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Contents

BEFORE YOU USE YOUR RANGE
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
PARTS AND FEATURES
USING YOUR RANGE..

Using the Surface Units
Optional Canning Kit
Using the Oven Controls

Baking..

Broiling
Oven Vent
Storage Drawer

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Optional Rotisserie

CARING FOR YOUR RANGE.

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Control Panel

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Surface Units and
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Reflector Bowls
Lift-Up Cooktop
Oven Door
Cleaning Chart

IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR
ASSISTANCE
WHIRLPOOL RANGE
WARRANTY

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01987 Whirlpool Corporation

Before you use your range

Read this Use & 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 nof 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 allow children to use or
play with any port of the range. or
leave them unattended near It

They could be burned or Injured

2. DO NOT store things children
might wont above the range
Children could be burned or
Injured while cltmblng on It

3. DO NOT allow anyone to touch
hot surface units or heating ele­ments. Dark colored units and ele­ments can still be hot enough to
burn severely

4. KEEP children away from the
range when it is on The cooktop
and oven walls, racks and door
can get hot enough to cause
burns.

5. DO NOT use the range to heat a
room. Persons in the room could
be burned or injured, or a fire
could start.

DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR

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

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CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.

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

7. DO NOT use water on grease fires.
The fire will spread. Cover fire with
large IId or smother with baking
soda or salt

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DO NOT wear loose or hanging gar­ments when using the range They
could ignite if they touch a hotsur­face unit or heating element and
you could be burned

9. DO NOT heat unopened containers.
They could explode. The hot con­tents could burn and container par­titles could cause injury.

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MAKE SURE to open the oven door
all the way when adding or remov­ing food to prevent burns.

FOR YOUR SAFETY

OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS

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- 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 Model and Serial
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.

Please complete and mall ths

Owners Reglstratlon Card tur­nlshed with thls product.

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company Phone Number

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Parts and features

Models

CONTROL PANEL

PLUG-IN

SURFACE UNIT

RF302BXP and RF3020XP

SURFACE UNIT
SIGNAL LIGHT

LEFl REAR
CONTROL KNOB INDICATOR

SURFACE UNIT

ONE-PIECE CHROME

REFLECTOR BOWL

MODEL AND SE
NUMBER PLATE

SILICONE
HEAT SEAL

REMOVABLE
STORAGE DRAWER

LITERATURE
(not shown)

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PAC

OVEN TEMPERATURE
CONTROL SELECTOR

OVEN

Using the surface units

PUSH IN

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h - Setting

Control knobs must be pushed in

before turning them to a settrng They
can be set anywhere between HI
and OFF

Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide. For best results,

start cooking at the high settings; then turn the control knob down to cor$inue

cooking.

Use HI to start Use MED-HI Use MED

foods cook-

ing; to bring
liquids to a
boil.

CAUTION: The use of the HI setting for long periods of time
can damage surface units and discolor chrome reflector
bowls. Stati cooking on HI and turn control down to con-

tinue cooking.

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

Turn to

for gravy,
puddings
and icrng; to
cook large
amounts of

vegetables.

Surface Unit Indicators

The solid dot In the surface unit

Indicator shows which surface unit

Use MED-LO
to keep food keep food
cooking after warm until
starting it
on a higher
setting.

Use LO to

ready to
serve. Set the
heat higher
or lower
within the LO
band to keep

food at the
temperature
you want.

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