Defrosting; Warm Hold - Whirlpool MH3184XPB Use And Care Manual

The automatic Defrost control can be used or the microwave
oven can be manually set to defrost.
• 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.
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.
The automatic Defrost control has 3 categories: Meat, Poultry
and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer
more than 20 minutes and frozen ready-made food. Use the
following chart as a guide.
MEAT
Beef: ground, steaks, roast, The narrow or fatty areas of
stew irregular shaped cuts should
be shielded with foil before
Lamb: stew and chops defrosting.
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts, Do not defrost less than 1/4Ib
sausage (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)
patties.
Place all meats in
microwavable baking dish.
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up Place in microwavable baking
dish, chicken breast side up.
Cornish hens
Remove giblets from whole
Turkey: breast chicken.
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole, Place in microwavable baking
Shellfish dish.
To use the Defrost control:
1. Touch DEFROST.
2. Touch 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
or
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch the number pads to enter the weight.
Meats and Poultry can be set from 0.1 to 6.6 Ib (45 g to 3 kg).
Fish can be set from 0.1 to 4.4 Ib (45 g to 2 kg).
Defrost time may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
4. Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost 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 for 15 minutes.
5. Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or
stop reminder tones.
To Defrost manually:.
1. Touch COOK TIME.
2. Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
3. Touch COOK POWER.
4. Touch 3.
5. Touch START.
The display will count down the defrost 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 for 15 minutes.
6. Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or
stop reminder tones.
Food Poisoning Hazard
Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour
before or after cooking.
Doing so can result in food poisoning or
sickness.
Hot cooked food can be kept warm in the microwave oven. Warm
Hold can be used by itself or can be programmed to follow a
cooking cycle. Opening the door during Warm Hold will cancel
the function.
To Use:
Put hot cooked food in the oven. Cover plates of food and foods
that were cooked covered. Pastries, pies, turnovers, etc. should
remain uncovered.
1. Touch WARM HOLD.
2. Touch START.
"WARM" will appear in the display during the entire cycle.
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 for 15 minutes.
3. Touch CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or
stop reminder tones.
To Set at end of cycle: Touch WARM HOLD while setting a
cooking cycle before touching START, or during cooking.
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