USING DEFROST
You can defrost food by choosing a category and setting a weight. DEFROST has preset times and cook powers for 6 categories: Meat, Poultry, Fish, Bagel, Muffin and Butter.
1. Touch DEFROST.
Once for Meat, twice for Poultry, 3 times for Fish, 4 times for Bagel, 5 times for Muffin, 6 times for Butter.
2.Touch START.
3.Touch HOUR/1 LB or MIN/0.1 LB pad for weight when defrosting Meat, Poultry or Fish. For Bagel, Muffin or Butter, touch the HOUR pad for quantity.
NOTE: If the weight setting is “KGS,” then the
1 LB pad equals 1 kilogram and 0.1 LB pad equals
0.1 kilogram.
4.Touch START.
5.During defrosting, 5 tones will sound.
(for Meat, Poultry and Fish when set for more than 1 minute)
These tones tell you when to check, turn over, separate, or rearrange food. To restart oven, touch
START.
6. At the end of the defrosting time:
Display will show “END” and 3 tones will sound.
USING MANUAL DEFROST
1.Touch DEFROST pad 7 times.
2.Touch MIN and SEC Up and Down pads to set the time for manual defrosting.
The power is automatically set at 30 percent, unless you change it.
3.Touch START.
4.At the end of the defrosting time:
Display will show “END” and 3 tones will sound.
Weight conversion chart
You are probably used to food weights as being in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for example, 4 ounces equals 1⁄4 pound [113.4 g]).
If the weight on the food package is in fractions of a pound, you can use the following chart to convert the weight to decimals.
Equivalent Weight
OUNCES GRAMS |
| DECIMAL WEIGHT | |
1.6 | 45.4 | .10 |
|
3.2 | 90.7 | .20 |
|
4.0 | 113.4 | .25 | |
4.8 | 136.1 | .30 |
|
6.4 | 181.4 | .40 |
|
8.0 | 226.8 | .50 | |
9.6 | 272.2 | .60 |
|
11.2 | 317.5 | .70 |
|
12.0 | 340.2 | .75 | |
12.8 | 362.9 | .80 |
|
14.4 | 408.2 | .90 |
|
16.0 | 453.6 | 1.00 | One Pound |
DEFROSTING TIPS
• Before starting, make sure you have removed any of the metal
• Open containers such as cartons before they are placed in the oven.
• Always slit or pierce plastic pouches or packaging.
• If food is foil wrapped, remove foil and place it in a suitable container.
• 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.
• The shape of the package affects how quickly food will defrost. Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than a deep block.
• As food begins to defrost, separate the pieces. Separated pieces defrost more evenly.
• Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such as chicken wings, leg tips, fish tails, or areas that start to get warm. Make sure the foil does not touch the sides, top, or bottom of the oven. The foil can damage the oven lining.
• For better results, let food stand after defrosting. (For more information on standing time, see “Microwave cooking tips”.)
• Turn food over during defrosting or standing time. Break apart and remove food as required.
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