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Use & Care
Viking Range Corporation
111 Front Street
Greenwood, Mississippi 38930 USA
(662) 455-1200
For product information, call 1-888-845-4641
or visit the Viking Web site at vikingrange.com
Freestanding 30”
Electric Self-Clean Range
F20941B EN (021513)
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Congratulations Table of Contents Getting Started Congratulations and welcome to the elite world of Viking Warnings and Important Safety Instructions _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __________4 ownership. We hope you will enjoy and appreciate the care Before Using Range _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13 and attention we have put into every detail of your new, state-of-the-art self-cleaning range. Product Controls Range Features _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Getting Started Warnings Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in this manual are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may WARNING occur. Common sense, caution, and care must be exercised when installing, maintaining, or operating this appliance. Tipping hazard. To reduce the risk of the appliance tipping, it must ALWAYS contact the manufacturer about problems or conditions you be secured by a properly installed anti-tip bracket(s). do not understand. T
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Getting Started Warnings To Prevent Fire or Smoke Damage Child Safety (cont.) • Be sure all packing materials are removed from the appliance before • Children must be taught that the appliance and utensils in it can be hot. operating it. Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of small children. Children • Keep area around appliance clear and free from combustible materials, should be taught that an appliance is not a toy. Children should not be gasoline, and other flammable vapors
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Getting Started Warnings Cooking Safety (cont.) Heating Elements and Glass Ceramic Cooking Surfaces • If you are “flaming” liquor or other spirits under an exhaust, TURN THE • Surface areas on or adjacent to the unit may be hot enough to cause burns. FAN OFF. The draft could cause the flames to spread out of control. • NEVER touch oven heating elements, areas near elements, or interior surfaces of oven. Utensil Safety • Heating elements may be hot even though they are dark in color. Areas near •
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Getting Started Warnings WARNING Important Safety Notice and Warning The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD 65) requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the To avoid risk of injury or death, DO NOT touch a hot oven State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and requires businesses light bulb with a damp cloth as the bulb could break. Should to warn customers of potential exposure
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Getting Started Before Using Range Warnings All products are wiped clean with solvents at the factory to remove any WARNING visible signs of dirt, oil, and grease which may have remained from the manufacturing process. Before starting to cook, clean the range This range features a self-cleaning cycle. During this cycle, the oven thoroughly with hot, soapy water. There may be some burn off and reaches elevated temperatures in order to burn off soil and deposits. odors on first use of the applia
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Product Controls Designer Range Features (RDSCE230-5B) Oven Functions and Settings BAKE (Two-Element Bake) 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Use this setting for baking, roasting, and casseroles. CONV BAKE (Convection Bake) Use this setting to bake and roast foods at the same time with minimal taste transfer. TRU CONV (TruConvec™) Use this bake setting for multi-rack baking of breads, cakes, and cookies. (up to six racks of cookies at once) 9 12 CONV ROAST (Convection Roast) 10 Use this setting for roasting whole
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Operation Surface Operation Surface Operation About the Cooktop Surface Elements Surface Cooking Tips Single radiant elements will have one round outline pattern shown on • The minimum pot or pan (vessel) diameter recommended is 6” the cooktop and should be used when cooking with smaller cooking (15 cm). Use of pots or pans as small as 4” (10 cm) is possible but vessels. Dual radiant elements allows the user to set the smaller inner not recommended. element alone or both the inner and outer ele
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Operation OVEN OVEN FUNCTION TEMPERATURE Oven Features Using the Oven Preheat TruConvec™ element Broil element (behind baffle) For best results, it is extremely important that you preheat your oven to the desired cooking temperature before placing food items in the oven to begin cooking. In many cooking Two TruGlide extension racks Oven light modes, partial power from the broiler is used to bring the oven to the preheat 6 5 temperature. Therefore, placing food items in the 4 oven during the preh
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Operation Using the Oven Conventional and Convection Cooking Conventional and Convection Cooking Tips (cont.) Because of variations in food density, surface texture and consistency, • Some recipes, especially those that are homemade, may require some foods may be prepared more successfully using the conventional adjustment and testing when converting from standard to bake setting. For this reason, conventional baking is recommended convection modes. If unsure how to convert a recipe, begin by wh
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Operation Baking BAKE (Two-Element Bake) TRU CONV (TruConvec™) Full power heat is radiated The rear element only operates from the bake element in the at full power. There is no direct bottom of the oven cavity and heat from the bottom or top supplemental heat is radiated elements. The motorized fan in from the broil element. This the rear of the oven circulates function is recommended for air in the oven cavity for even single rack baking. Many heating. Use this setting for cookbooks contain re
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Operation Baking Conventional Baking Chart Convection Baking Chart Single Rack Time Single Rack Time Food Pan Size Position Temp (min) Food Pan Size Position Temp (min) BREADS BREADS Biscuits Cookie sheet 3 or 4 400˚ F (204.4˚ C) 8 - 10 Biscuits Cookie sheet 2 & 4 375˚ F (190.6˚ C) 7 - 9 Yeast loaf Loaf pan 3 or 4 375˚ F (190.6˚ C) 30 - 35 Yeast loaf Loaf pan 2 & 4 350˚ F (176.7˚ C) 20 - 25 Yeast rolls Cookie sheet 3 or 4 400˚ F (204.4˚ C) 12 - 15 Yeast rolls Cookie sheet 2 & 4 375˚ F (190.6˚ C
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Operation Solving Baking Problems Roasting Baking problems can occur for many reasons. Check the chart below for CONV ROAST* the causes and remedies for the most common problems. It is important (Convection Roast) to remember that the temperature setting and cooking times you are The convection element runs in accustomed to using with your previous oven may vary slightly from conjuction with the inner and those required with this oven. If you find this to be true, it is necessary outer broil ele
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Operation Roasting Roasting Tips (cont.) Conventional Roasting Chart • When using a meat thermometer, insert the probe halfway into the (when using the Bake or Convection Bake setting) center of the thickest portion of the meat. (For poultry insert the Internal Time thermometer probe between the body and leg into the thickest part Food Weight Temp (min/lb) Temp of the inner thigh.) The tip of the probe should not touch bone, fat, BEEF or gristle to ensure an accurate reading. Check the meat Rib
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Operation Roasting Broiling Convection Roasting Chart CONV BROIL* (Convection Broil) Internal Time The top element operates at full Food Weight Temp (min/lb) Temp power. This function is exactly the BEEF same as regular broiling with the Rib roast additional benefit of air circulation Rare 4 - 6 lbs 325˚ F (162.8˚ C) 25 140˚ F (60.0˚ C) by the motorized fan in the rear of Medium 4 - 6 lbs 325˚ F (162.8˚ C) 24 155˚ F (68.3˚ C) the oven. Smoke is reduced since Well done 4 - 6 lbs 325˚ F (162.8˚ C
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Operation Broiling LOW BROIL Broiling Tips This mode uses only a fraction • ALWAYS use a broiler pan and grid for broiling. They are of the available power to the designed to provide drainage of excess liquid and fat away from inner broil element for delicate the cooking surface to help prevent splatter, smoke, and fire. top-browning. The inner broil • To keep meat from curling, slit fatty edge. element is on for only part of • Brush chicken and fish with butter several times as they broil to th
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Operation Broiling Convection Dehydrate/Defrost Broiling Chart Convection Dehydrate This oven is designed not only to cook, but also to dehydrate fruits Type and Time and vegetables. Cut of Meat Weight Setting Rack (min) 1. Prepare the food as recommended. BEEF Sirloin, 1" 2. Arrange the food on drying racks (not included with the oven; Rare 12 oz Conventional Broil 5 7 contact a local store handling speciality cooking utensils). Medium 12 oz Conventional Broil 5 9 Well done 12 oz Conventiona
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Product Care Cleaning and Maintenance Cleaning and Maintenance Any piece of equipment works better and lasts longer when Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top maintained properly and kept clean. Cooking equipment is no Problem Cause To Prevent To Remove exception. Your range must be kept clean and maintained properly. Brown Cleaning with Use cleaning cream Use a light Make sure all controls are in the “OFF” position. Disconnect power if streaks and sponge or cloth with clean damp application of
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Product Care Cleaning and Maintenance Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top (cont.) Control Panel DO NOT use any cleaners containing ammonia or abrasives. They could Problem Cause To Prevent To Remove remove the graphics from the control panel. Use hot, soapy water and a soft Metal Sliding or scraping DO NOT slide Remove metal clean cloth. markings metal utensils on metal objects marks before the silver/gray glasstop. across top. glasstop is used Oven Surfaces marks again. Apply Several differe
