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Use and Care Manual
®
Epicure Range
For Use With Models ER30D, ER30DSR, ER30D-C
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s
Important Safety Instructions ............................................. 1-4
Getting To Know Your Range ............................................ 4-6
Setting Up Your Range ..................................................... 7-9
Operating the Cooktop ................................................ 10-11
Operating the Oven .................................................... 12-21
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1 To Our Valued Customer: ® Congratulations on your purchase of the very latest in Dacor products! Our unique combination of features, style and ™ performance make us The Life of the Kitchen , and a great addition to your home. In order to familiarize yourself with the controls, functions, and full potential of your new Distinctive Appliance, we suggest that you thoroughly read this use and care manual, beginning with the Important Safety Instructions section. All Dacor appliances are designe
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Important Safety Instructions INSTALLER: LEAVE THIS GUIDE WITH THE APPLIANCE. CUSTOMER: READ THIS USE AND CARE MANUAL COMPLETELY BEFORE USING THIS APPLIANCE. SAVE IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT USE AND CARE INFORMATION. KEEP YOUR SALES RECEIPT OR CANCELED CHECK IN A SAFE PLACE. PROOF OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE IS REQUIRED FOR WARRANTY SERVICE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL: Dacor Customer Service Team 1-800-793-0093 (U.S.A. and Canada) Monday — Friday 6:00 a .m . to 5:00 p
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Important Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, serious injury or death when using your range, follow basic safety precautions, including the following: DANGER IMPORTANT: If you smell gas: • Do not use or light any appliance. • Do not touch any electrical switch or use any electrical devices including the telephone in your building. • From a neighbors phone, immediately call the gas supplier. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions. • If you cannot contact the gas supp
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Important Safety Instructions WARNING 19. Do not use water on grease fires. A violent steam explosion may result. Smother any flames with a lid, cookie sheet, or flat tray. Use baking soda or a foam extinguisher to extinguish flaming grease. Be careful to avoid getting burned. 20. Keep flammable items, such as paper, cardboard, plastic and cloth away from the burners and other hot surfaces. Do not place such items in the oven. Do not allow pot holders to touch hot surfaces or gas burners. 21
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Important Safety Instructions CAUTION 1. Do not allow acids (citrus juices, tomato sauces, etc.) to remain on the range’s surfaces. The porcelain finish may stain. 2. Never use the cooktop surface as a cutting board. 3. Do not try to remove heavy spills with a sharp object such as a knife or metal spatula. Sharp objects may scratch the range’s surfaces. 4. To prevent damage, remove the meat probe from the oven when it is not being used. 5. Do not line the oven with aluminum foil or other mater
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Getting to Know Your Range Control Panel Self-Clean Latch Broil Element Meat Probe Connector Oven Light Oven Light Convection Element, Rack Supports Fan, and Filter Rack Bake Element Door Gasket Cooking Mode Keypad Display Number Keypad Light Key Keys CLOCK: Use this key to set the clock. LIGHT: Located on the number keypad. If you need to turn the oven lights on or off, press the light key. TIMER: Use the TIMER 1 and TIMER 2 keys to time an event. The two timers operate sep
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Getting to Know Your Range About the Cooktop Burner Grate Spill Tray Backguard Trim Ring Burner Control Knob Model ER30D Model ER30DSR BACKGUARD: Some versions of the range come with a three (3) BURNERS: The size and location of each burner depends on inch backguard installed. It protects the wall from the effects of the range model. The range generates a spark to light the burner heat and splattering grease. An optional six (6) inch and a nine (9) when you turn the knob to “ON”. Gaskets a
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Setting Up Your Range Cooktop Assembly Crown Burner Assembly 1. Put the burner head in place as shown below. The locating tab WARNING on the burner head goes in the keyed hole as shown. To avoid the chance of fire, explosion or carbon monoxide 2. Put the burner ring on the burner head as shown below. Match poisoning, do not attempt to use your range without the burners the tabs on the bottom of the ring to the slots on the burner completely and properly assembled. The burner rings spread
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Setting Up Your Range Grates • When installing the knobs, align the “D-shaped” opening on the Gently set the grates on top of the spill tray. Put the legs of each back of the knob with the end of the valve shaft. Carefully push grate into the corresponding dimples. the knob on until it stops. • Put the remaining knobs on the left valve shafts. Installing the Burner Knobs There are two different types of knobs for the range. The knobs for the right burners have the words “MAX GRIDDLE” on th
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Setting Up Your Range CONTROL PANEL SETTINGS Setting the Time Setting the Temperature Scale IMPORTANT: The control panel allows you to select the temperature scale (Fahrenheit or Celsius) it uses to display the cooking temperature. • The clock cannot be set during delay timed cooking or if one or The oven is preset at the factory to Fahrenheit. both timers are in use. To change the temperature scale: • After a power failure, the time on the display may flash, indicating that the time may n
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Operating the Cooktop Lighting A Burner WARNING • Always check the position of the control knobs to make WARNING sure the cooktop is off when you are finished cooking. • In the interest of safety, always light the burner first before • Do not operate the cooktop without all the burner putting the cooking utensil on the grate. Turn the burner components in place. If the burner ring and cap are not knob to the off position before removing the utensil. properly seated, the burner may not ope
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Operating the Cooktop Cooktop Tips: • Dacor’s SimmerSear feature allows you precision control of the flame. The larger the burner size, the wider the range of control. See page 6 for the heat ranges of the different burners. • Food cooks just as quickly at a gentle boil as it does at a vigorous, rolling boil. Maintaining a higher boil than necessary wastes energy and cooks moisture, food flavor, and nutrients out of the food. • Use a low or medium flame when cooking with utensils that are
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Operating the Oven Before You Cook... To Remove the Standard Oven Racks: • When you use your oven to bake or roast, it preheats • If you want to remove an oven rack, grasp it with both hands automatically. The preheat cycle rapidly brings the oven and pull gently straight out toward you until it stops. chamber up to the proper cooking temperature. It takes several • To remove the rack completely, lift the front of the rack up about minutes to preheat the oven. Preheat time depends on the si
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Operating the Oven Starting Your Oven 1. Adjust the racks to the appropriate level. You can enter any temperature between 100°F and 555°F. The 2. Determine the best cooking mode for the type suggested broil temperature is 555°F. On model ER48D the same of food to be cooked. START key is used to start both ovens. If you are using one of the bake or roast modes, “PRE-” for Select from the following: preheating, along with the current oven temperature will appear • CONVECTION BAKE - A combinati
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Operating the Oven Preset (Jump-in) Temperature Settings 12 Hour Timer Feature Your oven has a preset “jump-in” temperature setting for each Your range is equipped with a feature that automatically turns of the cooking modes to reduce the need to always enter the the oven off after 12 hours of continuous use. The 12 hour timer temperature. See the table below. See “Starting Your Oven” on resets if you change the cooking temperature or cooking mode. page 13 for directions on how to cook at the
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Operating the Oven Understanding the Various Oven Modes The three basic styles of cooking in an oven are: BAKING - The gentle cooking of dry goods such as cookies, cakes, soufflés, etc. ROASTING - The cooking of meats or vegetables over a period of time. BROILING - Cooking with an intense heat for a short amount of time. BAKE Uses only a heat source from below the food. • Use the timers to determine baking time. This mode is the stand-by, non-convection mode. • Use the lowest rack positi
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Operating the Oven Understanding the Various Oven Modes (cont.) Your range offers three convection cooking CONVECTION BAKE modes: Use this mode for single rack baking. The • Pure Convection combination of the convection fan and bottom heat source is best for fruit crisps, custard pies, double-crusted • Convection Bake fruit pies, quiches, yeast breads in a loaf pan, and popovers. Also, • Convection Roast items baked in a deep ceramic dish or earthenware clay pots are best in this mode. Mos
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Operating the Oven Understanding the Various Oven Modes (cont.) Your range offers two broil modes: Broiling Tips • Broil • If the meat probe is plugged into the oven, disconnect and remove it before selecting one of the broil modes. The broil • Convection Broil modes do not function with the meat probe connected. Broiling is a quick and flavorful way to prepare many foods, • It is normal and necessary for some smoke to be present to including steaks, chicken, chops, hamburgers, and fish. gi
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Operating the Oven Delay Timed Cooking Features IMPORTANT: The time required to preheat the oven must be If you want to set the oven to automatically turn itself on or off at a included in the cook time. For cooking temperatures 350°F and later time, you can use the delay timed features. below, add 13 minutes to the cook time. Increase the cook time as Things to Know About Delay Timed Cooking: the temperature increases above 350°F. • The delay timed options work for all of the various cook
