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@ Warming Center Suggested Settings _ Setting ' Type of food Breads/Pastries CasseroHes Gravies Eggs Sauces Stews Meats Soups (Cream} VegetabHes Medium = High Fried Foods Soups (Liquid} Hot Beverages 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 utensiHswiHHbe hot. AHHfoods shouHdbe covered with a Hidor aHuminumfoiHto maintain food quaHity. When warming pastries and breads the cover shouHdhave an opening to aHHowmoisture to escape. Do not use pHasticwrap to cover foods. PHasticmay merit on to the surface and be very difficuHt to dean. Be very carefuHnot to aHHowaluminum foiHto touch the cooktop. If foiHmerits,do not use the cooktop. CaHHan 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 compHeteHycooked and use the retained heat to compHete cooking. When the hot surface Hightturns off, the cooking area wiHHbe cooH enough to touch. Because of the way they retain heat, the smoothtop dements wiHHnot 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 wiHHdisappear 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. eonto BEFORE COOKING - Always pHacea pan on the surface LJnitbefore } ou turn it 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 lower setting to compHetethe operation. Never use a high heat setting for extended cooking. - NEVER aHHowa pan to boiHdry. This couHddamage the pan and the appliance. , NEVER touch cooktop untiHit has cooHed.Expect some parts of the cooktop, especiaHHa_round the surface units, to become warm or hot during cooking. Use pothoHders to protect hands. AFTER COOKING , Make sure surtace unit is turned off. ° 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. Temperatures nay be unsafe for items such as volatile liquids. cleaners or aerosol sprays o 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 o NEVER store hear) items above the cooktop that could fail and damage it. 5

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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 Centeras utensiHswiHHbehot.
AHH
foods shouHdbe covered with a Hidor aHuminumfoiHto
maintain food quaHity.
When warming pastries and breads the cover shouHdhave
anopening to aHHowmoisture to escape.
Donot use pHasticwrap to cover foods. PHasticmay merit
on to the surface and be very difficuHt to dean.
Bevery carefuHnot to aHHowaluminum 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 iscompHeteHycooked and use
the retained heat to compHete cooking. When the hot
surface Hightturns off, the cooking area wiHHbe cooH
enough to touch. Because of the way they retain heat, the
smoothtop dements wiHHnot 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 isnormal and wiHHdisappear 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.
eonto
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 aHHowa pan to boiHdry.This couHddamage the
pan and the appliance.
,
NEVER touch cooktop untiHit has cooHed.Expect some
parts of the cooktop, especiaHH_
around 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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