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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
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE.
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Control Panel and Knobs
Surface Units and
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Reflector Bowls
Lift-Up Cooktop
Oven Door
Standard Oven Cleaning
The Storage Drawer
Cleaning Chart
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR
ASSISTANCE
WHIRLPOOL RANGE
WARRANTY
Page
01988 Whirlpool Corporation
Before you use your range
Read this Use 8 Care Gulde and the Cooklng Guide for Important
safety Information.
You are personally responsible for:
l Reading and following all safety precautions in this Use & Care Guide and
the Cooking Guide.
l Installing the range where it is protected from the elements, and on a floor
strong enough to support its weight.
l Properly connecting the range to electrical supply and grounding. (See
lnstallatton Instructions.)
l Making sure the range is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.
l Properly maintaining the range.
l Using the range only for jobs expected of a home range.
See Cooklng Guide for important safety and use InformatIon.
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IMPORTANT
1. DO NOT
allow children to use or
play wlth 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 awav from the
range when it is on:The cooktop 9.
and oven walls, racks and
6. KEEP
7. DO NOT
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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.
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.
DO NOT
heat unopened containers. They could explode. The
door can get hot enough to hot contents could burn and
cause burns.
5.
DO NOT
use the range to heat a
room. Persons in the room could
be burned or Injured, or a flre
could start.
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND
LIGUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE.
THEY COULD IGNITE CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.
. FOR YOUR SAFETY
container particles could
cause injury
10.
When adding or removing food,
MAKE SURE
to open the oven
door all the way to prevent burns.
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- SAW THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Thank you for buylng a Whlrlpool appllante. Please complete and mall
the Owner Reglstratlon Card provided with thls product.
the form below. Have thls lnformatlon ready if you need service or call with
a questlon.
l Copy model and serial numbers Model
Number
from plate (see park and features
dlagram) and purchase date from
S~rla, Number
sales slip.
l Keep thls book and sales slip to- Purchate Duo
gether In a handy place.
Sewloe Comraanv Phone Number
Then complete
RIGHT REAR
CONTROL KNOB
RIGHT FRONT
CPNTROL KNOB CONTROL /
OVEN TEMPERATURE
Using your range SIGNAL LIGHT
SURFACE UNIT
OVEN SIGNAL
LIGHT
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
.
PUSH IN
AND TURN
Control knobs must be pushed in
before tumlng
them to a setting. They
can be set anywhere between HI
and OFF.
Until you get
start cooking
used to the settings, use the toll
at the high settings; then turn the
cooking.
Use HI
to start
foods cooking; to bring
liquids to a
boil.
Use 5 or 6
hold a rapid
boil; to fry
chicken or
pancakes.
to
Use 4
gravy, puddings and
icing; to
cook large
amounts of setting.
vegetables.
CAUTION: The use of the HI sefflng for long periods of tlme
can damage surface units and discolor chrome reflector
bowls. Start cooklng on HI and turn conh-ol down to con-
the cooklng.
One of the signal lights will glow
when a surface unit is on.
for
lowlng as a
control kno
Use2or3to
guide.
lb down to conttnue
keep food
cooking after
starting it on
a higher
For best results,
Use SIM
to
keep food
warm untll
ready to
serve. Set the
heat higher
or lower to
keep foods at
the temperature you want.
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