Maytag MER5875RAF - Manual (Page 14)

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Oven Cooking
Do not use delayed baking for highly perishable foods such
as dairy products, pork, poultry, or seafood.
CAUTION
Notes:
• Do not use Delayed Cook & Hold for items that require a
preheated oven, such as cakes, cookies, and breads.
• Do not use Delayed Cook & Hold if oven is already hot.
Keep Warm
For safely keeping hot foods warm in the oven or for warming
breads and plates.
To set Keep Warm:
1. Press the Keep Warm pad.
• WARM flashes.
• 000 flashes in the display.
2. Select the Keep Warm temperature by pressing the
Autoset 0 pad or the appropriate number pads.
• 170° will light when the Autoset 0 pad is pressed.
• Each press of the Autoset 0 pad will increase the
temperature by 5°.
The Keep Warm temperature can be set from 145° to 190°.
WARM and the temperature will be displayed while the
function is active.
Keep Warm Notes:
• For optimal food quality, oven cooked foods should be
kept warm for no longer than 1 to 2 hours.
• To keep foods from drying, cover loosely with foil or a lid.
• To warm dinner rolls:
- cover rolls loosely with foil and place in oven.
- press Keep Warm and Autoset 0 pads.
- warm for 15-20 minutes.
• To warm plates:
- place 2 stacks of up to four plates each in the oven.
- press Keep Warm and Autoset 0 pads.
- warm for five minutes, turn off the oven and leave
plates in the oven for 15 minutes more.
- use only oven-safe plates, check with the
manufacturer.
- do not set warm dishes on a cold surface as rapid
temperature changes could cause crazing or
breakage.
To cancel Keep Warm:
1. Press the CANCEL pad.
2. Remove food from the oven.
Delay Cook & Hold
When using Delay, the oven begins to cook later in the day.
Set the amount of time that you want to delay before the oven
turns on and how long you want to cook. The oven begins to
heat at the selected time and cooks for the specified length of
time.
Delay time can be set from 10 minutes (00:10) to 11 hours, 59
minutes (11:59).
To set a Delayed Cook & Hold cycle:
1. Press the Delay 1 pad.
• DELAY flashes in the display.
• 00:00 flashes in the display.
2. Using the appropriate number pads, enter the amount of
time you want to delay the start of the Cook & Hold cycle.
3. Press the Cook & Hold pad.
• HOLD and DELAY flash in the display.
• 00:00 flashes in the display.
4. Enter the amount of time you want to cook using the
number pads.
5. Press Bake, Convect Bake or Convect Roast.
6. Set the oven temperature desired by
pressing the Autoset 0 pad or the
appropriate number pads.
• 350° will light when Autoset 0 pad is
pressed.
• After four seconds, the entered delay time
will appear in the display.
• HOLD turns off.
• BAKE and DELAY remain lit to remind you that a delayed
Cook & Hold cycle has been programmed.