Panasonic NN-S723BL, NN-S723WL manual Auto Defrost Chart

Auto Defrost

AUTO DEFROST CHART

AUTO DEFROST thaws frozen food with- out entering a cook time or cook power. Three defrost categories are preset in your oven: Ground Meat, Poultry, and Steaks/Chops. See the Auto Defrost Chart on the next page.

NOTES:
• For added convenience, AUTO
DEFROST has a built-in reminder tone to
tell you when to check, turn		over, sepa-
rate, or rearrange food. The oven will
sound a tone during the defrost cycle. At
the tone, open	the door and turn, separate,

or rearrange food. Remove any portion that have thawed. Return frozen portion to the oven and touch START to resume the defrost cycle.

•You can defrost foods that weight 0.1 to

6.0lbs (0.1 to 4.0 kg).

For best results:

•Remove fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry from its original closed paper or plastic package (wrapper). Otherwise, the wrap will hold steam and juice close to the foods, which can cause the outer surface of the foods to cook.

•Shape ground meat into the form of a

doughnut before freezing. When defrost- ing, remove thawed meat when the

reminder tone sounds and continue defrosting.

•Place foods in a shallow container or on a microwave roasting rack to catch drip- pings.

•Food should still be somewhat icy in the center when removed from the oven.

Example: To defrost 1.2 lbs. of ground beef.

1.	•once for Meat.
2.	• to enter 1.2 lbs.
3.	• Press.
	➤To start the oven.
	(Time counting down.)

4.At the end of the defrost time, five short tones will sound. The oven will stop.

To choose the unit of weight ( oz/lb or g/kg ).

1.You can choose the unit of weight when you plug in a oven.

2. If	you don’t select a unit when you just	plug
in	a oven, the oven will be selected to
“oz/lb”.

oz/lb

g/kg

Touch the “start” pad

Category	Touch	Food		At Reminder Tone		Standing
	keypad	to be Defrosted				Time
GROUND	once	Beef	Turn over. Remove thawed portions and		5 min.
MEAT		Ground beef
(dEF1)			break apart. Return remainder to oven.
		Cubes for stew	Turn over. Remove thawed portions with		5 min.
			fork.		5 min.
		Hamburger patties	Turn over.
		Pot roast	Turn over. Cover warm areas with		10-20 min.
			aluminum foil.		10-20 min.
		Rib roast, Rump roast,	Same as above.
		Chuck roast			10-20 min.
		Pork	Turn over.		2 min.
		Bacon, Hot dogs
		Sausage links	Turn	over.	5	min.
		Sausage patties	Turn	over.	5	min.
		Ribs, Roast	Turn over. Cover warm areas with		10-20 min.
			aluminum foil.
		Lamb	Turn over. Cover warm areas with		10-20 min.
		Ribs
			aluminum foil.
		Roasts	Same as above.		10-20 min.
POULTRY	twice	Poultry	Turn over. Finish defrosting breast-side		10-20 min.
(dEF2)		Whole Chicken	down. Cover warm areas with aluminum		Rinse under cold
			foil.		running water.
		Chicken Pieces	Separate pieces and rearrange.		5-10 min.
		Cornish Hens: Whole,	Turn over. Cover warm areas with		10-20 min.
		Split	aluminum foil.		Rinse under cold
					running water.
		Turkey	Turn over and arrange.		10-20 min.
		Breast (under 6 lbs.)
					Rinse under cold
					running water.
STEAKS/	3 times	Beef Steaks	Turn over. Cover warm areas with		10-20 min.
CHOPS			aluminum foil.
(dEF3)		Pork Chops	Same as above.		10-20 min.
		Lamp Chops	Same as above.		10-20 min.
		Fish	Turn over and rearrange. Cover head		5 min.
			and tail with foil.
		Steaks, whole fish	Turn over. Separate fillets when partially		5 min.
		fillets	thawed if possible.		Rinse with cold
					water to separate.
		Shellfish
		Crabmeat, Shrimp	Rearrange and break apart.		5 min.
		Lobster tails	Turn over and rearrange.		5 min.
		Scallops	Turn over and rearrange.		5 min.

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