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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
DEFROSTING TIPS
WARM & HOLD
You can safely keep hot, cooked food warm in
your microwave oven for up to 99 minutes, 99
seconds (about 1 hour, 40 minutes). You can use
Warm & Hold by itself, or to automatically follow
a cooking cycle.
Example: To use the Warm & Hold.
Touch: Display Shows:
To make Warm & Hold automatically
follow another cycle:
• While you are touching in cooking instructions,
touch Warm & Hold before touching START.
• When the last cooking cycle is over, you will
hear two tones. “Hold” will come on while the
oven continues to run.
• You can set Warm & Hold to follow Auto
Defrost, Cook, or Two-Stage cooking.
NOTES:
• Warm & Hold operates for up to 99 minutes,
99 seconds.
• Opening the oven door cancels Warm & Hold.
Close the door and touch Warm & Hold, then
touch START if additional Warm & Hold time
is desired.
• Covered food should remain covered during
Warm & Hold.
• Pastry items (pies, turnovers, etc.) should be
uncovered during Warm & Hold.
• Complete meals kept warm on a dinner plate
should be covered during Warm & Hold.
• Do not use more than one complete
Warm & Hold cycle (about 1 hour, 40 minutes).
The quality of some foods will suer with
extended time.
• When using Auto Defrost, the weight to be
entered is the net weight in pounds and tenths
of pounds (the weight of the food minus the
container).
• Before starting, make sure to remove any and
all metal twist-ties that often come with frozen
food bags, and replace them with strings or
elastic bands.
• Open containers, such as cartons, before
placing in the oven.
• Always slit or pierce plastic pouches or
packaging.
• If food is foil wrapped, remove foil and place
food in a suitable container.
• Slit the skin of skinned 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 aects 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 easily.
• Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts
of food such as chicken wings, leg tips, sh 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 the
“Microwave Cooking Tips” section).
• Turn over food during defrosting or standing time.
Break apart and remove food as required.
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At the end of the Warm & Hold, will be
displayed and four tones will sound.
End