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®
GAS RANGE
Use & Care Guide
For questions about features, operation/performance
parts, accessories or service, call: 1-800-253-1301.
In Canada, call for assistance 1-800-461-5681, for installation
and service, call: 1-800-807-6777
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To the installer: Please leave this instruction book
with the unit.
To the consumer: Please read and keep this book
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TABLE OF CONTENTS RANGE SAFETY .............................................................................2 Meat Thermometer.....................................................................10 The Anti-Tip Bracket ....................................................................3 Oven Vent...................................................................................11 Baking and Roasting..................................................................11 PARTS AND FEATURES..........
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WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death. – Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance. – WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS: Do not try to light any appliance. Do not touch any electrical switch. Do not use any phone in your building. Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor's phone. Follow the gas supplier'
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical This range is equipped with a three-prong grounding shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the plug for your protection against shock hazard and range, follow basic precautions, including the should be plugged directly into a properly grounded following: receptacle. Do not cut or remove the grounding prong from this plug. WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST BE Disconnect t
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PARTS AND FEATURES This manual covers several different models. The range you have purchased may have some or all of the parts and features listed. The locations and appearances of the features shown here may not match those of your model. Control Panel 1234 5 1. Left Rear Burner Control 2. Left Front Burner 3. Right Front Burner 4. Right Rear Burner 5. Surface Burner Locator Control Control Control Range 7 1 8 2 14 9 10 11 12 3 13 15 4 5 6 1. Oven Vent 5. Model and Serial Number Plate 10. Au
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Power failure In case of prolonged power failure, the surface burners can be lit manually. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn knob COOKTOP USE counterclockwise to LIGHT. After burner lights, turn knob to setting. Cooktop Controls Surface Burners IMPORTANT: Do not obstruct the flow of combustion and WARNING ventilation air around the burner grate edges. Before cleaning, make sure all controls are off and the oven and cooktop are cool. Do not use oven cleaners, bleach or rust removers
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Burner Ports: Check burner flames occasionally for proper size and shape as shown above. A good flame is blue in color, not Cookware yellow. Keep this area free of soil and do not allow spills, food, IMPORTANT: Never leave empty cookware on a hot surface cleaning agents or any other material to enter the burner ports. cooking area, element or surface burner. To Clean: Ideal cookware should have a flat bottom, straight sides, a well- 1. Remove the burner cap from the burner base and clean fi
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ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL 1. Display 5. Oven Light Pad 8. Warming Drawer (on some models) 11. Hour/Minute 2. Timer 6. Sequence Programming (on some models) 9. Temperature 12. Start/Control Lock 3. Clock 7. Oven Settings 10. Timed Cooking 13. Cancel 4. Auto Clean Display Tones When power is first supplied to the appliance, “PF” and the Tones are audible signals, indicating the following: current time will appear on the display. Press any pad to clear One tone “PF” from the display. Valid pad
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A minus sign means the oven will be cooler by the displayed amount. No sign means the oven will be warmer by the displayed Timer amount. Use the following chart as a guide. The Timer can be set in hours or minutes up to 12 hours and 59 ADJUSTMENT °F (°C) COOKS FOOD minutes, and counts down the set time. The Timer does not start or stop the oven. 10°F (5°C) ...a little more To Set: 1. Press TIMER SET. 20°F (10°C) ...moderately more If no action is taken after 5 minutes, the display will retur
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RACKS 5. After the cooking is finished, carefully remove items. Position racks before turning the oven on. Do not move racks with bakeware on them. Make sure racks are level. To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, raise the front edge, then lift out. Use the following illustration and chart as a guide. FOOD RACK POSITION Frozen pies, large roasts, turkeys, angel 1 or 2 food cakes Bundt cakes, most quick breads, yeast 2 Bakeware breads, casseroles, meats The bakeware material affect
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Oven Vent CHOICE BAKE™ Function The CHOICE BAKE™ function minimizes the top heat during 1 oven cooking. It is ideal for baking pies, casseroles and breads, and for roasting foods that require longer and slower cook times such as poultry and roasts. Similar to the baking and roasting function, the bake elements or burners cycle on and off at intervals during CHOICE BAKE™ cycle. However, the cycle duration for the broil element is much shorter during CHOICE BAKE™ cycle, allowing less top 1.
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To Custom Broil: Warm Hold Feature allows hot cooked foods to stay serving temperature. It can also be used at the end of a timed cook. 1. Press CUSTOM BROIL. To Use Automatic Warm Hold Feature: 2. Press TEMP “up” or “down” arrow pad to change the temperature in 5° amounts. The broil range can be set At the end of a timed cook, either with or without a delayed start, between 300°F (150°C) and HI (525°F [275°C]). or at the end of a sequence program in which the last step is not the Warm Hol
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To Set a Delayed Timed Cook: To Program Next Steps of the Sequence: Before setting, make sure the clock is set to the correct time of 1. Press FIRST/NEXT STEP. day. See “Clock” section. “PROGRAM” and “STEP” will appear on the display. The 1. Press desired cook function. number of the steps being programmed will flash. Press the TEMP “up” or “down” arrow pads to enter a “START” and “TIME will appear on the display. temperature other than the one displayed. 2. Choose the desired cook function by
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Warming Drawer Temperature Chart Different foods require different settings in order to maintain the Warming Drawer ideal serving temperature. Use the following chart as a guide. (on some models) FOOD SETTING Appetizers dr HI WARNING Biscuits dr LO Food Poisoning Hazard Do not let food sit for more than one hour before Chicken Boneless, Breaded dr HI or after cooking. Nuggets dr HI Doing so can result in food poisoning or Coffee Cake dr LO sickness. Dinner Plate (1) The Warming Drawer is idea
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How the Cycle Works IMPORTANT: The heating and cooling of porcelain on steel in the oven may result in discoloring, loss of gloss, hairline cracks and RANGE CARE popping sounds. The Self-Cleaning cycle uses very high temperatures, burning soil to a powdery ash. Self-Cleaning Cycle The oven is preset for a 3 hour 30 minute clean cycle, but the (on some models) time can be changed. Suggested clean times are 2 hours 30 minutes for light soil and between 3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours 30 min
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SURFACE BURNERS General Cleaning Sealed Burner models IMPORTANT: Before cleaning, make sure all controls are off and the oven and cooktop are cool. Always follow label instructions See “Surface Burners” section. on cleaning products. Soap, water and a soft cloth or sponge are suggested first unless OVEN DOOR EXTERIOR otherwise noted. Glass cleaner and paper towels or nonabrasive plastic scrubbing pad: Apply glass cleaner to soft cloth or sponge, EXTERIOR PORCELAIN ENAMEL SURFACES not dire
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To replace: To Replace: 1. Grasp the door on the sides with your fingers on the front of 1. Unplug range or disconnect power. the door and your thumbs on the inside surface. 2. Turn the glass bulb cover in the back of the oven 2. Hold oven door so that the top edge of each hinge hanger is counterclockwise to remove. horizontal. Insert hinge hangers into the front frame hinge slots. 3. Tilt top of door toward range. Slide hinge hangers down onto front frame support pins. Make sure the hinge
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3. Press the tab down on the right side, and lift tab up on the left Surface burner makes popping noises side at the same time, then pull drawer out another inch. Is the burner wet? Let it dry. Excessive heat around cookware on cooktop 4. Holding the drawer by its sides, not its front, carefully pull it Is the cookware the proper size? Use cookware about the all the way out. same size as the surface cooking area, element or surface burner. Cookware should not extend more than 1 in. (2.5 c
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Oven cooking results not what expected In the U.S.A. Is the appliance level? Level the appliance. See the Call the Whirlpool Customer Interaction Center toll free: Installation Instructions. 1-800-253-1301. Our consultants provide assistance with: Is the proper temperature set? Double-check the recipe in a reliable cookbook. Features and specifications on our full line of appliances. Is the proper oven temperature calibration set? See “Oven Installation information. Temperature Cont
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® WHIRLPOOL GAS COOKTOP AND RANGE WARRANTY ONE-YEAR FULL WARRANTY For one year from the date of purchase, when this appliance is operated and maintained according to instructions attached to or ® furnished with the product, Whirlpool Corporation will pay for FSP replacement parts and repair labor to correct defects in materials or workmanship. Service must be provided by a Whirlpool designated service company. SECOND THROUGH FIFTH YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ON GAS RANGES AND GAS COOKTOPS On gas ran
