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Use and Care Guide
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A Note to You ......................................................2
Range Safety........................................................3
Parts and Features..............................................5
Using and Caring for Your Cooktop..................7
Using the surface burners.................................7
Cookware tips..................................................10
Characteristics of cookware materials ............1
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 2 A Note to You ® Thank you for buying a KITCHENAID appliance! KITCHENAID designs the best tools for the most important room in your house. To ensure that you enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It contains valuable information concerning how to operate and maintain your new appliance properly. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the enclosed Product Registration Card. Please record your mo
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 3 Range Safety Your safety and the safety of others are 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 potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or serio
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 4 Range Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, • Disconnect the electrical supply before electrical shock, injury to persons, or servicing the appliance. damage when using the range, follow • Never Use the Range for Warming or basic precautions, including the following: Heating the Room. • WARNING – TO REDUCE THE • Injuries may result from the misuse of RISK OF TIPPING OF THE RANGE, appliance doors or drawers such as THE R
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 5 Parts and Features Feature locations Surface Electronic burners oven control (p. 7) (p. 14) Oven vent (p. 6) Surface burner controls Model and serial (p. 8) number plate (p. 2) Automatic oven light switch Gasket (p. 26) (p. 27) Broil element (not shown) Bake element (pp. 15, 16) (hidden) (pp. 15, 16) Oven rack (pp. 17, 18) Surface burner controls REAR FRONT REAR FRONT Left rear Left front Right rear Right front control knob control knob con
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 6 Parts and Features 3. Grasp under handle and gently close door as far as it will shut. Pull door out The oven vent at bottom to remove. Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through vent. The vent is above the oven door. It is needed for air circulation. Do not block the vent. Poor baking/roasting can result. 4. Set door aside on protected surface. To replace: Oven vent 1. Fit hinge arms into slots in frame. Push in at lower corners to insure that h
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 7 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Using the surface burners Your cooktop has sealed gas burners. The sealed burners spread the heat evenly across the bottom of the cookware and provide infinite heat control. IMPORTANT: Your cooktop is factory-set for use with Natural Gas. If you wish to use L.P. gas, an L.P. Gas Conversion Kit is included with your new range. See the instructions included with the L.P. conversion kit for details on making this conversi
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 8 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Using the surface burners: wWARNING Control knobs 1. Grasp the control knob. 2. Push in and turn to LITE. The electric spark ignitor will ignite the gas flowing into the burner. When you hear a clicking sound, you know that the ignitors are Fire Hazard working. Gas is flowing as long as knob is not set at OFF. Do not let the burner flame extend beyond the edge of the pan. 3. When the burner is lit, turn the control knob t
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 9 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop † Simmer Plate In case of a prolonged power failure One Simmer Plate has been provided with your cooktop. It Surface burners can be manually lighted. has been designed to be used with burner settings in the medium to low range on your cooktop when lower tempera- tures are required for simmering or for maintaining food at a low 1. Hold a lit striker near a burner and turn temperature over an extended period of time. the
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 10 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop • Refer to your canner manual for specific instructions. Cookware tips • For up-to-date information on canning, Home canning information contact your local U.S. Government The large diameter of most water-bath or Agricultural Department Extension Office or companies who manufacture home canning pressure canners combined with high heat products. In Canada, contact Agriculture settings for long periods of time can cause
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 11 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Burner cap Caring for your cooktop Your cooktop is designed for ease of care. You can do most cleaning with items found Ignitor around the home. Cleaning your cooktop whenever spills or soiling occur will help to keep it looking and operating like new. Gas tube NOTES: opening • Before cleaning make sure all controls are (orifice) off and the cooktop is cool. • Do not obstruct the flow of combustion To clean the burners
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 12 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Adjusting the height of top burner flames The LO burner flame should be a steady 1 blue flame approximately ⁄4 inch (6 mm) high. It can be adjusted using the adjustment screw in the center of the valve stem. The valve stem is located directly underneath the control knob. Adjustment screw To adjust the flame height follow the in- Valve stem structions below: 1. Turn the control knob to “LO.” 2. Remove the control knob. (
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 13 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Cleaning your cooktop wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near this appliance. Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire. PART WHAT TO USE HOW TO CLEAN Cooktop • DO NOT use abrasive or harsh cleaners like • Soap and water Surfaces chlorine bleach, ammonia or oven cleaners. • Mild liquid cleaner • Wash, rinse and dry with soft cloth. • Spray glass cleaner • Non-abrasive pla
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 14 Using and Caring for Your Oven This section tells you, step by step, how to operate all oven functions controlled by the electronic control. Carefully follow these instructions, along with the cooking tips and cleaning information, for successful use of your range. Using the electronic oven control PREHEAT 0% 100% KEEP WARM Oven display (see below) BROWNING STOP DURATION CLOCK TIME ENTER button SELECTOR SET ENTER CANCEL CANCEL SELECTOR SET control con
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 15 Using and Caring for Your Oven Starting an operation Setting the clock After programming a function, you must 1. Place SELECTOR in RESET press ENTER. position. Resetting an operation 2. Press ENTER until the display • When cooking is done, move SELECTOR shows “12:00” and the CLOCK knob to RESET position. The oven is then indicator is blinking. ready for the next cooking function. 3. Rotate SET until desired time is Canceling an operation shown. • CANCEL
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 16 Using and Caring for Your Oven SETTING DIAGRAM SETTING INFORMATION CONVECTION BAKE • For faster preheating, the bottom element Use this setting for and top element heat up until the oven delicate foods and for reaches desired temperature. After baking breads and preheat, only the rear element and bottom cakes. Use also when element heat up. baking large quantities • For even heating, the fan at the back of Bake element of food on more than the oven cir
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 17 Using and Caring for Your Oven SETTING DIAGRAM SETTING INFORMATION PROOF • Only the top element heats up during Use this setting to Proof. proof bread. • The element will cycle on and off to maintain the oven temperature. KEEP WARM • The bottom element and top element Use this setting to heat up. keep hot cooked foods • The element will cycle on and off to warm. maintain the oven temperature. Bake element (not visible) CLEAN • The bottom element and top
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 18 Using and Caring for Your Oven Where to place pans: Rack placement for specific foods: WHEN YOU FOOD RACK POSITION HAVE PLACE Frozen pies, large 1st or 2nd rack 1 pan In center of the oven rack. roasts, turkeys, guide from bottom angel food cakes 2 pans Side by side or slightly staggered. Bundt cakes, most 2nd rack guide quick breads, yeast from bottom 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on breads, casseroles, each oven rack. Stagger meats pans so no pan i
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 19 Using and Caring for Your Oven 2. Rotate SET to desired Using aluminum foil temperature. • Do not line the oven bottom with any type Baking can occur from 170°F to 500°F of foil, liners, or (77°C to 260°C). cookware. Permanent damage will 3. Press ENTER to start. occur to the oven bottom finish. • Do not cover 4. At end of Convection Bake, turn the entire rack SELECTOR to RESET. with aluminum foil. Doing so will reduce air circulation and overall oven
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4452761Av04c52 1/11/00 8:18 AM Page 20 Using and Caring for Your Oven • You can reduce roasting times and 3. Press ENTER to start. temperatures for most standard recipes when using the Convection Roast setting. See convection roasting chart in your 4. At the end of Convection Roast, convection oven cookbook for recommended roasting times and turn SELECTOR to RESET. temperatures. Convection Broil roasting tips 1. Position rack. See the rack placement chart in the “Broiling guidelines” sec
