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Use And Care
GUIDE
A Note to You..................................................2
Oven Safety.....................................................3
Parts and Features.........................................5
Using Your Oven ............................................6
Positioning racks and pans...........................6
Bakeware choices.........................................6
Using aluminum foil ......................................7
The electronic oven control..........................
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A Note to You ® Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance. The Whirlpool Brand is committed to designing quality products that consistently perform for you to make your life easier. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The car
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Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others is very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You will be killed or seriously injured if you don’t wDANGER follow instructions.
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OVEN SAFETY The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn of potential exposure to such substances. WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. This appliance can cause low-level exposure to some of
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Parts and Features (Model RMC275PD/RMC305PD shown) Upper microwave Lower oven oven control panel control panel (see Upper Microwave Oven (p. 7) Use and Care Guide) Upper microwave oven (see Upper Microwave Oven Use and Care Guide) Automatic oven light switch (p. 24) Oven vent (above oven Broil element door) (p. 17) (p. 12) Oven lock latch Oven lights (p. 24) Model and serial number plate Bake element (p. 11) 5
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Using Your Oven Positioning racks and pans Where to place pans: Place the oven racks where you need them before turning on the oven. WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, raise • 1 pan In center of the oven rack. the front edge and lift it out. 2 pans Side by side or slightly Be sure the rack(s) is level. • staggered. Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect your hands • 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on each if rack(s) must be moved while the oven is hot. ov
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USING YOUR OVEN Using aluminum foil Do not line the oven bottom with any type of foil, To catch spillovers from pies or casseroles place • • liners, or cookware. foil on the oven rack below. Foil should be turned up Permanent damage at edges and be at least 1 inch larger than dish. will occur to the oven Place tent-shaped foil loosely over meat or • bottom finish. poultry to slow down surface browning for long Do not cover the term roasting. Remove foil for the last 30 minutes. • entire rack wi
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USING YOUR OVEN Command pads The command pads tell the oven what to do and in Setting the clock what order. Some command pads have an Indicator Light. The Indicator Light comes on when you press the command pad. The ON Indicator Light comes on when you press START/ENTER for an oven function. Using the control lock The control lock prevents unwanted use of the oven by disabling most of the control panel command pads 1. PRESS YOU SEE (except CLOCK, TIMER SET, TIMER OFF, and LIGHT). CLOCK NOTES:
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USING YOUR OVEN When the time is up: Using the electronic You will hear four 1-second tones, then four 1-second reminder tones every minute until you Minute Timer press TIMER OFF. The Minute Timer does not start or stop the oven. It YOU SEE works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours and minutes up to 12 hours 59 minutes. The Minute Timer will display minutes and seconds for settings under 1 hour. You will hear four 1-second tones when the set TIMER time is up unless reminder tones are
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USING YOUR OVEN 4. When roasting or cooking casseroles, Canceling a function put food in oven. OFF/CANCEL will cancel any function except for the You do not have to preheat the oven when roasting Clock and Timer Set functions. When you START or cooking casseroles, unless your recipe press OFF/CANCEL, the display will show ENTER recommends it. the time of day or, if Minute Timer is also being used, the time remaining. To cancel the Minute NOTE: To set your oven to cook in Celsius instead Timer,
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USING YOUR OVEN As the countdown ends, the set temperature replaces “PrE” on the display. You will also hear a Adjusting the oven 1-second tone. temperature control YOU SEE F HEAT ON BAKE (display shows set temperature after preheat) Although your new oven is properly adjusted to NOTES: provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or You can change the temperature setting any slower than your old oven. • time after pressing START/ENTER. If, after using the oven for a period of time, y
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USING YOUR OVEN 3. Enter the adjustment. Broiling PRESS YOU SEE START ENTER (time of day) NOTES: Do not preheat when broiling, unless your recipe • recommends it. How to determine the amount of adjustment needed The chart below tells you how much to adjust the 1. Place the rack where you need it. offset temperature to get the desired cooking results. You need to place the rack so that the surface of the You can determine cooking results by the amount of food is at least 3 inches away from the b
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USING YOUR OVEN Lower temperature settings let the broil heating 5. PRESS YOU SEE element cycle and slow cooking results. The lower the temperature, the slower the cooking. START NOTE: Fish and chicken are some foods that may ENTER F HEAT cook better if you use lower broiling temperatures. BROIL Broiling guidelines You can change the temperature setting any Use only the broiler pan and grid provided. They are • time before or after pressing START/ENTER. To designed to drain extra juices fro
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USING YOUR OVEN APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) RACK MEAT POSITION SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1" thick 4 medium rare 14-15 7-8 medium 8-9 15-16 well done 18-19 9-10 3 1 Ground Meat Patties, ⁄4" thick, ⁄4 lb well done 4 7-8 13-14 Pork Chops, 1" thick 4 20-22 10-11 1 Ham Slice, ⁄2" thick, precooked 4 4-5 8-10 Frankfurters 4 5-7 3-4 Lamb Chops, 1" thick 4 8-9 14-17 Chicken bone-in pieces 3 17-20 17-20 boneless breasts 4 11-16 11-16 Fish 4 1 1 fillets ⁄4- ⁄2" thick 8-10 4-5 3 steaks ⁄4-1" thick 8-9 16-18 NOTE
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USING YOUR OVEN NOTES: 3. Set the temperature (optional). You can change the temperature or time settings • any time after pressing START/ENTER by PRESS YOU SEE repeating Steps 3 or 5. You do not have to press START/ENTER. F TEMP The display will count down the baking/roasting • BAKE time in hours and minutes (if cook time is more than one hour) or in minutes and seconds (if cook (example shows Bake at 375°F) time is less than one hour). Do this step if you want to set a temperature other than
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USING YOUR OVEN 6. PRESS YOU SEE To delay start and stop automatically: 1. Place the oven rack(s) where you need DELAY F them and put your food in the oven. START TIME To place your racks correctly, see “Positioning BAKE START TIME racks and pans” in “Using the oven” earlier in this section. 7. Set the start time. 2. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s ) or “down” (t ) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. F BAKE The following example shows a chosen start time BAKE of 2 o’clock. The o
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USING YOUR OVEN 10. When baking/roasting is done: The oven vent YOU SEE Oven vent The oven will turn off by itself and beep 4 times. You will also hear four 1-second tones every Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through a minute until you press OFF/CANCEL. vent. The vent is above the oven door. The vent lets NOTE: To remove the end-of-cycle tones, press air circulate properly. Be careful not to block the vent, and hold COOK TIME for 5 seconds. To bring back or you could get poor baking/r
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Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle wWARNING Burn Hazard Do not touch the oven during the Self-Cleaning cycle. Keep children away from oven during Self-Cleaning cycle. Do not use commercial oven cleaners in your oven. Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns, or illness from inhaling dangerous fumes. Before you start Before you start the Self-Cleaning cycle, make sure you: NOTE: DO NOT clean, move, or bend the gasket. You DO NOT may get poor cleaning, baking and roasting. hand-clean
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USING YOUR OVEN 4. After the Self-Cleaning cycle ends: Setting the controls NOTE: Make sure the clock is set to the correct time YOU SEE of day. (See “Setting the clock” in the “Using Your Range” section.) To start cleaning immediately: 1. PRESS YOU SEE LOCKED goes off and the door unlocks. AUTO CLEAN 5. After the oven cools to room tempera- CLEAN TIME ture, wipe off any residue or ash with a 1 damp cloth or sponge. This will automatically set a 3 ⁄2-hour Self-Cleaning cycle. If needed, touch u
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USING YOUR OVEN 3. 7. After the Self-Cleaning cycle ends: PRESS YOU SEE YOU SEE DELAY START TIME CLEAN START TIME 4. Set the start time. LOCKED goes off and the door unlocks. PRESS YOU SEE NOTE: The stop time will be the start time plus the cleaning time. HR MIN CLEAN 8. After the oven cools to room tempera- START TIME ture, wipe off any residue or ash with a (example for 2:30 start time) damp cloth or sponge. If needed, touch up spots with a mild abrasive Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s
