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3. Touch START or wait 5 seconds and the microwave oven will
start automatically.
The remaining time will count down.
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.
4. Touch upper oven UPPER CANCEL or open the door to clear
the display and/or stop reminder tones.
Defrost
The Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can be
manually set to defrost by using 20% cook power.
■ Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before
defrosting. Remove any metal twist-ties and replace them
with strings or elastic bands.
■ If food is foil wrapped, remove foil and place it in a suitable
container.
■ Slit or pierce plastic pouches or packaging. 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.
■ Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
■ Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
end of a 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.
DEFROST CHART
The Custom Defrost system has 6 categories: Meat, Poultry, Fish,
Bagel, Fruit Juice, and Roll/Muffin. Use the following chart as a
guide.
*See Preparation chart at end of “Defrost” section for cuts,
sizes, and instructions.
**Bagel quantity settings 1 and 2 may appear to have longer
defrost times than necessary; however, longer times use less
cooking power.
To use Defrost:
1. Touch DEFROST. “CODE” will appear in the display.
2. Touch the number pad from the Defrost chart to select food
OR
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch number pads from the Defrost chart to select the
weight or quantity
OR
Touch 0 QUANTITY (number pad “0”) repeatedly to select
quantity.
NOTE: You must use 0 QUANTITY pad to select a fruit juice
quantity.
4. Touch START or wait 5 seconds, and the microwave oven will
start automatically.
The display will count down the defrost time. For better
results, a preset standing time is included in the defrosting
time. This may make the defrosting time seem longer than
expected.
If you have chosen settings 1, 2 or 3, four tones will sound in
the middle of the cycle and “TURN” will appear in the display
for 5 seconds. Turn food if desired, close door, and touch
START.
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 UPPER CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH DEFROST PREPARATION
Use the following chart as a guide when defrosting meat, poultry,
or fish. When setting the Defrost cycle, the net weight must be
entered in pounds and tenths of pounds.
Popcorn
NOTE: During Popcorn function, as with all microwave cooking
functions, the microwave oven should be attended at all times.
Listen for popping to slow to 1 pop every 1 or 2 seconds, then
stop the cycle.
■ To avoid damage to the microwave oven, do not use regular
paper bags or glass utensils.
■ Pop only 1 package of popcorn at a time.
■ Follow manufacturer’s instructions when using a microwave
popcorn popper.
■ For best cooking results, do not try to pop unpopped kernels.
■ Use fresh bags of popcorn for optimal results.
FOOD
SETTING CODE WEIGHT OR QUANTITY
Meats* 1 0.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg)
Poultry* 2 0.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg)
Fish* 3 0.1 to 4.4 lbs (45 g to 1.34 kg)
Bagel** 4 1 to 6 pieces
Fruit Juice 5 6, 12 or 16 oz (170, 340 or 454 g)
Roll/Muffin 6 1 to 6 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
¹⁄₄ 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.