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ELECTRIC RANGE
Use & Care Guide
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Model GR450LXH
9782189A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS RANGE SAFETY .............................................................................3 The Anti-Tip Bracket ....................................................................3 PARTS AND FEATURES................................................................6 COOKTOP USE ..............................................................................7 Cooktop Controls.........................................................................7 ACCUSIMMER™ Feature.............
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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 seriously injured if you don't immediately follow
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical Use Proper Pan Size – The range is equipped with shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the one or more surface units of different size. Select range, follow basic precautions, including the utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover following: the surface unit heating element. The use of under- sized utensils will expose a portion of the heating WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF element to direct co
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS For self-cleaning ranges – Keep Oven Vent Ducts Unobstructed. Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is Placement of Oven Racks – Always place oven essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not racks in desired location while oven is cool. If rack to rub, damage, or move the gasket. must be moved while oven is hot, do not let potholder contact hot heating element in oven. Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial oven cleaner or oven liner protecti
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PARTS AND FEATURES This manual covers several different models. The range you have purchased may have some or all of the parts and features listed. The location and appearance of the features shown here may not match your model. Control Panel 12 34 5 6 7 8 1. Surface Cooking Area Locator 4. Keep Warm Element Switch 6. Left Rear Control Knob 2. Electronic Oven Control 5. Left Front Control Knob 7. ACCUSIMMER™ Switch 3. Right Rear Control Knob 8. Right Front Control Knob (ACCUSIMMER Feature on so
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ACCUSIMMER™ Feature COOKTOP USE (on some models) The ACCUSIMMER setting is an adjustable heat setting for more precise simmering. It is the right front surface cooking area or Cooktop Controls element. The indicator light will glow when the ACCUSIMMER setting is on. When the setting is not on, the right front surface cooking area or element will function as usual. WARNING To use: 1. Press the ACCUSIMMER switch to the ON position. ON OFF Fire Hazard 2. Push in and turn the right front control
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Hot Surface Indicator Light (under ceramic glass) The hot surface indicator light will glow as long as any surface Ceramic Glass cooking area is too hot to touch, even after the surface cooking (on some models) area(s) is turned off. The surface cooking area will glow red when an element is on. It will cycle on and off, at all settings, to maintain the selected heat level. HOT SURFACE It is normal for the surface of white ceramic glass to appear to change color when surface cooking areas a
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COOKWARE CHARACTERISTICS COOKWARE CHARACTERISTICS Copper Heats very quickly and evenly. Porcelain See stainless steel or cast iron. enamel-on-steel Earthenware Follow manufacturer’s instructions. or cast iron Use on low heat settings. Stainless steel Heats quickly, but unevenly. A core or base of aluminum or copper on stainless steel provides even heating. ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL 12 345 SELF-CLEANING OVEN TIMER TIMER OVEN CLOCK SET OFF LIGHT CONVECTION CONV CONV BAKE BROIL HR MIN
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All Tones All of the above tones are preset on, all except the end-of-cycle Control Lock tones can be turned off. The Control Lock shuts down the control panel pads (buttons) to To Turn Off/On: Press and hold STOP TIME for 5 seconds. A prevent unintended use of the oven(s). tone will sound and “oFF” or “Snd OFF” (depending on your When the control is locked, only the CLOCK, TIMER SET and model) will appear on the display. Repeat to change back to “on” TIMER OFF pads (buttons) will function
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BAKEWARE To cook food evenly, hot air must be able to circulate. Allow 2 in. (5 cm) of space around bakeware and oven walls. Use the OVEN USE following chart as a guide. Odors are normal when the range is new. This happens the first NUMBER OF POSITION ON RACK time the oven is used or when the oven is heavily soiled. PAN(S) IMPORTANT: The health of some birds is extremely sensitive to the fumes given off. Exposure to the fumes may result in death to 1 Center of rack. certain birds. Always mo
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Preheating After START is pressed, the oven will enter a timed preheat Meat Thermometer conditioning. “PrE” and the time countdown will appear on the On models without a temperature probe, always rely on a meat display. When the preheat conditioning time ends, a tone will thermometer to determine doneness of meat and poultry. The sound and the selected temperature will appear on the display. internal temperature, not appearance, is what counts. A meat Preheat temperatures are affected by v
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To Vari Broil: Changing the temperature when custom broiling allows more Convection Cooking precise control when cooking. The lower the temperature, the slower the cooking. Thicker cuts and unevenly shaped pieces of (on some models) meat, fish and poultry may cook better at lower broiling In a convection oven, the fan-circulated hot air continually temperatures. distributes heat more evenly than the natural movement of air in a 1. Press BROIL. standard thermal oven. This movement of hot air
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To Convection Bake or Roast: Food/Rack Cook Oven Temp. Internal Before convection baking or roasting, position the racks Position Time Food Temp. according to the “Positioning Racks and Bakeware” section. (minutes) When using two racks, place them on rack positions 2 and 4. When roasting with CONV BAKE, it is not necessary to wait for Ham, Rack Position 2 the oven to preheat before putting food in, unless recommended in the recipe. 25-35 300°F (145°C) 170°F (75°C) Fresh 1. Press CONV BAKE.
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4. Press the HR and MIN “up” or “down” arrow pads to enter To Convection Broil: the length of time to cook. Before convection broiling, see the “Broiling” section for general broiling guidelines and rack positioning. 5. Press DELAY. Allow the oven to preheat for 5 minutes. Position food on the grid 6. Press the HR and MIN “up” or “down” arrow pads to enter in the broiler pan, then place it in the center of the oven rack with the time of day to start. the longest side parallel to the door. 7.
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4. Press START. Prepare Oven: Remove the broiler pan, grid, cookware and bakeware and, The start time is automatically calculated and displayed. on some models, the temperature probe from the oven. The door will automatically lock and "LOCKED" and "DELAY" Remove any foil from the oven because it may burn or melt, will appear on the display. The door will not unlock until the damaging the oven. oven cools. Remove oven racks to keep them shiny and easy to slide. When the start time is rea
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Heavy soil, dark streaks, specks and discoloration OVEN RACKS Cooktop Polishing Creme or non-abrasive cleanser: Rub product into soil with a damp paper towel or soft cloth. Self-Cleaning cycle: Continue rubbing until white film disappears. See “Self-Cleaning Cycle” first. Remove racks or they will Burned-on soil discolor and become harder to slide. If this happens, a light coating of vegetable oil applied to the rack guides will help Cooktop Polishing Creme and Cooktop Scraper: them sli
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3. Push door down and pull straight out to remove door Cooktop will not operate completely. Is the control knob set correctly? Push in knob before turning to a setting. 4" (10 cm) 4" On ceramic glass models, is the “Cooktop Lockout” set? See “Cooktop Lockout” section. Right front surface cooking area will not operate Cannot boil on right front surface cooking area? Press the ACCUSIMMER™ switch to OFF. Turn right front control knob to HI for a rapid boil. To Replace: ACCUSIMMER will not
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If you need replacement parts Display shows messages If you need to order replacement parts, we recommend that you ® ® only use FSP replacement parts. FSP replacement parts will fit Is the display showing “PF”? right and work right because they are made with the same ® There has been a power failure. Clear the display. See precision used to build every new WHIRLPOOL appliance. “Display(s)” section. On some models, reset the clock, if ® To locate FSP replacement parts in your area, call o
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® WHIRLPOOL COOKTOP, BUILT-IN OVEN AND RANGE WARRANTY FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY For one year from the date of purchase, when this appliance is operated and maintained according to instructions attached to or ® furnished with the product, Whirlpool Corporation will pay for FSP replacement parts and repair labor to correct defects in materials or workmanship. Service must be provided by a Whirlpool Corporation designated service company. ® SECOND THROUGH FIFTH YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ON CLEANTOP COOK
