Cafe 30 Inch Over-the-Range Microwave Oven Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 11)

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Weight Defrost
The Defrost Weight/Time feature gives you two ways to
defrost food.
Press Defrost Weight/Time once for weight defrost or
twice for Time Defrost.
Use Weight Defrost for
meat, poultry and fish up to
6 pounds. Use Time Defrost
for most other frozen foods.
Weight Defrost automatically
sets the defrosting times and
power levels to give even
defrosting results for meats,
poultry and fish.
1. Press Defrost Weight/Time once.
2. Using the conversion guide, enter food weight. For
example, press pads 1 and 2 for 1.2 pounds (1 pound,
3 ounces).
3. Press Start/Pause .
(Time Defrost is explained in the Time Features section.)
• Remove meat from package and place on microwave-
safe dish.
• When the oven signals, turn the food over. Remove
defrosted meat or shield warm areas with small pieces
of foil.
• After defrosting, most meats need to stand 5 minutes
to complete defrosting. Large roasts should stand for
about 30 minutes.
Time Features
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Start
Pause
Defrost
Weight/Time
If the weight of food is stated in pounds
and ounces, the ounces must be
converted to tenths (.1) of a pound.
Ounces Pounds
1–2 .1
3 .2
4–5 .3
6–7 .4
8 .5
9–10 .6
11 .7
12–13 .8
14–15 .9
Time Defrost
Time Defrost allows you to defrost for a selected length
of time. See the Defrosting Guide for suggested times.
(Weight Defrost is explained in the Auto Feature section.)
1. Press
Defrost Weight/
Time twice.
2. Enter defrosting time.
3. Press
Start/Pause .
4. Turn food over when the
oven signal.
5. Press Start/Pause .
When the oven signals,
turn food over and break apart or rearrange pieces for
more even defrosting. Shield any warm areas with small
pieces of foil. The oven will continue to defrost if you
don’t open the door and turn the food.
Power level is automatically set at 3, but can be
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the power level after entering the time. Power level 7
cuts the total defrosting time in about half; power level 10
cuts the total time to approximately 1/3. However, food
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A dull thumping noise may be heard during defrosting.
This is normal when oven is not operating at High power.
Defrosting Tips
• Foods frozen in paper or plastic can be defrosted in
the package. Closed packages should be slit, pierced
or vented AFTER food has partially defrosted. Plastic
storage containers should be partially uncovered.
• Family-size, prepackaged frozen dinners can be
defrosted and microwaved. If the food is in a foil
container, transfer it to a microwave-safe dish.
• For more even defrosting of larger foods, such as
roasts, use Defrost Weight. Be sure large meats are
completely defrosted before cooking.
• Foods that spoil easily should not be allowed to sit
out for more than one hour after defrosting. Room
temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria.
• When defrosted, food should be cool but softened in all
areas. If still slightly icy, return to the microwave very
briefly, or let it stand a few minutes counts down.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 0
Start
Pause
Defrost
Weight/Time