Reheating
Times and cooking power have been preset for reheating five specific foods. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD | CODE | QUANTITY |
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Pizza Slice | 1 | 1, 2 or 3 slices, |
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| 5 oz (142 g) each |
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Dinner Plate | 2 | 1 serving (1 plate) |
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Casserole | 3 | 1, 2, 3 or 4 cups |
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| (250, 500, 750 mL or 1 L) |
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Soup/Sauce | 4 | 1, 2, 3 or 4 cups |
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| (250, 500, 750 mL or 1 L) |
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Baked Goods | 5 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 pieces, |
(example: medium |
| 2 oz (57 g) each |
muffin or bagel) |
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To Use Auto Reheat:
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 3 categories: Meat, Poultry and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen
MEAT
1.Touch REHEAT.
2.Touch number pad from chart
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Touch REHEAT repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. | Touch number pads to enter quantity. |
| Reheat time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK |
| POWER. |
4. | Touch JET START. |
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.
The display will count down the reheat time. |
When the cycle ends, “End” will appear in the display, 4 end- |
every minute. |
5. Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display |
and/or stop reminder tones. |
Two or More Plates
Two
The turntable must be turned off while heating 2 bottom plates or one larger dish. See “Turntable” section.
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up | Place in microwavable | |
| baking dish, chicken breast- | |
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Cornish hens | side up. | |
| Remove giblets from whole | |
Turkey: breast | ||
chicken. | ||
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FISH |
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Fillets, Steaks, Whole, | Place in microwavable | |
Shellfish | baking dish. | |
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To use the Defrost control:
1.Touch DEFROST.
2.Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
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 lb (90 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lb (90 g to 2 kg).
Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.
4.Touch JET START.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
5.Touch CANCEL•OFF or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
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