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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 ........20
Caring for Your
Range ......................23
Troubleshooting ......29
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ....................31
Index ........................35
Warranty ..................36
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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 and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your applianc
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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 WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical • shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the servicing the appliance. range, follow basic precautions, including the Never Use the Range for Warming or Heating • following: the 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 SECURE
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PARTS AND FEATURES Electronic Oven vent Oven control (p. 19) (pp. 10-18, 21, 22) Surface burners and grates (pp. 6, 25-26) Control panel (p. 23) Automatic oven light switch (p. 28) Anti-tip bracket (p. 3) Door stop clip (p. 26-28) Model and serial number plate (behind left side of storage drawer) Storage drawer (p. 19) Surface burner marker CONTROL PANEL (shows which burner you are setting) Left rear Left front Right front Right rear control knob control knob control knob control k
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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 To light the burner. LIGHT • To provide highest heat POWER™Burner • setting. (left front burner) 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. To fry chicken or pancakes. (between HIGH • Failure to follow th
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.) Refer to your canner manual for specific instructions. • In case of a prolonged power failure You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit For up-to-date information on canning, contact your match near a burner and turn the control knob to local U.S. Government Agricultural Department the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the Extension Office or companies who manufacture control knob to the setting you want. 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. Be sure the rack(s) is level. 2 pans Side by side or slightly • 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 FOR BAKING 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 wi
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic ON SELF-CLEANING OVEN HEAT BAKE BROIL LOCK'D CLEAN TIMER display TIMER SET START OFF CUSTOM AUTO Oven selector BAKE BAKE TEMP CLOCK LIGHT LIGHT HR MIN BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL TIMER Off/cancel pads OFF 5 SEC pad (pp. 13, 15, (pp. 12, 16, 17, 22) Temperature Clock Minute Oven Hour Minute Start/enter 14, 16, 22) pad pad timer set light pads pads pad (pp. 13, 15, (p. 11) and off pad (p. 11, (p. 11, (pp. 10, 11, 16, 17, 22) pads (p. 28) 21) 2
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK 1. Press CLOCK. 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 TIMER (example for 5:30) 3. Start the clock. PRESS YOU SEE START OR CLOCK ENTER 5 SEC USING THE ELECTRONIC MINUTE TIMER The minute timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours and minutes up to 12 hours, 59 minutes. The minute timer will display mi
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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 TIMER OFF. TIMER NOTE: To display the time of day while the minute timer is counting down, press CLOCK. PRESS YOU SEE 4. Turn off the minute ti
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING ® Your oven is designed with the ACCUBAKE IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner during a power failure. Never place food or temperature management system to constantly monitor oven temperature. The burner will cycle, cookware directly on the oven door or the oven bottom. as needed, to maintain the desired temperature. This feature is automatically activated when the oven is in operation. 1. Place the racks where you need them in the oven. For more in
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 5. Press START/ENTER. A preheat conditioning time counts down the ON approximate preheat time after the oven START ENTER temperature has been set and START has been HEAT BAKE pressed. The oven control automatically sets 5 SEC (example for set temperature preheating times based on the oven 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 minutes.
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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 rea
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING NOTES: •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. 3. Press CUSTOM BROIL. PRESS YOU SEE CUSTOM BROIL BROIL PRESS YOU SEE 4. Start oven. You can change the temperature setting any time after pressing START/ENTER. To change START ON the
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE To custom broil at a lower temperature: If food is cooking too fast, press the t temp pad • ON until “325°F” shows on the small display. TEMP HEAT BROIL (example shows broil at 325°F) PRESS YOU SEE If you want food to broil slower from the start, • press CUSTOM BROIL and press the t temp pad so a temperature between 300°F and 520°F shows ON CUSTOM on the small display. Press START/ENTER. BROIL BROIL Lower temperature settings let the broil burn
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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 in 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, 13-14 6-7 well done 4 Pork Chops, 1" thick 21-22 10-11 1 Ham Slice, ⁄2" thick, precooked 4 8-10 4-5 4 Frankfurters 6-7 3-4 Lam
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USING YOUR RANGE THE OVEN VENT Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through a vent that is near the middle of the backguard. The vent lets air circulate properly. Be careful not to block the vent, or you will get poor baking/roasting results. NOTE: Never store plastics, paper, or other items that could melt or burn near the oven vent, or any of the surface burners. THE STORAGE DRAWER Use the storage drawer to store cookware. You can remove the drawer to make it easier to clean under the ra
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USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE wWARNING Burn Hazard Do not touch the oven during the Self-Cleaning cycle. Keep children away from oven during Self-Cleaning cycle. Do not use commercial oven cleaners in your oven. Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns, or illness from inhaling dangerous fumes. BEFORE YOU START Before you start the Self-Cleaning cycle, make sure you: NOTE: DO NOT clean, move, or bend the gasket. DO NOT You may get poor cleaning, baking, and roasting. hand-clean
