Easy Defrost Menu Guide

Minced Meat

Beef

Steak/Chops

Chicken Pieces

Poultry

Roast Meat

Beef/Lamb

Pork

Quantity		Procedure	Standing
min-max			Time
(kg's)			(minutes)
0.1-3.0	•	Place shielded frozen minced meat on a defrost rack.	10-15
	•	When the oven has stopped, remove defrosted portions of mince, turn over and shield
		edges with foil strips.
	•	After defrost time, stand covered with aluminium foil.
	•	See NOTE below.
0.1-3.0	•	Shield thin end of chops or steaks with foil.	10-15
	•	Position the food with thinner parts in the centre in a single layer on a defrost rack.
		If pieces are stuck together, try to separate as soon as possible.
	•	When the oven has stopped, remove defrosted pieces, turn over and shield the warm
		portions of remaining pieces.
	•	After defrost time, stand covered with aluminium foil.
	•	See NOTE below.
0.1-3.0	•	Shield the exposed bone with foil.	5-15
	•	Place chicken pieces on a defrost rack.
	• When the oven has stopped, remove any defrosted pieces, turn over and shield the warm
		portions of remaining pieces.
	•	After defrost time, stand covered with aluminium foil.
	•	See NOTE below.
1.0-4.0	•	Remove from original wrapper. Shield wing and leg tips with foil.	15-50
	•	Place breast side down on a defrost rack.
	•	When the oven has stopped, turn over and shield the warm portions.
	•	After defrost time, stand covered with aluminium foil.

N.B. After standing run under cold water to remove giblets if necessary.

	•	Shield the bone and the edge with foil strips about 2.5cm wide.	15-50
0.5-3.0	•	Place joint with lean side face upwards (if possible) on a defrost rack.
0.5-4.0	•	When the oven has stopped, turn over and shield the warm portions.
	•	After defrost time, stand covered with aluminium foil.

Foods not listed in the Guide can be defrosted using M•LOW setting.

NOTE: When freezing minced meat, shape it into flat even sizes.

For chicken pieces, steaks and chops, freeze separately in single flat layers and if necessary interleave with freezer plastic to separate layers. This will ensure even defrosting.

It is also a good idea to label the packs with the correct weights.