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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 .....9
Using the surface burners.....................9
Energy saving tips...............................11
Cookware tips .....................................12
Caring for your cooktop.......................13
Cleaning your cooktop ..
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM 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 and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the enclosed Product Registration Card. Please rec
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 3 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
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 4 Range Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, • This range is equipped with a three-prong electrical shock, injury to persons, or grounding plug for your protection against damage when using the range, follow shock hazard and should be plugged basic precautions, including the following: directly into a properly grounded receptacle. Do not cut or remove the •WARNING – TO REDUCE THE grounding prong from this plug. RISK OF T
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M M M M E E E E D D D D 9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 5 Parts and Features Feature locations (Slide-in models) Vent guard Oven vent piece (p. 7) Surface burners Electronic oven control (the style of your (p. 17) grates may vary) (pp. 9, 10) Automatic oven light Surface burner switch controls (p. 44) (pp. 10, 11) Broil burner Anti-tip bracket (not shown) (p. 3) Bake burner Model and serial (not shown) number plate (p. 2) Removable storage drawer (containing broiler pan and
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M M M M E E E E D D D D 9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 6 Parts and Features Feature locations (Freestanding models) Surface light (some freestanding models) (p. 16) Oven vent (p. 7) Surface burner (the style of your Electronic grates may vary) oven control (pp. 9, 10) (p. 17) Surface Automatic burner oven light controls switch (pp. 10,11) (p. 44) Anti-tip Broil burner (not shown) bracket (p. 3) Bake burner (not shown) Model and serial number plate (p. 2) Removable storage
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 7 Parts and Features The oven vent Oven vent Oven vent Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through a vent in the center rear of the cooktop. The vent lets air circulate properly. Be careful not to block the vent, or you will get poor baking/roasting results. NOTE: Never store plastics, paper, or other items that could melt or burn near the oven vent, or any of the surface burners. The oven door Removing the oven door: Replacing the oven door: 1. Open t
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 8 Parts and Features The storage drawer You can remove the storage drawer to make it easier to clean under the range. Use care when handling the drawer. Replacing the storage drawer: Removing the storage drawer: Drawer slide rail 1. Empty drawer of any pots and pans 1. Fit ends of drawer slide rails into the drawer guides on both sides of before removing drawer. Use recessed area on top edge of drawer to pull drawer opening. straight out to the first stop.
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M M M M M M M M E E E E E E E E D D D D D D D D 9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:37 PM Page 9 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Using the surface burners When to use the left rear and right Your cooktop has sealed gas burners with an auto-reignition system. The sealed front burners: burners spread the heat evenly across the 6,000 BTU burner bottom of the cookware and provide infinite heat control. The auto-reignition system senses when a burner flame has gone out and will automatically reignite that
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 10 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop A qualified electrician should check the wall Using the surface burners receptacle to see if it is wired with correct polarity. wWARNING Control Knobs 1. Grasp the control knob. Fire Hazard 2. Push down and turn to HI. The electric Do not let the burner flame extend spark ignitor will ignite the gas flowing beyond the edge of the pan. into the burner. When you hear a clicking sound, you know that the ignitors are Turn o
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 11 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop In case of a prolonged power failure Surface burners can be manually lighted. 1. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn the control knob to the HI position. 2. After the burner lights, turn the control knob to the desired setting. NOTE: Do not leave the cooktop unattend- ed when cooking during a power failure. The auto-reignition feature of your cooktop will not operate during a power failure. 11 M E D REAR REAR OFF
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 12 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Cookware tips For up-to-date information on canning, Home canning information contact your local U.S. Government Agricul- The large diameter of most water-bath or tural Department Extension Office or pressure canners combined with high heat companies who manufacture home canning settings for long periods of time can cause products. damage to the cooktop. To protect your range: Using the right cookware makes a • Cent
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 13 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Caring for your cooktop Your cooktop is designed for easy care. To clean burners and burner caps: You can do most cleaning with items found Burner cap around the home. Cleaning your cooktop whenever spills or soiling occurs will help to Ignitor keep it looking and operating like new. NOTES: • Before cleaning make sure all controls are off and the cooktop is cool. Gas tube opening • Do not obstruct the flow of combustion
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 14 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. To adjust the flame height follow the instructions below: 1. Turn control knob to “LO.” 2. Remove the control knob. (If there is not an adjustment scre
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 15 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 HOW TO CLEAN WHAT TO USE Control Sponge and warm, • Turn knobs to OFF and pull straight away from knobs control panel. soapy water • Wash, rinse, and dry thoroughly. Do not soak. • Do not use steel wool or abrasive cleansers. They may damage the fin
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 16 Using and Caring for Your Cooktop Using and replacing the surface light (Some freestanding models) The surface light is in the backguard. It is controlled by the SURFACE LIGHT pad on the control panel. (See “Using the electronic oven control” section for location information.) To turn the surface light on or off: 4. Grasp the fluorescent light tube at both ends. Turn the tube approximately 90° PRESS in either direction until both ends come out of the rec
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 17 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 Control Lock (p. 21) (Freestanding models) Location of Control lock will differ on Display Clock set/start pad Number Start stainless steel and (see below) (
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 18 Using and Caring for Your Oven Fahrenheit/Celsius To set your oven to cook in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit: 1. Open the door. 2. Press CANCEL/OFF. PRESS CANCEL OFF 3. Press the Number Pads 1, 2, PRESS and 3, in that order. 1 2 3 4. Press BROIL. PRESS BROIL 5. Start oven. PRESS NOTES: • Press BAKE to confirm that you are START using Celsius. • Only the temperature and a flashing degree symbol will appear in the tem- perature display area when you set you
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 19 Using and Caring for Your Oven If you need to convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit or vice versa, you can refer to this chart: Temperature replacement values 38°C=100°F 163°C=325°F 60°C=140°F 177°C=350°F 66°C=150°F 191°C=375°F 77°C=170°F 204°C=400°F 93°C=200°F 218°C=425°F 121°C=250°F 232°C=450°F 135°C=275°F 246°C=475°F 149°C=300°F 260°C=500°F Disable/enable audible signals Audible signals tell you if a function is entered correctly or not. They
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9753312Av13c80 12/4/98 3:38 PM Page 20 Using and Caring for Your Oven 3. Press the Number Pads 1, 2, PRESS and 3, in that order. 1 2 3 4. Press TIMER SET/START. PRESS 5. Start oven. PRESS “Snd” and “Off” will appear on the display. START Repeat Steps 1-5 to turn the sig- nals back on. “Snd” and “On” will appear on the display. 20
