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Standard-Cleaning
Gas Range
A Note to You ............2
Range Safety .............3
Parts and Features....5
Using Your Range......6
Caring for Your
Range.......................20
Troubleshooting.......26
Requesting
Assistance or
Service .....................28
Index ........................31
Warranty...................32
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL appliance. The Whirlpool Brand is committed to designing quality products that consistently perform for you to make your life easier. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your applianc
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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 • Disconnect the electrical supply before servicing shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the the appliance. range, follow basic precautions, including the • Never Use the Range for Warming or Heating following: the Room. •WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF • Injuries may result from the misuse of appliance TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST doors or drawers such as stepping, leaning, or BE SECURE
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PARTS AND FEATURES Oven vent Electronic (p. 18) oven control (p. 10-18) Surface burners and grates (pp.6-7, 19, 21-22) Control panel (pp. 5, 19) Automatic oven light switch (p. 25) Anti-tip bracket (p. 3) Door stop clip (pp. 22-24) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of broiler door) Broiler door (p. 16) Surface burner marker CONTROL PANEL (shows which burner you are setting) Left rear Left front Right front Right rear control knob control knob control knob control knob
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE BURNERS Burner heat settings wWARNING Use the following chart as a guide. SETTING RECOMMENDED USE LIGHT To light the burner. • POWER™Burner To provide highest heat • (left front burner) setting. Fire Hazard To start food cooking. HIGH • Do not let the burner flame extend beyond To bring liquid to a boil. • the edge of the pan. To hold a boil. Mid-range • Turn off all controls when not cooking. (between HIGH To fry chicken or pancakes. • Failure to follow th
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.) Refer to your canner manual for specific • In case of a prolonged power failure instructions. You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn the control knob to For up-to-date information on canning, contact the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the your local U.S. Government Agricultural control knob to the setting you want. Department Extension Office or companies who manufacture home canning pr
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE OVEN Positioning racks and pans Place the oven racks where you need them before Where to place pans: turning on the oven. WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, • 1 pan In center of the oven rack. raise the front edge and lift it out. Be sure the rack(s) is level. 2 pans Side by side or slightly • staggered. Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect your hands • if rack(s) must be moved while the oven is hot. 3 or 4 pans In opposite corne
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USING YOUR RANGE USING ALUMINUM FOIL • Do not line the oven bottom with any type of • Place tent-shaped foil loosely over meat or foil, liners, or cookware. Permanent damage poultry to slow down surface browning for long will occur to the oven bottom finish. term roasting. Remove foil for the last 30 minutes. • Do not block the oven bottom vents. • Use narrow strips of foil to shield piecrust edges if browning too quickly. • Do not cover the entire rack with aluminum foil. Doing so will reduc
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic ON display HEAT BAKE BROIL LOCK'D TIMER TIMER Oven selector SET START OFF CUSTOM AUTO BAKE BAKE CLOCK LIGHT LIGHT TEMP HR MIN Off/cancel BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL TIMER pads OFF 5 SEC pad (pp. 13, 15, 17) (pp. 12, 14, 17) Temperature Clock Minute Oven Hour Minute Start/enter pad pad timer set light pads pads pad (pp. 13, 15, 17) (p. 11) and off pad (p. 11) (p. 11) (pp. 10, 11, pads (p. 25) 12, 14, 15, 17) (pp. 11, 12) Display/clock Using
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press CLOCK. CLOCK TIME 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. HR MIN TIME (example for 5:30) 3. Start the clock. PRESS YOU SEE START OR CLOCK ENTER 5 SEC USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER The minute timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours and minutes up to 12 hours, 59 minutes. The minute timer will display minut
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the minute timer. The minute timer will begin counting down immediately after the timer is started. START ENTER TIMER 5 SEC (display counts down) When the time is up: YOU SEE You will hear four 1-second tones, then four 1-second reminder tones every minute until you press TIMER OFF. TIMER NOTE: To display the time of day while the minute timer is counting down, press CLOCK. 4. Turn off the minute timer. PRESS YOU
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING ® Your oven is designed with the ACCUBAKE IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner temperature management system to constantly during a power failure. Never place food or monitor oven temperature. The burner element will cookware directly on the oven door or the oven cycle, as needed, to maintain the desired bottom. temperature. This feature is automatically activated when the oven is in operation. 1. Place the racks where you need them in the oven. Fo
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 5. Press START/ENTER. A preheat conditioning time counts down START ON the approximate preheat time after the oven ENTER temperature has been set and START has been HEAT BAKE 5 SEC pressed. The oven control automatically sets (example for set temperature preheating times based on the oven of 350°F) temperature you select: For 245°F and less, the preheating time is • 4 minutes. For 250°F-445°F, the preheating time is • 10 minutes. For ab
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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 the oven temperature with a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the oven temperature and give you an incorrect reading. Also, the thermometer temperature rea
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING 3. Before the broiler is turned on, place your food Broiler pan and grid on the broiler pan. Then The broiler is located below the oven door. The place the pan on the broiler pan and grid roll out for easy access. Always broiler bottom (Ledge 0) broil with the broiler and oven doors closed. or one of the two ledges Position 2 and roll the broiler pan NOTES: Position 1 and grid into the broiler. Do not step on or apply weight to the broiler door • Position 0 when it
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) 5. Press CUSTOM BROIL. PRESS YOU SEE CUSTOM BROIL BROIL 6. Start oven. PRESS YOU SEE You can change the temperature setting any time after pressing START/ENTER. To change START ON ENTER the setting, see “To custom broil at a lower HEAT BROIL temperature” below. After changing the setting, 5 SEC you do not have to press START/ENTER again. 7. After broiling, turn off the oven. PRESS YOU SEE OFF CANCEL (time of day) PRESS YOU SEE To custom broil at a lower tempera
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) Broiling guidelines Recommended pan positions are numbered from bottom (0) to top (2) (see “Broiler pan and grid” earlier in this section.) You should rotate the broiler pan back to the front at the same time you turn the foods. APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) PAN MEAT POSITION SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1" thick 1 medium-rare 10-12 5-6 medium 12-14 6-7 well-done 16-17 8-9 3 Ground Meat Patties, ⁄4" thick, well-done 1 11-13 6-7 Pork Chops, 1" thick 0 19-21 9-10 1 Ham Slic
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near this appliance. Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire. CLEANING CHART Before cleaning, always make sure all controls are off and the range is cool. Refer to instructions on all cleaning products before using them to clean your range. PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Control Knobs Soap and water • DO NOT use steel wool or • Dishwasher abrasive cleaners. • • Pull knobs stra
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE CLEANING CHART (CONT.) PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Surface burners See the “Sealed surface burner” • section in the “Caring for your range” section. Oven door glass Soap and water • Wash, rinse and dry with soft • Non-abrasive plastic scrubbing pad cloth. • Spray glass cleaner • Wipe with paper towel. • Oven cavity Food spills containing Soap and water When oven cools, wash, rinse • • • sugar and/or milk and dry with soft cloth. Wipe with c
