Whirlpool GH5176XP manual Defrosting, Soften

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Two or More Plates

Two 10¼" (26 cm) plates may be heated side by side, or 1 dish larger than the turntable, plus 2 plates on the cooking rack. For best results, halfway through heating, turn the plates (or larger dish) halfway around, and switch plates between top and bottom (if heating more than 2 plates). See “Cooking Rack” section.

The turntable must be turned off while heating 2 bottom plates or 1 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 (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal results.

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 ready-made food. Use the following chart as a guide.

MEAT

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 0.2 to 6.6 lb (90 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from 0.2 to 4.4 lb (90 g to 2 kg).

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- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.

5.Touch 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 START.

The display will count down the defrost time.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.

5.Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

Soften

The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods. Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be

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.

ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide.

FOOD

CODE

SOFTEN

QUANTITY

 

 

PAD

 

 

 

 

 

Butter

1

1 time

1, 2 or 3 sticks

 

 

 

 

Ice cream

2

2 times

16, 32 or 64 oz

 

 

 

(473, 946 or 1893 mL)

POULTRY

Chicken: whole and cut up

Place in microwavable baking

 

dish, chicken breast side up.

Cornish hens

Remove giblets from whole

 

Turkey: breast

chicken.

 

 

FISH

 

 

 

Fillets, Steaks, Whole,

Place in microwavable baking

Shellfish

dish.

 

 

Cream cheese 3

3 times

3 oz or 8 oz

 

 

(85 or 227 g)

 

 

 

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

or

Touch number pad to select Soften menu item.

3.Enter quantity of food items using the prompts in 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.

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GH5176XP specifications

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