Maytag W10345638A manual Positioning Racks and Bakeware

Positioning Racks and Bakeware

IMPORTANT: To avoid permanent damage to the porcelain finish, do not place food or bakeware directly on the oven door or bottom.

Racks

■Position racks before turning on the oven.

■Do not position racks with bakeware on them.

■Make sure racks are level.

■The upper oven is equipped with 1 flat rack.

■The lower oven is equipped with 2 flat racks.

■Place food so it will not rise into the broil element. Allow at least ¹⁄₂" (1.3 cm) between pans and the broil element.

To Remove Oven Racks:

Flat Racks: Pull rack out to the stop position, raise the front edge, and then lift out.

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To Replace Oven Racks:

Place rack on the rack support in the oven. Tilt the front edge up slightly, and slide rack back until it clears the stop position. Lower front and slide back into the oven.

Rack Positions - Upper Oven - Exposed Bake

	2
	1
Baking
FOOD	RACK POSITION
Cakes, meat and poultry	1
Most foods such as biscuits and	2
cookies on baking sheets and pizza

Broiling - Exposed or Hidden Bake Ovens

FOOD	RACK POSITION
Broiling	1

Rack Positions - Lower Oven - Exposed and Hidden Bake

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4

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2

1

Traditional Cooking

FOOD	RACK POSITION
Large roasts, turkeys	1 or 2
Yeast breads, quick breads, muffins,	2
tube cakes, small cuts of meat and
poultry and 2-rack baking
Cookies, biscuits, casseroles, muffins,	3
cakes, 1-rack baking
2-rack baking	2 and 4

Convection Cooking (on some models)

FUNCTION	NUMBER OF	RACK
	RACKS USED	POSITION(S)
Convection baking	1	3
Convection baking	2	2 and 4
Convection roasting	1	1 or 2
Multiple Rack Cooking

2-rack: Use rack positions 2 and 4. When baking 2 racks of pizza, stagger pizza so that the pizza on rack position 2 is toward the right side of the oven and the pizza on rack position 4 is toward the left side of the oven.

Rack Positions - Upper Oven - Hidden Bake

	2
	1
Baking
FOOD	RACK POSITION
All foods	1

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