Magic Chef 6498XRW, 6498XRS, 6498XRA, 6498VRV, 6498VRA Owner’s Manual
FETY INS l RUG ! IONS
WARNING: If the information in this manual is not
followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result
causing property damage, personal injury or death.
- Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any
other appliance.
- WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not
use any phone in your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a
neighbor's phone. Follow the gas supplier's
instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the
fire department.
Installation and service must be performed by a
qualified installer, service agency or the gas
supplier.
GENERAL
No cooking appliance should be used as
a space heater. This instruction is based
on safety considerations to prevent po-
tential hazard to the consumer as well
as damage to the appliance.
If range is installed near a window,
proper precautions should be taken to
prevent curtains from blowing over
burners creating a FIRE HAZARD.
Keep area around appliance clear and
free from combustible materials, gaso-
line, and other flammable vapors and
materials.
Have the installer show you the location
of the gas shut off valve and how to shut
it off in an emergency.
Your appliance is vented through the
base of the backguard. Never block
oven vent or air intakes. Do not obstruct
the flow of combustion and ventilation
air. Restriction of air flow to the burner
prevents proper performance.
Avoid touching oven vent area while
oven is on and for several minutes after
oven is turned off. Some parts of the
vent and surrounding area become hot
enough to cause burns.
Do not use cooktop or oven as a storage
area for food or cooking utensils. This
instruction is based on safety consid-
erations to prevent potential hazard to
user and to the appliance.
Misuse of appliance doors, such as
stepping, leaning or sitting on the door,
may result in possible tipping of the ap-
pliance or breakage of door and serious
injuries.
IN CASE OF FIRE:
1. Turn off range controls.
2. Smother fire or flame with baking
soda, dry chemical, or a foam-type
extinguisher. Do not use water on
grease fires.
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FETY INS ! RUC ! IONS
CHILD SAFETY
Do not leave children alone or unsuper-
vised near the appliance when it is in
use or is still hot. Children should never
be allowed to sit or stand on any part of
the appliance. Children must be taught
that the appliance and utensils in it can
be hot. Children should be taught that
an appliance is not a toy. They should
not be allowed to play with controls or
other parts of the unit. Let hot utensils
cool in asafe place, out of reach of small
children.
CAUTION: Do not store items of inter-
est to children in cabinets above an ap-
pliance or on the backguard of a range.
Children climbing on the appliance to
reach items could be seriously injured.
Do not use an appliance as a step stool
to cabinets above.
Touching a hot oven light bulb with a
damp cloth could cause the bulb to
break. Should the bulb break, discon-
nect power to the range before trying to
remove the bulb to avoid electrical
shock.
Clean range with caution. If a wet
sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on
a hot cooking area, be careful to avoid
steam burns. Some cleaners can pro-
duce noxious fumes if applied to a hot
surface.
Use extreme caution when moving the
grease kettle or disposing of hot grease.
Hot grease is flammable. Avoid letting
grease deposits collect around appli-
ance, range hood, or vent fan. Do not
leave container of grease around a
cooking appliance. Always let quantities
of hot fat used for deep fat frying cool be-
fore attempting to move or handle. In the
event of a grease fire, DO NOT attempt
to move pan. Cover pan with a lid to ex-
tinguish flame and turn surface burner
off. Do not douse flame with water. Use
a dry chemical or foam-type fire extin-
guisher, if available, or sprinkle heavily
with baking soda.
Be sure you know which knob controls
which surface burner. Always make
sure the correct burner is turned on and
that the burner has ignited. When cook-
ing is completed, turn burner off.
Use caution when wearing garments
made of flammable material to avoid
clothing fires. Loose fitting or long hang-
ing-sleeved apparel should not be worn
while cooking. Clothing may ignite or
catch utensil handles.
ANTI-TIP DEVICE
To reduce the risk of tipping of the appli-
ance from unusual usage or by exces-
sive loading of the oven door, the appli-
ance must be secured by a properly in-
stalled anti-tip device. To check if de-
vice is installed properly: Use a flash-
light and look underneath range to see
that one of the rear leveling legs is en-
gaged inthe bracket slot. When remov-
ing appliance for cleaning, be sure anti-
tip device is engaged when range is re-
placed. The anti-tip device secures the
rear leveling leg to the floor, when prop-
erly engaged.
CLEANING
Turn off all controls and wait for range
parts to cool before touching or cleaning
them. Do not touch the burner grates or
surrounding areas until they have had
sufficient time to cool.
Spills or boilovers which contain grease
should be cleaned up as soon as possi-
ble. If they are allowed to accumulate,
they could create a FIRE HAZARD.
COOKING SAFETY
Always adjust surface burners flame so
that is does not extend beyond the bot-
tom of utensil. This instruction is based
on safety considerations.
Never leave a surface cooking opera-
tion unattended especially when using a
high heat setting. Boilovers cause
smoking and greasy spillovers may ig-
nite.
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Never heat an unopened container on
the surface burner or in the oven. Pres-
sure build-up may cause container to
burst resulting in serious personal injury
or damage to the range.
Slide oven rack out to add or remove
food, using dry, sturdy pot holders. Al-
ways avoid reaching into oven to place
or remove food.
Use dry, sturdy pot holders. Damp pot
holders may cause burns from steam.
Dish towels or other substitutes should
never be used as pot holders because
they can trail across hot surface burners
and ignite or get caught on range parts.
Use care when opening oven door. Let
hot air or steam escape before remov-
ingor replacing food. Always place oven
racks inthe desired positions while oven
is cool. If a rack must be moved while
hot, be careful to avoid contact of pot
holders with oven burner flame.
SAFETY INS l RUC lIONS
STORAGE ABOVE
RANGE
To eliminate the hazard of reaching over
hot surface burners, cabinet storage
should not be provided directly above a
unit. If such storage is provided, it
should be limited to items which are
used infrequently and which are safely
stored in an area subjected to heat from
an appliance. Temperatures in storage
areas above the unit may be unsafe for
some items, such as volatile liquids,
cleaners or aerosol sprays.
UTENSIL SAFETY
Use only pans that have flat bottoms
and handles that are easily grasped and
stay cool. Avoid using unstable,
warped, easily tipped or loose handled
pans. Do not use pans if their handles
twist and cannot be tightened. Pans that
are heavy to move when filled with food
may also be hazardous.
Be sure utensil is large enough to prop-
erly contain food and avoid boilovers.
Pan size is particularly important in
deep fat frying. Be sure pan will accom-
modate the volume of food that is to be
added as well as the bubble action of fat.
Never leave a deep fat frying operation
unattended.
Never let a pan boil dry as this could
damage the utensil and the appliance.
ALUMINUM FOIL
Use aluminum foil ONLY as instructed
in this book. Improper use of aluminum
foil may cause damage to the oven, af-
fect cooking results, and can also result
in shock and/or fire hazards.
PLASTICS
Many plastics are vulnerable to heat.
Keep plastics away from parts of the ap-
pliance that may become warm or hot.
IMPORTANT SAFETY
NOTICE AND WARNING
The California Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Propo-
sition 65) requires the Governor of Cali-
fornia to publish a list of substances
known to the State of California to cause
cancer or reproductive harm, and re-
quires businesses to warn customers of
potential exposures to such sub-
stances.
Users of this appliance are hereby
warned that the burning of gas can re-
sult in low-level exposure to some of the
listed substances, including benzene,
formaldehyde and soot, due primarily to
the incomplete combustion of natural
gas or liquid petroleum (LP) fuels. Prop-
erly adjusted burners will minimize in-
complete combustion. Exposure to
these substances can also be mini-
mized by properly venting the burners to
the outdoors.
Always place a pan of food on a surface
burner before turning it on, and turn it off
before removing the pan.
Always turn pan handles to the side or
back of appliance, not out into the room
where they are easily hit or reached by
small children. To minimize burns, igni-
tion of flammable materials and spillage
due to unintentional contact with the
utensil, do not extend handles over ad-
jacent surface burners.
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AEROSOL SPRAYS
Many aerosol-type spray cans are EX-
PLOSIVE when exposed to heat and
may be highly flammable. Avoid their
use or storage near an appliance.
SELF-CLEAN OVEN
Do not clean door gasket. The door gas-
ket is essential for a good seal. Care
should be taken not to rub, damage, or
move the gasket. Do not use oven
cleaners of any kind in or around any
part of the self-clean oven. Clean only
parts listed in this booklet. Before self-
cleaning the oven, remove broiler pan,
oven racks, and other utensils, and wipe
off excessive spillovers.
It is normal for the cooktop of the range
to become hot during a self-clean cycle.
Therefore, touching or lifting the cook-
top during a clean cycle should be
avoided.
VENTILATING HOOD
To reduce the hazard of storage above
a range, install a ventilating hood that
projects at least 5 inches beyond the
bottom edge of the cabinets. Clean
hood frequently to prevent grease from
accumulating on hood or its filter.
Should a boilover or spillover result inan
open flame, immediately turn off the
hood's fan to avoid spreading the flame.
After thoroughly extinguishing flame,
the fan may be turned on to remove un-
pleasant odor or smoke.
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ELECTRONIC CON rROL! ER
CLOCK (time-of-day)
1. Press CLOCK pad.
2. Turn SET knob until display shows
correct time-of-day.
3. Press STOP/CLEAR pad to lock in
time.
When power is first supplied to oven
or if there has been a power failure,
the display will flash. Follow above in-
structions to set clock.
SET CLEAN COOK STOP TIMER LOCK ON
Press to cancel all
operations except
clock and time I or LO broil.
CLOCK CLEAN BROIL
CLEAN
I. Close door.
2. Move door lock lever to locked po-
sition.
3. Press CLEAN pad. ("door" will
flash in display and beeps will
sound ifdoor is not locked.)
4. Oven will automatically clean for 3
hours. Select 2 or 4 hours by turn-
ing the SET knob.
See page 5 for additional information,
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DELAY TIMED BAKE
BROIL
!. Press BROIL pad.
2. Turn SET knob clockwise toselect
HI broil or counter clockwise to se-
lect LO broil.
3. Press STOP/CLEAR pad to cancel
broil operation.
See page 12 for additional informa-
tion.
SETO
Turn knob in either di-
rection to enter time,
temperature, or to se-
TIMER COOK TIME STOP TIME BAKE TEMP
(NOTE: All indicator words are displayed to show their location. When oven or timer is not in use,
indicator words are not displayed. Indicators are only displayed when oven is set for a cook, delayed
cook, clean or timer operation.)
TIMER (minute timer)
1. Press TIMER pad.
2. Turn SET knob to desired time.
3. TIMER starts automatically.
3 beeps signal the end ofthe timing
operation and the time-of-day re-
appears in the display.
4. To cancel: Press TIMER pad and
hold for 3 seconds or turn SET
knob until :00 appears in the dis-
play. Time-of-day will reappear
after a slight delay.
COOK TIME/STOP TIME
To begin cooking immediately:
1. Press BAKE TEMP pad and enter
oven temperature with SET knob.
2. Press COOK TIME pad and enter
desired cookingtime by turningthe
SET knob.
To delay the start of cooking:
1. Press BAKE TEMP pad and enter
oven temperature with SET knob.
2. Press COOK TIME pad and enter
cooking time with SET knob.
3. Press STOP TIME pad and enter
time you wish food to stop cooking
with SET knob.
The oven will automatically turn on
and off at the preset times.
BAKE TEMP
1, Press BAKE TEMP pad.
2. Turn SET knob until desired oven
temperature appears in the dis-
play.
3. Press STOP/CLEAR pad to cancel
the baking operation.
See pages 10 to 1t for additional in-
formation on baking and roasting.
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Press STOP/CLEAR pad to cancel
end-of-cooking beeps. See page 6
for additional information.
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FEATURES
BEFORE
SELF-CLEANING
Clean oven frame, door frame and
around the oven vent with a non-abra-
sive cleaning agent such as Bon Ami.
These areas are not exposed to clean-
ing temperatures and should be
cleaned to prevent soil from baking on
during the clean cycle.
Wipe up excess grease or spillovers
from the oven bottom to prevent exces-
sive smoking during the clean cycle.
DO NOT USE OVEN CLEANERS OR
OVEN LINER PROTECTIVE COAT-
INGS OF ANY KIND ON THE SELF-
CLEAN OVEN FINISH OR AROUND
ANY PART OF THE OVEN.
To prevent damage, do not clean or rub
the gasket around the oven door. The
gasket isdesigned to seal in heat during
the clean cycle.
DURING
SELF-CLEANING
When the door is lockedand the CLEAN
pad is pressed, the oven automatically
begins to heat to cleaning tempera-
tures.
As the oven reaches cleaning tempera-
tures, the LOCK indicator will turn on to
show that an internal lock mechanism
has engaged. At this point, the oven
door can not be unlocked and opened.
To prevent damage to the door and lock
lever, do not force the lock lever to the
left when the LOCK indicator is dis-
played.
About one hour after the completion of
the clean cycle, the internal lock will dis-
engage and the LOCK indicator will turn
off. At this point, the lock lever can be
moved to the left (unlocked position)
and the door opened.
The first few times the oven is cleaned,
some smoke and odor may be detected.
This is normal and will reduce or disap-
pear with use. If the oven is heavily
soiled, or if the broiler pan is left in the
oven, smoke and odor may occur.
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It is normal for the cooktop of the range
to become hot during a clean cycle.
Therefore touching the cooktop during a
self-clean cycle should be avoided.
As the oven heats and cools, you my
hear sounds of metal parts expanding
and contracting. This is normal and will
not damage your appliance.
AFTER
SELF-CLEANING
Some soil may leave a light gray, pow-
dery ash which can be removed with a
damp cloth. If soil remains, it indicates
that the clean cycle was not long
enough. The soil will be removed during
the next clean cycle.
If the oven racks do not slide smoothly
after a clean cycle, wipe racks and em-
bossed rack supports with a small
amount of vegetable oil to restore ease
of movement.
Fine, hair-like lines may appear in the
oven interior or oven door. This is a nor-
mal condition resulting from heating and
cooling of the porcelain finish. These
lines do not affect the performance of
the oven.
FEATURES
AUTOMATIC OVEN COOKING
Automatic cooking feature is used to turn the oven on and
off at the preset time-of-day. This feature can be used to
delay the start of a cooking operation.
The automatic cooking feature will not operate unless the
clock is functioning and is set at the correct time-of-day.
TO BAKE BY TIME with immediate START:
1. Press BAKE TEMP pad. "BAKE"
lights in the display.
2. Enter oven temperature with the
SET knob.
3. Press COOK TIME pad. "SET
COOK TIME" flashes in the display.
4. Enter cooking time (how long you
wish food to cook) with the SET
knob.
"TIMED BAKE ON" lights in the dis-
play. The oven automatically turns
down.°nand the dispfay begins to count l._Is- " =_1"_IIy_l 3 ,,,oo50°_j
5. At the end of the preset cooking
time, the oven automatically turns
off.
6, Press STOP!CLEAR pad to cancel
end--of-cooking beeps.
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GENERAL
INFORMATION
IMPORTANT: Highly perishable foods
such as dairy products, pork, poultry,
seafoods or stuffing are not recom-
mended for delayed cooking. If cook-
ing more than one food, select foods
that cook for the same length of time
and at the same oven temperature.
To reset or cancel the program: Press
the STOP/CLEAR pad.
After setting the Automatic Cooking
feature, press the CLOCK pad and the
time-of-day will reappear in the dis-
pfay. "TIMED BAKE ON" or "DELAY
BAKE" and the oven temperature will
remain in the display as a reminder that
the oven is set for a cooking operation.
At end of cooking, continuous beeps
will sound. Press STOP!CLEAR pad to
cancel beeps.
TO BAKE BY TIME with delayed START:
1. Follow steps 1,2, 3 and 4 above,
2. Press STOP TIME pad. "SET STOP
TIME" flashes in the display.
3. Enter the time you wish the oven to
turn off by turning the SET knob.
"DELAY TIMED BAKE" lights in the
display, Time-of-day reappears in
the display.
The oven will automatically turn on
in time to have the food cooked by
the preselected STOP TIME. The
oven will automatically turn off at the
preset stop time.
4. Press STOP/CLEAR pad to cancel
end-of-cooking beeps.
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