Maytag 336726 Use And Care Manual
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BUILT-IN
GAS OVEN
USE AND CARE MANUAL
Copy Your Model an’d Serial Numbers
IN THE BOX BELOW
Model and Serial numbers are on a
plate on the front frame behind the
bven door. If you call for service, or with
a question, have this information ready.
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Model No.:
Keep this book, your installation guide,
your warranty and the sales slip
together.
Serial No.:
Purchase Date:
Part No. 336726
4348213
SAFE-TY RULES . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5
BURNER IGNITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
HOW TO USE YOUR OVEN
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Clock and Oven Controls
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Oven Light ......... ...........
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Oven Vent
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COOKING HINTS . .
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Rack and Pan Arrangement
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Preheatrng
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Moisture
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Choosing Cookware’ : : : :. : : : : : : : : : :
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Common Baking Problems and Causes
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New Oven Odor
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Using FOII
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Roasting Tops’ : : : 1 : : : : 1 1. : 1
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Using a Meat Thermometer
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Brotllng TIPS
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Posltlonrng Broiler Pan’ : I 1 I I : I I I : I I
CLEANING AND CARE . . .
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Oven Cleanrng
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Cleanrng Instructtons
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Removable Oven Bottom
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Removable Oven and Broiler ‘d&s :
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Removable Oven Racks
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PREVENTING SERVICE CALLS . . . . . . . . . . .14
FOR YOUR SAFETY
If you smell gas:
1. Open windows
2. Don’t touch electrical switches
3. Extinguish any open flame
4. Call your gas supplier immediately
Do not store or use gasoline or other
vicinity of this or any other appliance.
L.P. Burner Adjustments
The adfustments In your Installation Guide must be made before you try
to use your oven
If you are usfng Llqulfied Petroleum Gas (bottled gas) all L.P. adjustments
In your lnstallatlon guide must be made before use.
If your oven
IS
not properly adjusted. flames may be too high, or the oven
may use too much fuel. release toxic fumes or cook poorly.
Model and Serial Numbers
Put the Model and Senal Numbers of your new oven in the box on the
front 01 thus book.
FIND PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD
Warranties are based on time, not usage. You should try each feature and
control on your new oven soon aHer Installation.
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Read the Safety Rules below and all operating instructions
before using this appliance.
GENERAL
SAFETY
Keep thus manual for further use.
Never use your oven for warming or heating a rmm. Such use can be
dangerous as well as damaging to oven parts.
Be sure your oven IS properly installed and grounded
Never wear loose fitting or hanging clothes while using your oven. Such
clothes may ignite and cause serious Injury.
Never try to repair or replace any pat? of the oven unless rrxommended
In this manual. All other servxlng should be done by a quaIlfled technIcran
Never heat unopened food containers. Pressure build-up may make con
lalner burst and cause Injury.
Never block the flow of combustion and ventilation air. Always keep oven
vent ducts open for free air flow. The oven vent duct IS below the control
panel.
Always use care when opening oven door. Let hot air or steam escape
before removing or replacing food.
PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN
Always move oven racks while oven is cool
Teach your children not to play with oven controls. As they become old
enough, teach them to use the oven safely and correctly.
Always use dry pot holders when removing pans from the oven or surface units. Moist or damp pot holders can cause steam burns. Do not use
a towel or other bulky cloth.
Never leave children alone or unwatched in an area where an oven IS in
use. Children should never be allowed to sit or stand on the open oven
door. Never leave the oven door open when the oven
IS
unattended.
GREASE FIRES
Never leave containers of fat or drippings near the oven. Never let grease
collect on your oven. You can help prevent grease fires if you clean up
grease splllovers.
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Never use aluminum foil IO line oven bottoms.
Improper use 01 these hers
may create a fire hazard or cause incomplele combustion. See
page 9
br tips on using foil.
Always keep the appliance
area clear and lree from things that will burn,
gasoline and other flammable vapors and liquids. Never store materials
in an oven. Flammable items may catch fire and plastic items may melt
and
burn.
Always remember to remove the broiler pan from the range and clean
it when you are done brolllng. If you leave the broiler pan full of grease
In Ihe ‘ange and later use the oven, you may have a broiler flre.
PUTTING OUT A GREASE FIRE
If you do have a grease fire, do not try
to move the pan. Instead:
1. Turn off the burner.
2. Smother the fire with a tightly
fitting pan lid, baking soda or
an extinguisher (dry chemical
or foam type).
Never use water on a grease fire - it
will only spread the flames. never pick
up a flaming pan.
GLOW BAR
IGNITION
Your oven has glow bar ignition. When you turn the oven on, the glow
bar igniter begins to heat. When the igniter is hot encugh, in abart 1 minute.
the gas flows into the burner and is Ignited.
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During a power failure the burner cannot
be lit and you should not try to do so.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
0. Why do I sometimes hear the oven burner coming on and going
off while I’m baking.
A. The burner turns on and ofl to keep the oven at the temperature you set.
0. What is glowing under the oven bottom? Is anylhing wrong?
A. The glow bar Igniter glows a bright orange when hot. It cycles on and
off with the thermostat and will glow whenever the burner is on.
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