Magic Chef MCM770W/B instruction manual Manual Cooking, Cooking in Stages, Defrost

Manual Cooking

To Use:

1.	Place food on the turntable and close the door.
2.	Touch POWER. “PL10” will appear briefly in the display.
	If cooking with a power other than 100%, touch POWER
	repeatedly to scroll through the power levels from highest
	to lowest. See “Microwave Cooking Power” chart.
3.	Enter length of time to cook.
4.	Touch START/+30SEC.

3. Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the end of the cycle for more even defrosting.

4. 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.

The Defrost feature should not be used for food that has been left outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes, or for frozen ready-made food. Use the following chart as a guide.

MEAT

The display will count down the set cook time.

When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will sound,

and the display will return to the time of day.

5. Touch STOP/CLEAR at any time during the countdown

to pause or cancel cooking.

Cooking in Stages

The microwave oven can be set to cook at different cooking powers for various lengths of time, up to 2 stages. One of 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 1/4 lb (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g) patties.

Place all meats in microwave- safe baking dish. Do not cover.

stages may be an automatic Defrost by weight function (see “Defrost” section), which will be the first stage.

To Cook in Stages:

1.Place food on the turntable and close the door.

2.Touch POWER. “PL10” will appear briefly in the display.

If cooking with a power other than 100%, touch POWER repeatedly to scroll through the power levels from highest to lowest. See “Microwave Cooking Power” chart.

3.Enter length of time to cook for first stage.

4.Touch POWER repeatedly until the desired power level for the second stage is displayed.

5.Enter length of time to cook for second stage.

6.Touch START/+30SEC.

The display will count down the set cook time for each stage,and a short tone will sound at the end of the first stage.

The power level may be seen for 3 seconds by touching POWER during the cycling stage.

When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will sound, and the display will return to the time of day.

7.Touch STOP/CLEAR at any time during the countdown to pause or cancel cooking.

Cook time may be added in 30-second increments during the cycling stage by touching START/+30SEC control.

To Use Defrost As First Stage: Touch Defrost once. “dEF1” appears in the display. Enter the number of ounces between 4 and 100 ounces (see “Defrost” section), then follow steps 4-7 above for second stage programming.

Defrost

The Defrost feature has two functions: dEF1, which is an automatic defrost by weight, and dEF2, which is a manual defrost by time. The default power level is 30%, and cannot be adjusted.

1.Unwrap foods and remove lids (for example, from fruit juice containers) before defrosting.

2.Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.

POULTRY

Chicken: whole and cut up	Place in microwave-safe
	baking dish, chicken breast
Cornish hens
	side up. Do not cover.
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole Shellfish	Place in microwave-safe
	baking dish. Do not cover.

To Defrost by Weight:

1.Place food, uncovered, on the turntable and close the door.

2.Touch DEFROST. “dEF1” will appear in the display.

3.Enter the weight in ounces, from 4 to 100.

If an invalid value is entered, the microwave oven will not start.

4.Touch START/+30SEC.

The display will count down the defrost time.

When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will sound, and the display will return to the time of day.

5.Touch STOP/CLEAR at any time during the countdown to pause or cancel cooking.

To Defrost by Time:

1.Place food, uncovered, on the turntable and close the door.

2.Touch DEFROST twice. “dEF2” will appear in the display.

3.Enter the desired time for defrosting.

4.Touch START/+30SEC.

The display will count down the defrost time. When the cycle ends, the end-of-cycle tones will

sound, and the display will return to the time of day.

5.. Touch STOP/CLEAR at any time during the coun

tdown to pause or cancel cooking.

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