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316901204 Rev A (Oct 2010)
All about the
Use & Care
of your Gas Range
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Important Safety Instructions ........................... 3-6 Setting Oven Controls ..................................13-22
Features at a Glance ......................................... 7 Setting Lower Oven .....................................23-24
Before Setting Oven Controls ........................... 8-9 Self-Cleaning ..............................................25-26
Before Setting Surface Controls ..
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PRODUCT RECORD AND REGISTRATION Thank you for choosing Frigidaire. Contents Product Registration ...................................................... 2 This Use & Care Guide is part of our commitment to customer Important Safety Instructions ............................ 3-6 satisfaction and product quality throughout the service life of Features at a Glance .............................................. 7 your new appliance.We view your purchase as the beginning Before Setting Oven Controls ..
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Do not attempt to install or operate your appliance until you WARNING have read the safety precautions in this manual. Safety items throughout this manual are labeled with a WARNING If the information in this manual is not followed 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 IMPORTANT WARNING For electric ignition models only: Do not attempt to NEVER use this appliance as a space heater to operate the range during a power failure. If the heat or warm the room. Doing so may result in power fails, always turn off the range. If the range is not carbon monoxide poisoning. turned off and the power resumes, the range will begin to operate again. Once the power resumes, reset the NEVER cover any slots, holes or passages in the clock and oven f
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING YOUR COOKTOP YOUR OVEN 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 or Use Proper Flame Size—Adjust flame size so it does steam escape before you remove or replace food in the not extend beyond the edge of the utensil. The use of oven. undersized utensils will expose a portion of the burner
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SELF-CLEANING OVENS Clean in the self-cleaning cycle only the parts listed in this Use & Care Manual. Before self-cleaning WARNING the oven, remove the broiler pan and any utensils or foods from the oven. Avoid fire hazard or electrical shock. Do not use an adapter plug, an extension cord, or remove grounding Do Not Use Oven Cleaners—No commercial oven prong from electrical power cord. Failure to follow this cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind s
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FEATURES AT A GLANCE 1 2 Your gas range features include: 1. Electronic oven control with kitchen timer. 2. Bake-n-Warm™ lower oven cooking control & indicator light. 3. Left front burner valve and control knob. 4. Left rear burner valve and control knob. 19 5. Center accent burner valve and control knob (some models). 8 9 8 6. Right front burner valve and control knob. 7. Right rear burner valve and control knob. 8. Burner grates (colors vary with model). 5 9. Center burner grate (some models).
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BEFORE SETTING OVEN CONTROLS flat handle Oven vent location Types of oven racks oven rack The oven vent is located below the control panel (See Fig. 1). When the oven is on, warm air passes through this vent. This venting is necessary for proper air circulation in the oven and good baking results. Do not block the oven vent. flat oven vent location oven rack half oven rack Fig. 1 offset oven rack Removing, replacing & arranging racks To remove - pull the rack forward until it stops. Lift up fro
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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 from the Only the Effortless™ Oven Rack system should be interior oven glides to assist in easier access to your food used in oven rack position 2. Placing ANY other rack items. This feature works whenever the oven door is in oven rack position 2 will prevent the oven door opened or closed. from fully closing and may damag
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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Using proper cookware Set proper burner flame size The color of the flame is the key to proper burner adjustment. For best cooking results, A good flame is clear, blue and hardly visible in a well-lighted cookware should have flat room. Each cone of flame should be steady and sharp. Adjust bottoms that rests level on the or clean burner if flame is yellow-orange. burner grate. Before using cookware, check for flatness by For most cooking; start on the highest sett
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS Setting surface controls CAUTION Your gas range may be equipped with many Do not place flammable items such as plastic salt and different sized surface pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on burners. The ability to heat the cooktop when it is in use. These items could melt or food quicker and in larger ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch volumes increases as the fire if placed too close to the range cooktop. burner size increases. It is
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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 pad functions of the oven as described below. quick bake — Use 0 thr 9 bake time — Use timer on / quick preheat broil — bake —Use to to set the quick number pads to enter the Use to set off — Use to — Use to enter the bake convection — Use to enter length of baking broil set or cancel quickly preheat normal Bake feature. temperature time needed.
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting the clock Setting 12 or 24 hour display modes When the range is first powered up, “12:00” will flash in the The clock display mode allows you to choose between 12 or display (See Fig. 1). 24 hr mode. The factory pre-set clock display mode is 12 hr. See the example below to change the default mode to To set the clock to 1:30: 24 hr display. Step Press To set 12 or 24 hour mode: Step Press 1. Press set clock. 1. Press and hold set clock 2. Enter 1:30. for
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting a silent control panel Silent mode allows the oven control to operate without sounds. The control may be programmed for silent operation and later returned to operating with all the Fig. 3 normal sounds. Setting the minute timer To set silent mode: The timer allows you to track your cooking times without Step Press interferring with the cooking process. The timer may be set 1. Press and hold from 1 minute up to 11 hours and 59 minutes. delay start for 6 seconds. To
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting quick preheat Setting bake time Use the quick preheat feature when using single rack Use the timed bake feature to automatically turn the oven off baking to quickly heat the oven to bake temperatures. Use after a desired length of time. this feature only for standard baking. A reminder tone will sound indicating when to place the food in the oven. WARNING When the oven is finished preheating quick preheat will FOOD POISONING HAZARD. Do not let food sit for more bec
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS To program oven for delay start time and to shut-off automatically The delay start feature allows you to set a start and end When the set bake time runs out: time to the cooking process. Prior to setting a delay start, be sure the time of day is set correctly. If the delay start 1. "END" will appear in the display window and the oven needs to be set more than 12 hours in advance (12-24 will shut-off automatically (See Fig. 2). hours), the control must first be programmed fo
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Quick Bake Benefits of the quick bake feature — Foods may cook up to 25 to 30% faster, saving time and 6 energy. 5 — Multiple rack baking. — No special pans or bakeware needed. 4 Quick bake uses a fan to circulate the oven's heat 3 uniformly and continuously around the oven. This improved 2 heat distribution allows for fast, even cooking and browning results. It also gives better baking results when using two 1 racks at the same time. Heated air flows around the food from a
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Broil Use the broil feature to cook meats that require direct Insert exposure to flame heat for optimum browning results. When broiling always remember to arrange the oven racks while oven is still cool. Position the oven rack as 6 suggested in the broil settings table (See Fig. 4). 5 4 To set broil: Step Press 1. Place the broiler insert on the Broil pan broil pan, then place meat on Fig. 2 the insert. Remember to follow all warnings and cautions. 2. Arrange the interior o
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Setting pizza feature Setting chicken nuggets feature (cont’d) For your convenience the pizza feature provides 2 different settings. You may use the pizza feature whether starting NOTES with fresh or frozen pizza. After 20 minutes of cook time the chicken nuggets To set the pizza feature: feature will automatically start the keep warm feature. Step Press If keep warm is not necessary, press cancel at any time to stop keep warm. 1. Press pizza once to cook frozen pizza (Fig.
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SETTING OVEN CONTROLS Adjusting the oven temperature Operating the oven light Your appliance has been factory calibrated and tested to ensure an accurate baking temperature. For the first few The interior oven light will automatically turn ON when the uses, follow your recipe times and temperature oven door is opened. recommendations carefully. If you think the oven is cooking too hot or too cool for your recipe times, you can adjust the Press to turn the interior oven light ON and OFF control
