Maytag 338972 User manual

ELECTRIC BUILT-IN OVEN
USE AND CARE MANUAL
Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers
Model and Serial numbers are on a
plate, behind the oven door, on the
front frame. If you call for service, or
with a question, have this information
ready.
Model No.:
Keep this book, your installation guide,
i your warranty and the sales slip
together.
Pal No 338972

SAFETY RULES
HOW TO USE YOUR OVEN
. Clock and Oven Conlrols
For Models wllh Sel’ Cleaning Ovens
For Models wIthout Self Cleaning Ovens
. Oven Lfghl
. Clock and Oven Conlrols
- Rack and Pan Arrarlyemenl
* Oven Venl
. New Oven Odor
COOKING HINTS
- Prehearlng
. Using Fo,l
. Bdng TIPS
* PosltIonIng Broiler PHI
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- Choosing Oven Cookware 9
* Common Baking Problems and Causes
CLEANING AND CARE lo-14
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- Oven Cleaning
* Replaclig the Oven Llghl
10 11
. Clemno Charl 13
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7 * Removable Oven Racks 13
7 * Removable Oven Door 14
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PREVENTING SERVICE CALLS .15
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Read the Safety Rules below and all operating instructions
before using this aooliance.
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Keep this manual for later use
Be sure your oven 15.installed and grounded
properly
Never try to fix or replace any part of the oven
unless this book tells you to. All other work should
be done oy a skllled technician.
Never block free alrflow through the oven vent
See page 5
Teach your children not to play with oven knobs
or any otther part of the range Never let children
sit or stand on the open oven door.
Never leave children alone or unwatched where
an oven ISIn use Children should never be allow-
ed to sit or stand on the open oven door
Teach children not to play with oven controls.
Uever use your oven for warming or heating a
room. Such use can be dangerous and hurt oven
parts.
Never heat unopened food containers. Pressure
build-up may make container burst and cause
injury.
Never wear loose clothing while using your oven.
Such clothes could catch fire.
Always use care when opening oven door. Let
hot air or steam out before moving food.
Always move oven racks while oven IS cool
Always use dry pot holders when removing pans
from the oven. Moist or damp pot holders can
cause steam burns. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth. It may catch fire on the element.
Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially a
deep fat fryer. Walt until the fat has cooled
Always keep the oven area clear and free from
things that will burn, gasoline and other flam-
mable vapors and liquids. Never store things in
an oven. These things may catch fire and plastic
items may melt and burn.

Never touch oven heating elements or intenor sur-
faces of oven. Heating elements and nearby areas
may be hot enough to burn you even though they
are dark In color. During and after use, do not let
clothing or flammable materials touch heating
elements or oven surfaces until they have had time
to cool Other surfaces that may become hot dur-
tng use are the oven vent duct and the oven door.
When brotllng always take the broiler pan out of
the range and clean It when you are finished cook-
ing If you forget that a broiler pan was left In the
range and later turn on the oven, you may start
a fire
Never use aluminum foil to line oven bottoms. On-
ly use foil as shown on page 7 of this book. Im-
. proper use of foil could start a fire.
SELF-CLEANING OVEN ONLY
Always take the oven racks, the broiler pan ano ’
other pots and pans out of the oven before a self
clean cycle
Never use any kind of oven cleaner or oven liner
coating. Do not use any spray cans near your
oven. The gas used to make these cans spray can
make metal parts rust in areas of high heat
The door gasket ISneeded for a good seal so care
should be taken not to rub or move the gasket
Clean wtth hydrogen peroxide. See page 8.
Always follow cleaning instructtons on pages 10
and 11 of this book Never try to clean other things
In the oven during a self clean cycle unless this
book tells you to
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CLOCK A 3VEN CONTROLS (For Models wl:tloul
, ‘elf-Cleaning Ovens)
: ,(I“,“I, “1,l,,,,,new,iil\jC,i cc>:,,,,is,j ! , ‘IIFLl,. I’ hCII‘IS;c:/c‘1”) :,I ,‘_
stop Later
It bun””
lk,nq I,me w,,h St1 kn”,,
ed by pushq the correspond,ng lurrl,on bunon The messages I” the-d,splay
show you which lunl,on IScurrenlly being displayed While Ihe lwnclron 1she
(“9 displayed you can change I, wlh Ihe SET knob You can change any pro
grammed fucl~on al any lfme
TONES
End of Cycle Tone (3 long bee s one second on one second oh sn”*s Iha:
limed oven operal~on has reac Iied STOP TIME or lhal Ihe Timer b as counted
The r\lot,l,ca!,on Tone w,II wund tier, ,“e oven has s,ab,iued a, the scIm31ec Atlenl~on Tone (sews of short beeps one 9uailer second on one quarler se 3 cond “K unlll proper response 1sgiven) w,I sound ,I oven has onl been par
,empera,“re The d,splay WIIIshow IhIs lem eralure
hdOW,he ,“1<
: Lll~en I,n,shcd baking push Ihe OVEN CA R rsally programmed For example II you have selfxled a COOK lf ME bu! no
CEL hution Ir~perarure
TO BROIL pus” OVEN 8 ou WIIIhear Ihe anenlfon l”ne unlll you selea a remperalure 01
ANCEL
Push BROI, bullon
? Turn SET knob 10 HI or LO BiomI (See pa f 8;
3 When l,n,shed bmhng push Iht OVEN C.%
N&L bun”?
TO USE TIMED OVEN/DELAY START
Pu’ ,he food 11 Ihe oven and program your Elearon~c Range Conlrol 1” l,,r”
[he O?E~ on an” “K Follow ~nslrucl~“ns below lronfc Range Conlrol push Ihe OVEN CAN ou were programmfng Ihe Elec
EL bunon and II
ycu are unable 1” cancel Ihe lallure ,“ne with Ihe OVEN CANCEL bunon unplug
Ole range or “~!~“““ec, Ihe ‘INX,, breaker
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__ CLOCK AND OVEN CONTROLS
(For Models With Self-Cleaning Ovens)
The oven of your Neil range 1scoredled by [he E
TO SET THE CLOCK
n ir,nr,,i _~~
To cancel any timed own operalfo”. push Ihe OVEN CANCEL bu:lon
To Sla” Now and Slop Laler
; Push COOK TIME bun”” Se1 le”
Push B
BIh 01 bakjng ,~me wh SET knob
KE bullon
4 Se1 desired lem eralure wllh SET knob
5 When STOP TIM f
WI,, ,urn on 1sreached Ihe end of cycle lone w,ll zould and ;i,c OLP-,
Note Push lhe STOP TIME bunon lo I,“d ou, when Ihe end 01 cyc’c ,o-,E .., ,I
sound and Ihe oven will lurn on
To Stan Later and Slo
1 Push COOK TIME g Laler
““on
2 Set len 9Ih “I bakfnq lr”e wllh SET knob
; Push S OP TIME button
Se1 Lyme 01 dav when bak,nc should be compIeled w~ib SET isc:.
5 Push BAKE bunon
$ Sel desred lemperat”re wlh SET knob
When STOP TIME 1s reached Ihe end 01 cycle lone WIII souno ar,n ,i,t
oven Will l”,” on
End of Cycle Tone (3 long beeps-one second on. on second or] shcws
Ihal a limed oven opeta~~on has reached STOP TIME or lhal 1% Time,
has counled down
AIlenQo” Tone (sews 01 shofl beeps. one quarter second on one quaner
second off until proper response IS give”) wll sound II oven has onl has
onl been p&ally programmed For example. II you have selezled a
TII;(E but no temperalure cy
OOK
a lemperalure or push 0 ,Y ou WIII hear the anemn lone lhen you s&cl
EN CANCEL
Nolification Tone
stabllred al Ihe fsingle. one second beep) shows that 1% oven h,?c se ecled temperalure
Ke~rone (smqle. one lenlh second beeoi sounds whenever an bunt” IS
Eushed -
allure Ty (set~es 01 very rapd beep, :“eelghIh second o” one gua”er
second 0 display wll show O-FE
CANCEL ancel fal we lone pushing lhe VEN mn. If the Iallure occured while ou were programm,“g the
Eleclron~c Range Conlrol push Ihe OVEN CA r. CEL button and try agal”
II you St111gel a Iallure lone, call for service II you are unable 10 cancel
the fa~lure wllh Ihe OVEN CANCEL bullon. unplug Ihe range or dlscon
6 nect Ihe circu~i breaker.

Wflh re~jpes Ihal ca!l lor a” we” prehea,ed 10a cerlatn lemperalure /I IS very
~m~ortanr that you IoIlow lhose ~ns,rx,~o”s II 15no, likely lhal you will get good
baking resulls every lfme wtlhoul preheallq 10the needed lemperalure. unless
Ihe rectpe says 10 Slart I” a cold oven
Aher the oven 1s prehealed and you are ready lo out Ihe load I” KY lo
have everylhlng handy so lhal you
for a” extended perto., 01 ,,me will “M have lo leave Ihe oven door open
O,Xnlng Ihe door 10check Ihe load dw”g baking makes I! tmpossble lor Ihe
Oven 10 slay a! Ihe lemperalure you have selecled Try 10 lime your baking
and check only when close lo bwng finIshed
NOTE When usmg cwkware made of ovenprml glass or pottery, Teflon
coated cookware or dull or darkened pans I” Ihe oven. be sure lo reduce
recipe temperature bv 25F0 (see Choosfng Cookware Ghan page IO)
USING FOIL
For Bakfng
To calch sp~llovers, cul a pfece 01 foil sllghlly larger lhan lhe pan and turn
She?’ Cakes Caak~es Angel Fwd
BlSCUlIS or Sponge Cake up Ihe edges use two o”e” racks and put Ihe loll on the lower oven rack
below the pan Do nol use alumtnum foil dwacllv under a oan on Ihe same
The pa” or pans ustng the least When us,ng IWO racks and oven rack The loll WIII reflect heal away lror6 rhe pan
amount of rack area should be
@Ed or Ihe lower 01 Ihe two several pans. stagger lhem so
no t?an 1s dlreclly above Do nol cover the oven botlom or an enllre oven rack
ano, er wth loll The loll can block normal heat flow, cause
For Roastmg
care Layers Pies
Casseroles. 3 pans
OVEN VENT
Cake Layers P,es
4 Pans (slaggered)
For slow brownmg. place a 1011“tent” lx&y over Ihe mea, Thfs IS especial
ly good on a large lurkey The ‘ten1 lels oven heal clrculale under Ihe
loll Sealing the la wtll lend lo steam the meal
To reduce spatlermg. llghlly crush loll and put II tn the txxom of Ihe pan
under the food
When Ihe oven IS on. healed atr moves through a vent below the control For Broiling
I Imel
The vent IS needed for proper air flow in the oven end good baking
~~~11s. Do not block lhls vent Dclng so may cause cooking failure, fire
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Do no1 cover the enwe broiler gnd wlh loll Poor
dramage of hol fat may cause a brofler fare
If a lfre starts. close Ihe oven door and turn controls
OH. II 11r.aconlmues. throw bakmg soda on Ihe llre Do
or damage 10 the oven. ml put water or Hour on Ihe (Ire Flour may be exploswe
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BROILING TIPS
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Your oven door should be open lo the stop position while broiling
(See page 14). II Ihe door IS closed, Ihe food will roast and not broil.
Use only the brocler pan and grid furnIshed wth your range for broil-
‘nQ They are deslgned for proper dralnage of fat and llqulds and help
prevenl spatter. smoke or 11re
Do not preheat when broiling For even brolllng on bolh sides sfar(
the food on a cold pan Allow sllghtfy more lhan hall Ihe CookIng lime
for rhe ltrsl side then turn Ihe food wng tongs If you pwce (he meal
wfh a fork, the jwces will escape
When broiling frozen meals. use one rack poslllon lower lhan recom
mended up lo 1’1~ limes Ihe suQQf?sled broullng twne
Trim Ihe o&r layer of fat from steaks and chops Sl~f lhe lany edges
lo keep the meal from curling
Always put Ihe food bwg broIled on the proper rack (see charl at right)
Food placed 100 close to the broiler may spatter, smoke or calch IIre.
For maxImum fuIclness, salt Ihe llrsr side lust before turning the meat
Sail Ihe second side fust before serwng
Brush chlcken and llsh wllh butter several limes as lhey broil When
brolllng llsh, grease Ihe Qrld lo prevent SllCklnQ
Never leave a soiled broiler pan in Ihe range. Grease In the pan may
smoke or lgnrle Ihe next time the oven IS used See page 10 for lips
on cleaning Ihe broiler pan and Qrld
Be sure you know the correcl procedure for puning out a grease fore
See page 4
POSITIONING BROILER PAN
Bro111n
cuts c P IS cookIng by dlrecl heal from Ihe upper oven element Tender
meal or marinaled meal should be selected for brolllng For best
resulls steaks and chops should be at leas! %” thick
After placing food on Ihe broiler pan put Ihe pan on an oven rack in Ihe
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roper posuon The recommended rack posillon and cookIng I~me can
found w rhe chari at nghl
Mosl foods can be brolled on Ihe HI senlng Selecr Ihe LO brolr senlng
lo avoid excesswe browning or dr
the well done srage (such as lhlc t:mg of Icods rhal should be cooked IO
pork chops or poullry)
The closer fhe food IS lo Ihe broil efemenf Ihe faster Ihe meal browns oN i
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fhe oulslde, yel slays red lo pink in fhe center Moving Ihe meal farlher
away from Ihe element lels Ihe meal cook lo Ihe Center while browning
oulslde
Food Rack
POSlllOrl
4 = tilghesr
1 = Lowest
TOM Times
(Mmutes)
This chart ISa general guide. The size, weight, thickness
and starting lemperature of the food, as well as your own
personal preference. will affect the cook time

OVEN COOKWARE ~ I
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Aluminum Absorbs heat faster Ihan glass or sleel and conducts heat well. Produces delicate browning, lender crust. and
reduces spaltermg of roasls Besl lor cakes, mufhns. quick breads, cookies. and roasllng.
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Ovenproof Glass/ Because lhls cookware absorbs heal quickly and holds II well, you should lower your oven temperature 25oF Gives
food a deep, crusty brown top. Best for casseroles
Darkened Co_okware Absorbs heal quicker lhan shiny cookware Lower your oven lemperalure 25DF (except for pastry) Good for pies
and other foods baked I” pastry shells
COMMON BAKING PROBLEMS AND CAUSES
CAKE RISES UNEVENLY
* Range 01 oven iack nol level
- Pan waned
- Batter spread unevenly in pan
- Pans 100 close lo oven wall or rack loo crowded
CAKE HIGH IN MIDDLE
- Too much flour
. Oven Lemperalure too high
CAKE NOT DONE IN CENTER
- VJr0ng SlLe pan
. Oven 1oo ho!
. Pan not centered w oven
CAKE FALLS
* Too much shartenlng, llquld 01 sugai
* Temperature loo low
- Pan 100 small
l Oven door opened too ohen
l Too much leavenlng or stale leavening
l Overm~xing abler addIng flour
BOTOM PIE CRUST SOGGY
l Fllllng too ,“,cy
- F~ll~nq allowed lo stand I” pie shell before baking
- Used shiny pans
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Temperalure too low at slarl of baking
- Crust and/or lllllng not allowed to cool belote fllllng crush
BURNING AROUND EDGES OF PIE CRUST
l Oven temperatures loo high
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Edges of crust foe lhin or loo high
- Oven 100 full or pans too close together
COOKIES AND BISCUITS BURN ON BOUOM
. Oven preheat lime loo short
. Pan too deep or 1oo large
. Used dark pans
- Used ~ncorrecI rack pos~l~on
FOOD NOT DONE AT END OF COOKING TIME
l Oven temperature set 100 low
l Oven too crowded
. Oven door opened too often
l Alumwm 1011blockIng air movemenl
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THE SELF-CLEAN CYCLE (Some Models)
1 Remove Ihe broil pan and grid o\en racks all ulens~ls and arty lo,1
lhal may be I” Ihe oven If oven racks are IefI IV Ihe range during a
clean cycle they WIIIdarken lose IheIr l~~sler and become hard 1” slide
2 SotI on Ihe “ven Iron1 frame under the Iron1 edge 01 the cooklop Ihe
door lhner ““lslde Ihe door seal and the lronl edqe 01 Ihe oven cav’l,
(aboul 1 !nlo Ihe oven) WII nol be cleaned durnlng a clean cycle (see
~ll~slrdl~on below] Clean lhese areas by hand belore sIan,ng a &al
cycle
Use delergenl and hol waler wllh a soap-Illled s!eel wool pad then
mse well wllh a vinegar and waler mixlure This ~111help prevent a
brown residue from lormlng when the oven IS healed
Before A Clean Cycle
Wipe up heavy sp~llovers on the oven banom Trx much 1011may cause
smoking during \he clean cycle
Clean Ihe door seal by using a clean sponge lo soak Ihe solled area
wlfh hvdroaen “eroxlde &Dealed soaklna may be needed deDen
dfng dn Ih< amounl 01 solI Frequenl cleanng will prevenl excessive
so11 butId up Do “a, rub the door seal excessively The llberglass
matercl of Ihe seal has m exlremelv low res~slance lo abrason Any
conon maleflal especially !Including &SIonballs). can eas11 rub a hole
mlo the seal Do nol use any con”” malerlals lo clean t6e seal An
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DO NOT use commercial “ven cleaners “1 oven “r”Lec1ors in or near :hc
oven These prod&Is plus Ihe high !remperawe 01 Ihe clean cyc’e rvr
damage Ihe porcela’n flnlsh
DO NOT clean glass ceramic cookware or any other cooki,are ,r iP,e c,w-
dwng a sell clean cycle
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
All controls musl be se! correctly lor the clean cycle 1” v.“rk grope+ T”
?eip you undersland how the clean cycle works Ihe slagcs 01 ihe cycl?
are noted below
1 The controls are sel
2 The word CLEAN will be on !n Ihe display Ihe own beglns lo heal
and Ihe door locks aulomallcally
3 For your safely Ihe oven door can not be opened (Ihe wore LOCK
WIII be on I” lhe Electronic Range Conlrol display )
4 When Ihe 3’/2 hour clean cycle is over Ihe word CLEAN w!l be off
in Ihe display Ihe oven beglns lo cool
5 When the lemperalure has fallen below locking temperalure the door
can be opened (the word LOCK will be off I” lhe display)
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After a clealng cycle. Ihe ““en door cannot be unlwked unless
The temperalure has had Me lo drop lo a safe level and lhe
word LOCK IS otl I” the Eleclron~c Range Control display I