Maytag W10123240 manual Popcorn, MEAT, Poultry and Fish Defrost Preparation, Defrost Chart

3.Touch START or wait 5 seconds and the microwave oven will start automatically.

The remaining time will count down.

When the cycle ends, “End” will appear in the display, 4 end- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute.

4.Touch upper oven UPPER CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

Defrost

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

■ Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before

defrosting. Remove any metal twist-ties and replace them

with strings or elastic bands.

■ If food is foil wrapped, remove foil and place it in a suitable

container.

■ Slit or pierce plastic pouches or packaging. Slit the skins, if

any, of frozen food such as sausage.

■ Bend plastic pouches of food to ensure even defrosting.

■ Always underestimate defrosting time. If defrosted food is still

icy in the center, return it to the microwave oven for more

defrosting.

■ The length of defrosting time varies according to how solidly

the food is frozen.

■ Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.

3.Touch number pads from the Defrost chart to select the weight or quantity

OR

Touch 0 QUANTITY (number pad “0”) repeatedly to select quantity.

NOTE: You must use 0 QUANTITY pad to select a fruit juice quantity.

4.Touch START or wait 5 seconds, and the microwave oven will start automatically.

The display will count down the defrost time. For better results, a preset standing time is included in the defrosting time. This may make the defrosting time seem longer than expected.

If you have chosen settings 1, 2 or 3, four tones will sound in the middle of the cycle and “TURN” will appear in the display for 5 seconds. Turn food if desired, close door, and touch

START.

When the cycle ends, “End” will appear in the display, 4 end- of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute.

5.Touch UPPER CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH DEFROST PREPARATION

Use the following chart as a guide when defrosting meat, poultry, or fish. When setting the Defrost cycle, the net weight must be entered in pounds and tenths of pounds.

MEAT

■ Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the

end of a 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.

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.

DEFROST CHART

The Custom Defrost system has 6 categories: Meat, Poultry, Fish, Bagel, Fruit Juice, and Roll/Muffin. Use the following chart as a guide.

FOOD	CODE	WEIGHT OR QUANTITY
SETTING
Meats*	1	0.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg)
Poultry*	2	0.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg)
Fish*	3	0.1 to 4.4 lbs (45 g to 1.34 kg)
Bagel**	4	1 to 6 pieces
Fruit Juice	5	6, 12 or 16 oz (170, 340 or 454 g)
Roll/Muffin	6	1 to 6 pieces

*See Preparation chart at end of “Defrost” section for cuts, sizes, and instructions.

**Bagel quantity settings 1 and 2 may appear to have longer defrost times than necessary; however, longer times use less cooking power.

To use Defrost:

1.Touch DEFROST. “CODE” will appear in the display.

2.Touch the number pad from the Defrost chart to select food

OR

Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.

POULTRY

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

Popcorn

NOTE: During Popcorn function, as with all microwave cooking functions, the microwave oven should be attended at all times. Listen for popping to slow to 1 pop every 1 or 2 seconds, then stop the cycle.

■To avoid damage to the microwave oven, do not use regular paper bags or glass utensils.

■Pop only 1 package of popcorn at a time.

■Follow manufacturer’s instructions when using a microwave popcorn popper.

■For best cooking results, do not try to pop unpopped kernels.

■Use fresh bags of popcorn for optimal results.

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