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32 Automatic Cooking
DEFROST CHART
FOOD
AMOUNT
PROCEDURE
1. Bone-in Poultry
.5 - 3.0 Ib
Arrange pieces with meatiest portions toward outside of glass dish
or microwave
safe rack. After each stage, if there are warm or
thawed portions, rearrange or remove. Let stand, covered, for 10 to
20 minutes.
2. Boneless Poultry
.5 - 2.0 Ib
Use boneless breast of chicken or turkey. After each stage, if there are
warm or thawed portions, rearrange or remove. Let stand, covered
for 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Ground Meat
.5 - 2.0 Ib
Remove any thawed pieces after each stage. Let stand, covered
5 to 10 minutes.
4. Steaks/Chops
.5 - 3.0 Ib
After each stage of defrost cycle, rearrange and if there are warm
or thawed portions, shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil.
Remove any meat or fish that is nearly defrosted. Let stand, covered,
10 to 20 minutes.
NOTE: Check foods when oven signals. After final stage, small sections may still be icy. Let stand to
continue thawing. Do not defrost until all ice crystals are thawed.
Shielding prevents cooking from occurring before the center of the food is defrosted. Use small smooth
strips of aluminum foil to cover edges and thinner sections of the food.
MANUAL
DEFROST
If the food that you wish to defrost is not listed on
the DEFROST CHART or is above or below the
limits in the "Amount" column on the DEFROST
CHART, you need to defrost manually.
You can defrost any frozen food, either raw or
previously cooked, by using 30% Power Level.
See page 18. Estimate defrosting time and touch
POWER LEVEL 8 times for 30% when you select
the power level.
For either raw or previously cooked frozen food
the rule of thumb is approximately
4 minutes per
pound. For example, defrost 4 minutes for 1 pound
of frozen spaghetti sauce.
Always stop the oven periodically
to remove or
separate the portions that are defrosted. If food is
not defrosted at the end of the estimated defrosting
time, program the oven in 1 minute increments at
30% until totally defrosted.
When using plastic containers from the freezer,
defrost only long enough to remove from the plastic
in order to place in a microwave-safe
dish.
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