Kenmore How to Use Auto Defrost on Your Microwave: Defrost Settings Explained
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•MICROWAVE

AUTOMATIC DEFROST

Three defrost courses are preset in the oven. The "Auto Defrost" feature provides you with the best defrosting method for frozen foods.

"Auto defrosting chart" on pages 31 through 33 will show you which defrost course is recommended for the food you are defrosting.

AUTO DEFROST COURSE LIST

COURSE _

FOOD

FOOD

BASE

BASE QUANTITY

MIN./MAX, FOOD

 

CATEGORY

QUANTITY

DEFROST TIME

 

 

 

 

DEFROST I

 

Beef, Lamb,

Pork,

Veal,

(DEF

I)

MEAT

Variety

meat

 

 

DEFROST

2

POULTRY

' Chicken,

Turkey,

Duck,

(DEF

2)

 

Cornish

hens

 

 

DEFROST

3

FISH

Fish, Lobster,

Crab, Shrimp

(DEF

3)

 

 

 

 

 

1. Touch CLEAR.

2. Touch an auto defrost course key DEF I (MEAT),

 

 

 

....

 

 

I

lb.

4

min.

0.1/9.9

Ibs.

I

lb.

5

min.

0.1,,'9.9

Ibs.

I

lb.

8

min.

0.1,'9.9

Ibs.

EXAMPLE: To defrost 2 pounds of Ground Beef

DEF 2 (POULTRY) or DEF 3 (FISH) to select the

appropriate defrosting course.

The light below PROGRAMMED DEFROST will go on and the auto defrost course# (dEF I, dEF 2 or dEF 3) will show in the display window.

For example, when you touch "DEF I (MEAT)" to defrost ground beef, the word "dEF I" shows in the display window.

3.Touch the number keys to enter the weight of your food by pound. For example, when you defrost 2 pounds ground beef, you would touch numbers "2" and "'0". When you touch "2" and "0", the display window will show "2.0".

NOTE: It is not necessary to enter the food weight when you are defrosting one pound food.

The "Auto Defrost" feature allows defrosting from 0.I to 9.9 Ibs. in increments of 0.I Ibs.

I. Touch CLEAR.

2. Touch "DEF I (Meat)".

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The light below PRO-

 

GRAMMED

DEFROST

will

go on and "dEF I" will show

in

the display

window.

 

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4. Touch

START. The oven will begin defrosting and the

display

window

will show

the

time counting down.

A tone

will sound

and the

word

"End" will show in the

Ill I

display window for 2 seconds. Then the oven will shut

itself off.

NOTE: If you plan to use additional cooking stages immediately following the Auto Defrost cycle, you must

allow for standing time as recommended on the Auto Defrosting Charts on pages 31 through 33.

This can be accomplished as follows:

1.Touch DEF and enter weight of food.

2.Touch MEMORY. RECALL.

3.,Touch MICRO TIME.

4.Enter standing time per charts (pages 31 thru 33).

5.Touch MICRO CONTROL.

6.Enter "'0".

7.Touch MEMORY RECALL.

8.Set the next cooking stage(s) per cookbook or USE and CARE INSTRUCTIONS.

The cooking process can be set for up to 5 stages when

Auto Defrost is one of the stages.

3.Enter the weight of the ground beef by touching "2" and then

"2.0" will show'in the display

window.-_0

. Touch START.

Your oven calculates total defrosting time automatically. The total defrosting time will show in the dispay window. Then the oven will begin to defrost and the total defrost- ing time will begin to count down in the display window.

A tone will sound and the word

"End" will show in the display window for 2 seconds. Then the oven will shut itself off.

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