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Use the following chart as a guide. MEAT Beef: ground, steaks, roast, stew Lamb: stew and chops Pork: chops, ribs, roasts, sausage The narrow or fatty areas of irregular shaped cuts should be shielded with foil before defrosting. Do not defrost less than 1/4 lb (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g) patties. Place all meats in microwavable baking dish. Warm Hold WARNING 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 it can be programmed to follow a cooking cycle. Opening the door during Warm Hold will cancel the function.

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Use the following chart as a guide.
To Use Auto Defrost:
1.
Unwrap food, place on the turntable, and close the door.
2.
Touch DEFROST.
3.
Select food by entering 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
or
Touch DEFROST repeatedly to scroll through food selections.
4.
Enter the weight in pounds.
Meats and Poultry can be set from 0.2 to 6.6 lb (90 g to 3 kg).
Fish can be set from 0.2 to 4.4 lb (90 g to 2 kg).
Doneness may be adjusted at this time by touching COOK
TIME.
5.
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.
6.
Touch CANCEL OFF or open the door to clear the display
and/or stop reminder tones.
To Defrost Manually:
Follow directions in “Manual Cooking”
section, and use 30% cooking power. See “Microwave Cooking
Power” chart.
Warm Hold
Hot cooked food can be kept warm in the microwave oven. Warm
Hold can be used by itself, or it can be programmed to follow a
cooking cycle. Opening the door during Warm Hold will cancel
the function.
■
Cover plates of food.
■
Cover foods that were covered while being cooked.
■
Do not cover baked goods such as pastries, pies, turnovers,
etc.
To Use (for single cycle):
1.
Place hot cooked food on the turntable and close the door.
2.
Touch WARM HOLD.
3.
Touch START.
“WARM” will appear in the display during the entire cycle.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, and
the end-of-cycle tones will sound, followed by reminder
tones.
4.
Touch CANCEL OFF 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 control, or during cooking.
The Warm Hold cycle will start immediately after the cooking
cycle ends and the end-of-cycle tones sound.
MEAT
Beef:
ground, steaks, roast,
stew
The narrow or fatty areas of
irregular shaped cuts should
be shielded with foil before
defrosting.
Do not defrost less than 1/4 lb
(113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)
patties.
Place all meats in
microwavable baking dish.
Lamb:
stew and chops
Pork:
chops, ribs, roasts,
sausage
POULTRY
Chicken:
whole and cut up
Place in microwavable baking
dish, chicken breast side up.
Cornish hens
Turkey:
breast
FISH
Fillets, Steaks, Whole,
Shellfish
Place in microwavable baking
dish.
WARNING
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.