Whirlpool RE963PXP, RE960PXP, RE953PXP User Manual

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Before You Use Your Range.
Important Safety Instructions
Parts and Features.
Using Your Range . .

Using the Surface Units 5
Optional Canning Kit 6 Lift-Up Cooktop
Setting the Clock 7 Lower Oven Door
Using the Minute Timer. 7
Using the Oven Controls 8 Continuous-Cleaning Oven 18

Baking. 8 Self-Cleaning Oven
Broiling . 10 Cleaning Chart

Using the Automatic Cooktop Light.

MEALTIMER* Clock 11 Oven Light
OvenVent 12
Storage Drawer 13

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Optional Rotisserie

3 Caring for Your Range
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Control Panel

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Surface Units and

Reflector Bowls.

Upper Oven Rack Guides

If You Need Service or

Assistance.

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Before you use your range

Read thls Use 8 Care Guide and The Cooking Guide for important safety

Information.

You are personally responsible for:

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Reading and following all safety precautions in this Use & Care Guide and the
Cooking Guide.

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Installing the range where it is protected from the elements, and on a floor
strong enough to support its weight.

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Properly connecting the range to electrical supply and grounding. (See
“Installation Instructions:‘)

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Making sure the range is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.

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Properly maintaining the range.

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Using the range only for jobs expected of a home range.

See “Cooking Guide” for important safety and use information.

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IMPORTANT

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1.

DO

NOT

play with any part of the range, or
leave them unattended near it.

They could be burned or iniured.

2.

DO NOT

might want above the range.
Children could be burned or
injured while climbing on it.

3.

DO NOT

hot surface units or heating ele­ments Dark colored units and ele­ments can still be hot enough to
burn severely.

4. KEEP

range when it is on. The cooktop
and oven walls, racks and door
can get hot enough to cause
burns.

5.

DO NOT

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

DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LlGUlDS

allow children to use or

store things children

allow anyone to touch

children away from the

use the range to heat a

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IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THEY COULD IGNITE

CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.

6. KEEP

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8.

9.

10.

FCR YOUR SAFETY.

pan handles turned in, but not
over another surface unit to avoid
burns, injury and to help prevent the
utensil from being pushed off the sur­face units.

DO NOT

The fire will spread. Cover fire with
large lid or smother with baking
soda or salt.

DO NOT

ments when using the range. They
could ignite if they touch a hot sur­face unit or heating element and
you could be burned.

DO NOT

They could explode. The hot con­tents could burn and container par­titles could cause injury.

MAKE SURE

all the way when adding or remov­ing food to prevent burns.

use water on grease fires.

wear loose or hanging gar-

heat unopened containers.

to open the oven door

- SAW THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here

If you need service, or call with a question, have this information ready:

1. Complete

Numbers (from plate just behind
the oven door).

2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these

spaces. Keep this book, your
warranty and sales slip together in

the Literature Pac.

There is no warranty registration

to return. Proof-of-purchase is all that
is required for in-warranty service.

Model and Serial

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company/Phone Number

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Parts and features

Models RE963PXP, RE960PXP and RE953PXP

CONTINUOUS­CLEANING OVEN

PLUG-IN

SELF-CLEAN

CONTROL PANEL

OVEN VENT

/

REFLECTOR BOWL AND

CHROME TRIM RING

OR ONE-PIECE CHROME

REFLECTOR BOWL

MODEL AND SERIAL
NUMBER PLATE

SELF-CLEANING OR
CONTINUOUS-

CLEANING OVEN

(SILICONE on

Model REOSBPXP)-

FIBERGLASS
HEAT SEAL H

REMOVABLE /
STORAGE DRAWER

LITERATURE PAC

(not shown)

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AUTOMATIC

SWITCH

BROIL ELEMENT

OVEN RACK GUIDE

BAKE ELEMENT

OVEN DOOR

CLOCK AND
MINUTE TIMER

CONTROL KNOW
MINUTE TIMER ­START TIME

CONTROL KNOB

KzEN <

LOWER OVEN
SIGNAL LIGHT-

LOWER OVEN
SELECTOR

SELF-CLEAN
LOCK LIGHT

LEFT REAR
CONTROL KNOB

SURFACE UNIT
SIGNAL LIGHTS

LEFT FRONT
CONTROL KNOB

-/ CLOCK

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CONTROL KNOB

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­rySELF-CLEAN LIGHT

CONTROL KNOB

CONTROL KNOB

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- OVEN LIGHT SWITCH

DIGITAL

STOP TIME

PPER OVEN

SIGNAL LIGHT

UPPER OVEN

TEMPERATURE

CONTROL

LOWER OVEN

RIGHT REAR

TOP LIGHT

SWITCH

RIGHT FRONT

Using the surface units

Signal light

One of the signal lights will glow
when a surface unit is on.

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Surface unit control knobs must be
pushed in betore turning.

way until setting you want shows in
window. Set them anywhere between
HI and OFF.

PUSH IN

kmto
reltlng.

Turn either

Untfl you get used to the settings, use the followlng as a gulde.

start cooking at the high settings; then turn the control knob down to continue
cooking.

For best results,

USe

HI

to start
foods cook­ing; to bring
liquids to a
boil.

CAUTION: The use of the HI setting for long periods of
time can damage surface units and dlsoolor chrome
trim rings or chrome reflector bowls. Start cooklng on HI
and turn control down to coniinue cooklng.

Use only flat-bottomed utensils for best cooking results and to prevent damage

to the cooktop. Specialty items with rounded or ridged bottoms (woks, ridged

bottom canners or tea kettles) are not recommended.

Use MED-HI Use MED

to hold a
rapid boil; to
fry chicken
or pancakes.

for gravy,
puddings
and icing: to
cook large
amounts of

vegetables. or lower

Use MED-LO Use Lo

to keep food keep food
cooking after
starting it ready to
on a higher serve. Set the
setting.

warm until

heat higher
within the LO

band to keep
food at the
temperature
you want.

to

See the “Cooklng Guide” for Important utensil lnformatton.

Optional Canning Kit

The large diameter of most water-bath or pressure canners combined with
high heat settings for long periods of time can shorten the life of regular surface

units and cause damage to the cooktop.

If you plan to use the cooktop for canning, we recommend the installation
of a Canning Kit. Order the kit from your Whirlpool Dealer or Tech-Care@ Service
Company.

(Part NO. 242905)

See the “Cooklng Guide” for Important canning informatfon.

Setting the Clock

Push in and turn the Minute Timer Knob to set the Clock.

1.

Push In Minute Timer Knob and
turn clockwlse

the right time of day.

until clock shows

2. let Minute Timer Knob pop out.

Turn counterclockwise until the

Minute Timer dial shows OFF. The

clock settlng will change If you
push in the knob when turning.

Using the Minute Timer

The Minute Timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer.
Set it in minutes up to an hour. You will hear a buzzer when the set time is up.

DO NOT PUSH IN THE KNOB

1.

Without pushlng It In,

Minute Timer Knob until the time
in the window passes the setting
you want.

when setting the Minute Timer.

turn the

2. Without pushlng In,

knob back to the setting you

want.

When

will sound. To stop the buzzer,
turn the Minute Timer dial to OFF.

the

tfme Is up,

turn the

a buzzer

PUSHtNG IN AND TURNING THE MINUTE TIMER KNOB CHANGES THE CLOCK
SETTING.

Using the Oven Controls

Baking in Either Oven

1.

Position the rack(s) properly
before turning on the oven. To
change rack poslfton, lift rack at
tront

and pull out.

Rock(s) should be placed so
the top of the food will be cen­tered in the oven. Always leave
at IeastlW to 2 Inches (45 cm)

between the sides of the pan
and the oven walls and other

pans. For mare information, see
the “Cooking Guide:

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2. Set Oven Selector to BAKE.

4. Put food in the oven. Note:

racks, walls and door will be
hot.

During baking, the elements will

turn on and off to keep the oven

temperature at the setting. The
Oven Signal Light will turn on and
off with the elements.

The top element helps heat

durlng baking, but does not

turn red.

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Oven

3. Set Oven Temperature Control to
the baking temperature vou want
The Oven gignai Light will come on.

The oven is preheated when the
Oven Signal Light first goes off.

5. When baking is done, turn both
the Oven Temperature Control
and the Oven Selector to OFF

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Adjusting the Oven Temperature Controls

Does either oven seem hotter or colder than your older oven? The temperature

of your old oven may have shifted gradually without your noticing the change.

Your new ovens are properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures. But

when compared to your old oven, the new design may give you different results.

If after using the ovens for a period of time you are not satisfied with the tem­perature settings, they can be adjusted by following these steps:

1.

Pull the Oven Temperature Control
straight off.

2. Loosen the locking screw inside
the control knob.

Note the posi-

tion of the notches.

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3. To lower the temperature,

a notch closer to LO. Each notch
equals aboutlOaF (5%).

move

4. To raise the temperature,

a notch closer to HI. Each notch
equals aboutlO”F (WZ).

Tlghten the locking screw and

replace the control knob.

move

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