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Defrost Weight/Time

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About the time features. Defrost Weight Defrost Conversion Guide Weight/Time The Defrost Weight/Time feature gives you If the weight of food is stated in pounds and 1 2 3 4 5 two ways to defrost food. ounces, the ounces must be converted to 6 7 8 9 0 Press Defrost Weight/Time once for weight defrost or twice for Time Defrost. tenths (.1) of a pound. Ounces Pounds Start Use Weight Defrost for meat, poultry and 1-2 .1 Pause fish up to 6 pounds. Use Time Defrost for 3 .2 most other frozen foods. 4-5 .3 Weight Defrost automatically sets the defrosting times and power levels to give 6-7 .4 even defrosting results for meats, poultry 8 .5 and fish. 9-10 .6 1. Press Defrost Weight/Time once. 11 .7 2. Using the conversion guide, enter food 12-13 .8 weight. For example, press pads 1 and 2 14-15 .9 for 1.2 pounds (1 pound, 3 ounces). 3. Press Start/Pause. (Time Defrost is explained in the Time Features section.) • Remove meat from package and place on microwave-safe dish. • When the oven signals, turn the food over. Remove defrosted meat or shield warm areas with small pieces of foil. • After defrosting, most meats need to stand 5 minutes to complete defrosting. Large roasts should stand for about 30 minutes. 14

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About the time features.
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Weight Defrost
The Defrost Weight/Time feature gives you
two ways to defrost food.
Press
Defrost Weight/Time
once for
weight defrost or twice for Time Defrost.
Use Weight Defrost for meat, poultry and
fish up to 6 pounds.
Use Time Defrost for
most other frozen foods.
Weight Defrost automatically sets the
defrosting times and power levels to give
even defrosting results for meats, poultry
and fish.
1. Press
Defrost Weight/Time
once.
2. Using the conversion guide, enter food
weight. For example, press pads 1 and 2
for 1.2 pounds (1 pound, 3 ounces).
3. Press
Start/Pause
.
(Time Defrost is explained in the Time
Features section.)
• Remove meat from package and place on
microwave-safe dish.
• When the oven signals, turn the food
over. Remove defrosted meat or shield
warm areas with small pieces of foil.
• After defrosting, most meats need to
stand 5 minutes to complete defrosting.
Large roasts should stand for about 30
minutes.
If the weight of food is stated in pounds and
ounces, the ounces must be converted to
tenths (.1) of a pound.
Ounces
Pounds
1–2
.1
3
.2
4–5
.3
6–7
.4
8
.5
9–10
.6
11
.7
12–13
.8
14–15
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Conversion Guide
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
Start
Pause
Defrost
Weight/Time