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Self-Cleaning
Gas Ranges
A Note to You.............2
Range Safety ......... 3-5
Parts and Features ....6
Using Your Range ......7
Using the Self-
Cleaning Cycle......... 23
Caring for Your
Range ...................... 26
Troubleshooting ....... 32
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ..................... 34
Index ........................ 35
Warranty .................. 36
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL appliance. Because your life is getting busier and more compli- cated, WHIRLPOOL appliances are easy to use, save time, and help you manage your home better. To Look for these tips! ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of Look for these Time Smart Tips located valuable information about how to operate and throughout your Use and Care Guide. They maintain your appliance properly and
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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 Storage in or on the Range – Flammable • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using materials should not be stored in an oven or the range, follow basic precautions, including the near surface units. following: Do Not Use Water on Grease Fires – Smother • WARNING – TO REDUCE THE RISK OF fire or flame or use dry chemical or foam-type • TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST extinguisher. BE SECURED BY PRO
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Utensil Handles Should Be Turned Inward and For self-cleaning ranges – • Not Extend Over Adjacent Surface Units – To Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable essential for a good seal. Care should be taken materials, and spillage due to unintentional not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. contact with the utensil, the handle of a utensil Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial • should be position
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PARTS AND FEATURES This section contains captioned pictures of your range. Use them to learn where all parts and features are and what they look like. Use the page references to help you quickly find out more about the part or feature you are interested in. Manual oven light switch (p. 31) Oven vent (p. 21) Oven control (pp. 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 24) Surface burners and grates (pp. 7, 26-29) Control panel (pp. 7, 26) Automatic oven light switch (p. 31) Anti-tip bracket (p. 21) Model and serial num
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USING YOUR RANGE To get the best cooking results, you should use your range the correct way. This section tells you what you need to know to use your range safely and efficiently. USING THE SURFACE BURNERS wWARNING Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard Easy ways to save energy Do not operate with a yellow flame. To help shorten your cooking time, use the • Doing so can result in death, heart attack, least amount of liquid possible. or convulsions. Preheat your pans only when recom- • mended and for t
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.) In case of a prolonged power failure You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn the control knob to Using the right cookware the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the makes a big difference control knob to the setting you want. The pan should have a flat bottom, • straight sides, and a well-fitting lid. Home canning information Choose medium to heavy gauge (thick- • The large diameter of most wate
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USING YOUR RANGE POSITIONING RACKS AND PANS Rack placement for specific foods: General guidelines Follow this section carefully to get the best FOOD RACK POSITION cooking results. Frozen pies, large 1st or 2nd rack Before turning on the oven, place oven racks • roasts, turkeys, angel guide from bottom where you need them. food cakes To move a rack, pull it out to the stop, raise the • Bundt cakes, most 2nd rack guide front edge, and lift it out. quick breads, yeast from bottom Be sure the rack(s
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USING YOUR RANGE FOR BEST AIR CIRCULATION Hot air must circulate around the pans in the oven Where to place pans: for even heat to reach WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE all parts of the oven. This results in better 1 pan In center of the oven rack. baking. 2 pans Side by side or slightly Place the pans so • staggered. that one is not directly 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on over the other. each oven rack. Stagger For best results, • 1 pans so no pan is directly allow 1 ⁄2-2 inches of over another. space
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic display TIMER ON Indicator BAKE BROIL START ? lights HEAT CLEAN (see below) DOOR LOCKED SELF CLEANING OVEN Start/enter pad (p. 13) CLOCK START OFF CUSTOM AUTO BAKE Bake pad BROIL CLEAN TIME ENTER CANCEL Off/cancel pad TIMER • • CANCEL 5 SEC (p. 14) (p. 13) Custom broil Auto clean Temperature/ Clock/timer pads pad pad time pads (pp. 12 and 13) (p. 18) (p. 24) (pp. 12, 14, 17, 19, 24) Display Using the control lock The control lock lets you d
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press the clock pad. CLOCK 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. (example for 5:30) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the clock. NOTES: OR CLOCK START To see the time of day when the clock time • ENTER is not on the display, press the clock pad. 5 SEC You must reset the clock if the power goes • off for more than 1 second. USING THE MINUTE TIMER The minute timer does not start o
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) 3. Start the countdown. PRESS YOU SEE TIMER OR START • • CANCEL ENTER 5 SEC (display counts down) When the time is up: YOU SEE You will hear four 1-second tones. NOTE: To see the countdown time when the minute timer is not on the display, press the minute timer pad. 4. Turn off the minute timer. PRESS YOU SEE (previous display) TIMER • • CANCEL twice To cancel the minute timer during PRESS YOU SEE (previous display) the countdown TIMER • • CANCEL t
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner during a power failure. 1. Place the racks where you need them in the oven. For more information, see “Positioning racks and pans” earlier in this Front section. Rear ON 2. Choose the bake setting. PRESS YOU SEE The bake indicator light will light up. BAKE ON 3. Set the temperature (optional). PRESS YOU SEE Do this step if you want to set a temperature other than 350°F. Press s to raise the temper- TEMP ature or t to
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) ON 5. Press the start/enter pad. PRESS YOU SEE A preheating time will count down on the display. The heat, bake, and on indicator lights will light START up. The oven control automatically sets preheat- ENTER ing times based on the oven temperature you 5 SEC select: (example for set For 245°F and less, the preheating time is • temperature of 350°F) 4 minutes. For 250°F-445°F, the preheating time is • 10 minutes. For 450°F and above, the preheating time is
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 6. When baking, put your food in the oven after the preheat countdown time ends. During baking/ Save energy and save money roasting, the oven burner will turn on and “Oven peeking” can make cooking • off to keep the oven times longer and affect food quality. temperature at the setting. Rely on a timer to keep track of cooking • time. Plan your meals for the most efficient • use of the oven by cooking more than one food at a time or baking while the oven i
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USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL Although your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or slower than your old oven. If you are not satisfied with the baking/roasting results, you can change the offset temperature by following the steps below. NOTE: DO NOT measure oven temperature with a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the oven temperature and give you an incorrect reading. Also, the thermometer temperature reading w
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING NOTES: 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the pan in the center of Do not preheat when broiling, unless your recipe • the oven rack. recommends it. See “Broiling tips” later in this section. • 1. Place the rack where you need it in the oven. See “Broiling guide” later in this section. Front 3. Close the door. Rear ON 4. Press the custom broil pad. PRESS YOU SEE The broil indicator light will light up. CUSTOM BROIL ON PRESS YOU SEE 5. Start the oven. The on an
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) ON PRESS YOU SEE To custom broil at a lower temperature: If food is cooking too fast, press the custom • broil pad and press the t temp pad until “325°F” CUSTOM BROIL shows on the display. (example shows broil at 325°F) TEMP TIME ON PRESS YOU SEE If you want food to broil slower from the start, • press the custom broil pad and press the t temp pad so a temperature between 300°F and 525°F CUSTOM shows on the display. Press the start/enter pad. BROIL Lower tempera
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING TIPS (CONT.) Broiling guide Recommended rack positions are numbered from the bottom (1) to the top (5). For best results, turn meat after approximately 2 ⁄3 of the broiling time. Turn chicken pieces after approximately half of the broiling time. Very thin cuts, such as fish fillets, may not need to be turned at all. Lobster tails are not turned. APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) RACK POSITION MEAT SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1" thick 4 medium rare 14-15 7-8 medium 15-16 8-9 well done
