Magic Chef 3126SRA Owner's Manual

Owner's Guide

READ AND KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

Gas Range Featuring

• Conventional Surface Burners

• Pilot Ignition
or

• Pilotless Ignition

• Time-of Day Clock, if equipped

CONTENTS

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ......... 1-3 MAINTENANCE ............................ 13-15

Cooktop .................................... 13

CLOCK AND TIMER .......................... 4-5 Burner grates ................................ 13

Analog clock and timer ........................ 4 Surface burners ............................. 13

Digital clock and timer ......................... 4 Oven door .................................. 14

Electronic clock and timer ...................... 5 Oven racks .................................. 14

Oven bottom ................................ 14

SURFACE COOKING ........................ 6-7

Broiler drawer ............................... 14

Ignition system ............................... 6 Oven light ................................... 15

• Pilot ignition

• Pilotless ignition Leveling legs ................................ 15

How to remove range for cleaning. 15

To light surface burner ......................... 6 .............

About the surface burner flame ............... 6 Proportional valve adjustment ................. 15

Additional information ........................ 6 GENERAL INFORMATION 16

Factors that determine flame size .............. 7 Electrical connection

Selecting flame size .......................... 7 Use of aluminum foil

Canning ..................................... 7

CARE AND CLEANING ..................... 17-19

USING YOUR OVEN ................ •......... 8-12 Cleaning chart ............................ 17-18

Oven characteristics ........................... 8 Continuous cleaning oven ................. 19

Ignition system ............................... 8 ....

• Pilot ignition SERVICE ................................. 20-21

• Pilotless gnitior Before calling service chart .................... 20

Oven veto .................................... 8 How to obtain service ......................... 21

Oven burner ................................. 8

Oven Ihermostat ............................ 8 WARRANTY ................................. 22

To set oven .................................. 9

Preheating ................................... 9

Rack positions ................................ 9

General baking tips .......................... 10

Common baking problems .................... 11

How to broil ................................. 12

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(1/93)

FORFUTUREREFERENCE

Forfuturereferencewe suggestyoure-

tain this manual after recording the WARNING: If the informa-

modelnumberandserialnumberofthistion in this manual is not

gas appliance in the spaces provided.

Thisinformationcanbefoundontherat-followed exactly, a fire or

ing platelocatedonthesidesofthelow- explosion may result caus-

er range front frame. Pull out lower ing property damage, per-

drawertosee ratingplate, sonal injury or death.

- Do notstore or usegaso- _._ ___

line or other flammable

L%)

MODELNUMBER vapors and liquids in the

vicinity ofthis orany oth-

SERIAL NUMBER er appliance.

-WHAT TO DO IF YOU

SMELL GAS: _k WARNING

DATEOF PURCHASE

• Do not try to light any • ALL RANGES
appliance. CAN TIP

These numbers identifyyour range.

Pleaseusethemin anycorrespon- • DOnottouch any elec- • INJURY TO PERSONS

dence or servicecallsconcerningyour trical switch; do not COULD RESULT
appliance, use any phone in your

Please retaintheproofof purchasedoc- building. • INSTALL ANTI-TIP

DEVICES PACKED

umentsforwarrantyservice. • Immediately call your WITH RANGE

gas supplier from a

• SEE INSTALLATION

neighbor's phone. ,
Follow the gas suppli- INSTRUCTIONS

er's instructions.

To reduce the risk of tipping of the

• If you cannot reach appliance from unusual usage or by

your gas supplier, call excessive loading of the oven door,
the fire department, the appliance must be secured by a

properly installed anti-tip device. To

- Installation and service checkifdevice isinstalledproperly:Use

must be performed by a aflashlightandlookunderneathrange

to see thatone of the rearlevelinglegs

qualified installer, ser- is engagedinthe bracketslot.
vice agency or the gas

supplier.

Time-Of-DayClock

Ifyour rangefeatures atime-of-day clockand minutetimer
follow the instructions for the illustration that matches the

clock on your range.

ANALOG CLOCK AND TIMER DIGITAL AND CLOCK TIMER

12

11.x\ OFF/z1

+o,_"'o Id"%2 0 0

9 _ 1 ___ MINUTETIMER

8 _/,., 3o .,_4

"'//ll/h_x_x\" 88:88 willflash inthe display when the

7 6 5 range is first connected to power or if

poweris interrupted.

TO SETCLOCK: Push in andturn Min- TO SET CLOCK: Press and hold

uteTimerknobtothecorrecttimeofday. CLOCK SET button while turning MIN-
Besure MinuteTimer hand is on OFFaf- UTE TIMER knob to the correct time of

tersetting clock, day. MINUTE TIMER knob can be

turned in eitherdirection.

TO SET MINUTE TIMER: Turn knob in

either direction to the desired time. TO SET MINUTE TIMER: Turn MIN-

When the buzzersounds, manuallyturn UTETIMER knobto the right,to the de-
the Timer to OFF. sired time, up to 60:00 (1 hour). Timer

will begin counting downafter afew sec-
onds delay. When time has lapsed, a
continualbeep will soundfor upto 2 min-

utes.

(continued on next page)

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Time-Of-Day Clock (continued)

ELECTRONIC

CLOCK AND TIMER TO SET MINUTE TIMER: Slide switch TO CANCEL MINUTE TIMER OP-

downtoTIMERposition.0:59willbedis- ERATION OR STOP "END-OF-

HOUR CLOCK playedassoonastheswitchismovedto TIME" BEEPS: Slideswitchupto the

8[ 12 00] I_ $ the TIMER position.The timerwillauto-clock position."l'imeof day will reap-

maticallybegincountingdownfrom one pear in the display.

hour in incrementsof one minute.When
time has lapsed, a continual beep will

NZN TIMER sound. Slideswitchto the CLOCKposi-

tionto stopbeeps.The time of day will

When rangeisfirstconnectedtopower reappearinthedisplay.

orifpowerisinterrupted,12:00willflash
inthedisplay.

HOUR CLOCK

TO SET CLOCK: Slide switch uptOcLoCKposition. O[ 0 _ 5 _----'_I_ _ f

PressandholdHOUR buttonuntilcor-

rect hourappears in the display. MZN TXNER

PressandholdMINbutton untilthecor-

rectminutesappear inthe display,

TO SET A TIMING OPERATION

FOR LESS THAN ONE HOUR:
Pressand holdMIN buttonuntilde-

siredtimeappearsinthedisplay.Tim-
er will immediatelybegin counting

downassoonasthe MINbuttonisre-

leased.

TO SET A TIMING OPERATION

FORGREATER THAN ONE HOUR:
PresstheHOUR button.1:59willap-

pear in the display. Select desired
minutesbypressingandholdingMIN

button."_mingwillbeginwhen button
isreleased.

Two hours is the maximum timing
that can be set.

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SurfaceCooking

IGNITION SYSTEM TO LIGHT SURFACE BURNER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Yourrange will feature either pilot igni- 1. Place utensil on burnergrate. * When the range isfirst installed,the

tion(a standing pilotlightsthe burner) or pilotsmay be difficultto lightdue toair
pilotless ignition (a spark from the igni- 2. Push in and turn knob to the LITE inthegasline.Tobleedoffairfromthe

tor lights the burner), position. After the burner lights, turn line, hold a lighted match next to the

the knob to the desired flame size. burner and turn knob on. When the

PILOT IGNITION burner lights, turn the knob off and

To light pilot: Raise cooktop and hold - proceedas directed.

a lighted match near the pilot ports. I • Be sure all surface controls are set

There are two pilot ports. _ in the OFF position prior to supplying

I_ 1 _ gas to the appliance.

• CAUTION: If flame should go out
during a cooking operation, turn the

burner off. If gas has accurnulated

and a stronggas odor is detected,

NOTE: The knobon your appliance wait 5 minutes for the gasto dissi-
may not look like the knob in this il- pate before relighting burner.

lustration, but it will operate as de- • You may heara"popping" sound on
scribed in this booklet. LP gas when the surface burner is

turned off. This is a normal operating

PILOTLESS IGNITION sound of the burner.

Tooperatesurfaceburnerduringa pow- • Ifa knobisturnedveryquicklyfrom

erfailure: HI toLOsetting,theflamemaygoout,

1. Hold a lighted matchto the desired particularlyifthe burneriscold.

surface burnerhead.

2. Push in and turn knob to the LITE ._ _[_ J-
position.The burner willthen light.

3. Adjust knob to obtain the desired ABOUT THE SURFACE
flame size. BURNER FLAME

• A properlyadjustedburnerwithclean
portswilllightwithina few seconds.

• On naturalgas,the flamewillbe blue

witha deeperbluecore;thereshouldbe

notraceofyellowinthe flame.

Ifthisoccurs,turntheknobtothe OFF

A yellowflame indicatesan improper position.Wait several seconds,then

mixtureof air/gas.This wastes fuel, so lightthe burneragain.

havea servicemanadjustthe mixture if

a yellowflameoccurs.

• On LPgas, someyellowtippingis ac-
ceptable.Thisisnormalandadjustment

isnot necessary. (continuednext page)

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