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Defrost
The Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can be
manually set to defrost by using 20% cook power.
■ For optimal results, food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder
when defrosting.
■ Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting.
■ Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
■ Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
end of the 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.
■ Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for
defrosting a number of food types. For each food category a
precise amount of food can be entered or preprogrammed
quantities can be selected.
To Use Defrost:
1. Touch the START button or touch the MICROWAVE button
(on combination oven models).
2. Touch the MODES tab to move to the Modes menu.
3. From the Modes menu, touch DEFROST.
4. Choose Cook Time or View Foods from the popup menu.
5. If View Foods is selected, choose one of the foods from the
list and press NEXT. The list shows only the foods appropriate
for the Defrost mode. See “View Foods” section.
6. Touch the COOK TIME tab to enter the cook time screen.
Enter a cooking length using the on-screen number keyboard
to set a timer to sound when cooking ends. The time length
may not exceed 01:30:00.
7. Press START to begin defrosting.
8. (Optional) After cook ends, press KEEP WARM button. This
will start a new cooking cycle that will keep food warm. The
microwave oven will run at 10% power for 60 minutes. See
“Keep Warm” section for additional information.
9. (Optional) After cook ends, press ADD 30 SEC button. This
will automatically add 30 seconds to the cook time. Press
ADD MORE TIME to go to Cook Timer screen if necessary.
10. Touch CANCEL (or CANCEL MICROWAVE on combo
models) to turn off the oven.
To Use Defrost with Weight Unknown:
If the precise weight of the food is unknown, use the following
chart as a reference.
DEFROST PREPARATION CHART
Steam
Steam is a sensor cooking function that uses microwaves to
steam food. Use Steam for foods such as vegetables, fish and
potatoes.
■ Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed for
steaming a number of food types.
■ Manual Steam requires that a cook time be entered.
■ Use a microwavable steamer.
FOOD SETTING QUANTITY
Bread Bagel
Muffin
Roll
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
1-8 pieces
1-6 pieces
1-6 pieces
4-16 pieces
1-6 pieces
1-6 pieces
2-8 pieces
1-6 pieces
1-6 pieces
Fish/
Seafood
Fillet
Steak
Shrimp
Scallops
1-6 pieces
1-4 pieces
1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
Meat Ground
Chops
Steak
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
1-6 pieces
1-6 pieces
1-4 pieces
1-6 pieces
1-4 pieces
1-2 pieces
Poultry Breast
Ground
Pieces
Small
Medium
Large
1-6 pieces
1-4 cups
(236 mL-1 L)
1-6 pieces
1-4 pieces
1-4 pieces
MEAT
Beef: ground, steaks, roast,
stew
The narrow or fatty areas of
irregular shaped cuts should
be shielded with foil before
defrosting.
Do not defrost less than
¼ lb (113 g) or two 4 oz
(113 g) patties.
Place all meats in
microwave-safe baking dish.
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up Place in microwave-safe
baking dish, chicken breast
side up.
Remove giblets from whole
chicken.
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,
Shellfish
Place in microwave-safe
baking dish.
FOOD SETTING QUANTITY