Amana BIGOVEN DCF4205 user manual

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Owner's Manual
Covering ACF4205A and DCF4205
TM
ACF4215A, ACF422GA and ACF4225A
Contents
Important Safety Information .............. 3
Cooking on the Smoothtop ................. 6
Cookware Suggestions ...................... 7
Oven Cooking Methods ...................... 8
Before Using the Oven ....................... 9
Features ........................................... 10
Displays and Signals ........................ 11
Using the Oven Control .................... 12
Cooking
Baking ..........

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Thank you for buying an Amana Range! ™ Please take the time to complete the registration card and return promptly. Asure Extended If the registration card is missing, call Amana Consumer Affairs Department. Service Plan When contacting Amana, provide product information from serial plate found Amana Appliances offers long-term on right side of storage door opening: service protection for this new range. ™ Model Number _______________________________ Asure Extended Service Plan, Manufacturing (P)

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING ! ! WARNING To reduce risk of the appliance tipping, it must be secured by a To avoid personal injury, do not properly installed anti-tip bracket(s). To verify bracket has been sit, stand or lean on oven door installed properly, remove the storage drawer or panel and look under or oven drawer. the range with a flashlight. Bracket(s) must be engaged in the rear corner of the range. • ALL RANGES CAN TIP ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, • INJURY T

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION (cont'd) ALL APPLIANCES 1. Proper Installation—Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a SURFACE qualified technician. COOKING UNITS 2. Never Use Your Appliance for 1. Use Proper Pan Size—This appliance is equipped Warming or Heating the with one or more surface units of different sizes. Room. Select utensils having flat bottoms large enough to 3. Do Not Leave Children cover the surface unit heating element. The use of Alone—Children should not u

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION (cont'd) OVENS In Case of Fire 1. Use Care When Opening Fires can occur as a result of over cooking Door—Let hot air or steam or excessive grease. Though a fire is escape before removing or unlikely, if one occurs, proceed as follows: replacing food. 2. Do Not Heat Unopened Food Surface Element Fire Containers—Build-up of 1. Smother the fire with a nonflammable lid or baking pressure may cause container to burst and result in soda, or use a Class ABC or BC extinguis

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Cooking on the Smoothtop Cooking Safely with Setting Surface Element Controls Push in and turn the surface element control knobs Surface Elements in either direction to turn on the surface elements. Surface elements are located under the ceramic cooking surface and radiate heat through the ! WARNING cooktop. It is normal for the element to cycle on and To avoid risk of serious personal off during heating. The controls have infinite injury, property damage, or fire, settings between LO and HI for

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Cookware Suggestions What Should You Consider in Cookware? Flat Pan Test For best cooking results, use a pan with a flat bottom. To determine if Select Avoid pan has a flat bottom. Flat bottomed cookware. Cookware with rounded or warped bottoms. 1. Rotate a ruler along bottom of Glass, glass-ceramic, enamel porcelain or pan. If pan is not flat, gaps Pans with aluminum disk bottoms. cast iron cookware, canners or pressure between bottom of pan and cookers. edge of ruler can be seen. Heavy gauge m

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Oven Cooking Methods Oven Cooking Methods Bake Broil Bake Bake (lower) and broil (upper) elements operate during bake. Bake element is not visible on the oven bottom, but housed underneath the oven bottom. Broil element may cycle on and off during bake and is only used to heat oven quickly and brown top of food. Bake can be used to cook foods which are normally baked. Oven should be preheated. Broil Broil Upper element operates during broil. Broil can be used to cook foods which are normally bro

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Before Using the Oven Aluminum Foil Oven Racks and Rack Positions Your range has 6 oven rack positions to accommodate many types of cooking and cookware. ! WARNING 1 Position oven rack before turning To avoid risk of personal injury, oven on. property damage or fire, do not 2 1. Pull rack forward to stop line oven bottom, racks, or broiler position. pan and grid with aluminum foil. 3 2. Raise front edge of rack and pull 4 until rack is out of oven. When placed on the oven bottom or 3. Place rac

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Features 12-hour automatic cancel This safety feature prevents oven from continuing to operate if it has been left on for over 12 hours. If a cooking function continues longer than 12 hours without any options on oven control being touched, this feature turns oven off. Any time an option is touched, 12-hour automatic cancel is reset. ¸ Oven temperature control adjustment Your range is calibrated at the factory for proper temperature. Due to individual variances and preferences, it may be necessa

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Display and Signals 350 Clock also displays time of day. LIGHTS DESCRIPTION Timer Signal Clock pad light remains on while time of day is set. CLOCK When time elapses, timer beeps a single, three second tone. Timer On/Off pad light remains on while the timer TIMER ON/OFF counts down. Cook/Clean Time light is turned on when entering COOK/CLEAN Preheat Signal cook or clean time. Light remains on during the cook TIME or clean cycle. After setting oven to bake and selecting a temperature, oven prehea

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Using the Oven Control Setting Electronic Clock The 12 hour clock does not display AM, PM or military time. When power Flashing Display is connected or restored, display flashes until When power is connected RECALL OVEN TEMP/CLOCK pad is pressed or or interrupted, oven display flashes. temperature knob is turned. Press CLOCK to reset display. Clock may need to be reset. 1. Press RECALL OVEN TEMP/CLOCK pad. 2. Press + or pads until correct time-of-day displays. Making the Numbers 3. Time is loc

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Using the Oven Control (cont’d) ! WARNING Baking To avoid risk of personal injury, While oven is still cool, remove any stored items from the oven cavity. property damage or fire, do not 1. Place racks in desired position and close oven door. line oven bottom, racks, or 2. Push and turn oven temperature knob to broiler pan and grid with desired temperature. aluminum foil. • Oven indicator light will turn on and stay on. • Temperature is displayed in the clock area in 5 degree increments. • Tempe

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Using the Oven Control (cont’d) What's the difference between TIMED and Timed Baking Set oven to cook for desired amount of time. Follow recipe directions for DELAYED cooking? preheating the oven. When using TIMED cooking, the oven 1. Place food in oven. begins to heat immediately after the 2. Press COOK/CLEAN TIME pad. oven control is set. Then, the oven cooks 3. Press or pad until desired length of time is for the specified length of time. When displayed. using DELAYED cooking, the oven •

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Using the Oven Control (cont’d) CAUTION Self-cleaning ! Self-clean feature uses high oven temperature to clean oven interior. To avoid fire or smoke damage, For the oven to operate through a complete self-clean cycle, the • remove any flammable self-clean must be set when the oven is cool. materials from storage drawer. 1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning (see below right). Oven bottom Items like plastic containers and recess must be checked for grease build up before beginning a self- paper manua

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Using the Oven Control (cont’d) ! WARNING Delayed Self-clean Cycle Self-clean feature uses high oven temperature to clean oven interior. To avoid risk of personal injury, Set oven to begin and end cleaning at later time. Range control begins do not touch oven vents, or area the self-clean at your specified start time. around vents, during self-cleaning. 1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning (see below left). Oven bottom These areas can become hot recess must be checked for grease build up before beg

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Cooking Baking Guidelines When baking with a new oven, keep in mind temperatures vary from oven to oven. Store-bought thermometers are generally not accurate and should not be used to calibrate oven temperatures. BAKING TIME GUIDELINES Hints for Cookies, Cake Pan Pan size Cups of Oven • Shiny, flat cookie sheets should Type batter Temp. Minutes be used. Avoid cookie pans with Oval 7 ¾" x 5 ¾" 2 ½ 350°F 25 to 30 high sides - this will cause uneven browning on the top. 13" x 9 ¾" 8 350°F 25 to 30

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Cooking (cont’d) Common Baking Problems If you begin to notice consistent problems refer to the chart below for possible solutions. If results are still poor, contact Amana Consumer Affairs at (800) 843-0304. Test your cakes for doneness Problem Cause while they are still in the oven. Because Lopsided cakes Pans touching each other or oven walls. of variances across individual ovens, it (bake unevenly) Batter spread unevenly in pan. is best to test for the proper consistency Uneven heat distrib

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Cooking (cont’d) Meat Basics While cooking has always been a talent, it is now becoming a science, also. Amana provides this information as a guide to aid in preparation. For specific questions regarding meat preparation, handling, or storage contact USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Meat & Poultry Hotline at (800) 535-4555. Handling Hints Cooking Tips Storage Safety • When shopping, put meat in its • Marinate meat in the • Once carved, refrigerate unused own separate plastic sack t

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Cooking (cont’d) Broiling Guidelines Broiling is a dry heat cooking method that allows a restaurant quality charbroiled flavor. Meat is exposed directly to the heating element at high temperatures. 1. Place meat on rack in broiler pan, with the surface of cuts the specified distance from the heating element (specified below). 2. Broil for half the recommended time, or until the surface is browned. 3. Turn meat and continue broiling to desired internal temperature. 4. Season, if desired. 5. Oven