Whirlpool RS676PXV, RS677PXV User Manual

ELECTRIC SOLID
ELEMENT RANGE
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Contents
BEFORE YOU USE YOUR RANGE IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS PARTS AND FEATURES USING YOUR RANGE.
Using the Surface Units The Electronic MEALTIMER’”
Clock ..,....,,...,,,.....
Setting the Electronic Clock Using the Electronic Minute
Timer
Using the Oven Controls
Baking....................
Adjusting the Oven
Temperature Control Broiling . Custom Broil
Paae
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11 11
12 13 13
Using the Electronic
Automatic MEALTIMER’”
3 5 6 6
Clock Other Operating Hints The Oven Vent Optional Rotisserie Optional Door Panel Pat
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE. 18
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Control Panels and Knobs
9
Solid Element Surface Units
Using the Self-Cleaning
Cycle . Cleaning Chart , The Oven Light
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.. 26 WHIRLPOOL RANGE WARRANTY 28
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01989 Whirlpool Corporation

Before you use your range

You are responsible for:
l Reading and following all safety precautions in this Use and Care Guide and
the Cooking Guide.
9 Installing and leveling the range on a floor strong enough to hold its weight,
and where it is protected from the elements. (See the Installation 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.
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label. it will be easier to remove before the
range is used. To remove any remaining glue:
l Rub briskly with thumb to make a bail, then remove.
or
. Soak area with liquid hand dishwashing detergent before removing glue as
described above.
Do not use rubbing alcohol or fiammbie or toxic solvents, such as acetone, gasoline, carbon tetrachioride, etc. These can damage the finish.
IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
To reduce the rlsk of fire, electrical shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the range, follow basic precautions, including
l Read all instructions before using
the range.
l Install or locate the range only in
accordance with the provided Installation Instructions. It is rec­ommended that the range be
installed by a qualified installer. The range must be properly connected to electrical supply and grounded.
l Do not use the range for warm-
ing or heating the room. Persons could be burned or injured, or a fire could start.
l Do not leave children alone or
unattended in area where the range is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the range. They could be burned or injured.
l 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.
l Do not repair or replace any
part of the range unless specifi­tally recommended in this man­ual. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified technician.
l Do
not
store flammable mate­rials in or near the range. They could explode or burn.
l Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan. Smother flaming pan on cook-
top by covering with a well-fitted
lid, cookie sheet or flat tray. Fiam­ing grease outside of pan can be extinguished with baking
soda or, if available, a multipur-
pose dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher.
l Use only dry potholders. Moist
or damp potholders on hot sur­faces may result in burns from steam. Do not let potholder touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or bulky cloth for a pot­holder. They could catch on fire.
l Select a pan with a flat bottom
that is about the same size as the surface unit. If pan is smaller than the surface unit, some of the heating element will be exposed and may result in the igniting of clothing or potholders. Correct pan size also improves cooking efficiency.
l Never leave surface units unat-
tended at high heat settings. A boil-over could result and cause smoking and greasy spill-avers that may ignite.
l Check to be sure glass cooking
utensils are safe for use on the cooktop. Only certain types of glass, glass-ceramic, ceramic, earthenware or other glazed utensils are suitable for cooktops without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature.
l Turn pan handles inward, but
not over other surface units. This will help reduce the chance of burns, igniting of flammable materials, and spills due to bumping of the pan.
l Use care when opening oven
door. Let hot air or steam escape Fey removing or replacing
l Do not heat unopened con-
tainers. They could explode. The hot contents could cause burns and container particles could cause injury
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l Keep range vents unobstructed. l Do not touch surface units, areas l Always position oven racks in
desired location while oven is cool. if rack must be moved while oven is hot, do not let potholder contact hot heating element in oven.
l Do not clean door seal. It is
essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub, damage, or move the seal. Clean only parts recommended in this Use and Care Guide.
l Do not use oven cleaners. No
commercial oven cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind should be used in or around any part of the oven.
l Before self-cleaning the oven,
remove broiler pan, broiler grid, oven racks and other utensils. Do not use your oven to clean miscellaneous parts.
l Do not store things children
might want above the range. Children could be burned or injured while climbing on it.
- SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
near units, heating elements or interior surfaces of oven. Surface units and heating elements may be hot even though they are dark in color. Areas near surface units and interior surfaces of an oven become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials contact surface units, areas near units, heating elements or interior surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient time to cool. Other surfaces of the range may become hot enough to cause burns; such as, the oven vent opening, the surface near the vent opening, the cooktop, the oven door and window.
. FOR YOUR SAFETY.
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS
AND LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THE FUMES CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR EXPLOSION.
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance. Please complete and mall the Owner Registration Card provided with this product.
complete the form below. Have this information ready if you need service or call with a question.
l Copy model and serial numbers
from plate (behind the oven door Modei Number on the oven frame) and purchase date from sales slip.
l Keep this book, the Cooking Guide
and sales slip together in a handy place.
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Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company Phone Number
Then

Parts and features

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Using your range

Using the Surface Units

Control knobs must be pushed in before turning them
can be set anywhere between HI and OFF
to a setting. They
Surface Unit Markers
The solid dot in the surface unit marker shows which surface unit is
turned on by that knob.
Surface Unit
Indicator lights
One of the surface unit indicator lights on the control panel will glow when a surface unit is on.
Burn and Fire Hazard
Be sure all control knobs are
turned to OFF and all indicator
lights are OFF when you are not cooking. Someone could be burned or a fire could start if a surface unit is accidentally leff ON.
Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide. ESUltS,
start cooking at the high settings; then turn the control knob down to
continue cooking.
Use HI
to start foods cook­ing; to bring liquids to a
.I
Use MED-HI
to hold a rapid boil; to fry chicken or pancakes.
Use MED
gravy, pud­dings and icing; to cook large amounts of setting.
vegetables.
for
Use MED-LO
to keep food keep food cooking after warm until starting it on a higher
For best
Use LO
ready to serve. Set the heat higher or lower within the LO band to keep food at the temperature you want.
to
Solld elements stay hot for a long time. Do not use the HI sefflng for long perlods of time or leave pans on hot elements when cooking is done. Burned food and damage to the cookware could result.
Solid element surface units
Before placing a pan on solid element surface units for the first time, heat on HI setting for five minutes. The surface units will give off smoke as the protective coating, applied at the factory, finishes bonding to the surface.
Solid element surface units are made of heavy cast-iron to provide even cook­ing. Each surface unit has a built-in protective limiter as a safety feature. The limiter senses uneven cooking temperatures and automatically reduces the heat level. The limiter will sense uneven heat when a pan boils dry or when a pan is removed and the surface unit is left on. The heat level may also be reduced automatically if the bottom of the pan is not flat or if the pan is too large or too small for the element. This will result in longer cooking times.
Solid elements hold heat longer than conventional surface units. For best cook­ing results, use a high setting for only a short period of time. Then use a lower setting to complete the cooking. You may want to turn the solid element surface unit OFF a few minutes before you finish cooking.
Cookware
Pans should be the same size or larger than the surface unit to prevent boil-overs and hot handles.
Use only flat-bottomed utensils. Flat bottoms allow maximum contact between the pans and surface units for fast, even cooking. Pans with uneven bottoms or with raised patterns on the bottoms are not suitable.
with skirts, or canners with concave or ridged bottoms.
To check your cookware for flatness, place a straight-edge across the bottom of each piece. Move the straight-edge around. If light shows anywhere between the pan and the straight-edge, the pan is not flat. Do not use it.
See the Cooking Guide for additional cookware information.
Do not use trlvets, woks
The Electronic MEALTIMER’” Clock
The electronic MEALTIMER’” Clock handles many differenttypes of functions. The following operating hints may be helpful when using the clock:
l The numbers on the Display change rapidly when turning the Set Knob. l When setting the Time-f-Day Clock, the Display shows hour and minutes.
Twenty-five minutes past six o’clock.
l When using the Min/Sec Timer, the Display shows minutes and seconds in
Forty-five minutes past twebe o’clock.
the following sequence.
- For settings from I-59 seconds, each second will show in the Display.
- For settings from I-IO minutes, the Display will increase in 10 second increments.
- For settings from IO-99 minutes, the Display will increase in 1 minute increments.
l When using the Bake Hours and/or Stop Time, the Display shows hours and
minutes. -
lullIN Two-hours and fifteen
minutes.
Ofher operaffng hints may be found on page 17.
Eleven-hours and fifty-nine minutes.

Setting the Electronic Clock

When you first plug in the oven or if your electricity goes off for a while, each light in the Display will flash in sequence.
1.
Push in both the Min/Sec Timer Button and the Bake Hours Button. “0:OO” will show in the Display and
the Indicator Lights will go off.
Then, 4 eights and the Min/Sec Timer and Bake Hours Indicator Lights will flash. The flashing means that the
clock is ready to be set.
2. Turn the Set Knob to set the right time of day. Turning the knob clockwise increases the numbers, while turning the knob counter­clockwise decreases the num­bers. The Display will show the time you set in hours and minutes.
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