Oven Cooking - Maytag Gemini MER6772 User Manual

OVEN COOKING, CONT,
BAKE PAD
Use for bakingand roasting.
1. Press BAKEpad.
2. Pressagainfor350°Forpress theAUTO
SETpad.Eachadditional press ofAUTO
SETwillraise thetemperature 25° F. Or,
press theappropriate number p ads forthe
desired temperature between 100 ° Fand
550 ° F.
3. Whenthe oventurns on, a red preheat
indicator willlight.
L OWER PREHEAT BAKE
0 VEN /ND/GA T_ /CON
BRACKET
4. A single beep willindicatethe ovenis
preheatedto the set temperature. The
preheatindicator will tum off.
5. Whencooking is complete, pressCAN-
CELpad. Remove foodfromoven.
CONVECT BAKE PAD
(LOWER
OVEN ONLY " SELECTMODELS)
1. PressCONVECT BAKEpad.
2. Press again for325°Forpress theAUTO
SETpad. Each additional p ressofAUTO
SETwillraise thetemperature 25° F. Or,
press theappropriate number pads forthe
desired temperature between 100 ° F and
550 ° F.
3. Whenthe oventurnson a red preheat
indicator will light and the
convecticon willbedisplayed.
4. A single beep will indicate the oven is
preheatedto the set temperature. T he
preheatindicator willturnoff.
5. Whencooking is complete,pressCAN-
CEL pad.Remove foodfromoven.
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BAKING
IftheTOASTING functionisoperating
in the upperoven when loweroven
BAKE pad and temperature are en-
tered,the controlwill displayHEAT-
INGDELAYED XMINfoUowed b yWAIT.
Attheendofthedelaytheloweroven
willstartautomatically.
I Torecallthesettemperature during pre-
heatpressthe BAKEpad.
I Tochange o ven temperature d uring cook-
ing,presstheBAKEpad andtheappro-
priate number p ads.
I Allow 4-8 minutes fortheupperoven to
preheat. A llow10-16 minutes forthelower
ovento preheat.
Allowatleast1h-inch between thebak-
ing panor casserole and thetop ele-
ment in the upperoven. Loaf,angel
foodorbundt pans arenot recommended
intheupper oven.
Do not usetemperatures below140 ° F
to keepfood warmor below200 ° F for
cooking.Forfood safetyreasons,lower
temperatures a re notrecommended.
I The backpart of the lowerovenbake
element willNOT glow redduring baking.
Thisisnormal.
I Whenbakingfrozen,self-rise pizzasin
the upperoven, place the pizza on a
cookie sheetto avoidoverbrowning.
I Foradditional bakingand roasting tips,
refer to the "Cooking Made Simple"
booklet.
CONVECTBAKING
(SELECT MOOELS)
I As a generalrule, whenconvection
baking, set the oven temperature
25° F lower than the conventional
recipe or preparedmix directions.
Bakingtimewillbe thesameto a few
minuteslessthandirections,
I When roastingmeat using the con-
vectionsetting,roastingtimesmay
be up to 30% less. (Maintain conven-
tionalroasting temperatures.)
I See roasting chartin "Cooking Made
Simple" beoklet f orrecommended roast-
ingtemperature and times,and addi-
tionalbakingand convectioncooking
tips.
BROILING
I IftheTOASTING function isoperating
in the upper ovenwhen loweroven
BROILpadispressed, a doublebeep
will sound and display will read
TOASTING WAITX MIN,
I HI broilis usedfor most b roiling. U seLO
broil w hen broilinglongercooking f oods
toallowthemto cookto welldonestage
without excessivebrowning.
I Never cover b roiler pan insert w ith alumi-
numfoil.Thisprevents fat fromdraining
to thepanbelow.
I Expect b roiltimesto belonger and brown-
ingto be slightly lighterif appliance i s
installed ona 208voltcircuit.
BROILPAD
Usefor topbrowningor broiling. For best
results, usethebroiler p anprovided with your
range.
1. Pressthe BROILpad.
2. Press the AUTO SET pad for HI broil,
press againfor LO broil, or press the
appropdate number padstoset desired
broil temperature between300° and
550 ° F.
3. Foroptimal b roiling, preheatthree tofour
minutes oruntilthebroilelement isred.
4. Placefoodinoven leavingtheoven door
opento thefirststop position ( aboutfour
inches).
5. Followbroiling recommendationsin
"Cooking MadeSimple"booklet.
6, Whenbroilingiscomplete, p ress CAN-
CELpad. Remove foodandbroilerpan
fromoven.