Magic Chef BT16NA-3 User Manual

MAGIC CHEF

Dear Magic Chef Customer:

We're so delighted that you have selected Magic Chef as your new range, and it is my personal

pleasure to assure yon that you have made a wise purchase. Generations of good cooks have learned to
know and trust the performance and workmanship of their Magic Chef, and today we feel very strongly

our responsibility to perpetuate the outstanding reputation of our products.

Although every part, feature and system has been manufactured with care and precision, you will
not enjoy your range to the fullest extent possible unless you are prepared to use it properly. Although
our Dealer or Builder will provide basic instruction about its use, we have painstakingly prepared this
"Care and Use" manual so that you will have all necessary information right at your fingertips. We urge
you to study it carefully before you attempt to use the range; the time required to do so will more than
pay for itself in the extra success and pleasure you will derive from your range.

We want you to be a satisfied customer. No matter which model you have chosen, your Magic
Chef range will give you years of good service. If you have any questions concerning its installation or

performance, call your Magic Chef dealer. If you are not satisfied with the response you get and wish to
contact Magic Chef directly, please address your inquiry or complaint to one of the locations listed
below. In any correspondence please include the complete model and serial number of the appliance, the

name and address of the dealer from whom you purchased the range, and the date of purchase.

We want you to know also that Magic Chef fully endorses the activity of the Major Appliance
Consumer Action Panel, a non-partisan agency which exists solely for the purpose of resolving

Consumer complaints when the dealer/manufacturer process does not perform satisfactorily. We do
not believe that recourse to this agency will ever be necessary, but we do want you to know of its

existence if the need should ever arise.

Thank You
Magic Chef

MAYCOR
240 Edwards Street, S.E.

Cleveland, TN 37311
615/472-3333

or

818/961-3674 (Customers in California)

Be sure to read safety manual before using range

NOTE: The features covered in this manual are for various model ranges
(For R.V. and Domestic use). Please disregard portion pertaining to features

that are not on your particular range.

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Table of Contents PILOTADJUSTMENTS...................... 9

Top burner pilot ............................ 9

Oven pilot ................................. 9

Air shutter adjustment ..................... 9

HOW TO OPERATE YOUR RANGE

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................. 3-6 CONTROLS .................................. 9

Operating the oven control ................ 9

INSTALLATION CHECKS ................... 7 Broiling, Roasting Baking ................. 9

Using the top burners ..................... 9

CONTROLS AND ADJUSTMENTS .......... 8 Using the timer ........................... 9

Control style I, Propane gas only, no top

burner pilot ................................ 8 TO SAVE UNNECESSARY SERVICE

Lighting oven pilot ......................... 8 CALLS .................................... l0

Shut down instructions ..................... 8 CARE AND CLEANING .................... 11

Control style 2, Propane gas only, with

integral top burner pilot .................... 8 FLASHTUBE HOLD-DOWN CLIPS

Lighting pilots ............................. 8 INSTRUCTIONS ............................ 12

Shut down instructions ..................... 8 Top burner grate removal .................. 13

Control style 3, adjustable for natural or L.P.

gas with integral top burner pilot ........... 9 PROCEDURE FOR ORDERING PARTS . .. 14

Lighting pilot .............................. 9

Shut down instructions ..................... 9

WARRANTY .................................. 15

General Safety Precautions For Your Range

Unfortunately, statistics prove that the home is the most unsafe place you can
be. This is even more sad because so many home accidents could have been

prevented with just a little care and thought. Become familiar with your

NEW range. It may have features with which you may not be familiar.

READ THE CARE & USE & SAFETY MANUAL CAREFULLY

before USING THE RANGE. Then please follow these precautions for safe

use of the range and train the whole family to observe them too.

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i NOTE: The following instructions are based on safety considerations and I

must be strictly followed in order to eliminate potential fire and shock haz-

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ard conditions.

TEMPERATURE

SOME WORDS ABOUT SAFETY In order to cook, you must have heat. As your range

cooks, some parts of the range are going to get warm or
even hot.

Accidents can be tragic -- especially because so many of
them could be prevented with a little care and judgment I_/

on the part of the user of the appliance. There are some _ Do not

leave children

alone or

basic good practices we hope you will follow in using _ unwatched near the range when
your range, it is in use or while the surfaces

are still hot from use. Let
burner grates and other surfaces

cool before touching them.

FOR YOUR SAFETY
If you smell gas:

1. Open windows DO NOT USE RANGE AS HEATER

2. Don't touch electrical switches

3. Extinguish any open flame Never use the range as a kitchen

4. Immediately call your gas supplier, heater• Prolonged use for heat-
, ing without adequate ventilation

can be dangerous. Also, ovens

! and top burners are not de-

I FOR YOUR SAFETY | signed for heating use and can

Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and [ fail with such abuse.

liquid in the vicinity of this or any other appliances.

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DO NOT USE RANGE AS

STORAGE AREA

FLAME SELECTION _-_. °'_'_

When turning on a top burner the user must stay near _ ° Do not permit the top burner

the range and make sure that the gas at the burner has section or the oven/broiler sec-

been ignited. Then immediately adjust the burner flame tion of the range to become a

to the correct size. storage area for flammable or

plastic items which may ignite

__ _ _aa_'-_,, or melt.

_\<._ J Selection of correct flamebeight

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is especially important to safety. --
Adjust the burner flame so that
it is no larger than the bottom

of the pan -- any higher flame is CHILDREN Children must be taught that the
inefficient and can be a poten-

tial fire hazard. [==_. range and pans on it can be hot,

that they should not play with

range controls, and that the range

/_l Use of High Flame should not be used as a stepstool
_/\' When using a high flame, never

to the cabinet

above. Avoid

_,_ / leave the range unattended. __ storing items adractive to child-

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_, Don't use a h_gh flame setting ren in cabinets over or near the

-__ for long periods of time. Hot range.
fat is hazardous because it can

catch fire.

Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. CLOTHING Clothing fires are a real kitchen

hazard. Long, flowing sleeves

Top surface burners are attended burners. While using have no place in a kitchen - they

them, periodic check is necessary for safe operation of top are too easily caught on pan han-
burners. Even at low settings do not leave the burners t_._ _/ dies, are easily ignited by range

unattended for long periods of time. _ burners and are generally in the

way. Highly flammable clothing

Always check the position of the range top control knobs especially some synthetic fabric

to make sure top burners/elements are off when you are robes and flannel pajamas, can
finished with cooking, r , also be most unsafe.

POT HOLDERS Buy good, sturdy pot holders 4. Hot Utensils

and use them. Dish towels or

_ other substitutes can cause bad _-Let hot pans cool in a safe place

burns when they are too thin or -- younger

out of reach of

become entangled. Keep pot children. Never set hot pans on

holders dry -- wet holders create a combustible surface.
steam and cause burns. Keep

__ pot holders away from openflames when lifting or moving PLASTICS All plastics are vulnerable to

utensils, heat, although some will with-

-]_______ .C,:. f stand higher temperatures thanothers. Keep all plastics away

from parts of the range which

UTENSILS 1. Type may become warm when the

Avoid pans that are unstable range is in use.

and easily tipped. In choosing

pans, look for easily-grasped
handles that willstay cool. Pans GREASE In the event of a grease fire, if

that are too heavy to move possible first cover the pan to
easily when filled with food can _/_f_A._^,_ snuff out the fire. Do not use

also present a hazard. If pan _ water to douse the flame. Use a

handles twist and cannot be fire extinguisher recommended
tightened, discard the pan. for kitchen use, if available, or

Use utensils only as intended. This is particularly sprinkle heavily with baking
important for glass cookware. Some glass cookware soda.

should be used only in the oven; other pans areclassified
as flameware and may be used on top of the range. Grease is flammable and should

__ be handled carefully. Avoid let-

2. Size ting grease deposits colleet around

y, the range or in vent fans. Don't

Select the right size utensil for the leave cans of drippings around

size of the burner, being sure the the range--refrigerate or dispose
utensil is large enough to avoid of them promptly. Let quantities
boil-overs or spill-overs. This will of hot fat -- a pan of deep fat,

_-_-"_,_'_--a both save cleaning and prevent for example -- cool before at-

accumulations of food, since tempting to move or handle it.
heavy spattering or spill-overs left

on a range can catch fire.

Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. BROILER PAN Always remove the broiler pan

from the compartment as soon as
you are finished broiling. It

Pan sizeis especially important in makes the pan much easier to

__ _ deep fat frying. Always be certain wash and then there is no chance

the pan is large enough to allow that the pan and drippings will be

for the volume of food to be add- forgotten. Grease left in the pan

ed and for the fat to bubble up. A can catch fire if the oven is used
deep kettle is best for this. Foods without removing the broiler

highin water content, such as po- pan. In using the broiler, re-
tatoes, bubble more than those member too that if meat is too

low in water content. Never leave close to the flame the fat may

a deep fat frying operation unat- ignite.
tended.

OVEN USE

Do not heat an unopened glass or metal container of food

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/f_/ To minimize burns, ignition of in the oven. Buildup of pressure may cause the container to

_ _ )) 3. Handles

_ flammable materials and spillage burst and result in serious personal harm and/or damage

due to unintentional contact with to the range.

I_'_..____ the utensil, the handle of a utensil Always let initial rush of heat and / or steam disperse from
I1 _- should be positioned so that it is heated oven before placing or removing food. Do not allow

II turned inward, and does not ex- excess spillovers to accumulate in the oven. Under some

tend over adjacent surface conditions, these may ignite and cause an oven fire. If fire
burners, occurs do not open the oven door. Immediately turn offthe

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