Two or More Plates
Two
The turntable must be turned off while heating 2 bottom plates or one larger dish. See “Turntable” section.
Defrosting
The automatic Defrost control can be used or the microwave oven can be manually set to defrost.
■Food should be 0°F
■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 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 automatic Defrost control has 4 categories: Meat, Poultry, Fish and Bread. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen
MEAT
To use the Defrost control:
1.Touch DEFROST.
2.Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry, 3 for Fish or 4 for Bread
or
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3.Touch the number pads to enter the weight.
Meats and Poultry can be set from .2 to 6.6 lbs (90 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lbs (90 g to 2 kg). Bread can be set from .1 to 2.0 lbs (45 to 900 g).
Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.
4.Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
5.Touch OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
To Defrost manually:
1.Touch COOK TIME.
2.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
3.Touch COOK POWER.
4.Touch 3.
5.Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
6.Touch OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop 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.
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up | Place in microwavable | |
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Cornish hens | ||
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Turkey: breast | Remove giblets from whole | |
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Fillets, Steaks, Whole | Place in microwavable | |
Shellfish | baking dish. | |
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BREAD |
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Dinner rolls, muffins, buns, | Place on paper towel or | |
slices of bread, loaf of bread | napkin. | |
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