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Self-Cleaning
Electric Ranges
A Note to You............ 2
Range Safety ......... 3-5
Parts and Features ... 6
Using Your Range ..... 8
Using the Self-
Cleaning Cycle........ 25
Caring for Your
Range ..................... 28
Troubleshooting ...... 38
Requesting
Assistance or
Service .................... 40
Index ....................... 43
Warranty ................. 44
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4.65 Cubic Foot Oven
MODELS RF360BXE RF364BX
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL appliance. Because your life is getting busier and more compli- cated, WHIRLPOOL appliances are easy to use, save time, and help you manage your home better. To Look for these tips! ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of Look for these Time Smart Tips located valuable information about how to operate and throughout your Use and Care Guide. They maintain your appliance properly and
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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 WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using NEAR UNITS – Surface units may be hot even the range, follow basic precautions, including the though they are dark in color. Areas near surface following: units may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing WARNING – TO REDUCE THE RISK OF • or other flammable materials contact su
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do Not Cook on Broken Cook-Top – If cook-top For self-cleaning ranges – • should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • may penetrate the broken cook-top and create a essential for a good seal. Care should be taken risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified techni- not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. cian immediately. Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial oven • Clean Cook-Top With Caution – If
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PARTS AND FEATURES This section contains captioned pictures of your range. Use them to learn where all parts and features are and what they look like. Use the page references to help you quickly find out more about the part or feature you are interested in. (Model RF360PXE shown) Manual oven light switch (Model RF360PXE) (p. 37) Oven vent (p. 22) Control panel Plug-in coil element (pp. 8, 28) with one-piece reflector bowl (pp. 8, 28, 29, 30) Automatic oven light switch (p. 37) Broil element (not
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PARTS AND FEATURES (Model RF364PXE shown) Manual oven light switch (Model RF364PXE) (p. 37) Oven vent (p. 22) Control panel ® CLEANTOP (pp. 8, 28) ceramic glass cooktop (pp. 10, 33) Automatic oven Surface cooking area light switch (pp. 10, 33) (p. 37) Broil element Anti-tip bracket (not shown) (p. 23) (p. 18) Model and serial Bake element number plate (p. 16) (behind left side of storage drawer) Removable storage drawer (p. 24) NOTE: Window on Model RF364PXE only. CONTROL PANEL Surface heating S
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USING YOUR RANGE To get the best cooking results, you should use your range the correct way. This section tells you what you need to know to use your range safely and efficiently. USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS Using the control knobs wWARNING Push in the control knobs before turning them to a setting. You can set them anywhere between HI and OFF. Fire Hazard Turn off all controls when done cooking. Failure to do so can result in death or fire. Surface cooking area heat settings Use the followi
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS (CONT.) Using cookware Home canning information Use the correct cookware to prevent damage to To protect your range: • the surface cooking area, cooktop, wiring, and Use flat-bottomed canners/pans for best results. • surrounding areas. Use the largest sur- • If the cookware is too small for the surface face cooking area for • cooking area or the bottom is not flat, the surface best results. Also, use a cooking area could stay glowing red for an c
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS (CONT.) Using the ceramic glass cooktop Sugary spills and soils can cause pitting. See • “Cleaning the ceramic glass cooktop” in the (Ceramic glass cooktop models) “Caring for Your Range” section for more Cooking on the ceramic glass cooktop is similar to information. cooking on coil elements. Wiping off the cooktop before and after each use • There are, however, a will help keep the surface free from stains and give few differences: you the most
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USING YOUR RANGE POSITIONING RACKS AND PANS General guidelines Rack placement for specific foods: Follow this section carefully to get the best FOOD RACK POSITION cooking results. Frozen pies, large 1st or 2nd rack Before turning on the oven, place oven racks • roasts, turkeys, angel guide from bottom where you need them. food cakes To move a rack, pull it out to the stop, raise the • Bundt cakes, most 2nd rack guide front edge, and lift it out. quick breads, yeast from bottom Be sure the rack(s
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USING YOUR RANGE FOR BEST AIR CIRCULATION Hot air must circulate around the pans in the oven Where to place pans: for even heat to reach WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE all parts of the oven. This results in better 1 pan In center of the oven rack. baking. 2 pans Side by side or slightly Place the pans so • staggered. that one is not directly 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on over the other. each oven rack. Stagger For best results, allow • 1 pans so no pan is directly 1 ⁄2-2 inches of space over another.
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic CLOSE DOOR ON display BAKE BROIL START ? Indicator lights PREHEAT CLEAN (see below) DOOR LOCKED SELF-CLEANING OVEN Auto clean pad Start/enter pad (p. 26) (p. 14) START OFF CUSTOM AUTO BAKE TEMP Bake pad BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL Of f/cancel pad (pp. 14, 17) 5 SEC (p. 14) Custom broil Temperature pad pads (pp. 19, 20) (pp. 14, 17, 19, 20) Display Using the control lock The control lock lets you disable the control panel When you first plug
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USING YOUR RANGE STARTING/CANCELING A FUNCTION After setting a function for the first time, you must The off/cancel pad will cancel any function except press the start/enter pad to start the for the control lock. function. START OFF CANCEL ENTER 5 SEC BAKING/ROASTING 1. Place the racks where you need them in the oven. For more information, see the “Positioning racks Front of rack and pans” section. Rear of rack 2. Choose the bake setting. PRESS YOU SEE ON The bake indicator light will light up.
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 4. When roasting, put the food in the oven. You do not have to preheat the oven when roasting, unless your recipe recommends it. Roasting meats and poultry For even cooking, place the meat on a • rack in a shallow pan. This keeps the meat out of the drippings and allows the heat to circulate better. Use a meat thermometer for the most • accurate doneness. Insert it so the tip is in the center of the largest muscle or thickest portion of the meat or poultr
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 6. When baking, put your food in the oven after the oven is preheated. During baking/roasting, the elements will turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting. NOTE: The top element helps heat during baking/roasting, but does not turn red. 7. After cooking, turn off the oven. PRESS YOU SEE (a blank display) OFF CANCEL Save energy and save money “Oven peeking” can make cooking times • longer and affect food quality. Rely on a timer to keep tr
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USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL Although your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or slower than your old oven. If you are not satisfied with the baking/roasting results, you can change the offset temperature by following the steps below. NOTE: DO NOT measure the oven temperature with a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the oven temperature and give you an incorrect reading. Also, the thermometer temperature readi
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING NOTES: Do not preheat oven when broiling, unless your • recipe recommends it. Leave the door partly open whenever you use • the oven to broil. This lets the oven stay at the proper temperatures. See “Broiling tips” later in this section. • 1. Place the rack where you need it. You need to place the rack so that the surface Front of rack of the food is at least 3 inches away from the broil element. See “Broiling guide” later in this section. Rear of rack 2. Put your food
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) 4. Press the custom broil pad. PRESS YOU SEE ON The broil indicator light will light up. CUSTOM BROIL PRESS YOU SEE 5. Start the oven. ON The on indicator light will light up. START NOTE: You can change the temperature setting ENTER any time after pressing the start/enter pad. To change the setting, see “To custom broil at a 5 SEC lower temperature” below. 6. After broiling, turn off the oven. PRESS YOU SEE (a blank display) OFF CANCEL ON To custom broil at a lo
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) If you want your food to broil slower from the PRESS YOU SEE ON • start, press the custom broil pad and press the t temp pad so a temperature between 300°F and 500°F shows on the display. Press the CUSTOM start/enter pad. BROIL Lower temperature settings let the broil heating element cycle and slow cooking. The lower the (example shows broil at temperature, the slower the cooking. 400°F) TEMP NOTE: Fish and chicken are some foods that may cook better if you use
