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Standard-Cleaning
Electric Range
A Note to You............ 2
Range Safety ........ 3-5
Parts and Features ... 6
Using Your Range ..... 7
Caring for Your
Range ..................... 24
Troubleshooting ...... 32
Requesting
Assistance or
Service .................... 34
Index ....................... 35
Warranty ................. 36
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4.65 Cubic Foot Oven
TM
MODEL RF315PXE
PART NO. 3196273 Rev. B
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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 Use Care When Opening Door – Let hot air or For self-cleaning ranges – • steam escape before removing or replacing food. Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • Do Not Heat Unopened Food Containers – essential for a good seal. Care should be taken • Build-up of pressure may cause container to not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. burst and result in injury. Do Not Use Oven Cleaners – No commercial oven • Keep Oven Vent Ducts Unobstructed. clea
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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. Manual oven light switch (p. 31) Oven vent (p. 22) Control panel Plug-in coil element (pp. 7, 24) with one-piece reflector bowl (pp. 7, 24, 26) Automatic oven light switch (p. 31) Broil element (p. 18) Anti-tip bracket Bake element (p. 22) (p
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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 COIL ELEMENTS 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. Coil element heat settings Use the following chart as a gu
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE COIL ELEMENTS (CONT.) Using cookware Home canning information Use the correct cookware to prevent damage to To protect your range: • the coil element, cooktop, wiring, and surround- Use flat-bottomed canners/pans for best results. • ing areas. Use the largest coil • If the cookware is too small for the coil element element for best results. • or the bottom is not flat, the coil element could Also, use a canner/pan stay glowing red for an extended length of time that
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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 display Indicator lights (see below) Start/enter pad (p. 13) Bake pad Off/cancel pad (p. 14) (p. 13) Custom broil Temperature/ Clock/timer pads pad time pads (pp. 12-13) (p. 19) (pp. 12, 14, 17, 19) Display Using the control lock The control lock lets you disable the control panel When you first plug in the range, “PF” will • command pads. The control lock comes in handy appear on the display until you press any com- when you want to preven
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK 1. Press the clock pad. PRESS YOU SEE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 2. Set the time. Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. (example for 5:30) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the clock. NOTES: OR CLOCK START To see the time of day when the clock time is • ENTER not on the display, press the clock pad. 5 SEC You must reset the clock if the power goes off • for more than 1 second. USING THE MINUTE TIMER The minute timer does not start o
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the countdown. TIMER OR START • • CANCEL ENTER 5 SEC (display counts down) When the time is up: YOU SEE You will hear four 1-second tones. NOTE: To see the countdown time when the minute timer is not on the display, press the minute timer pad. 4. Turn off the minute timer. PRESS YOU SEE (previous display) TIMER • • CANCEL twice To cancel the minute timer during PRESS YOU SEE (previous display) the countdown TIMER • • CANCEL t
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USING YOUR RANGE 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 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 temperature other than 350°F. Press s to raise the temper- ature or t to lower the temperature in 5°F amounts. You can set a temperature anywher
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) ON 5. Press the start/enter pad. PRESS YOU SEE A preheating time will count down on the display. The heat, bake, and on indicator lights will light START up. The oven control automatically sets preheat- ENTER ing times based on the oven temperature you 5 SEC select: (example for set For 245°F and less, the preheating time is • temperature of 350°F) 3 minutes. For 250°F-445°F, the preheating time is • 6 minutes. For 450°F and above, the preheating time is
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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 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 (time of day or minute OFF timer countdown) CANCEL Save energy and save money “Oven peeking” can make cooking • times longer and affect food qua
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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 oven temperature with a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the oven temperature and give you an incorrect reading. Also, the thermometer temperature reading w
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING NOTES: Do not preheat 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 on th
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING (CONT.) ON PRESS YOU SEE 4. Press the custom broil pad. The broil indicator light will light up. CUSTOM BROIL ON 5. Start the oven. PRESS YOU SEE The on and heat indicator lights will light up. START NOTES: ENTER You can change the temperature setting any • 5 SEC time after pressing the start/enter pad. To change the setting, see “To custom broil at a lower temperature” below. If you are broiling while the minute timer is • counting down, you can see the set broiling te
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USING YOUR RANGE BROILING TIPS Place food about 3 inches or more from the broil Use the broiler pan and grid for broiling. They are • • element. designed to drain extra liquid and grease away from the cooking surface. This drainage helps After broiling, remove the broiler pan from the • prevent spatter or smoke. oven when you remove the food. Drippings will bake on the pan if you leave it in the heated oven. Do not cover the broiler grid with foil. • To make sure the grease drains well, do not u
