Automatic Defrost By Weight - Kenmore Countertop Microwave Oven 565.61202 Use And Care Manual

AUTOMATICDSFROSTBY WEUGHT
The best defrosting time and power levels are automatically determined depending on
the food weight you enter. The feature provides two options:
FINE DEFROST: Use for thorough defrosting of frozen foods, when it is important to
have the center section defrosted as well as the outside. Examples for recommended use
are: whole chicken, roasts and steak.
QUICK DEFROST: Use to assist separation of frozen pieces of chicken or fish that need
preparation prior to cooking. Also, this defrost option is excellent for thawing items such
as frozen ground meat for use in spaghetti sauce or for race meat.
Example: To thoroughly defrost a 2.5 Ib whole chicken:
Step Procedure Keypad Display
1 Touch F,NE DEFROST. DEF, Id _-_--_e 1_
Enter the weight of food. ,_
2 Weight must be programmed 5 _ =l P' ,B_
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in pounds and tenth of a ................
pound.
Conversion Chart
Convert oz. into tenths of a lb.
e.g. 2 lb. 8 oz., program, 2.5 tbs.
Tenths of
Ounces
a Pound
1 -2 0.1
3- 4 0.2
5 0.3
6- 7 0.4
8 0.5
9- 10 0.6
11 - 12 0.7
13 0.8
14- 15 0.9
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3 Total defrost time appears in _.!,.1LI
the display.
Defrosting Techniques:
,, Remove food from wrapper to prevent holding steam and juice and place in a
microwave-safe baking dish or a roasting rack to catch drippings.
,_ Cover thin parts with aluminum foil to prevent overdefrosting.
" Because some foods will still be icy in the center, it is necessary to have a standing
time after defrosting the food in the oven. Food should be taken out of the oven to
complete defrosting. A longer standing time might be required for denser foods such
as roasts.
Note: ,, Weight can be entered up to 5.9 Ibs.
o The oven selects rib if a weight is not entered.
,, Beep tone sounds 5 seconds during the defrosting cycle to signal that
food should be rearranged to improve defrosting performance. Open the
door and rearrange the food. The oven continues the defrosting cycle to the
end if you do not open the door.
o Food can be defrosted in a styrofoam package.
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