7.Close the door and restart.
8.After 2/3 of the defrost time
is over the display will prompt you to turn food over.
Repeat steps 6 and 7. When the defrost time is
over_ you wilt hear three beeps and END will display.
NOTE: If you do not open the door within 3 seconds,
the display witl resume the countdown.
Weight conversion cha_
You are probably used to food weights being in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for example 4 ounces equals 1/4 pound).
However, in order to enter food weight in DEFROST, you must specify pounds and tenths of a pound, if the weight on the food package is in fractions of a pound, you can use the following chart to convert the weight to decimals_
EQUIVALENT NUMBER AFTER
OUNCE WEIGHTDECIMAL
1.6.10
3.2.20
4.0.25
4.8.30
6.4.40
8.0.50 One- Half Pound
9.6.60
11.2,70
12.0 | ,75 | Pound |
12.8,80
14_4.go
t6,0 | 1,00 | One Pound |
DEFROSTING, TIPS
=When using DEFROST, the weight to be entered is the net weight in pounds and tenths of pounds (the weight of the food minus the container)
,Use DEFROST onty for raw food, DEFROST gives best results when food to be thawed is a minimum of
O"F (taken directly from a true freezer), If food has
been stored in a
not maintain a temperature of 5°F or below, always program a lower food weight (for a shorter defrosting
time) to prevent cooking the food.
•If the food is stored outside the freezer for up to 20 minutes, enter a lower food weight.
•The shape of the package alters the defrosting time. Shallow r_tangular packets defrost more quickly than a deep block,
•_patate pi_es as they begin to defrost. Separated pieces defrost more easily.
•You can use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield foods like chicken wings, leg tips, and fish tails, but the foil must not touch the side of the oven. Foil causes arcing, which can damage the oven lining.
•Shield areas of food with small pieces of foil if they start to become warm.
•For better results, a preset standing time is included in the defrosting time.