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Self-Cleaning
And
Standard-Cleaning
Electric Ranges
A Note to You............ 2
Range Safety ............ 3
Parts and Features ... 6
Using Your
Range ....................... 9
Using the Self-
Cleaning Cycle........ 27
Caring for Your
Range ..................... 30
Troubleshooting ...... 36
Requesting
Assistance or
Service .................... 38
Index ....................... 39
Warranty ................. 40
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a ROPER appliance. Your ROPER range gives you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price. 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 appliance. The card helps us notify you about
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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 DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using NEAR UNITS – Surface units may be hot even the range, follow basic precautions, including the though they are dark in color. Areas near surface following: units may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing WARNING – TO REDUCE THE RISK OF • or other flammable materials contact su
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do Not Cook on Broken Cook-Top – If cook-top For self-cleaning ranges – • should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • may penetrate the broken cook-top and create a essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified techni- to rub, damage, or move the gasket. cian immediately. Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial oven • Clean Cook-Top With Caution – If a
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0 5 4 0 0 5 N A E L C L I O R O O O O B L L L L F F F F F F F F F F PARTS AND FEATURES (Model FES330G shown) Oven vent (p. 24) Control panel (pp. 6, 29) Electronic clock/timer Plug-in coil element (pp. 13, 14, 15) with one-piece reflector bowl Door switch (pp. 9, 10, 29, 31, 32) Gasket (p. 30) Anti-tip bracket Broil element (p. 24) (not shown) (p. 19) Door stop clip (pp. 33, 34) Bake element (p. 16) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of storage drawer) Removable storage drawer (p. 2
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0 0 3 5 3 0 5 0 3 0 I 4 H 0 0 4 0 5 L I 4 0 I H 5 L O 4 I 0 O R 0 0 R 5 B 0 B 5 L I L O O O O O I O O O O O R L L L L L L L L B R B F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F PARTS AND FEATURES (Model FEP330G shown) Oven vent Control panel (p. 24) (pp. 7, 29) Electronic Plug-in coil element clock/timer with one-piece (pp. 13, 14, 15) reflector bowl (pp. 9, 10, 29, 31, 32) Gasket (p. 30) Anti-tip bracket Broil element (p. 24) (not shown) (p. 21) Door stop clip (pp. 33, 34) Bake element (p. 17) Model and seria
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0 0 3 5 3 0 5 0 3 0 I 4 H 0 0 4 0 5 L I 4 0 I H 5 L O 4 I 0 O R 0 0 R 5 B 0 B 5 L I L O O O O O I O O O O O R L L L L L L L L B R B F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F PARTS AND FEATURES (Models FEP310G and FEP320G shown) Oven vent (p. 24) Control panel Plug-in coil element (pp. 8, 29) with one-piece reflector bowl (pp. 9, 10, 29, 31, 32) Gasket (p. 30) Anti-tip bracket Broil element (p. 24) (not shown) (p. 21) Door stop clip (pp. 33, 34) Bake element (p. 17) Model and serial number plate (behind left
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE COIL ELEMENTS Using the control knobs wWARNING Push in the control knobs before turning them to a setting. You can set them anywhere between HI and OFF. Fire Hazard Turn off all controls when done cooking. Failure to do so can result in death or fire. Coil element heat settings Use the following chart as a guide. SETTING RECOMMENDED USE HI To start food cooking. • To bring liquid to a boil. • 6-8 To hold a boil. • To quickly brown or sear food. • To maintain a slow boi
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE COIL ELEMENTS (CONT.) Home canning information To protect your range: Alternate use of the coil elements between Use flat-bottomed canners on all types of • • batches or prepare small batches at a time. cooktops. Canners with rippled or ridged Start with hot water, cover with a lid, and bring • bottoms do not allow to a boil; then reduce heat to maintain a boil or good contact with the required pressure levels in a pressure canner. 1" 1" surface. On coil element model
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USING YOUR RANGE CHARACTERISTICS OF COOKWARE MATERIALS The pan material affects how fast heat transfers from the coil element through the pan material and how evenly heat spreads over the pan bottom. Choose pans that provide the best cooking results. Aluminum • Heats quickly and evenly. • Use for all types of cooking. • Medium or heavy thickness is best for most cooking. • Used as a core or base in cookware to provide even heating. • Heats slowly and evenly. Cast iron • Good for browning and f
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE OVEN Positioning racks and pans Where to place pans: Place the oven racks where you need them before WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE turning on the oven. 1 pan In center of the oven rack. To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, raise • 2 pans Side by side or slightly the front edge and lift it out. staggered. Be sure the rack(s) is level. • 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect your hands • each oven rack. Stagger if rack(s) must be
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USING YOUR RANGE USING ALUMINUM FOIL Do not line the oven bottom with foil or other liners. • Use aluminum foil to catch spillovers from pies or • It could affect the oven surface as well as the quality casseroles by placing of your baking. foil on the oven rack below. Foil should be Place tent-shaped foil loosely over meat or poultry • turned up at edges and to slow down surface browning for long term be at least 1 inch larger roasting. Remove foil for the last 30 minutes. than dish. Use narrow
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USING YOUR RANGE 33 33 SETTING THE CLOCK (MODELS FEP OG AND FES OG) PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press CLOCK. The colon flashes during clock programming. 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s ) or “down” (t ) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. NOTE: Press a pad briefly to change time by a small amount. Press and hold a pad to change time by 10 minute increments. PRESS YOU SEE 3. Press CLOCK again to start the clock. The colon stops flashing when the clock is active. 33 33 USING T
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F F O M R A W 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 USING YOUR RANGE 33 33 USING THE ELECTRONIC TIMER (MODELS FEP OG AND FES OG) (CONT.) 3. When there is 1 minute of time remaining, you YOU SEE will hear one tone (Model FEP330G). The display will then begin counting down in seconds. (display counts in seconds) When the timer countdown reaches zero, the YOU SEE display will show “End” and you will hear four 1-second tones. To cancel the timer: Press TIMER twice while in the timer mode. PRESS YOU SEE (time of day)
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0 5 4 0 0 5 N A E L C L I O R B F USING YOUR RANGE 33 BAKING/ROASTING (MODEL FES OG) (CONT.) 3. Put your food in the oven. During baking/roasting, the elements will turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting. NOTE: The top element helps heat during bak- ing/roasting, but does not turn red. 4. After baking/roasting, push and turn the oven PUSH AND TURN YOU SEE control knob to OFF. OVEN ON and HEATING lights go out. Saving energy Roasting meats and poultry To avoid loss of heat,
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R 0 B 5 3 0 0 4 0 5 1 0 L 5 I 4 O F 0 F 0 R 2 O 0 B 0 5 0 5 2 L I O 0 R 0 B 3 E K F 0 F USING YOUR RANGE 3 3 33 BAKING/ROASTING (MODELS FEP OG, FEP 2OG, FEP OG) (CONT.) 1 2. Set the oven selector to BAKE and the oven TURN TURN temperature control knob to the baking/roasting temperature you want. The oven on indicator light will come on. The oven is preheated when the oven on indicator light first goes off. NOTE: Do not preheat the oven when roasting. 3. Put your food in the oven. During baking/r
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USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL (MODEL FES330G) 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 oven temperature with a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the oven temperature and give you an incorrect reading. Also, the thermometer tempe
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0 0 5 5 3 3 E E T T 0 0 A A E 0 0 T T T 4 A 4 O O T R R O R D D 0 0 D N N N 5 5 A A A 4 4 S S S W HOTTER HOTTER HOTTER HOTTER W W E 0 0 E E R 0 0 R C R 5 5 S C C N S S E S N N L L O E E I I O S S O O L O O R R O O L L B B F F F F ˚ 5 ˚ ˚ ˚ F F 5 5 5 : : : : H F F H H H USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL (MODELS FEP310G, FEP320G, FEP330G) Although your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or slower than your old oven. If you are n
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (MODEL FES330G) NOTES: Do not preheat when broiling unless your recipe • recommends it. Leave the door partly open whenever you use the • oven to broil. This lets the oven stay at the proper temperatures. 1. Place the rack where you need it in the oven. You need to place the rack so that the surface of Front of rack the food is at least 3 inches away from the broil element. See the “Broiling guidelines” section. Rear of rack 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place
