Maytag 500 Series - Manual (Page 16)

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Oven Cooking
Oven Racks
Lower Oven
• Is equipped with two regular flat racks.
To remove oven racks:
• Pull rack straight out until it stops at the lock-stop position;
lift up on the front of the rack and pull out.
To replace oven racks:
• Place rack on the rack support in
the oven; tilt the front end up
slightly; slide rack back until it clears
the lock-stop position; lower front
and slide back into the oven.
CAUTION
• Do not attempt to change the rack position when the oven
is hot.
• Do not use the oven for storing food or cookware.
All racks are designed with a lock-stop edge.
Upper Oven
• Is equipped with one rack and rack
position.
• When pulling the upper oven rack out to
remove or check food, grasp the top edge
of the rack.
Rack Positions
(lower oven)
RACK 5: (highest position)
Use for toasting bread or broiling very thin foods and
two-rack baking.
RACK 4:
Use for two-rack baking and for broiling.
5
4
3
2
1
Baking Layer Cakes on Two Racks
For best results when baking cakes on two racks, use racks 2
and 4.
Place the cakes on the rack as shown.
RACK 3:
Use for most baked goods on a cookie sheet or jelly roll
pan, layer cakes, fruit pies, or frozen convenience foods,
and for broiling.
RACK 2:
Use for roasting small cuts of meat, casseroles, baking
loaves of bread, bundt cakes or custard pies, and two-rack
baking.
RACK 1:
Use for roasting large cuts of meat and poultry, frozen
pies, dessert souffles or angel food cake, and two-rack
baking.
Multiple Rack Cooking:
Two rack: Use rack positions 2 and 4, 1 and 4, or 2 and 5.