Maytag 500 Series- Manual

4 Important Safety Instructions Save These Instructions for Future Reference CAUTION NEVER store items of interest to children in cabinets above an appliance. Children climbing on the appliance or on theappliance doors to reach items could be seriously injured. Child Safety Important Safety Noticean...

5 Surface Controls Use to turn on the surface elements. An infinite choice ofheat settings is available from Low to High . The knobs can be set on or between any of the settings. Setting the Controls 1. Place pan on surface element. 2. Push the knob in and turn in either direction to the desired hea...

6 Coil Elements • When an element is on, it will cycle on and off to maintain the heat setting. • Coil elements are self-cleaning. Do not immerse in water. To remove: When cool, raise element. Carefully pull out and away fromreceptacle. To replace: Insert element terminals into receptacle. Guidethe ...

7 Surface Cooking Cookware Recommendations Select Avoid Flat, smooth-bottom Pans with grooved or warped bottoms. pans. Pans with uneven bottoms do not cookefficiently and sometimes may notboil liquid. Heavy-gauge pans. Very thin-gauge metal or glass pans. Pans that are the Pans smaller or larger tha...

8 Oven Cooking Oven Light Press the Oven Light switch on the control panel to turn the oven light on and off. Both upper and lowerlights operate together. Oven Bottom Protect oven bottom against spillovers, especially acidic orsugary spills, as they may discolor the porcelain enamel. Usethe correct ...

9 Oven Cooking Lower Oven Control (Self-Clean) 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.) Using the Touchpads • Press...

10 Oven Cooking Timer The timer can be set from one minute (0:01) up to 99 hoursand 59 minutes (99:59). The timer can be used independently of any other ovenactivity. It can also be set while another oven function isoperating. The timer does not control the oven. It only controls a beeper. To set th...

11 Oven Cooking 6. Check cooking progress. Cook longer if needed. 7. When cooking is finished, press CANCEL . 8. Remove food from the oven. Notes: • To change the oven temperature during cooking , press the Bake pad and then the More+ or Less- pad until the desired temperature is displayed. • To cha...

12 Oven Cooking 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 alreadybeen programmed: 1. Press the Delay pad. • DELAY flashes. • 00:00 appears in the display. 2. Press the More+ or Less- pad ...

13 Oven Cooking Notes: • Sabbath Mode can be turned on at any time with or without the oven on. • Sabbath Mode cannot be turned on if the touchpads are locked out or when the door is locked. • If the oven is baking when Sabbath Mode is set, BAKE will go out at the end of the baking cycle. There will...

14 Oven Cooking Broiling (Lower Oven Only) To set Broil: 1. Press the Broil pad. • BROIL flashes. • SEt is displayed. 2. Press the More+ pad to set HI broil or press the Less- pad to set LO broil. • HI or LO will be displayed. • Select HI Broil (550 ° F) for normal broiling. Select LO Broil (450 ° F...

15 Oven Cooking Oven Racks Lower Oven • Is equipped with two regular flat racks. To remove oven racks: • Pull rack straight out until it stops at the lock-stop position; lift up on the front of the rack and pull out. To replace oven racks: • Place rack on the rack support in the oven; tilt the front...

17 Care & Cleaning 3. Press the Clean pad while DELAY is displayed. • CLEAN will flash. If the door is not closed within 25 seconds, theself-cleaning operation will be canceled and the displaywill return to the time of day. 4. Press the More+ or Less- pad. • MEd for medium amount of soil (3 hour...

18 PART PROCEDURE CAUTION Cleaning Procedures • Be sure appliance is off and all parts are cool before handlingor cleaning. This is to avoid damage and possible burns. • To prevent staining or discoloration, clean appliance after each use. • If a part is removed, be sure it is correctly replaced. Ba...

20 Maintenance Oven Doors Oven Windows To protect the oven door window: 1. Do not use abrasive cleaning agents such as steel wool scouring pads or powdered cleansers as they may scratchthe glass. 2. Do not hit the glass with pots, pans, furniture, toys, or other objects. 3. Do not close the oven doo...

21 For most concerns, try these first. • Check if oven controls have been properly set.• Check to be sure plug is securely inserted into receptacle.• Check or re-set circuit breaker. Check or replace fuse.• Check power supply. Part or all of appliance does not • Check if surface and/or oven controls...

Warranty & Service Form No. A/01/06 Part No. 8113P609-60 ©2006 Maytag Appliances Sales Co. Litho U.S.A . Warranty Limited One Year Warranty -Parts and Labor For one (1) year from the original retail purchase date, any part which fails innormal home use will be repaired orreplaced free of charge....