Notes:

To change the oven temperature during cooking, press the Bake pad, then the ▲ or ▼ pad until the desired tem- perature is displayed.

To change the oven temperature during preheat, press the Bake pad twice, then press the ▲ or ▼ pad until the desired temperature is displayed.

If you forget to turn off the oven, it will automatically turn off at the end of 12 hours. If you wish to deactivate this feature, see page 19.

Baking Differences Between Your Old and New Oven

It is normal to notice some baking time differences between a new oven and an old one. See Adjusting the Oven Temperature on page 19.

Cook & Hold

Cook & Hold allows you to bake for a preset amount of time, followed by a one-hour Keep Warm cycle.

To set Cook & Hold:

1. Press the COOK & HOLD pad.

BAKE and HOLD flash.

000 lights in the display.

2.Select the oven temperature. The oven temperature can be set from 170° to 550°.

Press or press and hold the ▲ or ▼ pad.

Press the ▲ pad to increase the temperature.

Press the ▼ pad to decrease the temperature.

3.Press COOK & HOLD again OR wait four seconds.

HOLD flashes.

00:00 flashes in the display.

4.Enter the amount of time you want to bake by pressing the ▲ or ▼ pad. Bake time can be set from ten minutes (00:10) to 11 hours, 59 minutes (11:59).

BAKE and HOLD light in the display.

The baking time will light in the display.

The baking time will start counting down.

When the cooking time has elapsed:

Four beeps will sound.

BAKE will turn off.

HOLD and WARM will light.

170° will display.

After one hour in HOLD WARM:

“End” will display.

The time of day will reappear in the display.

To cancel Cook & Hold at any time:

Press the CANCEL pad. Remove food from oven.

Delay Cook & Hold

CAUTION

Do not use delayed baking for highly perishable foods such as dairy products, pork, poultry, or seafood.

When using Delay, the oven begins to cook later in the day. Set the amount of time that you want to delay before the oven turns on and how long you want to cook. The oven begins to heat at the selected time and cooks for the specified length of time.

Delay time can be set from 10 minutes (00:10) to 11 hours, 59 minutes (11:59).

To set a Delayed Cook & Hold cycle:

1. Press the DELAY pad.

• DELAY flashes.

• 00:00 flashes in the display.

2. Press the ▲ or ▼ pad to set the delay time.

While DELAY is still flashing:

3. Press the COOK & HOLD pad.

• 000 lights in the display.

• BAKE and HOLD flash.

4. Press ▲ to set the baking temperature.

00:00 and HOLD flash.

BAKE stays lit.

5.Press ▲ to set the baking time.

The Delay time, DELAY, BAKE and HOLD light in the display.

When the Delay time has expired:

DELAY will turn off.

Baking time is displayed.

BAKE and HOLD are displayed.

To set a Delay when Cook & Hold has already been programmed:

1. Press the DELAY pad.

DELAY flashes.

00:00 appears in the display.

Cont.

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Maytag 500 important safety instructions Delay Cook & Hold, Baking Differences Between Your Old and New Oven

500 specifications

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