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Warming Center Suggested Settings
_ Setting ' Type of food
Breads/Pastries Gravies
CasseroHes Eggs
Sauces Soups (Cream}
Stews VegetabHes
Meats
Medium = High Fried Foods Hot Beverages
Soups (Liquid}
Warming Center Notes:
Use onHycookware and dishes recommended as safe for
oven and cooktop use.
AHwaysuse oven mitts when removing food from the
Warming Center as utensiHswiHH be hot.
AHH foods shouHdbe covered with a Hidor aHuminumfoiHto
maintain food quaHity.
When warming pastries and breads the cover shouHdhave
an opening to aHHow moisture to escape.
Do not use pHasticwrap to cover foods. PHastic may merit
on to the surface and be very difficuHt to dean.
Be very carefuHnot to aHHow aluminum foiHto touch the
cooktop. If foiHmerits,do not use the cooktop. CaHH an
authorized Maytag servicer.
Smoothtop Surface
Smoothtop Surface Notes:
, Cooktop may emit light smoke and odor the first few
times the cooktop is used. This is normal
, Smoothtop eooktops retain heat for a period of time
after the element is turned off. Turn the dements off
a few minutes before food is compHeteHy c ooked and use
the retained heat to compHete cooking. When the hot
surface Hightturns off, the cooking area wiHH be cooH
enough to touch. Because of the way they retain heat, the
smoothtop dements wiHH not respond to changes in
settings as quickHyas coiHdements.
, In the event of a potentiaHboiHover,remove the pan from
the cooking surface.
, Never attempt to lift the eooktopo
° The smoothtop surface may appear discoHoredwhen it is
hot. This is normal and wiHH disappear when the surface
cooHs.
Cooking Areas
The cooking areas on your range are identified by permanent
circHeson the smoothtop surface= For most efficient cooking,
fit the pan size to the dement size.
Pans should not extend more than 7=inch beyond the
cooking area.
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BEFORE COOKING AFTER COOKING
- Always pHacea pan on the surface LJnitbefore } ou turn it , Make sure surtace unit is turned off.
on. To prevent damage to range, no/er operate surface
unit withou_ a pan in place.
NEVER use the cooktop as a s_orage area for food or
cookware.
DURING COOKING
- Be sure you know which knob controls which surface
unit. Make sure you turned on the correct surfs ce unit.
o Beg n cooking on a higher heat setting then reduce Joa o
lower setting to compHetethe operation. Never use a
high heat setting for extended cooking.
- NEVER aHHow a pan to boiHdry. This couHddamage the
pan and the appliance.
, NEVER touch cooktop untiHit has cooHed.Expect some
parts of the cooktop, especiaHH_ a round the surface units,
to become warm or hot during cooking. Use pothoHders o
to protect hands.
° CHeanup messy spills as soon as possible.
OTHER TiPS
o If cabinet storage is provided directly above cooking
surface, limit it to items that are infrequently used and can
be safely stored in an area subjected to heat. Tempera-
tures nay be unsafe for items such as volatile liquids.
cleaners or aerosol sprays
NEVER leave any items, especiaIHyplastic items, on the
cooktop. The hot air from the vent may ignite flammable
items, melt or soRen plastics, or increase pressure in
closed containers causing them to burst.
o NEVER aIHowaluminum foil. meat probes or any other
metal object, other than a pan on a sudace element to
NEVER store hear) items above the cooktop that could fail
and damage it.
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