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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 ........19
Caring for Your
Range ......................22
Troubleshooting ......27
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ....................29
Index ........................31
Warranty ..................32
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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 WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical • Disconnect the electrical supply before 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 Oven vent Electronic (p. 17) Oven control (pp. 10, 20-21) Surface burners and grates (pp. 6, 22, 23, 24) Control panel (pp. 5, 22) Gasket (p. 19) Anti-tip bracket (p. 3, 17) Door stop clip Model and serial number plate (behind left side of storage door) Storage drawer (p. 18) CONTROL PANEL Surface burner marker (shows which burner you are setting) Left rear Left front Right front Right rear control knob control knob control knob control knob 5 ON
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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. • HIGH To start food cooking. • To bring liquid to a boil. • Mid-range To hold a boil. Fire Hazard • (between HIGH To fry chicken or pancakes. Do not let the burner flame extend beyond • and LOW) For gravy, pudding, and icing. the edge of the pan. • To cook large amounts of • Turn off all controls when not cooking. vegetables. Failure t
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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 the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the your local U.S. Government Agricultural Depart- control knob to the setting you want. ment Extension Office or companies who manufacture home canning p
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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, • raise the front edge and lift it out. 1 pan In center of the oven rack. 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 Use aluminum foil to catch spillovers from pies or Do not line the oven bottom with foil or other liners. • • casseroles by placing It could affect the oven surface as well as the quality foil on the oven rack of your baking. below. Foil should be Place tent-shaped foil loosely over meat or poultry • turned up at edges and to slow down surface browning for long term be at least 1 inch larger roasting. Remove foil for the last 30 minutes. than dish. Use narrow
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic display ON BAKE Indicator lights BROIL START ? (see below) HEAT CLEAN SELF-CLEANING OVEN DOOR LOCKED Start/enter Auto clean pad pad (p. 20) START OFF CUSTOM AUTO BAKE TEMP BROIL CLEAN Bake pad ENTER CANCEL Off/cancel pad 5 SEC (pp. 11, 13) Custom broil Temperature pad pad (pp. 11, 13, 15, 20) (pp. 14, 15) Display Using the control lock The control lock lets you disable the control panel When you first plug in the range, “PF” will appea
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner during a power failure. 1. Place the racks where you need them. For more information, see “Positioning racks and pans” in the “Using Front the oven” section. NOTE: Do not place food directly on the oven door or the oven bottom. Rear ON 2. Choose the bake setting. PRESS YOU SEE The bake indicator light will light up. BAKE ON 3. Set the temperature (optional). PRESS YOU SEE Do this step if you want to set a temperatur
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 5. Press START/ENTER ON PRESS YOU SEE The preheat conditioning time counts down the approximate preheat time after the oven temper- START ature has been set and START has been ENTER pressed. The preheat, bake, and on indicator 5 SEC lights will light up. The oven control automati- cally sets 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-
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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 NOTE: Do not preheat when broiling unless your recipe 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the • recommends it. pan in the center of the oven rack. 1. Place the rack where you need it. See “Broiling guidelines” later in this section. Front 3. Close the door. Rear 4. Press CUSTOM BROIL. ON PRESS YOU SEE The broil indicator light will light up. CUSTOM BROIL 5. Start the oven. ON PRESS YOU SEE The on and heat indicator lights will light up. NOTE: You can change
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE ON To custom broil at a lower temperature: If your food is cooking too fast, press the t temp • pad until “325°F” shows on the display. (example shows broil at 325°F) ON PRESS YOU SEE If you want your food to broil slower from the • start, press CUSTOM BROIL and press the t temp pad so a temperature between 300°F CUSTOM BROIL and 525°F shows on the display. Press START/ENTER. Lower temperature settings let the broil burner cycle and slow cooki
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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 POSITION MEAT SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1" thick 4 medium rare 14-15 7-8 medium 15-16 8-9 well done 18-19 9-10 3 Ground Meat Patties, ⁄4" thick, well done 4 13-14 6-7 4 Pork Chops, 1" thick 21-22 10-11 1 Ham Slice, ⁄2" thick, precooked 4 8-10 4-5 4 Frankfurters 6-7
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USING YOUR RANGE THE OVEN VENT Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through Oven vent 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 ANTI-TIP BRACKET The range will not tip during normal use. However, the range can tip if you apply too much forc
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USING YOUR RANGE THE STORAGE DRAWER Use the storage drawer to store cookware. You can remove the drawer to make it easier to clean under the range. Removing the storage drawer: 1. Empty the drawer before you remove it. Pull the drawer straight out to the first stop. (The stops are small, round objects formed in the slide rail. They keep the drawer from sliding all the way out.) Then lift the front of the drawer and pull it out to the sec- ond stop. 2. Lift the back of the drawer slightly and sl
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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: Hand-clean the areas shown. They do not get • DO NOT hot enough during the Self-Cleaning cycle for hand-clean so
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USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE SETTING THE CONTROLS ON PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press AUTO CLEAN. The clean indicator light will light up. 1 This will automatically set a 3 ⁄2-hour AUTO CLEAN Self-Cleaning cycle. NOTE: There will be a 30-minute cool-down 1 ⁄2 hour before the cycle is over. 2. Set the cleaning time (optional). ON PRESS YOU SEE If you want a Self-Cleaning cycle longer or 1 shorter than 3 ⁄2 hours, use the hour and minute pads to set the cleaning time you want. Press the “up” (s) or “down
