Auto Defrost Instructions, Defrosting Tips

OPERATION

AUTO DEFROST

Your microwave oven is preset with three defrost sequences(MEAT, POULTRY and FISH). The Auto Defrost method is the best way to defrost frozen foods.

Prepare the food for defrosting:

●Place the food in a flat, shallow baking dish or use a microwave roasting in the dish to catch drippings.

●Pierce meats with a casing, such as hot dogs and sausage, to allow steam to escape.

●Cover fatty or thin areas of meat with a small amount of foil before defrosting to prevent them from cooking.

During the defrosting cycle, remember:

●Check the food. If items open cook at the edges when defrosting, reduce the weight you set.

●Be sure to turn, stir or rotate the food as directed.

After defrosting, remember:

●Pierce dense roasts with a skewer to check whether defrosting is complete.

●Remove the giblets from poultry and rinse ice crystals out of cavity.

AUTO DEFROST INSTRUCTIONS

To set Auto Defrost.

(Example: To set 2.5 lbs. of ground beef)

	STOP	Touch STOP/CLEAR.
	CLEAR	(Erase all previous settings.)
		(Erase all previous settings.)
	MEAT	Touch MEAT.
	MEAT	(ENTER and WEIGHT will blink.)
		(ENTER and WEIGHT will blink.)
2		Enter the Weight of food.
2	5	MIN. Food: 0.1 lb.
		MAX. Food: 9.9 lbs.
	START	Touch START.

Count down the time of the first stage. Five long beeps sound at the end of the first stage.

Open the door to separate, rearrange, cover or turn oven the food.(Follow recipe directions.)

START	Touch START to continue.

At the end of the sequence, two short beeps and one long beep will sound and END displays.

Weight conversion chart

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 AUTO 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 WEIGHT		DECIMAL

1.6	.10
3.2	.20
4.0	.25	One-Quarter Pound
4.8	.30
6.4	.40
8.0	.50	One-Half Pound
9.6	.60
11.2	.70
12.0	.75	Three-Quarters Pound
12.8	.80
14.4	.90
16.0	.100	One Pound

DEFROSTING TIPS

●When using AUTO 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 AUTO DEFROST only for raw food. AUTO DEFROST gives best results when food to be thawed is a minimum of 0˚F(taken directly from a true freezer). If food has been stored in a refrigerator-freezer that does 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 rectangular packets defrost more quickly than a deep block.

●Separate pieces 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.

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