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..24 Caring for Your Range.......27 Troubleshooting..32 Requesting Assistance or Service .....34 Index ......35 Warranty....36 1-800-253-1301 Call our Consumer Assistance Center with questions or comments.
® 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. Please read it carefully.
ANGE AFETY 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”...
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RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • WARNING: Disconnect the electrical supply before servicing To reduce the risk of fire, electrical the appliance. shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the range, follow basic precautions, including the • Never Use the Range for Warming or Heating the following: Room.
ARTS AND EATURES Manual oven light switch (p. 31) Electronic Oven vent Oven control (p. 22) (pp. 10-22) Surface burners and grates (pp. 6, 27, 29) Control panel (pp. 5, 27) Automatic oven light switch (p. 31) Anti-tip bracket (p. 3) Gasket (p.
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SING ANGE SING 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 •...
USING YOUR RANGE SING THE SURFACE BURNERS ( CONT In case of a prolonged power failure • Refer to your canner manual for specific 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 your the LIGHT position.
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USING YOUR RANGE SING 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.
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USING YOUR RANGE SING ALUMINUM FOIL • • 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.
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USING YOUR RANGE HE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic display COOK TIME/ TIMED BAKE BROIL Indicator HEAT lights CLEAN Start/enter pad DOOR SELF CLEANING OVEN (see below ) LOCKED START TIME/ TIMER (pp. 10, 11, 12, START? DELAY 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, START 21, 25) CLOCK...
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USING YOUR RANGE ETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE 1. Press CLOCK. CLOCK 2. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” (s) or “down” (t) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. TIME (example for 5:30) 3.
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USING YOUR RANGE SING 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 5 SEC TIMER (display counts down) YOU SEE When the time is up: You will hear four 1-second tones.
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USING YOUR RANGE AKING ROASTING 1. Place the racks where you need them. For more IMPORTANT: Do not try to light the oven burner information, see during a power failure. Never place food or “Positioning racks and cookware directly on the oven door or the oven pans”...
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USING YOUR RANGE AKING ROASTING ( CONT 5. Press START/ENTER. PRESS YOU SEE A preheat conditioning time counts down the approximate preheat time after the oven START temperature has been set and START has been ENTER pressed. The heat, bake, and on indicator lights 5 SEC will light up.
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USING YOUR RANGE DJUSTING 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.
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USING YOUR RANGE ROILING NOTE: Do not preheat when broiling, unless your recipe recommends it. 1. Place the rack where you need it. See “Broiling 2. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the guidelines” later in this pan in the center of the oven rack.
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USING YOUR RANGE ROILING ( CONT To custom broil at a lower temperature: • PRESS YOU SEE If food is cooking too fast, press the t TEMP pad until “325°F” shows on the display. TIME (example shows broil at 325°F) •...
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USING YOUR RANGE ROILING ( 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 MEAT POSITION SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Steak, 1"...
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USING YOUR RANGE MEALTIMER SING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL The electronic MEALTIMER control will turn the WARNING oven on and off at times you set, even when you are not around. Food Poisoning Hazard Delayed time baking/roasting is ideal for foods that Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour do not need a preheated oven, like meats and before or after cooking.
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USING YOUR RANGE MEALTIMER SING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL ( CONT PRESS YOU SEE 6. Start the oven. NOTES: START • You can change the temperature or time ENTER settings any time after pressing START/ENTER 5 SEC by repeating Steps 3 or 5. You do not have to (display counts down cook press START/ENTER.
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USING YOUR RANGE MEALTIMER SING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL ( CONT PRESS YOU SEE 3. Set the temperature (optional). Do this step if you want to set a temperature other than 350°F. Press to raise the tempera- ture or to lower the temperature in 5°F TIME amounts.
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USING YOUR RANGE MEALTIMER SING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL ( CONT 9. When the start time is reached: YOU SEE You will hear a 1-second tone. The display will count down the baking/roasting time in hours and minutes (if the cook time is more than 1 hour) or in minutes and seconds (if the cook time is less than 1 hour).
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USING YOUR RANGE HE 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.
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SING THE LEANING YCLE 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.
USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS 1. Press AUTO CLEAN. PRESS YOU SEE The clean indicator light will light up. This will automatically set a 3 ⁄ -hour AUTO CLEAN Self-Cleaning cycle. NOTE: There will be a 30-minute cool-down ⁄...
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USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS ( CONT After the oven cools to room temperature, wipe off any residue or ash with a damp cloth or sponge. If needed, touch up spots with a mildly abrasive cleanser or cleaning sponge. To stop the self-cleaning cycle at PRESS YOU SEE...
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ARING FOR ANGE wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near this appliance. Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire. LEANING CHART Before cleaning, always make sure all controls are off and the range is cool. Refer to instructions on all cleaning products before using them to clean your range.
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE LEANING CHART ( CONT PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Surface burners • See the “Sealed surface burner” section in the “Caring for your range” section. • • Oven door glass Soap and water Wash, rinse and dry with soft •...
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EALED SURFACE BURNERS AND COOKTOP Cleaning the surface burners Porcelain • You should routinely remove and clean the burner burner cap cap. Always clean the burner cap after a spill- over. Keeping the burner cap clean prevents poor ignition and an uneven flame.
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EMOVING THE OVEN DOOR For normal use of your range, you do not need to Door stop clip Door removal remove the door. However, if you find it necessary to remove the door, follow the instructions in this pin hole section.
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EMOVING THE OVEN DOOR ( CONT Range Door stop 2. Hold oven door so that the top edge of each clip hinge hanger is horizontal. Insert hinge hangers into the front frame hinge slots. Hinge Door removal hanger 3.
ROUBLESHOOTING Most cooking problems often are caused by little things you can find and fix without tools of any kind. Check the lists below and on the next page before calling for assistance or service. If you still need help, see “Requesting Assistance or Service” on page 34. ANGE DOES NOT WORK PROBLEM CAUSE...
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TROUBLESHOOTING HEN SELF CLEANING YOUR OVEN PROBLEM CAUSE • The Self-Cleaning cycle You did not press START/ENTER. will not work • The door is not closed all the way. OOKING RESULTS PROBLEM SOLUTION • Cookware not level Level the range. (See the Installation Instructions.) •...
(see the “A Note to You” section). after-warranty service, anywhere in the United States. This information will help Whirlpool better respond To locate the Whirlpool designated service company to your request.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Outside the 50 United States, this warranty does not apply. Contact your local Whirlpool dealer to determine if another warranty applies.