Oven Cooking

Baking, Roasting and Broiling

For additional baking, roasting and broiling times and tips, see “Cooking Made Simple” booklet.

Setting the Controls For Baking or Roasting:

1.Press Bake pad.

000 will light and the Bake indicator light will flash in the display.

If you press the Bake pad and do not set an oven temperature within 30 seconds, the program will automatically cancel and the time of day will reappear in the display.

2.Press the ▲ or ▼ pad until the desired oven temperature is displayed.

The oven temperature can be set from 170° to 550° F.

350° will appear in the display when either ▲ or ▼ pad is pressed once.

Press and tap the ▲ or ▼ pad to change the oven temperature by 5° increments or press and hold the ▲ or ▼ pad to change the oven temperature by 10° increments.

100° or the actual oven temperature, whichever is higher, will appear in the display when the oven turns on.

The temperature in the display will increase in 5° increments until preset temperature is reached. A single beep will sound when the oven is preheated.

Allow 10 to 15 minutes for the oven to preheat.

To recall preset temperature during preheat, press the Bake pad. The temperature will be displayed for three seconds.

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

3.Place food in the oven. Check food for doneness at the minimum cooking time.

4. At the end of cooking, press the Cancel pad to turn the oven off and remove the food from the oven.

The oven features an automatic shut-off. If the oven is left on for 12 hours it will automatically turn off and 000 will appear in the display. Press the Cancel pad and the time of day will reappear in the display.

Setting the Controls For Broiling:

For best results, use pan designed for broiling.

1.Place broiler pan on recommended rack position. (See chart on page 15.)

2. Press the Broil pad.

"SEt" will light and the Broil indicator light will flash in the display.

3.Press the ▲ pad to select Hi (high) broil or the ▼ pad to set Lo (low) broil.

Select Hi broil for normal broiling.

Select Lo broil for low temperature broiling to avoid excessive browning of longer cooking foods like poultry.

If you do not select Hi or Lo Broil within 30 seconds, the program will automatically cancel and the time of day will reappear in the display.

4.Preheat broil element for three minutes. Broil with the oven door open to the first stop position (about 4 inches).

5.After broiling, press Cancel to turn the oven off and remove the broiler pan from the oven. The current time of day will reappear in the display.

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Maytag Oven Baking, Roasting and Broiling, Setting the Controls For Baking or Roasting, Setting the Controls For Broiling

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