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316901219 Rev B (Oct 2012)
All about the
Use & Care
of your Gas Range
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Important Safety Instructions ......................... 3-6
Setting Oven Controls................................. 14-28
Before Setting Oven Controls .......................... 7-9 Self-Cleaning ............................................. 29-31
Before Setting Surface Controls ................... 10-11 Care & Cleaning ......................................... 32-35
Setting Surface Controls ..................
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PRODUCT RECORD AND REGISTRATION Contents Product Registration ..................................................... 2 Thank you for choosing Frigidaire. Important Safety Instructions ........................... 3-6 This Use & Care Guide is part of our commitment to Before Setting Oven Controls ..............................7-9 customer satisfaction and product quality throughout the Oven racks ............................................................ 7-8 service life of your new appliance.We
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Do not attempt to install or operate your appliance until WARNING you have read the safety precautions in this manual. Safety items throughout this manual are labeled with a If the information in this manual is not followed WARNING or CAUTION statement based on the risk type. exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death. Definitions This is the safety alert symbol.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING CAUTION Stepping, leaning or sitting on the door or Wear proper apparel—loose-fitting or drawers of a range can result in serious injuries hanging garments should never be worn while and also cause damage to the appliance. DO using the appliance. Do not let clothing or other NOT allow children to climb or play around the range. flammable materials contact hot surfaces. The weight of a child on an open oven door may Do not use water or flour on greas
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING YOUR OVEN YOUR COOKTOP Use care when opening oven door , warmer drawer or lower oven door—Stand to the side of the WARNING range when opening the door of a hot oven. Let hot air Use Proper Flame Size—Adjust flame size so it does or steam escape before you remove or replace food in not extend beyond the edge of the utensil. The use of the oven. undersized utensils will expose a portion of the burner
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SELF-CLEANING OVENS Grounding Instructions WARNING WARNING Do not touch the oven during the self-clean cycle. Avoid fire hazard or electrical shock. Do not use an adapter plug, an extension cord, or Keep children away from oven during self-clean cycle. remove grounding prong from electrical power Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns. cord. Failure to follow this warning can cause serious injury, fire or death. Clean in the self-cleaning
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BEFORE SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Oven vent location Oven rack stop The oven vent is located below the control panel (Fig. 1). Most flat and offset oven racks slide on rack guides When the oven is heating, warm air passes through this provided along the oven cavity sides. For better access to vent. This venting is necessary for proper air circulation in food items in the oven, slowly pull the oven rack straight the oven which helps to provide good baking results. Do out to the oven rack stop position
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BEFORE SETTING OVEN CONTROLS flat Types of oven racks oven Your range may be equipped with one or more of the rack following oven rack types listed below: The flat oven rack may be used for most cooking needs and may be placed in all rack positions. The flat handle oven rack (some models) may be used for most cooking needs and may be placed in all* rack positions. Similar to the flat rack but comes with a handle. The offset oven rack (some models) provides additional stepdown positions from the
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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 Only the Effortless™ Oven Rack system should from the interior oven glides to assist in easier access to be used in oven rack position 2. Placing ANY other your food items. This feature works whenever the oven rack in oven rack position 2 will prevent the oven door is opened or closed. door from fully closing and may da
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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Cookware material types Set proper burner flame size The most popular materials available are: The color of the flame is the key to proper burner adjustment. A good flame is clear, blue and hardly visible in a well-lighted Aluminum - Excellent heat conductor. Some types of room. Each cone of flame should be steady and sharp. Adjust food will cause it to darken (Anodized aluminum cookware or clean burner if flame is yellow-orange. resists staining & pitting). Coppe
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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Check for proper burner cap placement Using the griddle (for models equipped with a griddle only) Visually check for proper burner cap placement before operating any of the surface burners (See Fig.1). Before first use: Wash griddle in hot soapy water. WARNING Rinse and dry completely. To prevent flare-ups and avoid creation of harmful Using the griddle: by-products, do not use the cooktop without all burner Remove the center burner grate (some models) and cap
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Setting surface controls The ability to heat food quicker and in larger volumes increases as the burner size increases. Your gas appliance may be equipped with many different sized surface burners. It is important to select cookware that is suitable for the amount and type of food being prepared. Select a burner and flame size appropriate for the cookware size. The standard size burner or burners may be used for most surface cooking needs. Use the smaller simmer burner (
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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 keypad— bake keypad— feature or function keypads to set oven press to momentarily use to enter the length press to set the temperature, bake time, start time, clean time display inter
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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 The built-in minute timer may be used as an extra reminder most 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" 1. Press keypad once (do not hold keypad down). will appear in display, the "door locked" indicator light will 2. Press the keypad to inc
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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 automatic bake temperature is 350°F (177°C). bake 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 To change the oven temperature or bake time after can
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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 3 improved heat distribution allows for fast, even cooking and browning results. It also gives better baking results 2 when using two racks at the same time. some 1 models Heate
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS handle Easy probe For the best results when cooking many foods such as roasts, hams NOTES or poultry, use the easy probe Do not remove the probe from receptacle or food until feature. This feature also works the desired internal temperature is reached. If the well with foods such as meat loaf probe probe is removed from the receptacle the probe and casseroles. cable feature will automatically cancel but the oven will The easy probe will provide you remain ON. If the probe
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Easy probe (cont’d) To set easy probe: probe probe receptacle connector handle 1. Prepare food and properly insert the probe sensor into the middle portion of the food (See Figs. 2 & 3). The probe should be inserted into the food before starting the cooking process and while the oven is still cool. 2. Place the prepared food on desired oven rack position and slide rack completely inside the oven. 3. Insert the probe connector completely into the probe receptacle (Fig. 1) l
