Bakeware; Baking; Broiling - Maytag MIT8795B Use & Care Manual

To Replace Oven Racks:
Flat Rack: Place rack on the rack support in the oven. Tilt the
front edge up slightly, and slide rack back until it clears the stop
position. Lower front and slide back into the oven.
Rack Positions - Upper Oven
Baking Layer Cakes on 2 Racks
For best results when baking cakes on 2 racks, use rack
positions 2 and 4. Place the cakes on the racks as shown.
Cook function Rack position
Convect bake 2 and 4
Baking
FOOD RACK POSITION
All foods 1
Broiling
FOOD RACK POSITION
Broiling 1
Rack Positions - Lower Oven
Traditional Cooking
FOOD RACK POSITION
Large roasts, turkeys 1 or 2
Yeast breads, quick breads, muffins, 2
tube cakes, small cuts of meat and
poultry and 2-rack baking
Cookies, biscuits, casseroles, muffins, 3
cakes, 1-rack baking
2-rack baking 4 and 5, or 2 and 4, or
2 and 5
Convection Cooking
FUNCTION NUMBER OF RACK
RACKS USED POSITION(S)
Convection baking 1 3
Convection baking 2 2 and 4
Convection roasting 1 1 or 2
Multiple Rack Cooking
2-rack: Use rack positions 2 and 4 when baking 2 racks of pizza.
Stagger pizza so that the pizza on rack position 2 is toward the
right side of the oven and the pizza on rack position 4 is toward
the left side of the oven.
Bake 2 and 4
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BAKEWARE
To cook food evenly, hot air must be able to circulate. Allow
2" (5.0 cm) of space around bakeware and oven walls. Use the
following chart as a guide.
NUMBER POSITION ON RACK
OF PAN(S)
1 Center of rack.
2 Side by side or slightly staggered.
3 or 4 Make sure that no bakeware piece is directly
over another. See illustrations for placement of
layer cakes.
The bakeware material affects cooking results. Follow
manufacturer's recommendations and use the bakeware size
recommended in the recipe. Use the following chart as a guide.
BAKEWARE/ RECOMMENDATIONS
RESULTS
Light colored • Use temperature and time
aluminum recommended in recipe.
• Light golden crusts
• Even browning
Dark aluminum and
other bakeware with
dark, dull and/or
nonstick finish
• Brown, crisp
crusts
• May need to reduce baking
temperatures slightly.
• Use suggested baking time.
• For pies, breads and casseroles,
use temperature recommended in
recipe.
• Place rack in center of oven.
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