Jenn-Air JMW3430 Use & Care Manual

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19DefrostThe Defrost feature can be used, or the microwave oven can bemanually set to defrost by using 20% cook power.■ For optimal results, food should be 0°F (-18°C) or colderwhen defrosting.■ Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) beforedefrosting.■ Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.■ Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at theend of the cycle for more even defrosting.■ Foods left outside the freezer for more than 20 minutes orfrozen ready-made food should not be defrosted using theCustom Defrost feature, but should be defrosted manually.■ Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food suchas chicken wings, leg tips and fish tails. See “Aluminum Foiland Metal” first.■ Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed fordefrosting a number of food types. For each food category aprecise amount of food can be entered or preprogrammedquantities can be selected.To Use Defrost:1. Touch the START button or touch the MICROWAVE button(on combination oven models).2. Touch the MODES tab to move to the Modes menu.3. From the Modes menu, touch DEFROST.4. Choose Cook Time or View Foods from the popup menu.5. If View Foods is selected, choose one of the foods from thelist and press NEXT. The list shows only the foods appropriatefor the Defrost mode. See “View Foods” section.6. Touch the COOK TIME tab to enter the cook time screen.Enter a cooking length using the on-screen number keyboardto set a timer to sound when cooking ends. The time lengthmay not exceed 01:30:00.7. Press START to begin defrosting.8. (Optional) After cook ends, press KEEP WARM button. Thiswill start a new cooking cycle that will keep food warm. Themicrowave will run at 10% power for 60 minutes. See “KeepWarm” section for additional information.9. (Optional) After cook ends, press ADD 30 SEC button. Thiswill automatically add 30 seconds to the cook time. PressADD MORE TIME to go to Cook Timer screen if necessary.10. Touch CANCEL (or CANCEL MICROWAVE on combomodels) to turn off the oven.To Use Defrost with Weight Unknown:If the precise weight of the food is unknown, use the followingchart as a reference.DEFROST PREPARATION CHARTSteamSteam is a sensor cooking function that uses microwaves tosteam food. Use Steam for foods such as vegetables, fish andpotatoes.■ Times and cooking powers have been preprogrammed forsteaming a number of food types.■ Manual Steam requires that a cook time be entered.■ Use a microwavable steamer.FOOD SETTING QUANTITYBread BagelMuffinRollSmallMediumLargeSmallMediumLargeSmallMediumLarge1-8 pieces1-6 pieces1-6 pieces4-16 pieces1-6 pieces1-6 pieces2-8 pieces1-6 pieces1-6 piecesFish/SeafoodFilletSteakShrimpScallops1-6 pieces1-4 pieces1-4 cups(236 mL-1 L)1-4 cups(236 mL-1 L)Meat GroundChopsSteakSmallMediumLargeSmallMediumLarge1-4 cups(236 mL-1 L)1-6 pieces1-6 pieces1-4 pieces1-6 pieces1-4 pieces1-2 piecesPoultry BreastGroundPieces SmallMediumLarge1-6 pieces1-4 cups(236 mL-1 L)1-6 pieces1-4 pieces1-4 piecesMEATBeef: ground, steaks, roast,stewThe narrow or fatty areas ofirregular shaped cuts shouldbe shielded with foil beforedefrosting.Do not defrost less than¼ lb (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g)patties.Place all meats in microwave-safe baking dish.Lamb: stew and chopsPork: chops, ribs, roasts,sausagePOULTRYChicken: whole and cut up Place in microwave-safebaking dish, chicken breastside up.Remove giblets from wholechicken.Cornish hensTurkey: breastFISHFillets, Steaks, Whole,ShellfishPlace in microwave-safebaking dish.FOOD SETTING QUANTITY