CONTENTS
SAFETY
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USE AND CARE
Your Range and Its Features ............. _....................... 6
Removal of Packaging Tape ...................................... 7
Cooktop Cooking ..................................................... 7-9
Oven Cooking Tips ............................................... 9,10
Oven Controls ...................................................... 11.13
To Set BAKE ............................................................. 11
To Sat TIMED BAKE ........ :........................................ 11
To Set ROAST ........................................................... 12
Broiling Tips .............................................................. 13
The Self-Clean Cyole ................................................ 14
CLEANING
Cleaning Tips ...................................................... 15, 15
Removable Parts ................................................. 17, 18
BEFORE CALLING FOR SERVICE
What to Do Before Calling for Service. ............ 19, 20
Temperature Adjustments ....................................... 21
SEARS
Kenmore
WARRANTY
MODELS 95649, 95645
USE • CARE • SAFETY
MANUAL
I kWARNING
• ALL RANGES CAN TIP
• INJURY TO PERSONS
COULD RESULT
• INSTALL ANTI-TIP
DEVICE PACKED
WITH RANGE
• SEE INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS
STABILITY DEVICE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
FOR BRACKET KIT NO. 342473
TOOLS NEEDED:
Bracket attaches to floororwallto hold either right or left
rear leg leveler. Iffastening to floor, be sure that screws
do not penetrate electrical wiring or plumbing. If this
cannot be determined, use shorter screws that will not
penetrate through flooring.
Ifthe bracket came with your range, it Is shipped Inthe
prepack located Inside the oven. Remove the bracket
from the prepack and follow the instructions below.
1. Decide whether the bracket will be Installed on the
right or left side of range location.
2. If the bracket side of the range Is adjacent to a
cabinet, place the bracket against back wall and
cabinet as shown in Figure 1.
If there Is no adjacent cabinet, determine where the
location of the range side (painted outside panel) will
be. Place the bracket with Its outside edge at this
location and against back wall. See Figure 1.
ADJACENT CABINET OR FINNALI
LOCATION OF RANGE SIDE
PANEL
Phillips head screwdriver
1 _8" open end or adjustable wrench
OUTSIDE EDGE OF
BRACKET TO BE
FLUSH WiTH LEFT OR
RIGHT SIDE OF RANGE
.
Determine whether you will anchorthe bracket to the
floor or wall. Fasten the bracket securely with the
screws provided. Screws are self-drilling in wood,
plywood, particle and chip board, and most metal
framing. Ifattaching to masonry, you can buy suitable
screws and anchors at hardware stores. Use a
masonry drill to drill the required holes.
4,
Using the wrench, back out the four leg levelers at
least two turns. See your Installation guide for more
leveling Information before positioning range.
.
Slide the range Into place. Be sure rear leg leveler
fully engages slot in bracket. If range cannot be
moved back far enough for rear leg leveler to enter
bracket, move bracket forward as required and attach
to floor In new location.
BRACKET
SCREWMUST ENTER
WOODOR METAL |
WALL
PLATE
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WALL BEHIND
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
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A'FFACHMENTTOWALL
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
FOR YOUR SAFETY
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Read all Instructions before using this appliance. When using electrical
appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, Including the following:
Teach children notto play with range
knobs or any other part of the range.
Never leave children alone or unat-
tended where a range is In use.
CAUTION:
Items of interest to children
should not be stored in cabinets
above the range or on the
backsplash of the range. Chil.
dren climbing on the range to
reach items could be seriously
injured.
Never let anyone climb, sit or stand
on the open door or any other part of
the range. Their weight may make
the range Up over.
Never leave the oven door openwhen
you are not watching the range.
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To insure safety for yourself andyour home, please read your Owner's Manual
carefully. Keep it handy for quick easy reference. Pay close attention to the
safety sections of your manual. You can recognize the safety sections by
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looking for the _ symbol or the word "Safety."
Always keep the range area clear
and free from things that will burn.
CAUTION:
Never store things In an ovenor
near cooking zones. These things
may catch fire and plastic items
could melt.
Never wear loose clothing when
using your range. Such clothing
could catch fire.
Never use your range for warming
or heating a room. You could be
burned or seriously injured. Such
misuse could also cause damage to
the range.
Never usea towel or other bulky cloth
as a potholder. Such cloths could
catch fire on a hot cooking zone.
Never let pot handles stick out
over the front of the range. Turn
handles In so that they cannot be
bumped. Keep the handles away
from other hot cooking zones.
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Never leavecooking zones unwatched
at high heat settings. Bollovers cause
smoking and greasy splllovers could
catch fire,
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Keep this book for later use.
Be sure your range Is Installed and grounded properly
by a qualified technician.
Always use dry potholders when removing pans from
the oven or cooktop. Moist or damp potholders can
cause steam burns.
Always follow cleaning Instructions In this book.
Always keep the range and oven clean. Food and
grease are easy to Ignlte. Clean the range, oven and
vents regularly.
Clean Only Parts Listed In Manual.
CAUTION: Do not store items of interest to
children in cabinets above a range or on the
backguard of a range. Children climbing on a
range to reach items could be seriously injured.
Always keep combustible wall coverings, curtains, or
drapes a safe distance away from your range and oven.
Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, potholders and
other linens a safe distance away from your range.
Never store such Items on your range.
Always keep the appliance area clear and free from
things that will burn (gasoline and other flammable
vapors and liquids).
Never try to repair or replace any part of the range
unless Instructions are given In this book. All other
work should be done by a skilled technician.
Never heat unopened food containers, Pressure
buildup may make container burst and cause Injury.
Never leave jars or cans of fat or drippings on or near
therange. Neverletgreasebuilduponyourrange. You
can keep grease fires from starting If you clean up
grease and spills after each range use.
Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially a deep fat
fryer. Walt until the fat has cooled.
Never touch surface units, heating elements, or Interior
surfaces ofthe oven. They may be hot even though they
appear dark In color.
Always keep wooden utensils, plastic utensils orcanned
food a safe distance away from your range.
Some cleaners produce nox-
Ious fumes and wet cloths or
sponges could cause steam
burns if used on a hot surface.
COOKTOP SAFETY
Always use care when touching the cooktop. Heating
elements could be hot enough to burn you even If they 4
are (:lark In color. The glass surface of the cooktop will
retain heat after the controls are turned off.
Only some kinds of glass or ceramic pans can be used
for cooktop cooking. Be sure that the pan you use will
not break when heated on the cooktop elements.
Never block free airflow through the oven vent.
Do not cook on broken cooktop, ifcooktop should
break, cleaning solutions and splllovers may penetrate
the broken cooktop and create a risk of electrical shock.
Contact a qualified technician Immediately.
For major spills -- Turn unit to LO; use dry paper
towels to wipe up major spills, and then use a razor
scraper (held ina potholder) to scrape major spills from
a hot cooking zone. DO NOT attempt further cleaning
until cooktop surface has cooled.
Choose pots and pans
with flat bottoms, large
enough to cover the en-
tire cooktop element. This will cut down the risk of
ssttlng potholders orclothing on fire with an uncovered
element and waste less energy.
OVEN SAFETY
Place oven racks Indesired position while oven Iscool.
If rack must be moved while oven Is hot, do not let
potholder contact hot heating element inoven.
After broiling, always take the broiler pan out of the
range and clean It. Leftover grease In the broiler pan
can catch on fire next time you use the pan.
Always use care when opening oven door. Let hot air
and steam out before moving food.
Never use aluminum foil to line drip bowls or oven
bottoms. Improper use of foil could start a fire.
SELF-CLEAN SAFETY
If the self-cleaning mode malfunctions, turn off
and disconnect the power supply. Have serviced by a
qualified technician.
Always remove broiler pan and other utensils from the
oven before a self-clean cycle.
Never rub, move, or damage the door gasket on self-
cleaning ranges. The gasket Isessential for agood seal.
Never try to clean utensils, cookware or removable
parts of your range during a self-clean cycle.
Do Not Use Oven Cleaners -- No commercial oven
cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind
should be used In or around any part of the oven.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued)
READ AND UNDERSTAND
COOKTOP GREASE FIRE
Never pick up a flaming
THIS INFORMATION NOW!
Should you ever need it, you will
not have time for reading.
Be sure everyone in your home
knows what to do in case of fire.
Never use water on a grease fire -
it will only spread the flames.
_ an!! Instead:
tightly fitting pan lid, baking soda or an
extinguisher.
OVEN FIRE-
DO NOT TRY TO MOVE THE PAN!
1. Close oven door and turn controls
2. If fire continues, throw baking soda
1. Turn off the element.
2. Smother the fire with a
off.
on the fire, or use a dry chemical,
foam, or halon type extinguisher.
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the governor of California to publish a Fist
of substances known to the state to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm and requires businesses to warn
customers of potential exposure to such substances.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
TO AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR COOKTOP:
Never slide cookware across your cooktop.
DO NOTuse a dish towel or sponge to wipe up the cooktop. They mayleave a detergent
film on the cooktop which may cause discoloration when heated. If this occurs, remove the
discoloration with a recommended cooktop cleaner.
Sugary spills (such as Jellies, fudge, candy syrups) or melted plastics can cause pitting to the
surface of your cooktop (not covered by the warranty) unless the spill Is removed while hot. Special
care should be taken when removing hot substances. Turn off all the cooking zones affected by
the spill. Remove hot pans. Wearing an oven mltt, hold the razor scraper at a 30 ° angle to the
cooktop and scrape hot spill to a cooler area outside the cooking zone. With spill in a cool area,
use a dry paper towel to remove any excess. Any spill remaining should be left until the surface
of the cooktop has cooled. Follow the instructions given In your manual for additional cleaning.
.. DO NOT use scouring powders, plastic, nylon or metal cleaning pads. They may scratch the
cooktop. _
DO NOT use chlorine bleach, ammonia, hydrofluoric acid, chemlcal oven cleaners, or any other
klnd of chemical cleaner. They may discolor the cooktop.
To avoid possible damage to cooking surfaces, do not apply cooktop cleaning creme to hot
surfaces.
After cleaning, use a damp cloth or paper towel to remove all cooktop cleaning creme residue.
Consumer should read and follow all Instructions and warnings'on cooktop cleaning creme labels.
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YOUR RANGE
COOKTOP KNOBS
CLEAN INDI(3ATOR LIGHT-
GLASS COOKTOP
(See pages5,15&16)
DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK
HANDLE (Use only during
self.lean cycle; see pages
10, 13 & 14)
OVEN INDICATOR UGHT
(Glows when oven Is turned
_. Turns off when oven'is
I; see page 10)
®
OVENTEMP.
Seepages
11-13& 2t)
CLOCK AND O_EN SF.T
TIMER (Sea pages KNOB
1t & 12) (See pages
11-14)
OVEN LIGHT
8WITCH
(Turlls over1
bightON/OFF)
OVENVENT
(See page4)
COOKING ZONE
_'COOKtNG_ONES;
see page'/)
HOT SURFACE
INDICATOR LIGHT
(Sea page 7"/
OVEN DOOR LATCH
OVEN INTE_OR
(Seepages14 &l_
MODELAND SERIAL-
NUMBERLOCATION
BAKE ELEMENT
(See pages 14 & 15)
RE_QV ABLE OVEN DOOR
(Sea page 18)
BROILER PAN
&NO GRtO
(See pegss 13 & 14)
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REMOVAL OF PACKAGING TAPE:
To remove adhesive left from packing tape and ensure you do not damage the finish of your new appliance, use an
application of household liquid dish washing detergent, mineral o11,or cooking o11. Apply wlth soft cloth and allow
to soak. Wipe with soft cloth. DO NOT use plastic pad or equivalent. Wipe dry and then apply an appliance polish
to thoroughly clean and protect the surface. This procedure Is also safe for the face of microwave doors and other
plastic parts.
NOTE: The plastic tape must be removed from chromo trim on range parts. It CANNOT be removed
if baked on.
TO START THINGS COOKING
COOKTOP COOKING
Beforeyou usethecooktop for thefirst Ume,cleanlt with
cooktop cleaner. This will leave a protective coating.
The cooking zones are shown by the outlines on the
glass surface of the cooktop.
COOKING ZONES
COOKTOP GUIDE TO BASIC SETTINGS
'=HI"
Used for quick starts, such as
bringing water to a boil.
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The sign near each cooktop control knob shows which
element Is turned on by that knob.
O OFF O OFF O OFF O OFF
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eo oo oe oo
O0 eo oo oe
Left Left Right Right
Rear Front Rear Front
To operate cooktop controls:
1. Push to turn.
2. Set on or between
marks for desired
heat.
"MED-HI"
Used for frying and rapid boiling.
"MED"
Used for slow boll and sautdlng.
"MED-LO"
Used for cooking foods In small
amounts of water.
"LO"
Used for steaming foods or keep
Ing foods at serving temperature.
When a cooking zone surface Isturned on, coils beneath
the zone radiate heat through the glass to the utensil.
The red glow of the colts will be visible through the
glass. It will take the cooking zone surface a few
•moments to heat up. The coil cycles on and off to
maintain your selected control setting.
See the Cleaning Tips for important information
about maintaining your cooktop.
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MED
The Indicator light will glow when any cooking zone Is
turned on.
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