Tricity Bendix 3000S Operating And Installation Instructions page 15

DEFROST FEATURE
The fan oven has a defrost facility marked on the
control dial *. When the control is set to this position,
the fan oven operates with the fan only switched on,
i.e. without heat or neon indication. This enables
some foods to be defrosted more quickly than
conventional methods due to the fast circulating air
in the oven, although the actual speed of defrosting
will be determined by the ambient temperature.
The types of foods suitable for thawing without
heat are delicate frozen foods to be served cold,
such as fruit, cream, fresh cream or butter-cream
filled cakes and gateaux, cakes coated with icings,
frostings or chocolate, cheesecakes, quiches,
pastries, biscuits, scones, bread and other yeast
products such as doughnuts, buns and croissants,
etc.
Faster defrosting of bread and plain cakes may
be carried out with heat, using the lower
temperature setting (80-90°C) on the oven control,
although the food may go stale more quickly if
thawed in this way. Small cooked pastry items, e.g.
tarts, pies, sausage rolls and mince pies can be
heated through without thawing first. Place into a
cold oven set at 190/220°C for 20-40 minutes,
depending on the quantity, size and required serving
temperature.
It is normally preferable to thaw fish, meat and
poultry slowly in the refrigerator. However, this
process can be accelerated by thawing in the fan
oven without heat using the defrost feature:-
Small or thin pieces of frozen fish such as fish
fillets and peeled prawns, or meat items such as
cubed or minced meat and sliced meats such as
liver, thin chops, steaks, etc will be defrosted in 1-2
hours. The frozen food should be placed in a single
layer where possible and if necessary turned over
halfway through the defrosting process.
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Joints of meat and poultry MUST BE THAWED
THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING. A 1'4kg (3lb)
oven-ready chicken may be thawed in approximately
5 hours using the defrost feature and the giblets
must be removed as soon as possible during the
thawing process.
Faster defrosting can be carried out using the
lower temperatures on the oven control dial (80/90°)
when the chicken will be thawed in 2-2% hours,
remove the giblets after 1-2 hours.
These methods of defrosting meat and poultry
using the fan oven are only applicable for joints up
to 2kg (4lb) in weight and ALWAYS COOK
THOROUGHLY, IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THAWING.
A medium size casserole or stew can be thawed
without heat using the defrost feature in 3-4 hours.
However, if time is short, the casserole may be
reheated without thawing first. Place into a cold
oven set at 180/190°C for 174-274 hours, depending
on the size and shape of the container. It will be
necessary to stir or break up the contents during the
heating process.
NOTE
Care must always be taken when handling foods in
the home. Always follow the basic rules of food
hygiene to prevent bacterial and microbial growth
and cross contamination when defrosting, preparing,
cooking, cooling and freezing foods.