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Maytag Electric Smoothtop
Double Oven Range
Precision Touch 850 Series
Use and Care Guide
Table of Contents
Safety.......................................... 1-3 Care & Cleaning ...................19-22
Self-Clean Oven
Surface Cooking ...................... 4-7 Cleaning Procedures
Controls
Smoothtop Surface Maintenance .........................23-24
Warming Center Oven Doors
Oven Window
Oven Cooking ......................... 8-18 Oven Light
Control Panel
Baking Troubleshooting ...................
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General Instructions Installer: Please leave this guide with this appliance. To ensure proper and safe operation: Appliance must Consumer: Please read and keep this guide for future be properly installed and grounded by a qualified reference. Keep sales receipt and/or canceled check as proof technician. Do not attempt to adjust, repair, service, or of purchase. replace any part of your appliance unless it is specifically Model Number __________________________________ recommended in this guide.
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Important Safety Instructions If appliance is installed near a window, precautions should element. Fitting pan size to element will improve cooking be taken to prevent curtains from blowing over surface efficiency. elements. If pan is smaller than element, a portion of the element will NEVER use appliance to warm or heat the room. Failure to be exposed to direct contact and could ignite clothing or follow this instruction can lead to possible burns, injury, fire, potholder. or damage to the appl
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Important Safety Instructions NEVER leave children alone or unsupervised in area where Deep Fat Fryers appliance is in use or is still hot. Use extreme caution when moving the grease pan or disposing of hot grease. Allow grease to cool before NEVER allow children to sit or stand on any part of the attempting to move pan. appliance as they could be injured or burned. Children must be taught that the appliance and utensils in or on it can be hot. Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out Ovens of
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Surface Cooking Triple Element (select models) Surface Controls The cooking surface has one triple Use to turn on the surface elements. An infinite choice of element located in the right front position. heat settings is available from Low to High. The knobs can This element can be used for larger be set on or between any of the settings. cooking utensils when the triple element is chosen, or for smaller pans when the Setting the Controls single or dual settings are chosen. To 1. Place pan on
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Surface Cooking the knob between High and Low to obtain the desired boil Cooking Areas action.) The cooking areas on your range are identified by permanent circles on the smoothtop surface. For most efficient cooking, Boil: Liquid forms bubbles at a rapid pace. A fast boil setting can be used to bring liquid to a boil, brown meat, stir fry, fit the pan size to the element size. saute, and heat oil for frying before turning to a lower setting. 1 Pans should not extend more than /2 to 1-inch beyon
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Surface Cooking Warming Center (style may vary by model) To Prevent Marks & Scratches Use the Warming Center to keep hot cooked foods warm, such • Do not use glass pans. They may scratch the surface. as vegetables, gravies and oven-safe dinner plates. • Never place a trivet or wok ring between the surface and Setting the Control: pan. These items can mark or etch the top. Touch the Surface Warming Center pad and • Do not slide aluminum pans across a hot surface. The pans then the Autoset pad. P
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Surface Cooking Canning and Oversize Cookware Recommendations Cookware Using the right cookware can prevent many problems, such All canners and large pots must have flat bottoms and as food taking longer to cook or achieving inconsistent must be made from heavy-gauge materials. This is critical results. Proper pans will reduce cooking times, use less on smoothtop surfaces. The base must not be more than energy, and cook food more evenly. 1 inch larger than the element. When canners and pots do n
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Oven Cooking Control Panel A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q The control panel is designed for ease in programming. The display window on the control shows time of day, timer and oven functions. Control panel shown includes model specific features. (Styling may vary depending on model.) A Bake
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Oven Cooking If an oven is currently in use, the touchpads and doors cannot To cancel the Clock display: be locked. If you do not want the time of day to display: The current time of day will remain in the display when the Press and hold the upper oven CANCEL and touchpads and doors are locked. Clock pads for three seconds. The time of day will disappear from the display. To lock both doors: When the clock display is canceled, press the 1. Press and release CANCEL pad. Clock pad to briefly displ
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Oven Cooking 2. Press the Autoset pad to change the setting between °F 4. Allow 4-10 minutes for the upper oven to preheat and 7-12 minutes for the lower oven to preheat. and °C. 3. Wait four seconds and the new setting will be accepted. • When the set oven temperature is reached, one long beep will sound. 4. If the Autoset pad is not pressed within 30 seconds, the control will return to the existing setting. • The set temperature will display. • PREHEAT will turn off. Return To Factory Default
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Oven Cooking Baking with Convection (lower oven only) Notes: When convection baking, enter your normal baking tempera- • When convection roasting, the cooking time must be set ture. The control will automatically reduce the set oven before setting the temperature. temperature by 25° (even though normal baking temperature is displayed). • If your recipe requires a preheated oven, add 15 minutes to the cooking time programmed. To set Convect Bake: • Roasting times can vary with different cuts of
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Oven Cooking • The oven light will remain on until the Oven Light pad After one hour in WARM HOLD: is pressed. • The oven turns off automatically. • Press any pad to recall the cook time remaining. • Press CANCEL pad and remove food from the oven. 7. When cooking is finished, press CANCEL pad. To cancel Cook & Hold at any time: 8. Remove food from the oven. Press the CANCEL pad. Remove food from oven. Cook & Hold Delay Cook & Hold When using the Cook & Hold feature, the oven begins to heat imme
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Oven Cooking Toasting Chart Toasting (upper oven only) For toasting bread and products that are toasted in a toaster or FOOD TOAST TIME*/COLD START toaster oven. 1 1 Sliced White Bread 3 /2 - 4 /2 min. 1. Press the Toast pad. 1 2 Waffles (frozen) 4 - 4 / min. 2. Press the Autoset pad to set 1 Toaster Pastry (unfrozen) 3 /2 - 4 min. 4 minutes of toasting time. 1 3 Toaster Pastry (frozen) 4 /2 - 4 /4 min Each additional press will 1 2 Tortillas (flour) 2 / - 3 min. increase the toasting time Toas
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Oven Cooking Broiling Notes: To set Broil: • For best results when broiling, use a two-piece broiler 1. Press the appropriate Broil pad. pan. • BROIL, UPPER and SET flash. • HI broil is used for most broiling. Use LO broil when 2. Press the Autoset pad once to set HI broil or broiling longer cooking foods to allow them to cook to twice to set LO broil. well done stage without excessive browning. • HI or LO will be displayed. • Broil times may be longer when the lower broiling temperature is sele
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Oven Cooking Keep Warm Favorite For safely keeping hot foods warm or for warming breads The Favorite pad allows you to save the time and temperature and plates. from a Cook & Hold Bake, Cook & Hold Convect Bake or Cook & Hold Convect Roast (lower oven only) operation. To set Keep Warm: To set a Favorite setting, a Cook & Hold function must be 1. Press the appropriate Keep Warm pad. either active or just programmed. • WARM flashes. To set a new Favorite operation or to save a • 000 and either UPP
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Oven Cooking Adjusting the Oven Temperature Automatic Shut-Off/Sabbath Oven temperatures are carefully tested for accuracy at the Mode factory. It is normal to notice some baking or browning The ovens will automatically turn off after 12 hours if you differences between a new oven and an old one. As ovens accidentally leave them on. get older, the oven temperature can shift. To cancel the 12-hour shut-off and run an You may adjust the oven temperature if you think the oven is oven continuously
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Oven Cooking Oven Racks Oven Vent When the oven is in use the area near the vent may become hot enough to cause burns. Never block the vent opening. CAUTION The oven vent is located below the backguard on your • Do not attempt to change the rack position when the oven range. is hot. When high moisture foods are cooked in the upper oven, • Do not use the oven for storing food or cookware. steam may be visible coming from the oven vent. This is normal. OVEN VENT All racks are designed with a lock-
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Oven Cooking Baking Layer Cakes on Two Racks Rack Positions (lower oven) For best results when baking cakes on two racks, use racks 2 and 4. 5 Place the cakes on the rack as shown. 4 3 2 1 RACK 5: Use for toasting bread or broiling very thin foods and two-rack baking. RACK 4: Use for two-rack baking and for broiling. RACK 3: Use for most baked goods on a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan, layer cakes, fruit pies, or frozen convenience foods and for broiling. Half Rack Accessory RACK 2: Use for roas
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Care & Cleaning is acid-resistant, not acid-proof. The porcelain finish may Self-Clean Ovens discolor if acidic or sugary spills are not wiped up before a self-clean cycle. CAUTION Important: • It is normal for parts of the ovens to become hot during a • Oven temperature must be below 400° F to program a self-clean cycle. clean cycle. • To prevent damage to oven doors, do not attempt to open • Only one oven can be cleaned at a time. the doors when LOCK is displayed. • Both oven doors lock when
