Maytag MIR8890AS - User Manual

This document is a user manual for a Maytag Electric Range, providing detailed instructions for its safe operation, cooking functions, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Function Description:

The Maytag Electric Range is a cooking appliance featuring an induction cooktop and an electric oven. It is designed for baking, broiling, roasting, and surface cooking. The induction cooktop utilizes electromagnetic fields to heat cookware directly, offering quick heating/cooling and energy efficiency. The oven includes various cooking modes such as Bake, Broil, Convect Bake, Convect Roast, and Convect Broil, along with a Keep Warm function and a Warming Drawer (on some models). It also incorporates a Precision Cooking™ System - Precise Bake for optimal cooking results. The range features electronic controls for both the cooktop and oven, allowing for precise temperature and time settings. A Sabbath Mode is included for religious observance, disabling certain functions while allowing the oven to remain on in a bake setting.

Important Technical Specifications:

Induction Cooktop: Generates and uses ISM frequency energy. Complies with Part 18 of FCC Rules for ISM equipment.
Oven Temperature Range: Bake: 170°F (75°C) to 500°F (260°C) in 5° increments. Broil: High (500°F [260°C]), Medium (450°F [232°C]), Low (400°F [204°C]). Convect Bake/Roast/Broil: 170°F (77°C) to 500°F (260°C) in 5° increments.
Warming Drawer Temperature: Approximately 160°F (71°C).
Oven Light: Standard 40-watt appliance bulb.
Power Requirements: Designed for 240V installation, automatically adjusts to 208V operation.
Cooktop Timer: Up to 90 minutes, independent of other control settings.
Oven Timer: Up to 9 hours and 59 minutes.
12-Hour Shutoff: Oven automatically shuts off 12 hours after initiating a cook or clean function (does not interfere with timed or delay cook functions).

Usage Features:

Electronic Oven Controls: Touch-activated keypads for various functions including Bake, Broil, Convect Bake, Convect Roast, Convect Broil, Keep Warm, Delay Start, Cook Time, Power Preheat, Warming Drawer On/Off, Clean, Settings, Control Lock, and Kitchen Timer.
Clock: 12- or 24-hour cycle, adjustable.
Oven Light: Turns on/off with a keypad, also activates when the oven door is opened.
Kitchen Timer: Independent timer for general kitchen use, up to 9 hours 59 minutes.
Start/Cancel Keypads: Start begins any oven function; Cancel stops any oven function except Clock, Kitchen Timer, Control Lock, and Warming Drawer.
Power Preheat: Provides fastest preheat time for the Bake function, recommended for one-rack baking.
Warming Drawer: Keeps hot cooked foods at serving temperature, also suitable for warming breads and pastries.
Induction Cooktop Controls: Touch-activated electronic controls with heat level sliders, Simmer, Melt and Hold, Boost functions, and a timer.
Pan Detection: Cooktop recognizes ferromagnetic cookware of appropriate size; displays "replace pan" animation if not detected.
Control Lock (Cooktop & Oven): Prevents unintended use of controls.
Settings: Allows personalization of audible tones (all sounds, end of cycle, reminder, key press, tone pitch), oven temperature offset (Fahrenheit/Celsius), Demo Mode, 12-hour shutoff, 12/24 hour clock, and display language (English, Spanish, French).
Rack Positioning: Seven positions for flat racks, with specific recommendations for different food types and multiple-rack cooking (2-rack, 3-rack, convection baking).
Broiling: Requires the oven door to be open 6" (15 cm) at the broil stop position.
Convection Cooking: Fan-circulated hot air for even cooking, automatically reduces set oven temperature by 25°F (15°C).

Maintenance Features:

AquaLift™ Technology Clean Cycle: Innovative low-heat, odor-free cleaning solution using water to release baked-on spills from the oven in less than 1 hour. Requires removal of racks and accessories, wiping excess soil, and pouring 2 cups of distilled/filtered water onto the oven bottom.
Ceramic Glass Cooktop Cleaning: Clean after each use to prevent scratches, pitting, and abrasions. Recommended use of ceramic glass cooktop cleaner and scraper. Avoid abrasive cleaners, cleaning pads, or harsh chemicals.
Exterior Porcelain Enamel Surfaces Cleaning: Clean food spills containing acids promptly. Use glass cleaner, mild liquid cleaner, or nonabrasive scrubbing pad.
Stainless Steel Cleaning: Rub in direction of grain. Use stainless steel cleaner. Avoid soap-filled scouring pads, abrasive cleaners, steel-wool pads, gritty washcloths, or abrasive paper towels.
Metallic Paint Cleaning: Avoid abrasive cleaners, cleaners with bleach, rust removers, ammonia, or sodium hydroxide (lye).
Control Panel and Oven Door Exterior Cleaning: Use glass cleaner and soft cloth/sponge. Avoid abrasive cleaners, steel-wool pads, gritty washcloths, or abrasive paper towels.
Oven Racks Cleaning: Use steel-wool pad. Apply a light coating of vegetable oil to rack guides if they are hard to slide.
Oven Cavity Cleaning: Use AquaLift™ Technology regularly. Clean food spills when oven cools. Avoid oven cleaners.
Oven Light Replacement: Standard 40-watt appliance bulb, accessible by turning the glass bulb cover counterclockwise.