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About the time features.
TIME
DEFROST
®
ExP_SS cool
©
START
TimeDefrost
Mlows
w)u to defrost
fin" a selected
length
of time.
See the
Defrosting
Guide
fin.
suggested
times.
(Auto
Defrost
explained
in
the About the
convenience
features
section.)
_
Press TIME DEFROST
_'_ Enter
deti'osting
time.
[]Press
START
D
Turn the toed over after half the time.
D
Press START
M one half of selected
defi'osting
time, mm
food over and break apart or rearrange
pieces t0r more
even
deii'osting,
Shield
any
waml areas with small pieces _ff t0ft. The
oven will condnue
to defrost
if you don't
open
the door and [ttrn the toed.
A dull
thmnI)ing,
noise
may
be heard
dtttJng
defrosting.
This
is notarial
when
o'_en is not
oi)erating,
at HI powei;
Defrosting Tips
•
Foods
ti'ozen
in paper
or plastic
can be
defi'osted
in the
package.
Closed
packages
should
be slit, pierced
or vented
AFTER
fi)od
has partially
defrosted.
Plastic
storage
containers
should
be partially
tmcovered.
Family-size, prepackaged
frozen
dinnet_
can be deii'osted
and inicrowaved.
If the
f0od is in a fi)il contninet;
transfer
it to a
microwave-sat_"
dish.
Foods
that
spoil
easily
should
not be
allowed
to sit out fin" more
than
one
hotu" after
defl'osting.
Rooln
ten]l)erattu'e
womoms
the
gro\_h
of hamlfifl
bacteria.
•
For more
even
defi'osting
(ff larger
fi_ods,
such
as roasts,
use
AutoDefrost.
B e sure
large
meats
are
completely
defl'osted
befi)re
cooking.
•
_._]/ell
defl'osted,
fl)od
should
be cool
but softened
ill all areas.
If still slightly
ic)', retttrn
to the
inicrowave
vet)' btJefl 5
or let it stand
a few inintttes.
Defrosting Guide
Food
Time
Comments
Breads, Cakes
Bread, buns, or rolls (I piece)
1/4 rain.
Sweet rolls (approx.
12 oz.)
2 to 4 rain.
Rearrange
alter
half the time.
Fish and Seafood
Fillets, frozen (I lb.)
6 to 9 mha.
Shellfish, smallpieces
(I lb.)
3 to 7 rain.
Place
block
in casserole.
Turn
over
and
break
up after half the tittle.
Fruit
Plastic pouclP-1
or2
1 to 5 rain.
(lO-oz. pa ckage)
Meat
Bacon (I lb.)
Franks(I lb.)
GromMmeat (I lb.)
Roast:beef lamb, veal pork
Steaks, chops andcutlets
Poultry
Chicken,broiler-fryer,cut up
(2½ to 3 Ibs.)
Chicken,whole (2½ to 3 Ibs.)
Cornishhen
Tnrkeyhroast (4 to 6 Ibs.)
12
2 to 5 rain.
2 to 5 rain.
4 to 6 rain.
9 to 13mhx
per lb.
4 to 8 min.
per lb.
14 to 20 rain.
20 to 25 mh_.
7to 13 rain.
per lb.
3 to 8 min.
per lb.
Place unopened
package in oven. I,et stand 5 mint]tes after defrosting.
Place tmopened
package in oven. Microwm'ejt]st
tmtil fi_mks cat] be sepm_lted.
I,et stand 5 minutes,
if necessar\,
to conlplete
deli'osting.
Turn meat o\er alter first half of tittle.
Use power level I0.
Place
tmwmpped
meat
in cooking
dish.
Ttm]
oxer
after first half of time
and
shield
waml
areas
with fi)il. _Mter second
half of tilne,
separate
pieces
with table
knile,
bet
stand
to complete
defi_osting.
Place
_Tapped
chicken
in dish.
Unwrap
and
mm
over after filet half of time. After
second
half of tittle,
sepm_te
pieces
and place
in cooking
dish.
Micr(_xe
2 to 4
rain utes It]ore,
if necessal).
[_et stand
a fe_ rain utes to finish
defl'osting.
Place
_Tapped
chicken
in dish. Alter
half the time,
Um_Tap and
tttrl] chicken
()vet:
Shield
warm
areas
with Jell. To complete
defi'osting,
rtm cold water
in the cm'it_
until
griblets can be removed.
Place
UmvTapped
hen
in the oven
breast-skle-up.
Turn
o\er
after first half of tittle.
Rnn cool
water
it] the ca\it\
tmtil
giblets
cat] be removed.
Place
Um_Tapped
breast
it] microwm'e-sale
dish breast-side<lo_].
_Mter first half
of tittle,
tm'n
breast-skle-up
and shieM
warm
areas
with loll. Defi'ost
li)r second
half of tinle.
I.et stand
l to 2 hours
it] reliJgerator
to conlplete
defi'osting.
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