Maytag 850 Series - Manual (Page 12)

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Oven Cooking
Roasting With Convection
(lower oven only)
When convection roasting, enter your normal roasting
time and temperature. The control will automatically
prompt you to check the food for doneness at 75% of the set
time. The convection fan will come on immediately after the
oven has turned on.
To set Convect Roast:
1. Press the Convect Roast pad.
• LOWER ROAST, the FAN icon and 00:00 will flash in the
display.
• 000 lights in the display.
2. Enter the roasting time using the number pads.
• Time can be set from 10 minutes (00:10) to 11 hours,
59 minutes (11:59).
• Press Convect Roast pad again or wait 4 seconds.
• LOWER ROAST and the FAN icon flash in the display.
• 000 will flash in the display.
3. Select the oven temperature. Press the
Autoset pad for 325° F or the appropriate number pads.
(Refer to Cooking Made Simple for roasting times.)
• Each additional press of the Autoset pad will increase
the temperature by 25°.
• The oven temperature can be set from 170° to 550°.
4. Press Convect Roast pad again or wait four seconds.
• ROAST will stop flashing and light in the display.
• 100° or the actual oven temperature will display. It will rise
in 5° increments until the preset temperature is reached.
• The FAN icon will start to rotate.
5. Place food in the oven.
• Time will start counting down once oven starts heating up.
• To recall the set temperature during preheat, press the
Convect Roast pad.
6. When 75% of the set cooking time has elapsed, the oven will
signal you to check the cooking progress. Cook longer if
needed.
3. Press Convect Bake pad again or wait four seconds.
• LOWER BAKE will stop flashing.
• PREHEAT and LOWER will light in the display.
• 100° or the actual oven temperature if over 100° F will
display. It will rise in 5° increments until the preset
temperature is reached.
• The FAN icon will start to rotate.
4. Allow the oven to preheat for 7-12 minutes.
• When the set oven temperature is reached, one long
beep will sound.
• PREHEAT will turn off.
• The set temperature will display.
• To recall the set temperature during preheat, press the
Convect Bake pad.
5. Place food in the oven.
6. Check cooking progress at the minimum cooking time.
Cook longer if needed.
7. When cooking is finished, press lower oven CANCEL pad.
8. Remove food from the oven.
Roasting Notes:
• When convection roasting, the cooking time must be set
before setting the temperature.
• If your recipe requires a preheated oven, add 15 minutes
to the cooking time programmed.
• Roasting times can vary with different cuts of meat.
• It is not necessary to preheat when convect roasting
large cuts of meat.
Baking with Convection (lower oven only)
When convection baking, enter your normal baking tempera-
ture. The control will automatically reduce the set oven
temperature by 25° (even though normal baking temperature
is displayed).
To set Convect Bake:
1. Press the Convect Bake pad.
• LOWER BAKE and the FAN icons will flash.
• 000 will flash in the display.
2. Select the oven temperature. Press the Autoset pad for
350° F or the appropriate number pads.
• Each additional press of the Autoset pad will increase
the temperature by 25 degrees. The oven temperature
can be set from 170° to 550°.
cont.