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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS What You Need Recognize Safety Symbols, Words, Labels to Know About DANGER Safety Instructions DANGER— Immediate hazards which WILL result in severe personal injury or Warning and Important Safety In- death. structions appearing in this manual are not meant to cover all possible WARNING conditions and situations that may occur.
Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message WARNING When using electrical oven, basic safety precautions should be followed to reduce risk of burns, electric shock, fire, or injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy. 1. READ all instructions before using equipment. 12.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING WARNING To avoid risk of fire in the oven cavity: Liquids such as water, coffee, or tea are able to be overheated beyond the boiling point without appear- a. DO NOT overcook food. Carefully attend oven ing to be boiling due to surface tension of the liquid.
Installation Unpacking Oven Oven Placement • Do not install oven next to or above • Inspect oven for damage such as source of heat, such as pizza oven dents in door or inside oven cavity. or deep fat fryer. This could cause •...
Display and Features OVEN SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz Input Power 1,500 W Cooking Power 1,000 W (IEC 60705 Standard) Frequency 2,450 MHz Rated Current 13 A Outer Dimensions " x 14 " ⁄ ⁄ (WxHxD) x 20" Cavity Volume 1.5 Cu.
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1. DISPLAY – Display 9. SENSOR REHEAT — Touch 19. START/PAUSE — Touch this includes a clock and indicators this pad to reheat precooked, pad to start a program or to to tell you time of day, cooking room-temperature or refrigerat- pause the oven during cooking time settings and cooking func- ed foods.
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Display and Features (cont’d) 12-Hour Clock and Start/Pause Easy Cook Timer This pad will start the Press EASY function you set, or COOK pad for each Oven is equipped with a 12-hour pause the oven temporarily during minute of microwave cooking time clock and a timer that can be set up cooking or defrosting.
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Reminder Warm/Hold More and Less The reminder feature This feature safely may be used as an keeps cooked food MORE alarm clock. The oven does not warm in your oven for up to 99 min- LESS functions of operate. The reminder time can be utes using microwave energy.
Cooking Methods Microwave Cooking Convection Cooking Combination Cooking Microwave cooking uses high fre- Convection cooking utilizes both a The combination mode uses both the quency energy waves to heat the convection element and fan to evenly speed of microwave energy and food.
Cookware Suggestions The cooking method used determines the cookware that can be used. To simplify choices, use cookware that is approved for all three cooking methods: microwave, convection and combination. Canning Select Avoid Canning is not recommended in Heat resistant glass Non-heat resistant glass microwave or combination ovens.
Microwave Cooking Microwave Power Levels Manual Programming Your microwave oven has 10 cook power levels to let you cook or heat a wide To manually set the cooking time and variety of foods. Refer to the chart below for suggestions: power level.
4. Press digit touch pad 10. At the end of the Time Defrost to adjust microwave cooking cycle, oven Defrost for a desired length of time. energy. signals and turns off. 1. Press DEFROST • For a lower AUTO/TIME twice. NOTE: Auto Defrost can be used in microwave power, stage cooking in the first stage only.
Microwave Cooking (cont’d) Defrost Notes: Sensor Operating Sensor Cooking Guide Instructions • Remove fish, shellfish, meat and Appropriate containers and cover- poultry from its original closed ings help assure good Sensor cook- Sensor Cook allows you to cook most paper or plastic package. ing results.
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Sensor Popcorn Sensor Reheat Sensor Cook A sensor detects steam from the food Designed to reheat precooked, room- A sensor detects steam from the food and automatically adjusts cook time temperature or refrigerated foods and automatically adjusts cook time for best cooking results. Com- easily and quickly by detecting steam for best cooking results for most mercially packaged popcorn in 3.0 to...
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Microwave Cooking (cont’d) Sensor Cooking Guide Food Serving amount and recommendations Potatoes Serving size is 1 to 4 medium, about 8 to 10 ozs. (225g to 280g) each. Pierce each potato several times with a fork and place around the edge of the oven tray, at least 1 inch (2.5cm) apart.
Convection Cooking To operate the oven for convection 6. Touch START/ cooking only, use manual time entry PAUSE. CAUTION only. The following instructions are • At the end of cook- for convection cooking only. For ➣ To avoid risk of burns, handle ing time, tones combination cooking, see page 18.
Combination Cooking (microwave and convection) The following instructions are for Combination Roast Combination Bake combination cooking only. To program the amount of time and To program the amount of time and For convection cooking, see page 17. heat for a cooking cycle using both heat for a cooking cycle using both microwave energy and convection microwave energy and convection...
The following instructions are for 2. Touch appropriate Auto Roast combination cooking only. digit touch pad. Auto roast automatically roasts beef, • Muffins and biscuits For convection cooking, see page chicken, turkey breasts and pork require a preheat using both microwave and convection cycle and should energy alternately.
Cooking Tips Meat Basics Storage Safety Using a Meat Thermometer For specific questions regarding • Once carved, refrigerate unused meat preparation, handling, or stor- portion immediately. When using a meat thermometer, age contact USDA (United States remember to insert it at a slight •...
Roasting Guidelines Tender cuts such as rib and loin cuts are best cooked by dry heat methods, such as roasting. To roast: 1. Heat oven to desired temperature. 2. Place roast directly from refrigerator fat side up in a shallow, non-metal pan. 3.
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Cooking Tips (cont’d) Cookies Baking Time Guidelines • Shiny, flat cookie sheets should be Cake Pan Cups of Oven used. Avoid cookie pans with high Type Pan Size Batter Temp. Minutes sides—this will cause uneven Oval " x 5 " 350°...
Common Baking Problems Adjusting to a new oven can be hard, especially making a change to a convection oven. If you begin to notice consistent problems refer to the chart below for possible solutions. Baking Notes: Problem Cause • Test cakes for doneness. Because Lopsided cakes Pans touching each other or oven walls.
Care and Cleaning Clean oven frequently to maximize Cleaning Oven Exterior Cleaning Oven Door oven life, performance, Clean the door and other exterior For best performance and safety, the efficiency. A dirty oven cooks surfaces with a clean cloth, sponge inner door panel and the oven front inefficiently because moisture, or nylon pad using a mild detergent...
Troubleshooting WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock which can cause severe personal injury or death, do not remove outer case at any time. Only an authorized servicer should remove outer case. Operation Topic Possible Cause Solution Oven not working Power outage •...
• Travel. IN NO EVENT SHALL MAYTAG BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have others which vary from state to state. For example, some states do...
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