Defrosting; Warm Hold - Inglis IRH320 Use & Care Manual

To Use Auto Reheat:
1. Touch REHEAT.
2. Touch number pads to select type of food from chart.
or
Touch REHEAT repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3. Touch number pads to enter quantity.
Doneness by be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
POWER.
4. Touch START.
The display will count down the reheat time.
When the cycle ends, "END" will appear in the display, and
the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder
tones.
5. Touch OFF CANCEL or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
The Auto Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can
be manually set to defrost. To defrost manually, use 30% cook
power. Refer to a reliable cookbook for defrosting information.
• Food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colder at defrosting for optimal
results.
• Unwrap foods and remove lids (for example, from fruit juice
containers) 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 Auto Defrost system 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 1/4 Ib
sausage (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)
patties.
Place all meats in
microwavable baking dish. Do
not cover.
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up Place in microwavable baking
dish, chicken breast side up.
Cornish hens Do not cover.
Turkey: breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole, Place in microwavable baking
Sheflfish dish. Do not cover.
To Use Auto Defrost:
1. Touch DEFROST.
2. Touch the number pad 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).
Doneness 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, and
the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder
tones.
5. Touch OFF 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.
2.
Touch WARM HOLD.
Touch START.
"WARM" will appear in the display, and the warm time will
count down.
When the cycle ends, "END" will appear in the display, and
the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder
tones.
3. Touch OFF 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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