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Standard-
Cleaning Electric
Range
A Note to You............2
Range Safety ............3
Parts and Features ..6
Using Your Range ....7
Caring for Your
Range......................22
Troubleshooting......28
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ....................30
Index ......................31
Warranty..................32
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4.65 Cubic Foot Oven
MODEL RF325PXG
8053395A
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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 and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your applianc
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RANGE 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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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using NEAR UNITS – Surface units may be hot even the range, follow basic precautions, including the though they are dark in color. Areas near surface following: units may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF • or other flammable materials contact s
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do Not Cook on Broken Cooktop – If cooktop For self-cleaning ranges – • should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a essential for a good seal. Care should be taken risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified techni- not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. cian immediately. Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial oven • Clean Cooktop With Caution – If a wet
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PARTS AND FEATURES Electronic Oven vent oven control (p. 20) (pp. 12-20) Control panel Plug-in coil element (pp. 6, 22) with one-piece reflector bowl (pp. 8, 22-25) Automatic oven light switch (p. 27) Broil element Anti-tip bracket (not shown) (p. 3) (p. 18) Door Stop Clip Bake element (pp. 26, 27) (pp. 15, 16) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of storage drawer) Removable storage drawer (p. 21) CONTROL PANEL ACCUSIMMER™ Surface heating feature indicator ® indicator
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE COIL ELEMENTS Using the control knobs wWARNING Push in the control knobs before turning them to a setting. You can set them anywhere be- tween HI and OFF. NOTE: The ACCUSIMMER™ control knob does not Fire Hazard have to be pushed in Turn off all controls when done cooking. before turning. Failure to do so can result in death or fire. Coil element area heat settings Using the ACCUSIMMER feature ACCUSIMMER is an adjustable setting for the left Use the following chart
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE COIL ELEMENTS (CONT.) Home canning information To protect your range: Use flat-bottomed canners on all types of Alternate use of the coil elements between • • cooktops, especially batches or prepare small batches at a time. ceramic glass. Canners Start with hot water, cover with a lid, and bring • with rippled or ridged to a boil; then reduce heat to maintain a boil or bottoms do not allow required pressure levels in a pressure canner. 1" 1" good contact with the On co
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE COIL ELEMENTS (CONT.) Cookware tips Select a pan that is about the same size as the Use flat bottom cookware for best heat • • surface cooking area. Cookware should not ex- conduction from the surface cooking area to the tend more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) outside the area. cookware. Determine flatness with the ruler test. Place the edge of a ruler across the bottom of the For best results and greater energy • cookware. Hold it up to the light. No light should be efficien
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE OVEN Positioning racks and pans Where to place pans: Place the oven racks where you need them before WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE turning on the oven. 1 pan In center of the oven rack. To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, • raise the front edge and lift it out. 2 pans Side by side or slightly staggered. Be sure the rack(s) is level. • 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect your hands • each oven rack. Stagger if rack(s) must be
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKEWARE CHOICES Baking performance is affected by the type of bakeware used. Use the bakeware size recommended in the recipe. BAKEWARE TYPE BEST USED FOR GUIDELINES Light colored aluminum • Use temperature and time recommended • Light golden crusts • Even browning in recipe. Dark aluminum and other • Brown, crisp crusts • May reduce baking temperature 25°F. bakeware with dark, dull, • Use suggested baking time. and/or non-stick finish • Use temperature and time recommended
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic ON display HEAT BAKE BROIL LOCK'D TIMER TIMER SET START OFF CUSTOM AUTO Oven selector BAKE BAKE CLOCK LIGHT LIGHT TEMP HR MIN Off/cancel BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL TIMER pads OFF 5 SEC pad (pp. 15, 16, 18) (p. 14) Temperature Clock Minute timer Oven Hour Minute Start/enter pad pad set and off light pad pad pad (pp. 15, 17, 19) (p. 13) pad pad (p. 13) (p. 13) (p. 14) (pp. 13, 14) (p. 27) Using the control lock Display/clock When you first
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK 1. Press CLOCK. PRESS YOU SEE CLOCK TIME 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. HR MIN TIME (example for 5:30) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the clock. START OR CLOCK ENTER 5 SEC USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER The minute timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours and minutes up to 12 hours, 59 minutes. The minute timer will display minut
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the minute timer. The minute timer will begin counting down START immediately after the timer is started. ENTER TIMER 5 SEC (display counts down) When the time is up: YOU SEE You will hear four 1-second tones, then four 1-second reminder tones every minute until you press TIMER OFF. TIMER NOTE: To display the time of day while the minute timer is counting down, press CLOCK. 4. Turn off the minute timer. PRESS YOU
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 2. Choose the bake setting. BAKE BAKE PRESS YOU SEE 3. Set the temperature (optional). Do this step if you want to set a temperature other than 350°F. Press s to raise the TEMP temperature or t to lower the temperature in BAKE 5°F amounts. Use these pads until the desired temperature shows on the small display. (example for bake at 375°F) 4. When roasting, put your food in the oven. You do not have to preheat the oven when roasting, unle
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 6. When baking, put your food in the oven after the preheat conditioning time ends. During baking/roasting, the elements will turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting. NOTE: The top element helps heat during baking/roasting, but does not turn red. PRESS YOU SEE 7. After cooking, turn off the oven. OFF Saving energy CANCEL To avoid loss of heat, open the oven door as little • as possible. Use a timer to keep track of cooking time. (
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USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 2. Set the new offset temperature. Press s to raise the temperature or t to lower the temperature in 10°F amounts. You can set TEMP the temperature change to as low as -30°F or as high as +30°F. A minus (-) sign will appear before the number when decreasing the temperature (example when making oven setting. The minus sign shows the oven will be 10°F cooler) cooler by the displayed amount. There is no sign in front of
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the pan in the center of the oven rack. 3. Close the door to the broil stop position. The broil stop position lets the door stay open by itself about 5 inches. PRESS YOU SEE 4. Press CUSTOM BROIL. CUSTOM BROIL BROIL 5. Start oven. PRESS YOU SEE You can change the temperature setting any time after pressing START/ENTER. To change START ON ENTER the setting, see “To custom broil at a lower HEAT BROIL 5 SEC temperatu
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) To custom broil at a lower temperature: PRESS YOU SEE If food is cooking too fast, press the t temp pad • until “325°F” shows on the small display. ON TEMP HEAT BROIL (example shows broil at 325°F) If you want food to broil slower from the start, • PRESS YOU SEE press CUSTOM BROIL and press the t temp pad so a temperature between 300°F and 500°F shows ON CUSTOM on the small display. Then press START/ENTER. BROIL BROIL Lower temperature settings let the broil
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) Broiling guidelines (cont.) APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) RACK MEAT POSITION SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1" thick 4 medium rare 14-15 7-8 8-9 medium 15-16 well done 18-19 9-10 3 1 7-8 Ground Meat Patties, ⁄4" thick, ⁄4 lb well done 4 13-14 Pork Chops, 1" thick 4 20-22 10-11 1 4-5 Ham Slice, ⁄2" thick, precooked 4 8-10 Frankfurters 4 5-7 3-4 8-9 Lamb Chops, 1" thick 4 14-17 Chicken 17-20 bone-in pieces 3 17-20 boneless breasts 4 11-16 11-16 Fish 4 1 1 fillets ⁄4- ⁄2" thic
