Custom Defrost - KitchenAid YKEMC307 Use & Care Manual

Custom Defrost

The Custom Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven
can be manually set to defrost by using 30% cook power.
Food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal
results.
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-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.
CUSTOM DEFROST CHART
The Custom Defrost system has six categories: Meat, Poultry,
Fish, Bagel, Fruit Juice, and Roll/Muffin. Use the following chart
as a guide.
FOOD CODE
SETTING
*Meats 1
*Poultry 2
*Fish 3
**Bagel 4
Fruit Juice 5
Roll/Muffin 6
*See Preparation chart at end of "Custom 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.
12
WEIGHT OR QUANTITY
.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg)
.1 to 6.6 lbs (45 g to 3 kg)
.1 to 4.4 lbs (45 g to 1.34 kg)
1 to 6 pieces
6, 12 or 16 oz (170, 340 or 454 g)
1 to 6 pieces
To use Custom Defrost:
1. Touch CUSTOM DEFROST.
2. Touch the number pad from the Custom Defrost chart
or
Touch CUSTOM DEFROST control repeatedly to scroll
through foods.
3. Touch the number pads to enter the weight or quantity. See
Custom Defrost chart.
or
Touch QUANTITY to select quantity.
4. Touch EASY MINUTE 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.
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 MICROWAVE OVEN CANCEL or open the door to clear
the display and/or stop reminder tones.
The cook time can be changed during the defrosting cycle
without interrupting cooking.
To Change Defrost Time: Touch MICRO COOK POWER
repeatedly to scroll through "MORE", "LESS", or "NORML" time.
MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH DEFROST PREPARATION
Use the following chart as a guide when defrosting meat, poultry,
or fish. When setting the Custom Defrost cycle, the net weight
must be entered in pounds and tenths of pounds.
MEAT
Beef: ground, steaks, roast,
stew
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up
Cornish hens
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,
Shellfish
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
microwavable baking dish.
Place in microwavable
baking dish, chicken breast-
side up.
Remove giblets from whole
chicken.
Place in microwavable
baking dish.