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®
STANDARD CLEANING
ELECTRIC RANGE
Use & Care Guide
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MODELS RF314PXK RF315PXK
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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 Ceramic Glass...........................
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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 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 1. Left Front Control Knob 3. Left Rear Control Knob 6. Right Front Control Knob 2. Surface Heating Indicator Light 4. Electronic Oven Control 7. Surface Cooking Area Locator 5. Right Rear Control Knob Range 6 1 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 1. Surface
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Ceramic Glass COOKTOP USE (on some models) 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 Cooktop Controls level. It is normal for the surface of white ceramic glass to appear to change color when surface cooking areas are hot. As the glass WARNING cools, it will return to its original color. Wiping off the cooktop before and after each use will help keep it free from stains and provide the most even h
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Hot Surface Indicator Light (under ceramic glass) To Replace: The hot surface indicator light will glow as long as any surface 1. Line up openings in the burner bowl with the coil element cooking area is too hot to touch, even after the surface cooking receptacle. area(s) are turned off. HOT SURFACE 2. Holding the coil element as level as possible, carefully push coil element terminal into the receptacle. Coil Elements and 3. When the terminal is pushed into the receptacle as far as it Burne
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Home Canning Cookware When canning for long periods, alternate the use of surface IMPORTANT: Never leave empty cookware on a hot surface cooking areas, elements or surface burners between batches. cooking area, element or surface burner. This allows time for the most recently used areas to cool. Ideal cookware should have a flat bottom, straight sides, a well- Center the canner on the grate or largest surface cooking fitting lid and the material should be of medium-to-heavy area or element.
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ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL 1 2 8 7 6 5 4 3 1. Oven Indicator Lights 3. Off/Cancel 5. Clock/Timer 7. Broil 2. Clock 4. Start/Enter 6. Temperature/Timed 8. Bake (Control Lock) Cooking Oven Indicator Lights Clock The indicator lights are located to the left of, below, and within This is a 12 hour clock and does not show a.m. or p.m. the display. The indicator lights light up or flash when the oven is To Set: in one of the following modes: BAKE, BROIL, HEAT, START?, ON, Before setting, make sure the
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Control Lock BEFORE USING The Control Lock shuts down the control panel pads to prevent unintended use of the oven. Odors are normal when the range is new. This happens the first When the control is locked, only the CLOCK and TIMER pads will time the oven is used. function. IMPORTANT: The health of some birds is extremely sensitive to To Lock/Unlock Control: Before locking, make sure the oven the fumes given off. Exposure to the fumes may result in death to and Timer are off. Press and hol
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Bakeware Hot air must be able to circulate around food to cook evenly, so Meat Thermometer allow 2 in. (5 cm) of space around bakeware and oven walls. Use On models without a temperature probe, always rely on a meat the following chart as a guide. thermometer to determine doneness of meat and poultry. The internal temperature, not appearance, is what counts. A meat BAKEWARE POSITION ON RACK thermometer is not supplied with this appliance. NUMBER Insert the thermometer into the center of t
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Broiling and Custom Broiling OVEN USE Broiling uses direct radiant heat to cook food. Changing the temperature when Custom Broiling allows more precise control when cooking. The lower the temperature, the slower the cooking. Thicker cuts and unevenly shaped pieces of meat, fish Baking and Roasting and poultry may cook better at lower broiling temperatures. Before baking and roasting, position racks according to the Use only the broiler pan and grid provided with the range. It is “Positio
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BROILING CHART EXTERIOR PORCELAIN ENAMEL SURFACES For best results, place food 3 in. (7 cm) or more from the broil (on some models) element. Times are guidelines only and may need to be adjusted for individual foods and tastes. Recommended rack positions are Food spills containing acids, such as vinegar and tomato, should numbered from the bottom (1) to the top (5). For diagram, see the be cleaned as soon as the entire appliance is cool. These spills “Positioning Racks and Bakeware” sectio
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COOKTOP CONTROLS OVEN CAVITY Do not use steel wool, abrasive cleansers or oven cleaner. Food spills should be cleaned when oven cools. At high temperatures, foods react with porcelain and staining, etching, Do not soak knobs. pitting or faint white spots can result. When replacing knobs, make sure knobs are in the OFF position. On some models, the oven door can be removed. See “Oven On some models, do not remove seals under knobs. Door” first. Soap and water or dishwasher: Steel wool pad
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To Remove: 1. Open the oven door. Insert door removal pins, included with Oven Light your range, into both hinge hangers. Do not remove the pins (on some models) while the door is removed from the range. The oven light is a standard 40-watt appliance bulb. It will come on when the oven door is open. It will not work during the Self- Cleaning cycle. On some models, when the oven door is closed, press the manual oven light switch to turn on and off. 1 2. Carefully close the door until it rests
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Cooktop cooking results not what expected TROUBLESHOOTING Is the proper cookware being used? See “Cookware” section. Try the solutions suggested here first in order to avoid the Is the control knob set to the proper heat level? cost of an unnecessary service call. See “Cooktop Controls” section. Nothing will operate Is the appliance level? Level the appliance. See the Installation Instructions. Is the power supply cord unplugged? On coil element models, is the element inserted properl
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Accessories U.S.A. To order accessories, call the Whirlpool Customer Interaction 1-800-442-9991 Center toll free at and follow the menu prompts. ASSISTANCE OR SERVICE Or visit our website at www.whirlpool.com and click on “Buy Accessories Online.” Before calling for assistance or service, please check “Troubleshooting.” It may save you the cost of a service call. If Canning Unit Kit you still need help, follow the instructions below. (coil element models) When calling, please know the purc
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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. LIMITED FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY On ceramic glass ranges and cera
