Whirlpool RM278BXS User Manual
LOWER OVEN
Self-Cleaning
Model RM278BXS
Mxrowave Ovens, Trash Compactors. Room Air Condllloners. Dehumldlllers. Automallc Washers, Clothes Dryers, Freezers, Refngerator-F
Contents
BEFORE YOU USE YOUR OVEN
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS.
PARTS AND FEATURES
USING YOUR LOWER OVEN.
Baking or Roasting
Adjusting the Temperature
Control
Using the Automatic
MEALTIMER’ Control
Using the Minute Timer.
Broiling
Custom Broil .
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Oven Vent, 11
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Optional Rotisserie 11
CARING FOR YOUR
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LOWER OVEN 11
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Control Panel and Knobs 11
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Using the Self-Cleaning
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Cycle 12
Cleaning Chart 16
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Lower Oven Light 17
IF YOU NEED SERVICE
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OR ASSISTANCE . 18
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WHIRLPOOL OVEN WARRANTY 20
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Before you use your oven
Read and carefully follow the “INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS” packed with
your oven.
Read this “Use & Care Guide” and your “Cooking Guide” carefully for important
use and safety information, Store these with the Upper Microwave Oven literature
in a convenient place for future use.
It is your personal responsibility and obligation to be sure your oven:
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Has been installed where it is protected from the elements.
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Has been installed and leveled in a wall or cabinet that will hold the weight.
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Has been properly connected to electrical supply and grounded. (See
“Installation Instructions:‘)
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Is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.
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Is properly maintained.
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Is used only for jobs expected of a home oven.
See your “Cooking Guide” and “Upper Microwave Oven Use & Care Guide”
for addftional safety and operating instructions.
IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
DO NOT allow children to use or
1.
play with any part of the oven, or
leave them unattended near it.
They could be burned or injured.
2.
DO NOT store things children
might want above the oven. Children could be burned or Injured
while climbing on the door and
the door could be damaged.
KEEP children away from the oven
3.
when it is on. The oven walls, racks
and door can get hot enough to
cause burns.
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Put oven racks where you want
them before turning on the oven.
Heated racks could cause
severe burns.
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Do not touch any part of the
oven, especially the heating elements, until you know they are
completely cool. Dark elements
can still be hot enough to cause
severe burns.
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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 SAFETY.
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Let steam and hot air escape
from the oven before removing
food to prevent burns.
DO NOT
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room. Persons in the room could
be burned or injured, or a fire
could start.
DO NOT wear loose or hanging
5.
garments when using the oven.
They could ignite if they touch a
heating element and you could
be burned.
6.
DO NOT heat unopened con-
tainers, they could explode. The
hot contents could burn you and
container particles could cause
injury.
7.
MAKE SURE to open the oven
door all the way when adding or
removing food to prevent burns.
use the oven to heat a
- SAW THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Parts and features
Model RM278BXS
LOWER OVEN
MODEL AND
SERIAL NUMBER
PLATE (behlnd
oven door)
SELF-CLEANING
LOWER OVEN
/ CONTROLS
iWITCH
.EMENT
GUIDE
.EMENT
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 located behind the microwave oven door].
2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these
spaces. Keep this book with your
sales slip.
Please fill out and mall fhe
ownershlp reglsfmtlon card
furnlshed wlth thls product.
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Model and Serial
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company/Phone Number
Using your lower oven
. CLOCK
DISPLAY
NUMBER PADS -
LOCKLIGHT
OVEN
SELECTOR
The lower oven is always set with two knobs:
-The Oven Selector
-The Oven Temperature Control
Both must be on a setting for the oven to heat.
Baking or roasting
MEALTIMER
CONTROL PADS
/
HEATING
MCATOR
- LIGHT
LOWER
rEN
DICATOR
LIGHT
-OVEN TEMPERA1
CONTROL
‘URI
1.
Position the rack(s) properly
before turning on the oven. To
change rack position, pull
rack out to stop, raise front
edge and lift out.
Rack(s) should be placed so the
top of the food will be centered
in the oven. Always leave at least
1 Y2 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:’
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2. Set Oven Selector to BAKE. The
Lower Oven “ON” Indicator Light
will come on.
3. Set Oven Temperature Control to
the baking temperature you want.
The Heating Indicator Light will
come on.
4. When the Heating Indicator
Light first goes off, the oven is
preheated. Put food in the oven.
Note: Oven racks, walls and
door will be hot.
5. During baking, the elements will
turn on and off to keep the oven
temperature at the setting. The
Heating Indicator Light will turn
on and off with the elements.
The top element helps heat
during baking, but does not
turn red.
When baking is done, turn both
the Oven Selector and the Oven
Temperature Control to OFF. The
Lower Oven “ON” Indicator Light
will go off.
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