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316902223 (Jun 2011)
All about the
Use & Care
of your Electric Range
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Important Safety Instructions ........................... 3-5 Setting Oven Controls ..................................16-24
Before Setting Oven Controls ........................... 6-8 Self-Cleaning ..............................................25-27
Before Setting Surface Controls ..................... 9-10 Care & Cleaning ..........................................28-31
Setting Surface Controls (Ceramic cookt
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PRODUCT RECORD AND REGISTRATION Thank you for choosing Frigidaire. Contents Product Registration ...................................................... 2 This Use & Care Guide is part of our commitment to customer Important Safety Instructions ............................ 3-5 satisfaction and product quality throughout the service life of Before Setting Oven Controls ............................... 6-8 your new appliance.We view your purchase as the beginning Removing, replacing & arranging the
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Do not attempt to install or operate your appliance until you Ask your dealer to recommend a qualified technician and have read the safety precautions in this manual. Safety an authorized repair service. Know how to disconnect the items throughout this manual are labeled with a WARNING power to the range at the circuit breaker or fuse box in or CAUTION statement based on the risk type. case of an emergency. Definiti
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT WARNING • Storage in or on appliance — to avoid a fire hazard, Do not attempt to operate the range during a flammable materials should not be stored in an power failure. If the power fails, always turn off the oven, near surface units or in the storage drawer, range. If the range is not turned off and the power warmer drawer or lower oven. This includes paper, resumes, the range will begin to operate again. Once the plastic and cloth items, such as cookboo
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SELF-CLEANING OVENS IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING YOUR COOKTOP WARNING • Know which knob controls each surface heating unit. Place a pan of food on the unit before turning it on, • Do not touch the oven during the self-clean cycle. and turn the unit off before removing the pan. • Keep children away from oven during self-clean cycle. • Use proper pan size—This appliance is equipped with • Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns. one or more surfac
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BEFORE SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Oven vent location Oven rack stop The oven vent is located under the left side of the Most oven racks slide on rack guides provided along the control panel (See Fig. 1). When the oven is heating, oven cavity sides. The rack guides are curved near the front warm air passes through this vent. This venting is of each guide. The curve will catch and hold the oven rack necessary for proper air circulation in the oven which helps stable into a stop position when an oven r
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BEFORE SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Types of oven racks flat Your range may be equipped with one or more of the oven following oven rack types listed below: rack The flat oven rack (some models) may be used for most cooking needs and may be placed in most rack positions. The flat handle oven rack (some models) may be used for most cooking needs. May be placed in most rack positions. Similar to the flat oven rack but comes with a built-in handle. The offset oven rack (some models) provides additional fl
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BEFORE SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Effortless™ Oven Rack system IMPORTANT Some models are equipped with a special oven rack system that automatically partially extends the oven rack from the • Only the Effortless™ Oven Rack system should be interior oven glides to assist in easier access to your food used in oven rack position 2. Placing ANY other rack items. This feature works whenever the oven door is in oven rack position 2 will prevent the oven door opened or closed. from fully closing and may dam
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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS About the ceramic glass cooktop The design pattern on the ceramic cooktop outlines the The element on indicator lights are located on the area and size of the surface element located just below the control panel above each radiant element control knob and ceramic glass cooktop. Be sure to match the pan size with will glow when a surface element is turned ON. A quick the diameter of the element outline on the cooktop and use glance at this indicator light after coo
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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Using proper cookware The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting needed for best cooking results. Be sure to follow the recommendations for using proper cookware as illustrated. Cookware should have flat bottoms that make good contact with the entire surface element (See Fig. 1). Check for flatness by rotating a ruler across the bottom of the cookware (Fig. 2). For additional information about the ceramic cooktop see "Cooktop Cleaning" and "Coo
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Suggested surface element settings Single radiant surface elements The suggested settings found in Fig.1 below are based when surface cooking with medium-weight aluminum pans with lids. Settings may vary when using other types of pans. Suggested power level settings for single or dual radiant elements Settings Type of cooking High (HI - 9) Start most foods, bring water to a boil, pan broiling Medium high (7 - 8) Continue a rapid boil, fry, deep fat fry Fig. 2 To operate
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Dual radiant surface elements (some models) Symbols on the backguard will help choose which portion of the dual radiant element to set. The symbol indicates a setting for the inner coil only. The symbol indicates a setting for both inner and outer coils. To operate a dual radiant element: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on dual radiant surface element. 2. Push in and turn the surface control knob clockwise (See Fig. 1) to begin heating both the inner and outer portio
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Keep warm zone (some models) The purpose of the keep warm zone is to keep hot cooked Temperature selection - Refer to the keep warm zone foods at serving temperature. Use the keep warm feature recommended food settings table (See Fig. 2). If a to keep cooked foods hot such as; vegetables, gravies, particular food is not listed, start with the medium level, casseroles, soups, stews, breads, pastries and oven-safe and adjust as needed. Most foods can be kept at serving d
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Home canning Be sure to read and observe all the following points when CAUTION home canning using your appliance. • Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled IMPORTANT after they have been turned off. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass NEVER place or straddle a cooking utensil over 2 different surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently. surface cooking areas at the same time. This may cause the ceramic cooktop to fractu
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OVEN CONTROL FUNCTIONS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE OVEN. For satisfactory use of your oven, become familiar with the various keypad functions as described below. Oven control keypads (for models with probe feature only) up and down arrow keypads— use with the easy probe keypad— bake time bake keypad— feature or function keypads to set oven press to momentarily keypad— use to press to set the temperature, bake time, start time, clean time display internal food enter th
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting the clock Changing temperature display mode When the appliance is first powered up or when the power (°F or °C) supply to the appliance has been interrupted and restored, The oven control is factory preset to display the oven the display will flash the time of day. Be sure to set the temperature with Fahrenheit (°F) values. The control may clock with the correct time of day before using the oven. be changed to display either Fahrenheit or Celsius To set the clock wh
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting lock feature Setting the timer The oven control may be set to lock the oven door and most The built-in minute timer may be used as an extra reminder oven control keypad operations. in the kitchen that will beep when the set time has run out. To set the timer: To set the lock feature: Press and hold the keypad for 3 seconds. "Loc" will 1. Press keypad once (do not hold keypad down). appear in display, the "door locked" indicator light will flash 2. Press the keypad
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting bake Bake time A bake time setting may be added to most oven baking The oven may be set to bake at any temperature from features. Use the bake time setting to start the oven 170°F to 550°F (77°C to 287°C). The factory preset immediately and to turn off automatically after the set bake automatic bake temperature is 350°F (177°C). time runs out. To set bake: 1. Press keypad. "— — —" appears in the display. CAUTION 2. Within 5 seconds, press the or keypad. The Use cau
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Start time Use this keypad to add start time instructions to the bake When the set bake time runs out: time setting or with the self-clean feature. 1. "End" will appear in the display window and the oven will shut-off automatically. WARNING 2. The control will beep 3 times every 60 seconds as a reminder until is pressed. FOOD POISONING HAZARD. Do not let food sit for more than one hour before or after cooking. Doing so can result To change the oven temperature or bake tim
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Quick bake (some models) Benefits of the quick bake feature — Foods will cook faster, saving time and energy. — Multiple rack baking. — No special pans or bakeware needed. 7 6 How quick bake works 5 Quick bake uses a fan to circulate the oven's heat 4 uniformly and continuously around the oven. This improved 3 heat distribution allows for fast, even cooking and browning results. It also gives better baking results when using two 2 racks at the same time. some 1 models Heate
