Mary Fisher wrote:

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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This works very, very well for stuff like stews, you just keep it on
full power, stirring every minute to break up the frozen lumps.

Why b other, for stews? It will thaw in the stewpot.

For whole chickens, this of course doesn't work, I leave those in the
fridge for a couple of days to unfreeze.

Alternatively, a bit less aggressively, if your oven can do fan mode,
with just the fan blowing ambient air over them, that's good for
defrosting
small stuff.

Even less aggressively, leave the frozen whatever on a plate on the kitchen
counter. It will thaw. No energy cost.

Heating is an energy cost.
Stick it in the fridge for a couple of days, and you actually recover
the heat used to freeze it.