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Standard-Cleaning
Gas Range
A Note to You............ 2
Range Safety ........ 3-5
Parts and Features ... 6
Using Your Range ..... 7
Caring for Your
Range ..................... 22
Troubleshooting ...... 30
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Service .................... 32
Index ....................... 33
Warranty ................. 36
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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 Storage in or on the Range – Flammable • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using materials should not be stored in an oven or the range, follow basic precautions, including the near surface units. following: Do Not Use Water on Grease Fires – Smother • WARNING – TO REDUCE THE RISK OF fire or flame or use dry chemical or foam-type • TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST extinguisher. BE SECURED BY PRO
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Utensil Handles Should Be Turned Inward and For self-cleaning ranges – • Not Extend Over Adjacent Surface Units – To Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable essential for a good seal. Care should be taken materials, and spillage due to unintentional not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. contact with the utensil, the handle of a utensil Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial • should be position
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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. Oven vent Electronic (p. 20) oven control (p. 11) Surface burners and grates (pp. 7, 22-26) Control panel (pp. 7, 22) Automatic oven light switch (p. 29) Anti-tip bracket (p. 21) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of broiler doo
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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 BURNERS wWARNING Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard Easy ways to save energy Do not operate with a yellow flame. To help shorten your cooking time, use the • Doing so can result in death, heart attack, least amount of liquid possible. or convulsions. Preheat your pots and pans only when • recommended an
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.) In case of a prolonged power failure You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn the control knob to Using the right cookware the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the makes a big difference control knob to the setting you want. The pan should have a flat bottom, • straight sides, and a well-fitting lid. Home canning information Choose medium to heavy gauge (thick- The large diameter of most water-
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USING YOUR RANGE POSITIONING RACKS AND PANS Rack placement for specific foods: General guidelines 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, • 1 pans so no pan is directly allow 1 ⁄2-2 inches of over another. spac
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic ON display HEAT BAKE BROIL LOCK'D TIMER Off/ TIMER Oven selector SET START OFF CUSTOM AUTO CLOCK LIGHT LIGHT BAKE BAKE TEMP HR MIN cancel BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL TIMER pads OFF 5 SEC pad (pp. 14, 19) (p. 13) Minute Temperature Clock Minute Oven Hour Start/enter pads pads pad timer set light pads pad (p. 12) (pp. 14, 17, 19) (p. 12) and off pad (p. 12) (p. 13) pads (p. 29) (pp. 12, 13) Display/clock Using the control lock When you first pl
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK NOTE: If you do not want the clock time displayed, press and hold the clock pad for 5 seconds. To display the clock time again, press and hold the clock pad for 5 seconds. You should not have to reset the time. 1. Press the clock pad. PRESS YOU SEE 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 START OR CLOCK ENTER 5
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) 3. Start the minute timer. PRESS YOU SEE The minute timer will begin counting down immediately after the timer is started. START ENTER TIMER 5 SEC (display counts down) 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 display the time of day while the minute timer is counting down, press the clock pad. 4. Turn off the minute ti
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING Your oven is designed with the AccuBake tempera- ture management system to constantly monitor oven temperature. The burner element will cycle, as needed, to maintain the desired temperature. This feature is automatically activated when the oven is in operation. IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner during a power failure. 1. Place the racks where you need them in the oven. For more information, see “Positioning racks and pans” earlier in this Front secti
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 5. Press the start/enter pad. A preheating time will count down on the display. START ON The oven control automatically sets preheating ENTER times based on the oven temperature you select: HEAT BAKE 5 SEC For 245°F and less, the preheating time is • (example for set temperature 4 minutes. of 350°F) For 250°F-445°F, the preheating time is • 10 minutes. For above 450°F, the preheating time is • 15 minutes. As the preheat countdown ends, the s
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 6. When baking, put your food in the oven after the preheat countdown time ends. During Save energy and save money baking/roasting, the oven burner will turn “Oven peeking” can make cooking • on and off to keep the times longer and affect food quality. oven temperature at the setting. Rely on a timer to keep track of • cooking time. Plan your meals for the most efficient • use of the oven by cooking more than one food at a time or baking while the oven is
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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 The broiler is located below the oven door. The 3. Before the broiler is turned on, place your food broiler pan and grid roll out for easy access. Always on the broiler pan. Then broil with the broiler and oven doors closed. place the pan on the broiler bottom (Ledge 0) NOTES: or one of the two ledges Ledge 2 Do not step on or apply weight to the broiler door • and roll the broiler pan when it is open. This could damage the door. Ledge 1 and grid into the broiler. Do
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) 5. Press the custom broil pad. PRESS YOU SEE CUSTOM BROIL BROIL 6. Start oven. PRESS YOU SEE You can change the temperature setting any time after pressing the start/enter pad. To START ON change the setting, see “To custom broil at a ENTER HEAT BROIL lower temperature” below. After changing the 5 SEC setting, you do not have to press the start/enter pad again. 7. After broiling, turn off the oven. PRESS YOU SEE OFF CANCEL (time of day) To custom broil at a lowe
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) Broiling guide Recommended pan positions are numbered from bottom (0) to top (2) (see “Broiling” earlier in this section.) 2 1 For best results, turn your meat after about ⁄3 of the broiling time. Turn chicken pieces after about ⁄2 of the broiling time. Very thin cuts, such as fish fillets, may not need to be turned at all. You should rotate the broiler pan back to the front at the same time you turn the foods. APPROXIMATE TIME (MINUTES) PAN MEAT POSITION SIDE 1
