Whirlpool RF367BXP User Manual

RANGE

Self-Cleaning Model RF367BXP

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Contents

Page Before You Use Your Range - 2 Important Safety Instructions. 3 Parts and Features. 4

Uslng Your Range.. . . 5

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

Baking.. . 8 Broiling . 10

Using the Automatic

MEALTIMER’ Clock , . 11

Oven Vent . . . . 13

Storage Drawer Optional Rotisserie . .

Caring for Your Range.

Control Panel Solid Element Surface Units Using the Self-Cleaning

Cycle 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 & Care Guide 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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IMPORTmT

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

NOT allow children to use or 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 theIange 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.

KEEP 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.

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

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 par-

titles could cause injury

10.

When food, MAKE SURE to open the

oven door all the way to prevent burns.

POR YOUR SAFETY

adding

removing

1 - 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 mail the

Owners Reglsiratlon Card turnlshed with this product.

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company Phone Number

Parts and features

Model RF367BXP

CLOCK MINUTE TIMER

START TIME

STOP TIME

LEFl FiONT CONTROL KNOB

CONTROL PANEL \

SOLID ELEMENT

SURFACE UNIT

AUTOMATIC OVEN LIGHT SWITCH

MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER PLATE \

SELF-CLEANING OVEN

FIBERGLASS

HEAT SEAL

&FACE UNIT SIGNAL LIGHT

LE;I REAR CONTROL KNOB

SUGACE UNIT INDICATOR

OVEN VENT

BROIL

ELEMENT

REMOVABLE

STORAGE DRAWER

LITERATURE PAC

(not shown)

OVEN TEMPERATURE OVEN SIGNAL

OVEN

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

Control knobs must be pushed in before turning them to a setting. They can be set anywhere between HI and OFF.

when a surface unit is on.

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 cook-

ing 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.

CAUTION: Solld elements stay hot tor a long tlme. Do not use the HI setting tor long periods ot time or leave pans on hot elements when cooklng Is done. Burned tood and damage to the cookware could result.

Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide. Use HI to start

foods cooking; to bring

liquids to a start frying boil. When cooking foods, cakes. Turn turntoal0 or MED-LO MED-LO setsefffng when sizzle starts.

Use MED-HI to hold a rapid boil; to

chicken or pan- cook large toalOor tlng when seftin,g to

sizzle starfs.

Use MED Use MED-LO for gravy, puddings and icing; to starting it

amounts of vegetables. Turn to a LO

finish cooking.

to keep food cooking after

on a higher setting.

Use LO to

keep food cooking after starting it on a

higher setting, to keep food warm or to melt

chocolate or

shortening.

Cookware

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.

Do not use trlvets, woks with skirts, or canners wfth concave or

rldged bottoms.

NOTE: If pan bottoms are not flat, the protective Ifmlter will sense uneven

cooklng temperatures and reduce the heat setting. This will result in longer

cooklng times. See the “Cooklng Guide” for important utensil informatlon.

Setting the Clock

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

Push in Minute Timer Knob and turn clockwise until clock shows the right time of day.

2. let the Minute Timer Knob pop out. Turn clockwise until Minute Tlmer hand points to OFF. The clock setting will change if you push in the knob when turning.

Using the Minute Tier

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 when setting the Minute Timer.

Without pushing it in, turn the Minute Timer Knob until the hand passes the setting you want.

PUSHING IN AND TURNING THE MINUTE TIMER KNOB CHANGES THE CLOCK

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StlllNG.

2. Without pushing in, turn the knob back to the setting you want.

When the time is up, a buzzer

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

Using the Oven Controls

Baking

Position the rack(s) properly before turning on the oven. To change rack position, lift rack at front and pull out.

Rack(s) should be placed so the top of the food will be centered in the oven. Always leave

at leastlY2 to 2 inches (4-5 cm)

between the sides of the pan

and the oven walls and other pans. For more information, see

the “Cooking Guide:’

2. Set Oven Selector to BAKE.

3. Set Oven Temperature Control to the baking temperature you want.

The Oven Signal Light will come on. The oven is preheated when the

Oven Signal Light tirst goes off.

Put food in the oven. Note: Oven 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 during baking, but does not turn red.

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

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