Whirlpool FEP314B User Manual
Home Appliances
Use And Care
A Note to You
Important Safety
Instructions
Parts and Features
Using Your Range
Caring for Your
Range
If You Need
Assistance
or Service
Warranty
Call us with questions or comments.
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STANDARD-CLEANING ELECTRIC RANGE
PARINO. 3187696 Rev. A
MODEL FEP314B
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A Note to You
Thank you for buying a Roper® appliance.
Your Roper® range gives you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price.
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 and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Ownership
Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you about any new
information on your appliance.
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains warning symbols and statements. Please pay special attention to these
symbols and follow any instructions given. Here is a brief explanation of the use of the
warning symbol.
AWARNING
This symbol will help alert you to such
dangers as personal injury, burns, fire,
and electrical shock.
Our toll-free number, 1-800-44-ROPER (1-800-447-6737), is available 24 hours a day.
If you ever have a question concerning your appliance’s operation, or if you need service, first
see “If You Need Assistance or Service” on page 25. If you need further help, feel free to call
us. When calling, you will need to know your appliance’s complete model number and serial
number. You can find this information on the model and serial number plate (see diagram on
page 6). For your convenience, we have included a handy place below for you to record these
numbers, the purchase date from the sales slip, and your dealer’s name and telephone
number. Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.
Model Number.
Serial Number.
Purchase Date
Dealer Name .
Dealer Phone.
Important Safety Instructions
▲warning
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, injury to
persons, or damage when using the range, follow
basic precautions, including the following:
General
•Read all instructions before using
the range.
•Install or locate the range only in
accordance with the provided
Installation Instructions. The
range must be installed by a
qualified installer. The range
must be properly connected to
electrical supply and grounded.
•WARNING: To reduce the risk of
tipping the appliance, the appli
ance must be secured by a
properly installed anti-tip bracket.
To check if the bracket is in
stalled properly, see “The anti-tip
bracket” on page 18.
•CAUTION: Do not store things
children might want above the
range. Children could be burned
or injured while climbing on it.
•Do not leave children alone or
unattended in area where the
range is in use. They should
never be allowed to sit or stand
on any part of the range. They
could be burned or injured.
•Do not operate the range if it
is damaged or not working prop
erly.
• Do not use the range for
warming or heating the room.
Persons could be burned or
injured, or a fire could start.
*Use the range only for its in
tended use as described in this
manual.
•Do not touch surface units, areas
near units, heating elements, or
interior surfaces of oven. Surface
units and heating elements could
be hot even though they are dark
in color. Areas near surface units
and interior surfaces of an oven
become hot enough to cause
burns. During and after use, do
not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact
surface units, areas near units,
heating elements, or interior
surfaces of oven until they have
had sufficient time to cool. Other
surfaces of the range, such as
the oven vent opening, the sur
face near the vent opening, the
cooktop, and the oven door,
could also become hot enough to
cause burns.
•Do not wear loose or hanging
garments when using the range.
They could ignite if they touch a
hot surface unit and you could be
burned.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
•Use only dry pot holders. Moist or
damp pot holders on hot surfaces
could result in burns from steam.
Do not let pot holder touch hot
heating elements. Do not use a
towel or bulky cloth for a pot
holder. It could catch on fire.
•Keep range vents unobstructed.
• Do not heat unopened contain
ers. They could explode. The hot
contents could cause burns and
container particles could cause
injury.
•Do not store flammable materials
on or near the range. The fumes
could create an explosion and/or
fire hazard.
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•Check to be sure glass cooking
utensils are safe for use on the
range. Only certain types of
glass, glass-ceramic, ceramic,
earthenware, or other glazed
utensils are suitable for cook
tops without breaking due to the
sudden change in temperature.
• Never leave surface units
unattended at high heat set
tings. A boilover could result
and cause smoking and greasy
spillovers that could ignite.
When using the cooktop
•Do not cook on a broken cooktop.
If cooktop should break, cleaning
solutions and spillovers could
penetrate the broken cooktop and
create a risk of electrical shock.
Contact a qualified technician
immediately.
•Select a pan with a flat bottom
that is about the same size as the
surface unit. If pan is smaller than
the surface unit, some of the
heating element will be exposed
and could result in the igniting of
clothing or pot holders. Correct
pan size also improves cooking
efficiency.
•Turn pan handles inward, but
not over other surface units.
This will help reduce the chance
of burns, igniting of flammable
materials, and spills due to
bumping of the pan.
When using the oven
•Always position oven rack(s) in
desired location while oven is
cool. If a rack must be removed
while oven is hot, do not let pot
holder contact hot heating
element in oven.
•Use care when opening oven
door. Let hot air or steam es
cape before removing or replac
ing food.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Grease
•Grease is flammable. Do not
allow grease to collect around
cooktop or in vents. Wipe spill
overs immediately.
•Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan.
Smother flaming pan on range by
covering with a well-fitted lid,
cookie sheet, or flat tray. Flaming
grease outside of pan can be
extinguished with baking soda or,
if available, a multipurpose dry
chemical or foam-type extin
guisher.
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Care and cleaning
•Clean cooktop with care. Some
cleaners could produce noxious
fumes if applied to a hot surface.
If a wet paper towel is used to
wipe spills on a hot cooking area,
be careful to avoid steam burns.
•Do not clean door heat seal. It is
essential for a good seal. Care
should be taken not to rub, dam
age, or move the seal. Clean only
parts recommended in this Use
and Care Guide.
•Do not repair or replace any part
of the range unless specifically
recommended in this manual. All
other servicing should be referred
to a qualified technician.
• Disconnect the electrical supply
before servicing the range.
Parts and Features
This sBction contains captioned illustrations of your range. Use them to become familiar with
the location and appearance of all parts and features.
Oven vent
Black
Surface unit
Model and
serial number
plate
ceramic
glass
cooktop
Broil element
Anti-tip floor
bracket
(for information
on optional wallmounted anti-tip
bracket kit, see
p. 18)
Removable
storage
drawer
Control panel
Left front Left rear
control control
knob knob
Clock/Minute
Timer
Bake element
Oven
Manual oven
light switch
Surface Hot Oven Surface
heating surface heating unit
indicator indicator indicator marker
light light light
temperature
control Oven
knob selector
Right rear Right front
control control
knob knob
Using Your Range
In This Section
Page
Using the surface units
Positioning racks and pans
For best air circuiation
Using aiuminum foii for baking..........10
Setting the ciock.................................11
Using the Minute Timer
Baking/roasting...................................12
Adjusting the oven temperature
control
To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your range properly. This
section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your range.
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Broiling
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Broiling tips........................
Energy saving tips
The oven vent
The storage drawer
The anti-tip bracket
Optional door panel рас.
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Using the surface units
Push in control knobs before turning them
to a setting. You can set them anywhere
between HI and OFF.
Surface unit markers
The solid dot in the surface unit marker shows
which surface unit is turned on by that knob.
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Surface heating indicator light
The SURFACE HEATING Indicator Light on
the control panel will glow when a surface unit
is turned on.
Hot surface indicator light
The Hot Surface Indicator Light on the control
panel will glow when a surface unit becomes
too hot to touch. The Indicator Light will con
tinue to glow as long as the surface unit is too
hot to touch, even after it is turned off.
^WARNING
Fire Hazard
Be sure all control knobs are turned to
OFF and all indicator lights are OFF
when you are not cooking.
A fire could start or someone could be
burned if a surface unit is accidentally
left ON.
USING YOUR RANGE
Until you get used to the settings, use the
following as a guide. For best results, start
cooking at the high setting; then turn the
control knob down to continue cooking.
SETTING
HI •To start foods cooking.
MED-HI
MED • For gravy, pudding, and
MED-LO
LO •To keep food warm until
RECOMMENDED USE
• To bring liquids to a boil.
• To hold a rapid boil.
• To fry chicken or pancakes.
icing.
•To cook large amounts of
vegetables.
•To keep food cooking after
starting it on a higher
setting.
ready to serve.
Using the ceramic glass cooktop
Cooking on the ceramic glass cooktop is
almost the same as cooking on coil surface
units. There are, however, a few differences;
• The surface unit will glow red when it is
turned on. You will see the element cycling
on (glowing red) and off - even on HIGH
setting - to maintain the proper tempera
ture setting you have selected.
• Sliding metal pans on ceramic glass
cooktop surface could leave marks. Wiping
off the cooktop before and after each use
will help keep the surface free from stains
and provide the most even heating. See
pages 20 and 21 for care and cleaning
suggestions.
Cookware tips
• Select a pan that is about the same size
as the surface unit.
• NOTE; For best results and greater
energy efficiency, use only flat-bottomed
cookware that makes good contact with
the surface units. Cookware with rounded,
warped, ribbed (such as some porcelain
enamel ware), or dented bottoms could
cause uneven heating and poor cooking
results.
You can, however, use the newer
cookware available with slightly indented
bottoms or very small expansion channels.
This cookware is specially designed to
provide the good contact needed for best
cooking results.
Also, woks, canners, and teakettles with
flat bottoms suitable for use on your
cooktop are now available in most stores
that sell housewares.
• The pan should have straight sides and a
tight-fitting lid.
• Choose medium to heavy gauge (thick
ness) pans that are fairly lightweight.
• The pan material (metal or glass) affects
how fast heat transfers from the surface
unit through the pan material and how
evenly heat spreads over the pan bottom.
Choose pans that provide the best cooking
results.
• Handles should be made of sturdy, heatresistant material and be securely at
tached to the pan.
• With your hand, feel the bottom of your
pans while they are cool for nicks and
scratches. Nicks and scratches on pan
bottoms will scratch the ceramic glass
cooktop.
• Make sure bottoms of pans are clean and
dry before using on cooktop.
• Avoid spillovers on cooktop. Use pans
with tall sides.
• Do not cook food directly on cooktop.
• Do not leave an empty utensil, or one
which has boiled dry, on a hot surface unit.
The utensil could overheat and could
damage the utensil or surface unit.
Home canning information
• Use the largest surface unit for best
results.
• Start with hot water. This reduces the
time the control is set on high. Reduce
heat setting to lowest position needed to
keep water boiling.
• Refer to your canner manual for specific
instructions.
Positioning racks and pans
For baking/roasting with one rack, place
the rack so the top of the food will be
centered in the oven.
Rack placement for specific foods:
FOOD
Frozen pies, large
roasts, turkeys, angel
food cakes
Bundt cakes, most
quick breads, yeast
breads, casseroles,
meats
Cookies, biscuits,
muffins, cakes,
nonfrozen pies
RACK POSITION
Lowest level or
2nd level from
bottom
2nd level from
bottom
2nd or 3rd level
from bottom
USING YOUR RANGE
^WARNING
Personal Injury Hazard
•Always position oven rack(s) in
desired location before turning oven
on. Be sure the rack(s) is level.
• If rack(s) must be moved while oven
is hot, use pot holders or oven mitts
to protect hands.
Failure to follow the above precautions
could result in personal injury.
When baking on two racks, arrange racks
on bottom and third level from bottom.
NOTE: For recommended rack placement
when broiling, see “Broiling rack position
chart” on page 15.
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