AUTOMATIC DEFROST (Cont'd)

EXAMPLE: To defrost 2 pounds of Ground Beef

1.Touch CLEAR,

Place beef in oven, then close the door.

2.Touch "DEF 1". The lights below AUTO DEFROST and above MICRO will 90 on and "dEFI" will show in the display window°

3. Enter the weight of the

 

ground beef by touching "2"

 

and then "0".

_

"2°0"will show in the display

window.

4.Touch START. The oven will begin the defrosting sequence

you selected and display window wi_ show the time of

the first segment as it "counts down",

'The oven will stop auto- matically at the end of the first time segrnent and "PAUS" _nll appear inthe display window..

5..At the pause, follow the cookbook instructions for

separating, rearranging, cover- ing and turning food over

. After turning over, selSarating CEE3 etc., touch START_ The oven

will resume defrosting and the display window wilt show

the time remaining, At the

end of the required time, a tone wil! sound and "End"

wil! appear in the display window for 2 seconds

The oven shuts off

automatically.

AUTO DEFROSTING INSTRUCTIONS.

oThe b_nefit of this Auto Defrost feature is automatic setting and control of defrosting, but just like cdnventional defrosting, you must check the foods during the defrosting time..

To check the foods "Pause" is preset in this Auto Defrosting cycle.

Turn over, separate or rearrange food items per cookbook instructions when the word "'PAUS"

appears in the display window.

For best results, remove fish/seafood/meat/poultry from its original paper or plastic closed package (wrapper).

OtherMse, the wrap will hold steam and juice close to the foods which can cause the outer surface of

the foods to cook_

oWhenit is difficult to remove the wrap from the ,foods_ defrost the wrapped food for about a quarter

of the ::total defrost time, which is displayed at the beginhing of the defrost cycle_ Remove the foods

from theoven and remove thewrap fromfoods.

Place foods in a shallow microproof baking dish or microwave roasting rack to catch drippings,

-Food Ishould still be somewhat icy in the center when removed from the oven.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The defrost power setting

(power level 30 DEFROST) should not be confused with this "Auto Defrost" feature_ The defrost cooking

level is a low-energy setting used to cook foods that need slow, gentle cooking. Also use the defrost cook!ng level to thaw small ground beef patties, bacon andbread

items.

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