The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 1.4 Kg of frozen poultry.
Press STOP/CLEAR.
Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the
Auto
Defrost
oven door.
Press AUTO DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme.
| “dEF2” appears on the display window. | Defrost | 2 Poultry | |
Your oven has four microwave defrost |
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| 3 Fish | 4 Bread | |
settings:- MEAT, POULTRY, FISH and |
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| Quick | Defrost |
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BREAD; each defrost category has
different power settings. Repeated presses of the AUTO DEFROST button will select a different setting.
Category Press
DEFROST
weight / time
Enter the weight of the frozen food that you are about to defrost.
Turn DIAL until display shows “1.4”.
MEATtime
POULTRYtimes
FISHtimes
BREADtimes
Press START.
weight / time 
During defrosting your oven will “BEEP”, at which point open the oven door, turn food over and separate to ensure even thawing. Remove any portions that have thawed or shield them to help slow down thawing. After checking close the oven door and press START to resume defrosting.
Your oven will not stop defrosting (even when the beep sounded) unless the door is opened.
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