The automatic Defrost control has three categories: Meat, Poultry and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen
MEAT
Soften
The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods. Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide.
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.
FOOD | CODE | SOFTEN | QUANTITY |
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Butter | 1 | 1 time | 1, 2 or 3 sticks |
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Ice cream | 2 | 2 times | 16, 32 or 64 oz |
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Cream cheese | 3 | 3 times | 3 oz or 8 oz |
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POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up | Place in microwavable | |
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Cornish hens | side up. | |
| Remove giblets from whole | |
Turkey: breast | ||
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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 (91 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lb (91 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 OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
To Defrost manually:
1.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
2.Touch COOK POWER.
3.Touch 3.
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 OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
To Soften:
1.Touch SOFTEN.
The display will alternate between showing “SOFTN” and “PAD.”
2.Touch SOFTEN repeatedly to scroll through the Soften menu items
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Touch number pad to select Soften menu item.
3.Enter quantity of food items using the prompts on the display or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the selected food class will give a response.
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.
4.Touch JET START.
The display will count down the soften time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear on the display, 4
Melt
The microwave oven uses low power to melt certain foods. The foods may not be completely melted when the program ends, but stirring the food will complete the melting. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD | CODE | MELT | QUANTITY |
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Butter | 1 | 1 time | 1, 2 or 3 sticks |
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Chocolate | 2 | 2 times | 4 oz or 8 oz |
(chips or |
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baking |
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squares) |
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Cheese | 3 | 3 times | 8 oz or 16 oz |
(processed |
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cheese food) |
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Marshmallows | 4 | 4 times | 5 oz or 10 oz |
(large or small) |
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