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Self-Cleaning
Electric Range
A Note to You ............2
Range Safety ............3
Parts and Features....6
Using Your Range ....7
Using the Self-
Cleaning Cycle ........28
Caring for Your
Range ......................32
Troubleshooting ......36
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ....................38
Index ........................39
Warranty ..................40
1-800-253-1301
Call our Consumer Assistance Center
with questions or comments.
®
with ACCUBAKE System
4.65 Cubic Foot Oven
MODEL R
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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 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 s
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do Not Cook on Broken Cooktop – If cooktop For self-cleaning ranges – • should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is • may penetrate the broken cooktop 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 Cooktop With Caution – If a wet
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PARTS AND FEATURES Electronic oven control (pp. 14-17) Control panel Oven vent (pp. 6, 8, 32) (p. 27) Keep Warm element ® surface area CLEANTOP (p. 8) ceramic glass cooktop Keep Warm element (pp. 9, 32, 33) indicator light (p. 8) Surface cooking area Automatic oven (pp. 7-11, 33) light switch (p. 35) Anti-tip bracket (p. 3) Hot surface indicator lights Door stop clip (p. 9) (p. 34, 35) Broil element Model and serial (not shown) number plate (p. 21) (behind left side of storage drawer)
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USING YOUR RANGE 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 be- tween 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 Easy ways to save energy When heating large quantities of liquid for foods Use the following chart as a guide. • such as pasta or soup, cover with a lid to help SETTING RECOMME
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS (CONT.) Using the Keep Warm element Keep Warm element Use the Keep Warm element to keep cooked foods control knob warm. It is not recommended for heating cold foods. Choose the MIN setting for heat-sensitive OFF OFF LO HI C LO HI F KEEP WARM OFF 2 8 TIMER TIMER CLOCK LIGHT and smaller quantities of food. Choose the MAX SET OFF LO HI HEAT ON TIMER STOP 2 8 OFF DELAY BAKE LOCKED CLEAN OFF MAX TIMED BROIL START? COOK TIME SELF-CLEANING OVEN 3 7 LO H
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS (CONT.) Using the ceramic glass cooktop Cooking on the ceramic glass cooktop is similar Lift pots and pans onto and off of the cooktop. • to cooking on coil Sliding pots and pans on the cooktop could leave elements. There are, marks that are difficult to remove or could leave however, a few permanent marks. differences: Dropping a heavy or hard object on the cooktop • The surface cooking • could crack it. Be careful when using heavy skillets area
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS (CONT.) Home canning information Cookware tips To protect your range: Select a pan that is about the same size as the • surface cooking area. Cookware should not extend Use flat-bottomed canners on all types of cooktops, • more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) outside the area. especially ceramic glass. Canners with rippled or For best results and greater energy efficiency, • ridged bottoms do not use only flat-bottomed cookware that makes good allow good c
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS (CONT.) Characteristics of cookware materials The pan material affects how fast heat transfers from the surface cooking area through the pan material and how evenly heat spreads over the pan bottom. Choose pans that provide the best cooking results. Aluminum • Heats quickly and evenly. • Use for all types of cooking. • Medium or heavy thickness is best for most cooking. • Used as a core or base in cookware to provide even heating. Cast iron • He
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USING YOUR RANGE USING THE OVEN Where to place pans: Positioning racks and pans Place the oven racks where you need them before WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE turning on the oven. 1 pan In center of the oven rack. To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, • 2 pans Side by side or slightly raise the front edge and lift it out. staggered. Be sure the rack(s) is level. • 3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect your hands • each oven rack. Stagger if rack(s) must be
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKEWARE CHOICES Baking performance is affected by the type of bakeware used. Use the bakeware size recommended in the recipe. BAKEWARE TYPE BEST USED FOR GUIDELINES Light colored aluminum • Use temperature and time recommended • Light golden crusts • Even browning in recipe. Dark aluminum and other • Brown, crisp crusts • May reduce baking temperature 25°F. bakeware with dark, dull, • Use suggested baking time. and/or non-stick finish • Use temperature and time recommended
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USING YOUR RANGE THE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Minute timer set and Electronic off pads (pp. 15, 16) display Clock pad (p. 15) C Manual oven F TIMER TIMER CLOCK LIGHT light pad SET OFF HEAT TIMER STOP ON DELAY BAKE LOCKED CLEAN (p. 35) SELF-CLEANING OVEN SELF-CLEANING OVEN TIMED BROIL START? COOK TIME DELAY START OFF CUSTOM AUTO COOK STOP BAKE TEMP HR MIN START BROIL CLEAN TIME TIME ENTER CANCEL TIME 5 SEC Oven selector Temperature Electronic Hour Minute Start/enter Off/cancel pads pad MEALTIME
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USING YOUR RANGE SETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press CLOCK. CLOCK TIME PRESS YOU SEE 2. Set the time. Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. HR MIN TIME (example for 5:30) PRESS YOU SEE 3. Start the clock. OR CLOCK START 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 minut
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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 TIMER ENTER 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 TIMER press TIMER OFF. NOTE: To remove the reminder tones, press and hold TIMER SET for 5 seconds. To bring back the tones, follow the same step. You
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USING YOUR RANGE TONES Tones tell you if a function is entered correctly or To choose between high and low volume tones: not. They also tell you when a cycle is completed. Press and hold DELAY START TIME for 5 seconds. A short tone will sound to tell you the tones To shut off all tones except for the end-of-timer have been changed. Either “HI” or “LO” will and error tones: DELAY appear on the time display for 3 seconds to START Press and hold STOP TIME for 5 seconds. TIME show the volume you ch
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) 4. When roasting, put your 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 p
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USING YOUR RANGE BAKING/ROASTING (CONT.) ® The ACCUBAKE system electronically regulates NOTE: You can change the temperature setting the preheat time and temperature to maintain a any time after pressing START/ENTER. You do precise temperature range for the best cooking not have to press START/ENTER again. The results. The preheat and set temperatures may preheat time will not change if you reset the be different at the end of the countdown. This temperature before the countdown time ends. is
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USING YOUR RANGE ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL (CONT.) 2. Set the new offset temperature. PRESS YOU SEE Press s to raise the temperature or t to lower the temperature in 10°F amounts. You can set F TEMP the temperature change to as low as -30°F or as high as +30°F. A minus (-) sign will appear before the number when decreasing the temperature (example when making oven setting. The minus sign shows the oven will be 10°F warmer) cooler by the displayed amount. There is no sign in front o
