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Defrost

Defrost chart

Food Amount Procedure
1. Ground Meat .5 - 2 lb Remove any thawed pieces after each stage. Let stand, covered, for 5
to 10 minutes.
2. Steaks/Chops .5 - 3 lb After each stage, rearra nge and if there are warm or thawed portions,
shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil. R emove any meat or fish
that is almost defrosted. Let stand, covered, for 10 to 20 minutes.
3. Rolls/Muffins 1 - 10 Use this pad to defrost rolls, muffins, biscuits, bagels etc. Larg e items
should be con sidered as 2 or 3 r egular size. Arra nge on plate; cover
with paper towel.
Other Special Features
Defrost automatically defrosts all the foods found in
the Defrost chart below.
• Suppose you want to defrost a 2.0 pound steak.
Procedure
Step Press
1. Touch defrost pad and
number 2 for steak. defrost 2
2. Enter weight by touching
the number pads 2 and 0.
Ex: 2.0 lb steak.

2 0

3. Touch START/add a
minute pad. The oven will
stop so the food can be
checked.
START/
add a minute
4. After the 1st stage, open
the door. Turn steak over
and shield any warm
portions. Close the door.
Touch START/add a
minute pad.
START/
add a minute
5. After the 2nd stage, open
the door. Shield any warm
portions. Close the door.
Touch START/add a
minute pad.
START/
add a minute
After defrost cycle ends, let stand, covered.

NOTES

1.
To defrost other food or foods above or below
the weights allowed on the Defrost chart, use
time and 30% power. See Manual defrost on
page 15.
2. Defrost can be prog rammed with More or
less time adju stment. Touc h th e po wer
level pad o nce o r twic e befo re tou ching
START/add a minute pad.
3. Touch user pref pad when the HELP indica-
tor is lighted in the display for a helpful hint.
4. If you attempt to enter more or less than the
amount as indicated in the chart b elow, an
error message will appear in the display.
5. Check foods when oven signals. After final
stage, sma ll section s may still be icy. Le t
stand to continue thawing. Do n ot defrost
until all ice crystals are thawed.
6. Shielding prevents cooking from occurring
before the center of the food is defrosted.
Use sma ll smooth strips of aluminum foil
to c over edge s an d t hinner se ctions of
the food.