Auto Defrost; Auto Defrost Chart - Panasonic NN-S723BL Operating Instructions Manual

Auto Defrost

AUTO DEFROST thaws frozen food with-
out entering a cook time or cook power.
Three defrost categories are preset in your
oven: Ground Meat, Poultry, and
Steaks/Chops. See the Auto Defrost Chart
on the next page.
NOTES:
• For added convenience, AUTO
DEFROST has a built-in reminder tone to
tell you when to check, turn over, sepa-
rate, or rearrange food. The oven will
sound a tone during the defrost cycle. At
the tone, open the door and turn, separate,
or rearrange food. Remove any portion that
have thawed. Return frozen portion to the
oven and touch START to resume the
defrost cycle.
• You can defrost foods that weight 0.1 to
6.0 lbs (0.1 to 4.0 kg).
For best results:
• Remove fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry
from its original closed paper or plastic
package (wrapper). Otherwise, the wrap
will hold steam and juice close to the
foods, which can cause the outer surface
of the foods to cook.
• Shape ground meat into the form of a
doughnut before freezing. When defrost-
ing, remove thawed meat when the
reminder tone sounds and continue
defrosting.
• Place foods in a shallow container or on a
microwave roasting rack to catch drip-
pings.
• Food should still be somewhat icy in the
center when removed from the oven.
Example: To defrost 1.2 lbs. of ground
beef.
• once for Meat.
1.
• to enter 1.2 lbs.
2.
3.
• Press.
To start the oven.
(Time counting down.)
4. At the end of the defrost time, five short tones
will sound. The oven will stop.
To choose the unit of weight (oz/lb or g/kg).
1. You can choose the unit of weight when
you plug in a oven.
2. If you don't select a unit when you just plug
in a oven, the oven will be selected to
"oz/lb".
oz/lb
g/kg
Touch the "start" pad
12

AUTO DEFROST CHART

Category Touch Food
keypad
to be Defrosted
GROUND once Beef
MEAT Ground beef
(dEF1)
Cubes for stew
Hamburger patties
Pot roast
Rib roast, Rump roast,
Chuck roast
Pork
Bacon, Hot dogs
Sausage links
Sausage patties
Ribs, Roast
Lamb
Ribs
Roasts
POULTRY twice Poultry
Whole Chicken
(dEF2)
Chicken Pieces
Cornish Hens: Whole,
Split
Turkey
Breast (under 6 lbs.)
STEAKS/ 3 times Beef Steaks
CHOPS
(dEF3)
Pork Chops
Lamp Chops
Fish
Steaks, whole fish
fillets
Shellfish
Crabmeat, Shrimp
Lobster tails
Scallops
At Reminder Tone
Turn over. Remove thawed portions and
break apart. Return remainder to oven.
Turn over. Remove thawed portions with
fork.
Turn over.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Same as above.
Turn over.
Turn over.
Turn over.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Same as above.
Turn over. Finish defrosting breast-side
down. Cover warm areas with aluminum
foil.
Separate pieces and rearrange.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Turn over and arrange.
Turn over. Cover warm areas with
aluminum foil.
Same as above.
Same as above.
Turn over and rearrange. Cover head
and tail with foil.
Turn over. Separate fillets when partially
thawed if possible.
Rearrange and break apart.
Turn over and rearrange.
Turn over and rearrange.
13
Standing
Time
5 min.
5 min.
5 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
2 min.
5 min.
5 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
Rinse under cold
running water.
5-10 min.
10-20 min.
Rinse under cold
running water.
10-20 min.
Rinse under cold
running water.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
10-20 min.
5 min.
5 min.
Rinse with cold
water to separate.
5 min.
5 min.
5 min.