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Standard-Cleaning
Gas Ranges
A Note to You.............2
Range Safety ......... 3-5
Parts and Features ....6
Using Your Range ...... 7
Caring for Your
Range ...................... 17
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. Because your life is getting busier and more compli- cated, WHIRLPOOL appliances are easy to use, save time, and help you manage your home better. To Look for these tips! ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of Look for these Time Smart Tips located valuable information about how to operate and throughout your Use and Care Guide. They maintain your appliance properly and
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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 Storage in or on the Range – Flammable • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using materials should not be stored in an oven or the range, follow basic precautions, including the near surface units. following: Do Not Use Water on Grease Fires – Smother • WARNING – TO REDUCE THE RISK OF fire or flame or use dry chemical or foam-type • TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST extinguisher. BE SECURED BY PRO
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Utensil Handles Should Be Turned Inward and For self-cleaning ranges – • Not Extend Over Adjacent Surface Units – To Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable essential for a good seal. Care should be taken materials, and spillage due to unintentional not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. contact with the utensil, the handle of a utensil Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial • should be position
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PARTS AND FEATURES This section contains captioned pictures of your range. Use them to learn where all parts and features are and what they look like. Use the page references to help you quickly find out more about the part or feature you are interested in. Manual oven (Model SF304PEE shown) light switch (p. 25) Oven vent Oven temperature (p. 15) control knob (pp. 11, 13, 14) Surface burners and grates (pp. 7, 17-22) Control panel (pp. 7, 17) Automatic oven light switch (p. 25) Anti-tip bracket
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USING YOUR RANGE To get the best cooking results, you should use your range the correct way. This section tells you what you need to know to use your range safely and efficiently. USING THE SURFACE BURNERS wWARNING Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard Easy ways to save energy Do not operate with a yellow flame. To help shorten your cooking time, use the • Doing so can result in death, heart attack, least amount of liquid possible. or convulsions. Preheat your pots and pans only when • recommended an
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.) In case of a prolonged power failure You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn the control knob to Using the right cookware the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the makes a big difference control knob to the setting you want. The pan should have a flat bottom, • straight sides, and a well-fitting lid. Home canning information Choose medium to heavy gauge (thick- The large diameter of most water-
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USING YOUR RANGE POSITIONING RACKS AND PANS Rack placement for specific foods: General guidelines Follow this section carefully to get the best FOOD RACK POSITION cooking results. Frozen pies, large 1st or 2nd rack Before turning on the oven, place oven racks • roasts, turkeys, angel guide from bottom where you need them. food cakes To move a rack, pull it out to the stop, raise the • Bundt cakes, most 2nd rack guide front edge, and lift it out. quick breads, yeast from bottom Be sure the rack(s
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USING YOUR RANGE FOR BEST AIR CIRCULATION Hot air must circulate around the pans in the oven Where to place pans: for even heat to reach WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE all parts of the oven. This results in better 1 pan In center of the oven rack. baking. 2 pans Side by side or slightly Place the pans so • staggered. that one is not directly 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on over the other. each oven rack. Stagger For best results, allow • 1 pans so no pan is directly 1 ⁄2-2 inches of space over another.
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING IMPORTANT: Do not attempt to light the oven 3. When baking, preheat the oven for 10 minutes, burner during a power failure. then put your food in the oven. 1. Place racks where you need them. For more NOTE: Do not place your information, see the food directly on the oven “Positioning racks and bottom. If you want, pans” section. place the food on the Front rack at the extra rack position. During baking/ roasting, the oven burner will turn on and off to keep the s
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T T T O O O H H H R R R E E E L L L 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 temperature calibration 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
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (MODEL SF3020EE) The broiler is located below the oven door. Always 4. Close the broiler door. broil with the broiler and oven doors closed. NOTES: Do not step on or apply weight to the broiler door • when it is open. This could damage the door. Do not preheat the broiler before using it, unless • your recipe recommends it. Completely close the broiler door during broiling. 1. Open the broiler door. Then pull out the broiler pan and grid. 5. Push in and turn the oven te
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (MODELS SF304PEE AND SF305PEE) 4. Close the broiler door. The broiler is located below the oven door. The broiler pan and grid roll out for easy access. Always broil with the broiler and oven doors closed. NOTES: Do not step on or apply weight to the broiler door • when it is open. This could damage the door. Do not preheat the broiler before using it, unless • your recipe recommends it. Completely close the broiler door during broiling. 1. Open the broiler door and rol
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING GUIDE Recommended pan positions are numbered from bottom (0) to top (2) (see “Broiling” earlier in this section.) 2 1 For best results, turn your meat after about ⁄3 of the broiling time. Turn chicken pieces after about ⁄2 of the broiling time. Very thin cuts, such as fish fillets, may not need to be turned at all. You should rotate the broiler pan back to the front at the same time you turn the foods. APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) PAN MEAT SIDE 1 SIDE 2 POSITION Steak, 1"
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ANTI-TIP BRACKET The range will not tip during normal use. However, the range can tip if you apply too much force or weight to the open door without the anti-tip bracket fastened down properly. wWARNING Tip Over Hazard A child or adult can tip the range and be killed. Connect anti-tip bracket to rear range foot. Reconnect the anti-tip bracket, if the range is moved. See the installation instructions for details. Failure to follow these instructions can result in death or ser
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE Your range is designed so you can care for it easily. You can do most cleaning with items found around your home. Cleaning your range whenever spills or soiling occurs will help to keep it looking and working like new. 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 Use this chart to get specific information on cleaning your range. Before cleaning, always make s
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE CLEANING CHART (CONT.) PART HOW TO CLEAN Surface burners 1. Lift up the cooktop. (See the “Lift-up cooktop and surface burners” section.) (Models 2. Wipe off spills with a sponge and warm, soapy water right after the burner has cooled. SF3020EE and For cooked-on food: SF304PEE) 1. Remove the shipping screws (one on each side of both ignitors) with a Phillips (see the “Lift-up screwdriver. Remove the burner from the support bracket. cooktop and 2. Wash the burner with warm,
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE LIFT-UP COOKTOP AND SURFACE BURNERS (MODELS SF3020EE AND SF304PEE) 1. Remove the surface burner grates. wWARNING Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard Do not operate with a yellow flame. Doing so can result in death, heart attack, or convulsions. 5. Check the burner flames once in a while for proper size and shape as shown. A good flame is blue in Ports color. If flames lift away 2. Lift the front of cooktop at both front corners 1 from ports, are yellow, " 2 until the support r
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE LIFT-UP COOKTOP AND SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.) 7. To lower the cooktop, lift the cooktop from both 8. Replace the surface burner grates. sides while pressing the support rods back to unlock them. Lower the cooktop into place. SEALED SURFACE BURNERS AND COOKTOP (MODEL SF305PEE) The sealed burner cooktop is specially designed to make cleaning easier. Cleaning the cooktop Wipe the cooktop with a damp sponge and dry. • NOTE: Do not remove the cooktop. Doing so could result in prod
