10
Oven Cooking
Baking
To set bake:
1. Press the Bake pad for desired oven.
• “Bake” will flash.
• “000
°
” will flash in the display.
2. Select the oven temperature. The oven tempera-
ture can be set from 170
°
to 550
°
. Press or press
and hold the More+ or Less- pad.
• “350
°
” will light when either pad is first pressed.
• Press the More+ pad to increase the temperature.
• Press the Less- pad to decrease the temperature.
3. Press Bake pad again or wait four seconds.
• “Bake” will stop flashing and light in the display.
• “Preheat” will light in the display.
• 100
°
or the actual oven temperature will display. The
temperature will rise in 5
°
increments until the preset
temperature is reached.
4. Allow 4-10 minutes for upper oven to preheat and 7-12
minutes for lower oven to preheat.
• When the set oven temperature is reached, one long
beep will sound.
• To recall the set temperature during preheat, press the
Bake pad.
Setting Upper and Lower
Oven Functions
Baking Notes:
• If the lower oven is NOT in use, the upper oven will
preheat more quickly.
•
Allow at least
1
/
2
-inch between the baking pan or
casserole and the top element in the upper oven.
Loaf, angel food or bundt pans are not recommended in
the upper oven.
• Do not use temperatures below 140
°
F to keep food warm
or below 200
°
F for cooking. For food safety reasons, lower
temperatures are not recommended.
• The back part of the lower oven bake element will NOT
glow red during baking. This is normal.
• When baking frozen, self-rise pizzas in the upper oven,
place the pizza on a cookie sheet to avoid overbrowning.
•
When preheating with a baking/pizza stone inside
the upper oven, do not set oven above 400
°
F. To use
baking/pizza stones at temperatures above 400
°
in
the upper oven, put stone in after the preheat beep.
• To change the oven temperature during cooking, press the
Bake pad and then the More+ or Less- pad until you
reach the desired temperature.
• If you forget to turn off the oven, it will automatically turn
off at the end of 12 hours. If you wish to deactivate the
Automatic Shut-Off/Sabbath Mode feature, see page 14.
Return To Factory Default
Settings
The control can be reset to the factory default settings. To
return to the default settings:
1. Press and hold upper oven Keep Warm and CANCEL pads
for three seconds. A single beep will sound and “dEF”
(default) will appear in the display.
2. Press the More+ pad to choose the factory settings. “cLr”
(clear) will appear in the display.
3. Wait four seconds and the factory settings will be accepted.
4. If the More+ or Less- pad is not pressed within 30 seconds,
the control will return to the existing settings.
To change the oven temperature during preheat, press
Bake once and reset temperature.
5. Place food in the oven.
6. Check cooking progress at minumum cooking time. Cook
longer if needed.
7. When cooking is finished, press
CANCEL pad.
8. Remove food from the oven.
Baking Differences Between Your Old
and New Oven
It is normal to notice some baking time differences between a
new oven and an old one. See “Adjusting the Oven Temperature”
on page 15.
Cook & Hold
Cook & Hold
allows you to bake for a preset amount of time,
followed by a one-hour Keep Warm cycle.
To set Cook & Hold:
1. Press the Cook & Hold pad
once
for upper
oven or
twice
for lower oven.
• “Bake” and “Hold” flash.
• “000
°
” will flash in the display.
cont.
4. If the More+ or Less- pad is not pressed within 30 sec-
onds, the control will return to the existing settings.
Summary of Contents for MER6775AA
Page 27: ...26 Notes ...