Whirlpool RF327PXP User Manual

Continuous-Cleanil

Model RF327PXP

Microwave Ovens, Trash Compactors, Room Au Condltloners, llehum~d~f~ers. Automatic Washers, Clothes Dryers, Freezers, Re(rigerator.Fr

Contents

BEFORE YOU USE YOUR RANGE. - 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY

INSTRUCTIONS. . . . 3

PARTS AND FEATURES 4 USING YOUR RANGE. . 5

Surface Units . . . 5 Setting the Clock 7 Using the Minute Timer . . 7 Using the Oven Controls . 8

Baking . , . . . . . . . . 8

Broiling . . . . . . . 10

Oven Vent . . . 11 Storage Drawer . . 11

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Pane

Optional Rotisserie

CARING FOR YOUR RANGE..

Control Panel . . . .

Solid Element Surface Units Oven Door Continuous-Cleaning Oven Cleaning Chart

Oven Light IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR

ASSISTANCE................

WHIRLPOOL RANGE WARRANTY

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Before you use your range

Read this Use 8 Care Gulde and The Cooking Guide for Important safety

Information.

You are personally responsible for:

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

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

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

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

Properly maintaining the range.

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

DO NOT allow children to use or 6. KEEP pan handles turned in, but not play with any part of the range, or leave them unattended near it.

They could be burned or injured.

2. DO NOT store things children might want above the range. Children could be burned or injured while climbing 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 OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS

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

CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.

FOR YOUR SAFlZY.

over another surface unit to avoid burns, injury and to help prevent the utensil from beina oushed off the surface units.

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

8. DO NOT wear loose or hanging garments when using the range. They could ignite if they touch a hot surface 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.

10.

When

adding

food, MAKE SURE to onen the oven door all the w prevent burns.

removing

baking

- SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - 1

Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here

If you need service, or call with a question, have this information ready: I. 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, vour warranty and sales slip together in the Literature Pac.

Please complete and mall the Owners Reglsktlon Card turnlshed wlth this product.

Model Number

Serlal Number

Purchase Date

Parts and features

Model RF327PXP

CONTROL PANEL

CLOCK/

SOLID ELEMENT SURFACE UNIT

MODEL AND SE NUMBER PLATE

REMOVABLE

STORAGE DRAWER

LITERATURE PAC

(not shown)

OVEN DOOR

OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL OVEN SIGNAL LIGHT

OVEN SELECTOR

LIGHT SWITCH

&EN

RIGHT REAR/CONTROL KNOB

RIGHT FRONT’ CONTROL KNOB

Using the surface units

Surface Unit Indicators

The solid dot in the surface unit indicator shows which surface unit is turned on by that knob.

Signal Light

One of the signal lights will glow

when a surface unit is on. Control knobs must be pushed in before fuming them to a setting. They can be set anywhere between HI and OFF.

Solid Element Surface Units

Solid element surface units are made of heavy cast-iron to provide even cooking. Each surface unit has a built-in protective limiter. The limiter senses uneven cooking temperatures and automatically reduces the heat setting. The limiter will sense uneven heat when a pan boils dry, when a pan does not have a flat bottom, or when a pan is removed and the surface unit is left on.

Solid elements hold heat longer than conventional surface units. For best cooking results, use a high setting for only a very short period of time. Then use a lower setting to complete the cooking. You may want to turn the solid element OFF a few minutes before you are finished cooking.

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for long perloda of ilme or have pans on hot elemenh when oooklng k

dona.Bumedfoodanddamaaatolheoookwanoouldrestdf.

Untti you get used to the settings, use the foiiowlng as a gulde. Use HI to start

foods cook-

Ing; to brlng llqulds to a boll. When cooklng foods, turn to a LO or MEDLO setting when sizzle starts.

Pans should be the same size or larger than the surface unit to prevent boilovers and hot handles.

Only use pans with flat bottoms. Flat bottoms allow maximum contact

between the pans and the surface units for fast, even cooking. Pans with uneven bottoms or with a raised pattern on the bottom are not suitable. Flatness of a pan can be checked by placing an edge of a ruler across it. There should not be space between the ruler edge and the bottom of the pan.

Use MED-HI to hold a

rapld boll; to start frylng chlcken or

pancakes. TurntoalO

or MED-LO sefflng when slzzie starts.

Use MED for gram pud-

dings and

icing; to cook large amounts of vegetables. Turn to a

LO setting to flnlsh

cooklng.

Use MED-LO to keep food cooking after cooking after starttng it on a higher setting.

Use LO to keep food

starting it on a higher setting, to keep food warm or to melt

chocolate

or shortening.

Do not use trivets, woks with skirts, or canners wlth concave or ridged bottoms.

NOTE: If pan bottoms am not flat, the protective Ilmiter will sense uneven cooking temperatures and reduce the heat setting. This will result In longer cooking times.

See the “Cooking Guide” for important utensil Information.

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