Whilst this is a photo copy, and some of the pages are a little askew, it was all readable and intact. A real bonus finding an old manual for a classic piece of kit that no other site had.
Great stuff.
Thanks to Owner-Manuals.com! This manual was exactly what I needed. As Amana was purchased by Maytag and later by Whirlpool, there was no way to receive it from their websites. I was lucky to find this resource.
Text excerpt from page 21 (click to view)
DEFROSTING
This main oven function enables you to defrost most foods without heat faster than some conventional methods as the oven fan circulates air around the food. It is particularly suitable for delicate frozen foods which are to be served cold e.g. cream filled gateaux, cakes covered with icings or frostings, cheesecakes, biscuits, scones etc.
USING DEFROST FEATURE
1. Turn the main oven temperature control to the defrost setting.
THINGS TO NOTE
l The oven indicator neon may glow and turn on
and off when defrosting.
l The oven fan and oven light will come on. l The cooling fan does not operate.
HINTS AND TIPS
l Place the frozen food in a single layer where
possible and turn it over half way through the defrosting process.
l The actual speed of defrosting is influenced by
room temperature. On warm days defrosting will be faster than on cooler days.
l It is preferable to thaw fish, meat and poultry
slowly in the fridge. However, this process can be accelerated by using the defrost function. Small or thin fish fillets, frozen peeled prawns, cubed or minced meat, liver, thin chops, steaks etc., can be thawed in 1 - 2 hours.
l A 1kg/2¼lb oven ready chicken will be thawed
in approximately 5 hours. Remove the giblets as soon as possible during the thawing process.
