The automatic Defrost control has three categories: Meat, Poultry and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen ready-made food. Use the following chart as a guide.

MEAT

Soften

The microwave oven uses low power to soften certain foods. Butter and cream cheese will be room temperature so they will be ready to use in a recipe. Ice cream will be softened enough to make scooping easier. Use the following chart as a guide.

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 microwavable baking dish.

FOOD

CODE

SOFTEN

QUANTITY

 

 

PAD

 

 

 

 

 

Butter

1

1 time

1, 2 or 3 sticks

 

 

 

 

Ice cream

2

2 times

16, 32 or 64 oz

 

 

 

 

Cream cheese

3

3 times

3 oz or 8 oz

 

 

 

 

POULTRY

Chicken: whole and cut up

Place in microwavable

 

baking dish, chicken breast-

 

Cornish hens

side up.

 

Remove giblets from whole

Turkey: breast

chicken.

 

 

FISH

 

 

 

Fillets, Steaks, Whole,

Place in microwavable

Shellfish

baking dish.

 

 

To use the Defrost control:

1.Touch DEFROST.

2.Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish

or

Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.

3.Touch the number pads to enter the weight.

Meats and Poultry can be set from .2 to 6.6 lb (91 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lb (91 g to 2 kg).

Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.

4.Touch JET START.

The display will count down the defrost time.

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 OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

To Defrost manually:

1.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.

2.Touch COOK POWER.

3.Touch 3.

4.Touch JET START.

The display will count down the defrost time.

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 OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.

To Soften:

1.Touch SOFTEN.

The display will alternate between showing “SOFTN” and “PAD”.

2.Touch SOFTEN repeatedly to scroll through the Soften menu items

or

Touch number pad to select Soften menu item.

3.Enter quantity of food items using the prompts on the display or the quantities from the chart above. Only pads valid for the selected food class will give a response.

Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK POWER.

4.Touch JET START.

The display will count down the soften time.

When the cycle ends, “END” will appear on the display, 4 end-of-cycle tones will sound, and then reminder tones will sound every minute for 15 minutes.

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Whirlpool MH9180XL To use the Defrost control, To Defrost manually, To Soften

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