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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 ........24
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. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The car
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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 Disconnect the electrical supply before servicing WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical • 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 the • following: 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 SECU
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PARTS AND FEATURES Oven vent Electronic oven (p. 23) control (p. 10-22) Surface burners and grates (pp. 6, 29-31) Control panel Center grate (pp. 5, 28) (Model GS395LEH only) (p. 29) Automatic oven light switch (p. 33) Gasket Anti-tip bracket (p. 24) (p. 3) Door stop clip (p. 31-33) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of storage drawer) Storage drawer (p. 23) Surface burner marker (shows which burner CONTROL PANEL 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 • Do not let the burner flame extend beyond To bring liquid to a boil. • 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 produ
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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 USING ALUMINUM FOIL Do not line the oven bottom with any type of Place tent-shaped foil loosely over meat or • • foil, liners, or cookware. Permanent damage poultry to slow down surface browning for long will occur to the oven bottom finish. term roasting. Remove foil for the last 30 minutes. Do not block the oven bottom vents. Use narrow strips of foil to shield piecrust edges • • if browning too quickly. Do not cover the entire rack with aluminum foil. • Doing so will reduc
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USING YOUR RANGE USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic Minute timer set and display off pads (pp. 11, 12) Clock pad (p. 11) C Manual oven F TIMER TIMER CLOCK LIGHT light pad SET OFF HEAT TIMER STOP ON DELAY BAKE LOCKED CLEAN (p. 33) SELF-CLEANING OVEN SELF-CLEANING OVEN TIMED BROIL START? COOK TIME DELAY OFF START CUSTOM AUTO COOK STOP BAKE TEMP HR MIN START BROIL CLEAN TIME TIME ENTER CANCEL TIME 5 SEC Oven selector Temperature Electronic Hour Minute Start/enter Off/cancel
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press CLOCK. CLOCK TIME 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. HR MIN TIME (example for 5:30) 3. Start the clock. PRESS YOU SEE NOTE: If you do not want the clock time OR CLOCK START displayed, press and hold CLOCK for 5 ENTER seconds. To display the clock time again, 5 SEC press and hold CLOCK for 5 seconds. You should not have to reset the time. USING THE ELECTR
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) When the time is up: YOU SEE You will hear four 1-second tones, then four 1-second reminder tones every minute until you press the timer off pad. TIMER NOTE: To remove the reminder tones, press and hold TIMER SET for 5 seconds. To bring back the tones, follow the same step. You will see “OFF” when the tones are turned off and “on” when they are turned on. PRESS YOU SEE 4. Turn off the minute timer. TIMER OFF (time of day) PRESS YOU SEE
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING 1. Place the racks where you need them. For more IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner information, see during a power failure. Never place food or “Positioning racks and cookware directly on the oven door or the oven pans” in “Using the Oven” bottom. Front earlier in this section. Rear PRESS YOU SEE 2. Choose the bake setting. F BAKE BAKE PRESS YOU SEE 3. Set the temperature (optional). Do this step if you want to set a temperature other than 350°F
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 5. Press START/ENTER. PRESS YOU SEE A preheat conditioning time counts down the approximate preheat time after the oven START F temperature has been set and START has been ENTER HEAT ON pressed. The oven control automatically sets BAKE 5 SEC BROIL preheating times based on the oven (example for set temperature temperature you select: of 350°F) For 245°F and less, the preheating time is • 4 minutes. For 250°F-445°F, the preheating time is • YOU SEE 10
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USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL Although your new oven is properly adjusted to NOTE: DO NOT measure the oven temperature with provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower or slower than your old oven. the oven temperature and give you an incorrect read- If you are not satisfied with the baking/roasting ing. Also, the thermometer temperature reading will results, you can change the offset temperature by change as your
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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 in the oven. See “Broiling guidelines” later in this section. Front Rear 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the pan in the center of the oven rack. Close the door. PRESS YOU SEE 3. Press CUSTOM BROIL. CUSTOM BROIL BROIL 4. Start the oven. PRESS YOU SEE You the can change the temperature setting any time before or after pressing START/ENTER. STAR
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE To custom broil at a lower temperature: If your food is cooking too fast, press the t TEMP • F pad until “325°F” shows on the small display. TEMP HEAT ON BAKE TIME BROIL COOK TIME (example shows broil at 325°F) If you want your 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 shows F CUSTOM on the small display. Press START/ENTER. BROIL BAKE Lower temperature
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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 MEAT POSITION SIDE 1 SIDE 2 4 Steak, 1" thick medium rare 14-15 7-8 medium 15-16 8-9 well done 18-19 9-10 3 4 Ground Meat Patties, ⁄4" thick, well done 13-14 6-7 Pork Chops, 1" thick 4 21-22 10-11 1 4 Ham Slice, ⁄2" thick, precooked 8-10 4-5 Frankfurters 4 6-7 3-4
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MEALTIMERª 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 Do not let food sit in oven more than one that do not need a preheated oven, like meats and hour before or after cooking. casseroles. Do not use delayed time cooking for Doing so can result in food poisoning cakes, cookies, etc. – they will not rise p
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MEALTIMERª CONTROL (CONT.) 5. Set the cook time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. F HR MIN BAKE COOK TIME (example shows 30-minute baking/roasting time) 6. Start the oven. PRESS YOU SEE NOTES: START F You can change the temperature or time • ENTER HEAT settings any time after pressing START/ENTER ON BAKE 5 SEC TIMED BROIL COOK TIME by repeating Steps 3 or 5. You do not have to (display cou
