Whirlpool RB16OPXL User Manual
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274NCH WILT-IN SELF-CLEANING
ELECTRIC OVEN
Model RB16OPXL
Copy Your Model and Seilal-Numbers Here
If you need service, or call with a question, have this
informatlon readyi
1. COmplOte Model and Serial Numbers (from the plate
just behlnd the oven door).
2. Purchase date from your sales slip.
Copy this lntormatlon In these spaces. Keep this book,
your warranty and the sales slip together In a handy
place.
See the “CookIng OuldoVor lmporlant safety InformatIon.
Element
Oven
/ Frame
Numbw Pkte
Model Number
Serial Numbor
Purchaw
Servtce Company and Phone Numbor
thto
Front
Bake
Element
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Your responsibilities . . .
Proper Installation and safe use of the oven are your personal
responsibilities.
Guide” carefully for important use and safety Information.
Insallation
You must be sure your oven is. . .
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installed and leveled in a wall or
cabinet that will hold the weight;
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installed in a well-ventilated
area protected from the
weather;
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properly connected to the cor-
rect electric supply and
grounding. (See “lnstallatiin
Instructions.“)
Roper use
You must be sure your oven is . . .
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used onh/ for jobs expected
of home ovens;
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used only by people who can
operate Fi properly;
0 properh/ maintalned.
Read this “Use and Care Guide” and the “Cooklng
Contents
Your Responsibilities
Installation
ProperUse ...................................
Safety ........................................
Using Your Oven
Setting the Controls
Baking .....................................
Resetting the Oven Temperature Control
Broiling
Oven Rack Positions
Clock and Minute Timer
Automatic MEALTIMER’ Clock
Oven Light
Oven Vent
Cleaning and Caring for Your Oven
Control Panel and Knobs
Cleaning Chart
Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle
If You Need Service or Assistance
1. Before Calling for Assistance
2. If You Need Assistance.
3. If You Need
4. If You Have a Problem
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l K)RVUJRSAMY*
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS
IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE.
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Usifkg your
oven
Automatic MEALTIMER’ Clock
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Minute llmer
Start Time Knob
Manual Oven Llaht Switch
Stop Time Knob
SETTING THE CONTROLS
BAKING
1.
Put oven racks where you want them.
(See page 5 for suggestions.)
2.
Set Oven Selector to
3. Set Oven Temperature Control to the baking temperature you want.
4. Let the oven preheat until the Signal Light
goes off.
5. Put food
6. When done baking, turn both knobs to
OFF.
in the oven.
BAKE.
Adlustable Oven Temperature
Oven Selector
Durlng baking, the elements will turn on
and otl to help hold the oven temperature at
the selilng. (The top element will never turn
red, bul will be hot.) The Signal Ught will turn
on and off wlth the elements.
Control
RESETTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL
Does your new oven seem to be hotter or colder than your old oven at the
same settings? The temperature setting in your old oven may have changed
gradually over the years. The accurate setting of your new oven can seem differ-
ent. if you think the oven temperature needs adjusting, follow these steps:
1.
Pull the Oven Ternperature Control
straight off.
2. Loosen the iocking screw; tempetire, move
NOTICE position a notch closer to LO.
of notches. Each notch equals
lighten the looklng screw. Replace the knob.
3.
To lower the
about 107 (5q.
4. Toralsethe
kmpemre, move
a notch closer to HI.
Each notch equals
about109 (5%).
BROILING
1.
Place the rack where you
want it for broiling. (See
below for suggestions.)
4. Set Oven Temperature
Control to BROIL. (Set on a
lower temperature for
slower broiling. See
below.)
2. Put broiler pan and food
on the rack.
5. During broiling the oven
door must be partly open.
A built-in stop will hold it
there.
3.
Set Oven Selector to
BROIL.
6.
When broiling is done,
turn both knobs to OFF.
Brolllng can be slowed by setting the Oven Temperature Control to a setting
lower than BROIL. When it’s on BROIL, the broil element is on all the time. When it’s
on a temperature, the element turns off and on. The lower the temperature setting,
the shorter are the times when the element is on.
The Oven Beleotor must be on BROIL and the door partly
open tor all brolllng temperahires.
OVEN RACK POSITIONS
Posltlon racks betore tumlng on the oven.
Lltt rack at front and pull wt.
BAKING OR ROASTING
Food for baking
placed in the center of the oven.
Always leave at least 1% to 2 inches
(4-5 cm] between the sides of a pan and the
oven wall and another pan. For more Informatlon, see the “Cooking Guide.”
or roasting
should be Adjust the top
Broil Element
BROILING
rack
so the food to be broiled Is
at a suggested distance from the broil element,
(see page 6). ALWAYS broil wlth the door open
to the broil-stop.
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