Jenn-Air JMW3430 manual Steam, To Use Defrost with Weight Unknown

Defrost

The Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can be manually set to defrost by using 20% cook power.

■For optimal results, food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder when defrosting.

■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 the cycle for more even defrosting.

■Foods left outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes or frozen ready-made food should not be defrosted using the Custom Defrost feature, but should be defrosted manually.

■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.

■Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for defrosting a number of food types. For each food category a precise amount of food can be entered or preprogrammed quantities can be selected.

To Use Defrost:

1.	Touch the START button or touch the MICROWAVE button
	(on combination oven models).
2.	Touch the MODES tab to move to the Modes menu.
3.	From the Modes menu, touch DEFROST.
4.	Choose Cook Time or View Foods from the popup menu.

FOOD		SETTING	QUANTITY
Fish/	Fillet		1-6 pieces
Seafood	Steak		1-4 pieces
	Shrimp		1-4 cups
			(236 mL-1 L)
	Scallops		1-4 cups
			(236 mL-1 L)
Meat	Ground		1-4 cups
			(236 mL-1 L)
	Chops	Small	1-6 pieces
		Medium	1-6 pieces
		Large	1-4 pieces
	Steak	Small	1-6 pieces
		Medium	1-4 pieces
		Large	1-2 pieces
Poultry	Breast		1-6 pieces
	Ground		1-4 cups
			(236 mL-1 L)
	Pieces		1-6 pieces
		Small	1-4 pieces
			1-4 pieces
		Medium

Large

DEFROST PREPARATION CHART

MEAT

5.	If View Foods is selected, choose one of the foods from the
	list and press NEXT. The list shows only the foods appropriate
	for the Defrost mode. See “View Foods” section.
6.	Touch the COOK TIME tab to enter the cook time screen.
	Enter a cooking length using the on-screen number keyboard
	to set a timer to sound when cooking ends. The time length
	may not exceed 01:30:00.
7.	Press START to begin defrosting.
8.	(Optional) After cook ends, press KEEP WARM button. This
	will start a new cooking cycle that will keep food warm. The

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

¼lb (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g) patties.

Place all meats in microwave-safe baking dish.

	microwave oven will run at 10% power for 60 minutes. See
	“Keep Warm” section for additional information.
9.	(Optional) After cook ends, press ADD 30 SEC button. This
	will automatically add 30 seconds to the cook time. Press
	ADD MORE TIME to go to Cook Timer screen if necessary.
10.	Touch CANCEL (or CANCEL MICROWAVE on combo
	models) to turn off the oven.

To Use Defrost with Weight Unknown:

If the precise weight of the food is unknown, use the following chart as a reference.

FOOD		SETTING	QUANTITY
Bread	Bagel	Small	1-8 pieces
		Medium	1-6 pieces
		Large	1-6 pieces
	Muffin	Small	4-16 pieces
		Medium	1-6 pieces
		Large	1-6 pieces
	Roll	Small	2-8 pieces
		Medium	1-6 pieces
		Large	1-6 pieces

POULTRY

Chicken: whole and cut up	Place in microwave-safe
	baking dish, chicken breast
Cornish hens	side up.
	Remove giblets from whole
Turkey: breast	chicken.
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,	Place in microwave-safe
Shellfish	baking dish.

Steam

Steam is a sensor cooking function that uses microwaves to steam food. Use Steam for foods such as vegetables, fish and potatoes.

■Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for steaming a number of food types.

■Manual Steam requires that a cook time be entered.

■Use a microwavable steamer.

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