Melissa 653-081 manual Cooking Functions, Express cooking, Automatic defrosting

Models: 653-081

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COOKING FUNCTIONS

6.Once the door has been opened or the Pause/Cancel key pressed, the display will return to the clock function.

COOKING FUNCTIONS

Maximum cooking time programmable is 99 minutes and 99 seconds. Cooking times are programmed in 10 second intervals up to 5 minutes and 30 second intervals thereafter.

Manual cooking – selecting power level

1.Press the Power key (a) to select power required. See the various levels in the table below.

2.When the display shows the required power (see “Indication in the display” in the table below) enter

the required cooking time using the Express cooking Auto (g) and Automatic defrosting Auto (h) keys.

3. Press the Instant/Start key to commence cooking.

Number of

Indication in the display

Microwave power

presses on key

 

 

1

100P

100 %

 

 

 

2

80P

80 %

3

60P

60 %

4

40P

40 %

5

20P

20 %

 

 

 

Example:

You want to set the microwave oven to cook at 60 % power for 10 minutes.

Press the Power key three times. The display shows “60P”.

Press the Auto key until the display shows “10:00”. Tip: If you hold the keys down, the display will change faster.

Press the Instant/Start key to commence cooking.

Microwave power can be varied during cooking, so that cooking can start at a high level and finish at a lower level for instance.

Example:

Setting the oven to cook at 100% power for 2 minutes, followed by 40% for 5 minutes.

Select 100 % microwave power and cooking time of 2 minutes as described above.

Select 40% microwave power and cooking time of 5 minutes. When setting a new cooking step, two beeps will sound.

Press the Instant/Start key to commence cooking. The display will show the unelapsed cooking time for each power step in sequence, not the total unelapsed cooking time.

You can program up to 4 steps with different power levels and cooking times.

NB: To see the power level set during cooking, press the Power key. The step selected will be shown as long as the key is held down. Once released, the normal display will reappear.

Express cooking

Express cooking is performed at full microwave power for 30 seconds, 1 minute or 1 minute and 30 seconds.

1.Press the Express (b) key until the display shows the desired cooking time.

2.Press the Instant/Start key to commence cooking.

Automatic defrosting

The oven has 3 defrosting programs:

Programme

Used for

Weight

 

 

 

d1

Meat

0.1 – 2.0 kg

 

 

 

d2

Poultry

0.2 – 3.0 kg

 

 

 

d3

Fish and shellfish

0.1 – 0.9 kg

 

 

 

1.Press the Defrost (c) key until the display shows the desired program.

2.Press the Instant/Start key.

3.Enter the weight of the food using the Cooking using preset programs Auto (g) and Manual background Auto (h) keys. The program will automatically set the defrosting time.

4.Press the Instant/Start key to commence defrosting.

5.When the oven beeps 6 times, we recommend you turn the food. The oven will not stop unless the door is opened or the Pause/Cancel key is pressed. Press the Instant/Start key to restart defrosting once the food has been turned.

Cooking using preset programs

With automatic cooking, it is not necessary to specify the microwave power and cooking time. You can choose between 8 different pre-set cooking programs:

Display

Ideal for

Remarks

 

 

 

A.1

Popcorn

Cooking 85 g popcorn. Interrupt the

program if all the corns have popped

 

 

 

 

 

A.2

Popcorn

As above, but for 100 g popcorn

 

 

 

A.3

Pizza

Heating one piece of pizza

(approx. 150 g)

 

 

 

 

 

A.4

Hot drink

Heating 250 ml of liquid

 

 

 

A.5

Hot drink

Heating 500 ml of liquid

 

 

 

A.6

Potatoes

Cooking of approx. 500 g sliced or

chopped potatoes

 

 

 

 

 

A.7

Potatoes

As above, but for 650 g of potatoes

 

 

 

A.8

Fish

Steaming 500 g fish

 

 

 

1.Select the desired automatic program by pressing the Manual background Auto (g) and Manual background Auto (h) keys.

2.Press the Instant/Start key to commence cooking.

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Melissa 653-081 manual Cooking Functions, Express cooking, Automatic defrosting, Cooking using preset programs