Reheating; Defrost - Whirlpool GSC308 Use & Care Manual

Reheating

Times and cooking powers have been preset for reheating 8 food
types. Use the following chart as a guide.
FOOD CODE
Dinner Plate 1
Bread 2
Meats 3
*Cheese Dip 4
*Soup 5
*Sauce 6
Pizza 7
Beverage 8
1 Coffee
2 Tea
3 Hot Chocolate
* Four tones will sound at the midpoint of the reheat cycle, and
"STIR" will appear in the display. Stir food if desired, close
door, and touch ADD MINUTE START.
To Reheat Foods:
1. Touch REHEAT.
Touch number pad to select food type from the Reheat chart.
or
Touch REHEAT repeatedly to scan and select food settings.
For example, to select the Bread setting, REHEAT must be
touched twice.
2. Touch number pads to enter quantity (in servings, strips or
cups)
or
Touch QUANTITY (number pad "0") to scan and select
quantities. For example, to select the quantity of 2 servings,
QUANTITY must be touched twice.
3. Touch ADD MINUTE START or wait 5 seconds and the
microwave oven will start automatically.
The upper oven display will count down the reheat time.
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 OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the
display and/or stop reminder tones.
To Reheat Beverages:
1. Touch REHEAT.
2. Touch number pad "8"
or
Touch REHEAT repeatedly until the Beverages setting,
"BEVRG-8" is reached.
16
QUANTITY
1 to 2 servings
1 to 6 slices
1 to 6 servings
1 to 3 cups (250 - 750 mL)
1 to 4 cups (250 mL-1 L)
1 to 3 cups (250 - 750 mL)
1 to 2 servings
Serving Temperature
1 Warm
2 Hot
3 Very Hot
3. Touch number pad from chart to select beverage type.
4. Touch number pad from chart to select serving temperature.
5. Touch ADD MINUTE START or wait 5 seconds and the
microwave oven will start automatically.
The upper oven display will count down the reheat time.
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.
IMPORTANT: Heated liquids can splash out during and after
heating. A wooden stir stick placed in the cup or bowl during
heating may help avoid this.
6. Touch upper oven OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the
display and/or stop reminder tones.
For more information on reheating different foods using the
manual microwave function, see "MICROWAVE REHEAT CHART"
at the end of the "MICROWAVE OVEN USE" section.

Defrost

The 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.
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 "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.
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