Whirlpool GMC275PRS Use and Care Manual - Page 11

DEFROST

CHART

The Custom

Defrost system has 6 categories:

Meat, Poultry, Fish,

Bagel, Fruit Juice,

and Roll/Muffin.

Use the following

chart as a

guide.

FOOD

CODE

WEIGHT

OR QUANTITY

SETTING

Meats*

1

0.1 to 6.6 Ibs (45 g to 3 kg)

Poultry*

2

0.1 to 6.6 Ibs (45 g to 3 kg)

Fish*

3

0.1 to 4.4 Ibs (45 g to 1.34 kg)

Bagel**

4

1 to 6 pieces

Fruit Juice

5

6, 12 or 16 oz (170,340

or 454 g)

Roll/Muffin

6

1 to 6 pieces

*See Preparation

chart at end of "Defrost"

section for cuts,

sizes, and instructions.

**Bagel

quantity

settings

1 and 2 may appear to have longer

defrost

times than necessary;

however,

longer times use less

cooking

power.

To

use Defrost:

1.

Touch DEFROST. "CODE"

will appear

in the display.

2.

Touch the number

pad from the Defrost

chart to select food

OR

Touch DEFROST repeatedly

to scroll through

foods.

3.

Touch number

pads from the Defrost chart to select the

weight

or quantity

OR

Touch 0 QUANTITY

(number pad "0") repeatedly

to select

quantity.

NOTE: You must use 0 QUANTITY

pad to select

a fruit juice

quantity.

4,

Touch START or wait 5 seconds,

and the microwave

oven will

start automatically.

The display

will count down

the defrost time. For better

results, a preset standing

time

is included

in the defrosting

time. This may make the defrosting

time seem longer than

expected.

If you have chosen

settings

1,2

or 3, four tones will sound in

the middle of the cycle and "TURN"

will appear

in the display

for 5 seconds.

Turn food if desired, close door, and touch

START.

When the cycle ends, "End"

will appear

in the display, 4 end-

of-cycle

tones will sound,

and then reminder

tones will sound

every minute.

5.

Touch UPPER OFF/CANCEL

or open the door to clear the

display

and/or

stop reminder

tones.

MEAT, POULTRY

AND

FISH

DEFROST

PREPARATION

Use the following

chart as a guide when defrosting

meat, poultry,

or fish. When setting

the Defrost

cycle, the net weight

must be

entered

in pounds

and tenths

of pounds.

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.

Do not defrost

less than

Pork:

chops,

ribs, roasts,

1/4Ib (113 g) or two

sausage

4 oz (113 g) patties.

Place all meats in

microwavable

baking dish.

POULTRY

Chicken:

whole

and cut up

Place in microwavable

baking dish, chicken

breast

Cornish hens

side up.

Remove giblets

from whole

Turkey:

breast

chicken.

FISH

Fillets, Steaks, Whole,

Place in microwavable

Shellfish

baking dish.

•

Do not use regular paper bags or glass utensils.

•

Pop only 1 package of popcorn

at a time.

•

Follow

manufacturer's

instructions

when using a microwave

popcorn

popper.

•

Listen for popping

to slow to 1 pop every 1 or 2 seconds.

Do not repop

unpopped

kernels.

•

Use fresh bags of popcorn

for optimal

results.

•

Cooking

results may vary by brand and fat content.

Popping

time has been preset based on commercially

packaged

microwave

popcorn.

The oven is preset for the 3.5 oz (99 g) size,

but can be changed.

Use the following

chart as a guide.

BAG SIZE

TOUCH

PAD

3.5 oz (99 g)

Once

3.0 oz (85 g)

Twice

1.75 oz (50 g)

Three times

To use POPCORN:

1.

Touch POPCORN

(3 SIZES).

The microwave

oven will be set to automatically

begin the

pop setting for the 3.5 oz (99 g) bag size.

Touch POPCORN

(3 SIZES) repeatedly

to scan and select

bag size.

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