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Self-Cleaning
Gas Range
A Note to You ............2
Range Safety .............3
Parts and Features....5
Using Your Range......6
Using the Self-
Cleaning Cycle.........25
Caring for Your
Range.......................28
Troubleshooting.......34
Requesting
Assistance or
Service .....................36
Index ........................39
Warranty...................40
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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 the appliance. shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the 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 Manual oven light switch (p. 33) Electronic Oven vent Oven control (p. 23) (pp. 10-22) Surface burners and grates (pp. 6, 20, 28-31) Control panel (pp. 5, 28) Automatic oven light switch (p. 33) Anti-tip bracket (pp. 3, 23) Gasket (p. 25) Door stop clip (pp. 31-33) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of storage drawer) Storage drawer (p. 24) CONTROL PANEL Surface burner marker (shows which burner you are setting) Left rear Left front Right front Right
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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 • To bring liquid to a boil. Do not let the burner flame extend beyond • 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 your the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the local U.S. Government Agricultural Department control knob to the setting you want. Extension Office or companies who manufacture home canning pro
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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. 2 pans Side by side or slightly Be sure the rack(s) is level. • 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 BAKEWARE CHOICES Baking performance is affected by the type of bakeware used. Use the bakeware size recommended in the recipe. BAKEWARE TYPE BEST USED FOR GUIDELINES Light colored aluminum • Use temperature and time recommended • Light golden crusts • Even browning in recipe. Dark aluminum and other • Brown, crisp crusts • May reduce baking temperature 25°F. bakeware with dark, dull, • Use suggested baking time. and/or non-stick finish • Use temperature and time recommended
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic display COOK TIME/ TIMED ON BAKE BROIL Indicator HEAT CLEAN lights DOOR SELF CLEANING OVEN LOCKED (see below ) START TIME/ TIMER START? Start/enter pad DELAY (pp. 10, 11, 12, START CLOCK 14, 15, 16, 20, 26) TIME START OFF CUSTOM AUTO BAKE Bake pad BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL TIME COOK TIMER Off/cancel (pp. 13, 15) TIME • • CANCEL 5 SEC pad (pp. 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 26) Custom broil Auto clean Clock/timer pad Temperature/ Start time/ pad pad (pp
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press CLOCK. CLOCK 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. TIME (example for 5:30) 3. Start the clock. PRESS YOU SEE NOTES: OR CLOCK START To see the time of day when the clock time • ENTER is not on the display, press CLOCK. 5 SEC You must reset the clock if the power goes • off for more than 1 second. USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER The minute timer does not st
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) 3. Start the minute timer. PRESS YOU SEE The minute timer will begin counting down immediately after the timer is started. START ENTER 5 SEC TIMER (display counts down) When the time is up: YOU SEE You will hear four 1-second tones. NOTE: To display the time of day while the minute timer is counting down, press CLOCK. TIMER PRESS YOU SEE 4. To clear the display, turn off the minute timer. TIMER • • CANCEL (time of day) PRESS YOU SEE To c
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner during a power failure. 1. Place the racks where you need them. For more information, see “Positioning racks and pans” in “Using the Front Oven” earlier in this sec- tion. NOTE: Do not place food directly on the oven door or the oven bottom. Rear ON 2. Choose the bake setting. PRESS YOU SEE The bake indicator light will light up. BAKE ON PRESS YOU SEE 3. Set the temperature (optional). Do this step if you want to se
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) ON 5. Press START/ENTER. PRESS YOU SEE A preheat conditioning time counts down the approximate preheat time after the oven START temperature has been set and START has been ENTER pressed. The heat, bake, and on indicator lights 5 SEC will light up. The oven control automatically sets (example for set temperature preheating times based on the oven temperature of 325°F) you select: For 245°F and less, the preheating time is • 4 minutes. YOU SEE For 250°F-
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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 NOTE: Do not preheat when broiling, unless your recipe recommends it. 1. Place the rack where you need it. See “Broiling 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the pan in the center of guidelines” later in this section. the oven rack. Front Rear 3. Close the door. 4. Press CUSTOM BROIL. ON PRESS YOU SEE The broil indicator light will light up. CUSTOM BROIL 5. Start the oven. ON PRESS YOU SEE The on and heat indicator lights will light up. START NOTES: ENTER Yo
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) To custom broil at a lower temperature: ON If food is cooking too fast, press the t temp pad PRESS YOU SEE • until “325°F” shows on the display. TIME (example shows broil at 325°F) ON If you want food to broil slower from the start, PRESS YOU SEE • press CUSTOM BROIL and press the t temp pad so a temperature between 300°F and 525°F CUSTOM shows on the display. Press START/ENTER. BROIL Lower temperature settings let the broil burner cycle and slow cooking resu
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) Broiling guidelines (cont.) Recommended rack positions are numbered from the bottom (1) to the top (5). For best results, place food 3 inches or more from broil burner. APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) RACK POSITION MEAT SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1" thick 4 7-8 medium rare 14-15 medium 15-16 8-9 9-10 well done 18-19 3 Ground Meat Patties, ⁄ " thick, well done 4 13-14 6-7 4 4 10-11 Pork Chops, 1" thick 21-22 1 Ham Slice, ⁄ " thick, precooked 4 8-10 4-5 2 4 3-4 Frankfurters
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USING YOUR RANGE TM USING THE ELECTRONIC MEALTIMER CONTROL The electronic MEALTIMER control will turn the wWARNING oven on and off at times you set, even when you are not around. Food Poisoning Hazard Delayed time baking/roasting is ideal for foods that Do not let food sit in oven more than one do not need a preheated oven, like meats and hour before or after cooking. casseroles. Do not use delayed time cooking for cakes, cookies, etc. – they will not rise properly. Doing so can result in death
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USING YOUR RANGE TM USING THE ELECTRONIC MEALTIMER CONTROL (CONT.) ON PRESS YOU SEE 6. Start the oven. NOTES: START You can change the temperature or time ENTER • settings any time after pressing START/ENTER 5 SEC by repeating Steps 3 or 5. You do not have to (display counts down cook press START/ENTER. time) The display will count down the baking/roasting • time in hours and minutes (if cook time is more than 1 hour) or in minutes and seconds (if cook time is less than 1 hour). ON 7. When bak
