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Use And Care

A Note to You Important Safety

Instructions

Parts and

Features...................

Using Your Oven ... Using the

Self-Cleaning Cycle

Caring for Your Oven

If You Need

Assistance or

Service

Warranty

Call us with questions or comments.

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SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC BUILT-IN

SINGLE AND DOUBLE OVENS

MODELS RB770PXB RB260PXB

RB760PXB RB170PXB RB270PXB RB160PXB

PARTNO. 3188184 Rev. A 3

A Note to You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool® appliance.

Because your life is getting busier and more complicated, Whirlpool ovens are easy to use, save time, and help you manage your home better. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable informa tion 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 Consumer Assistance Center number, 1-800-253-1301, is toll-free 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 37. If you need further help, feel free to

call our Consumer Assistance Center. 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 5). 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

Awarning

To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the oven, follow basic precautions, including the following:

General

•Read all instructions before using the oven.

• Install or locate the oven only in

accordance with the provided Installation Instructions. The oven must be installed by a qualified installer. The oven must be properly connected to electrical supply and grounded.

•CAUTION: Do not store things

children might want above the

oven. Children could be burned or injured while climbing on it.

•Do not leave children alone or unattended in area where the oven is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the oven. They could be burned or injured.

•Do not operate the oven if

it is damaged or not working properly.

•Do not use the oven for

warming or heating the room. Persons could be burned or injured, or a fire could start.

•Use the oven only for its intended use as described in this

manual.

• Do not touch heating elements, or Interior surfaces of oven. Heating elements could be hot even though they are dark in color. Interior surfaces of an oven be come hot enough to cause burns.

During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials contact

heating elements or interior sur faces of oven until they have had

sufficient time to cool. Other

surfaces of the oven, such as the

oven vent opening, the surface

near the vent opening, and the

oven door and window, could also

become hot enough to cause burns.

•Do not wear loose or hanging garments when using the oven. They could ignite if they touch a

hot heating element and you could be burned.

• 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 oven vents unobstructed.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

•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 materi als on or near the oven. The

fumes could create an explosion

and/or fire hazard.

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 ele ment in oven.

• Use care when opening oven door. Let hot air or steam es cape before removing or replac ing food.

Grease

•Grease is flammable and should

be handled carefully. Let fat cool before attempting to handle it.

•Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up a flaming pan. Smother flaming pan by covering with a well-fitted lid, cookie sheet, or flat tray. Flam

ing grease outside of pan can be extinguished with baking soda or, if available, a multipurpose dry chemical or foam-type extin guisher.

Care and cleaning

•Small amounts of formaldehyde and carbon monoxide are given

off in the Self-Cleaning cycle from fiberglass insulation and food decomposition. Significant expo sure to these substances could cause cancer or reproductive

harm. Exposure can be minimized

by venting with a hood or open window and wiping out excess food spills prior to self-cleaning.

•Do not use oven cleaners in single/upper oven. No commercial

oven cleaner or oven liner protec

tive coating of any kind should be

used in or around any part of the oven.

•Before self-cleaning the single/

upper oven, remove broiler pan,

broiler grid, oven racks, and other

utensils. Do not use your oven to clean miscellaneous parts unless you are instructed to do so in this

Use and Care Guide.

• 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 oven unless specifically recommended in this manual. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified technician.

• Disconnect the electrical supply before servicing the oven.

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Parts and Features

This section contains captioned illustrations of your appliance. Use them to become familiar with the location and appearance of all parts and features.

Models RB770PXB, RB270PXB, and RB170PXB

(single oven models RB760PXB, RB260PXB, and RB160PXB not shown)

Oven vent

(on top)

NOTE: On some models, oven

vent is between console bottom

and top of oven door.

Control panel

Model and serial number plate

(Models RB260PXB and RB270PXB)

Self-cleaning upper oven

Model and serial number plate

(Models RB160PXB, RB760PXB,

RB170PXB,and

RB770PXB)

Broil element

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Lock lever

cover panel

Automatic upper

oven light switch

(Models RB260PXB

and RB270PXB)

Broil element

Bake element

Automatic lower

oven light switch

(Models RB270PXB)

Bake element

Standard-cleaning

lower oven

PARTS AND FEATURES

Double oven control panel

Lower oven selector

Lower oven

temperature control

Oven on indicator light

Manual oven light switch

Single oven control panel

Upper oven

electronic oven control

Manual oven light switch

Electronic oven control

Using Your Oven

In This Section

Page Positioning racks and pans For best air circulation Using aiuminum foil for baking . The electronic oven controi

Setting the clock..........................

Using the electronic Minute Timer

Using the Off/Cancei pad

Audible signals............................

Baking/roasting in the single/upper oven

To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your oven properly. This section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your oven.

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Baking/roasting in the lower

oven...................................................13

Adjusting the oven

temperature control

Broiling in the single/upper oven.... 15

Broiiing in the lower oven Broiling rack position chart Broiling tips Energy saving tips Using the electronic MEALTIMER™

control The oven vent

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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

When baking on two racks, arrange racks

on bottom and third level from bottom.

RACK POSITION

Lowest level or 2nd level from bottom

2nd level from bottom

2nd or 3rd level from bottom

NOTE: For recommended rack placement

when broiling, see “Broiling rack position chart” on page 17.

AWARNING

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.

USING YOUR OVEN

For best air circulation

The hot air must circulate around the pans in the oven for even heat to reach all parts of the oven. This results in better baking.

• Place the pans so that one is not directly

over the other.

• For best results, allow 1V2 to 2 inches

(4-5 cm) of space around each pan and between pans and oven walls. There must be a minimum space of 1 inch (2.5 cm).

• Use only one cookie sheet in the oven at

one time.

Use the following as a guide to

determine where to place the pans:

One pan

Place in the center of the oven rack.

Two pans

Place in opposite corners of the oven rack.

Three or four pans

Place in opposite corners on each oven rack. Stagger pans so no pan is directly over

another.

Using aluminum foil for baking

Use aluminum foii to catch spillovers

from pies or casseroles:

• Place the foil on the oven rack below the

rack with the food. Turn up foil edges and

make sure foil is about 1 inch (3 cm) larger

all around than the dish holding the food.

• Do not cover the entire rack with alumi

num foil. It will reduce air circulation and cause poor cooking results.

• Do not line oven bottom or entire oven

rack with foil or other liners. Poor baking will result.

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Eiectricai Shock and Fire Hazard

Do not allow foil to touch the heating

elements.

Failure to follow this precaution could result in electrical shock or fire hazard and damage to the elements.

The electronic oven control

(single/upper oven)

USING YOUR OVEN

Electronic

display

Oven Temperature Electronic Hour Minute Start/ Off/ selector pads MEALTIMER™ pads pads enter cancel pads control pads pad pad

Display/clock

• When you first plug in the oven, a time

of day and “PF” will show on the tempera ture display. If after you set the clock (page

10) the display again shows “PF”, your

electricity was off for a while. Reset the clock.

• When you are not using the oven, the

control is an accurate clock.

• When you are using the oven or Minute

Timer, the display will show times, tem

perature settings, and what command pads have been pushed.

• When showing the time of day, the

display will show the hour and minutes.

• When you are using the Minute Timer,

the display will show minutes and seconds

in the following sequence:

- For settings from 1-59 minutes, the

display will count down each second.

- For settings 1 hour or over, the

display will count down each minute.

• When you are using Cook Time and/or

Stop Time, the display will show hours

and minutes.

Clock Minute Timer set set pad and off pads

Command pads

The command pads tell the oven what to do and in what order. A few examples:

-Clock/Set tells the oven you are going to

set the clock.

-Off/Cancel tells the oven to turn off.

Each command pad (except Off/Cancel and Start/Enter) has its own indicator. The indicator comes on when you touch the command pad.

USING YOUR OVEN

Setting the clock

1. Push the Clock/Set pad. The colon flashes and TIME will light up on the

display.

CLOCK

2. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the

time of day. Push the “up" (A) or "down"

(T) pad(s) until the correct time shows on

the display.

3. Push the Start/Enter pad. NOTE: If you do not want the clock time

displayed, push and hold the Clock/Set pad for 4 seconds. To display the clock time again, push the Clock'Set pad once, then

reset the clock time if necessary.

Using the electronic Minute Timer

The Minute Timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours and minutes up to 11 hours, 59 minutes. The Minute Timer will display minutes and seconds for settings under one hour. You will hear four 2-second tones when the set time is up.

1. Push the Timer Set pad. TIMER will

come on and the display will show “0:00" with the colon flashing.

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HOUR MINUTE

Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the

desired time. Push the “up” (A) or “down”

(T) pad(s) until the correct time shows on

the display.

HOUR MINUTE

3. Push the Start/Enter pad. The Minute

Timer will begin counting down immedi ately after the timer is started.

When time is up, “End” will show in the large display and you will hear four 2-second tones. You will also hear four

1-second reminder tones every minute until you push one of the two Timer pads.

NOTE: To disable the reminder tones,

push and hold the Timer Set pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate the tones, follow

the same procedure.

To cancel the Minute Timer:

• Push the Timer Off pad. The time of day

will show on the display.

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Using the Off/Cancel pad

(single/upper oven)

The Off/Cancel pad will cancel any function except for the Clock/Set and Timer Set functions. When you push the Off/Cancel

pad, the display will show the time of day or, if Minute Timer is also being used, the time remaining.

Audible signals

Audible signals tell you if a function is entered correctly or not. They also tell you when a cycle is completed.

To shut off all signals except for the end-of-timer tone:

Press and hold the Stop Time pad for 4 seconds. A short tone will sound to tell you

the signals have been changed. Repeat the

above step to turn the signals back on.

USING YOUR OVEN

Baking/roasting in the single/upper oven

1. Position the rack(s) properiy before turning

on the oven. To change rack position, lift

rack at front and pull out. For further infor

mation, see “Positioning racks and pans" on

page 7.

2. Push the Bake pad. “350°” will show on the

small display to indicate the preset tempera

ture and BAKE will light up.

3. To cook at a different temperature, use the Temp pad(s). Push A to raise the temperature or T to lower the temperature in 5°F incre

ments. Use these pads until the desired

temperature shows on the small display.

4. Push the Start/Enter pad. “Lo°", HEAT, and

BAKE show on the display to indicate that the oven is preheating. The temperature will increase in 5° increments.

NOTE: The display will show “dooi^ and a tone

will sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is latched when you try to bake/roast.

You can change the temperature setting

any time after touching the Start/Enter pad by pushing just the Temp pad(s).

5. When baking, preheat the oven. (Preheating

is rK>t needed when roasting.) The oven is preheated when you hear a one-second tone

and HEAT goes off.

6. Put food in the oven. During baking/roasting,

the elements will turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting.

NOTE: The top eiement helps heat during baking/roasting, but does not turn red.

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7. When baking/roasting is done, push the Off/

Cancel pad. The time of day will show on the display and all other displays will go off.

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