Whirlpool RM973PXB User Manual
LOWER OVEN
Self-Cleaning Models
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Contents
Before You Use Your Range.
Important Safety Instructions
Parts and Features.
Using Your Range
Using the Surface Units
Optional Accessory
Canning Kit
Using the Lower Oven
Baking or Roasting
Adjusting the Temperature
Control .
Using the Automatic
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The Oven Vent.
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The Storage Drawer 12
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Optional Rotisserie 13
Caring for Your Cooktop and
lower Oven 13
Control Panel and Knobs 13
Surface Units and
Reflector Bowls. 14
Lift-Up Cooktop 15
Using the Self-Cleaning
Cycle 16
Cleaning Chart 20
The Cooktop Light 21
The Lower Oven Light 22
If You Need Service or
Assistance. 22
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Before you use your range
Read and carefully follow the 661NSTALlATION INSTRUCTIONS”
packed with your range.
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 the Range Literature Pat for future use.
It Is your personal responsibility and obligation to be sure your range:
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Has been installed where it is protected from the elements.
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Has been installed and leveled on a floor strong enough to support its 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 range.
See your “Cooking Guide” and “Upper Microwave Oven Use 81 Care Guide”
for addltional safety and operating instructions.
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IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1.
DO NOT
play with any part of the range, or
leave them unattended near it.
They could be burned or injured.
2.
DO NOT
might want above the range.
Children could be burned or
injured while climbing on it
3.
DO NOT
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
allow children to use or
store things children
allow anyone to touch
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FCR YOUR SAFETY
IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THEY COULD IGNITE
CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.
6. 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
The fire will spread. Cover fire with
large lid or smother with baking
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 con-
tainer particles could cause
injury.
10.
MAKE SURE
door all the way when adding or
removing food to prevent burns.
use water on grease fires.
to open the oven
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Parts and features
Models RM973PXB and RM978BXP
COOKTOP AND LOWER OVEN
COOKTOPLIGHT
COOKTOP AND /;
SELF-CLEANING
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MODEL AND
- SERIAL NUMBER
PLATE
COOKTOP LIGHT
/ SWITCH
ONE-PIECE CHROME
REFLECTOR BOWL
UTOMATIC OVEN
LIGHT SWITCH
BROIL ELEMENT
OVEN RACK GUIDE
BAKE ELEMENT
FIBERGLASS
STORAGE DRAWER
Copy your Model and SeTial Numbers here...
If you need service, or call with a question, have this
information ready:
1. Complete Model and Serial
Numbers (from the plate located
behind the microwave oven door).
2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these
spaces. Keep this book in the Range
Information Center with your warranty and sales slip.
There is no warranty reaistration to
return. Proof-at-purchase% all that is
required for in-warranty service.
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company/Phone Number
Using your range
START TIME
KNOB
H STOP TIME
KNOB
LOCK
- LIGHT
m CLEAN
LIGHT
TEMPERATURE
- INDICATOR
- OVEN
OVEN
CONTROL
LOWER OVEN
LIGHT
SELECTOR
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sefflng.
Surface unit control knobs must be
pushed in before turning. Turn either
way until setting you want shows in
window Set them anywhere between
HI and OFF.
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When a surface unit is on, its indicator
light will also be on.
Using the surface units
Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide:
Use Hi to start
foods cook- to hold a gravy, pud- to keep food
ing or to
bring liquids to fry chicken
to a boil. or pancakes.
CAUTION: The use of the Hi setttng for long periods of time
can damage surface units and discolor chrome reflector
bowl&Start cooking on Hi and turn control down to
continue cooking.
Use only flat-bottomed utensils for best cooking result and to prevent damage
to the cooktop. Specialty items with rounded or ridged bottoms (woks, ridged
bottom canners or tea kettles) are not recommended.
See the “Cooking Guide” for important utensil information.
Use MED-Hi
rapid boil or
Use MED for Use MED-LO
dings and
icing, or to starting it
cook large
amounts of
vegetables.
cooking after
on a higher
setting.
Use LO to
keep food
warm until
ready to
serve. Set the
heat higher
or lower
within the LO
band to keep
food at the
temperature
you want.
Optional accessory canning kit
(Part No. 242905)
The large diameter of most water-bath or pressure canners combined with
high heat settings for long periods of time can shorten the life of regular surface
units and cause damage to the cooktop.
If you plan to use the cooktop for canning, we recommend the installation
of a Canning Kit. Order the kit from your Whirlpool Dealer or Tech-Care’ Service
Company.
See the “Cooking Guide” for important canning information.
Using the lower oven
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.
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Baking or roasting
1.
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 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:’
2. Set the Oven Selector on BAKE
4. When the Lower Oven Indicator
Light goes off, the oven is preheated. Put food in the oven.
Note: Oven racks, wails and
door will be hot.
3. Set the Oven Temperature Control to the baking temperature
you want.
5. During baking, the elements will
turn on and off to keep the oven
temperature at the setting. The
Lower Oven 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.
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Adjusting the Oven Temperature Control
Does your oven seem hotter or colder than your old oven? The Temperature of
your old oven may have shifted gradually without your noticing the change.
Your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures. But, when
compared to your old oven, the new design may give you different results.
If after using the oven for a period of time, you are not satisfied with the
temperature settings, they can be adjusted by following these steps:
1.
Pull the Oven Temperature Control
Knob straight off.
2. Loosen the locking screw inside
the control knob. Note the position of the notches.
3.
To lower the temperature, move
a notch closer to LO. Each notch
equals aboutlO”F (5°C).
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4. To raise the temperature, move
a notch closer to HI. Each notch
equals aboutlOaF (5°C).
Tlghten the locking screw and
replace the control knob.
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