Whirlpool SF395LEEQ0 Owner’s Manual

UseECare

A Note to You ............. 2

Range Safety ......... 3°5
Parts and Features .... 6

Using Your Range ...... 7
Using the Self-

Cleaning Cycle ......... 27
Caring for Your

Range ...................... 31

TO THE INSTALLER: PLEASE LEAVE THIS INSTRUCTION

BOOK WITH THE UNIT.

TO THE CONSUMER: PLEASE READ AND KEEP THIS

BOOK FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

Super Capacity 466 with AccuBake System

4.65 Cubic Foot Oven

MODEL SF395LEE

Troubleshooting ....... 37

Requesting

Assistance or

Service ..................... 39

Index ........................ 48

Warranty .................. 44

Call our Consumer Assistance Center

with questions or comments.

Making Your World

A Little Easiec"

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Because your life is getting busier and more compli-

cated, WHIRLPOOL appliances are easy to use, save
time, and help you manage your home better. To

ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation,
we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of

valuable information about how to operate and

maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please
read it carefully.

Also, complete and mail the Product Registration

Card provided with your appliance. The card helps
us notify you about any new information on

your appliance.

Whenever you call to request service for your appli-
ance, you need to know your complete model number
and serial number. You can find this information on the

model and serial number label/plate (see the diagram
in the "Parts and Features" section). Also, record the

other information shown in the next column.

Model Number
Serial Number

Purchase Date
Dealer Name
Dealer Address

DeaJer Phone

WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or
explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death.

- Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity

of this or any other appliance.

- WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS

÷ Do not try to light any appliance.
÷ Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.
÷ Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor's phone. Follow the gas

supplier's instructions.

÷ If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.

- Installation and service must be performed by a qualified installer, service

agency or the gas supplier.

NGE SAFE'I'V

We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and
obey all safety messages.

This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.

All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word "DANGER" or
"WARNING." These words mean:

You will be killed or seriously injured if you don't
follow instructions.

You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't

follow instructions.

All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you what can

happen if the instructions are not followed.

Anti-Tip Bracket

Range Foot

Tip Over Hazard

A child or adult can tip the range and be killed.
Connect anti-tip bracket to rear range foot.

Reconnect the anti-tip bracket, if the range is moved.

See the installation instructions for details.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death or serious burns

to children and adults.

Making sure the anti-tip bracket is installed:

• Slide range forward.

• Look for the anti-tip bracket securely attached to floor.

• Slide range back so rear range foot is under anti-tip bracket.

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WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical

shock, injury to persons, or damage when using

the range, follow basic precautions, including the
following:

÷WARNING - TOREDUCETHERISKOF

TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST

BE SECURED BY PROPERLY INSTALLED
ANTI-TIP DEVICES. TO CHECK IF THE DEVICES
ARE INSTALLED PROPERLY, SLIDE RANGE

FORWARD, LOOK FOR ANTI-TIP BRACKET

SECURELY ATTACHED TO FLOOR, AND SLIDE

RANGE BACK SO REAR RANGE FOOT IS

UNDER ANTI-TIP BRACKET.

÷ CAUTION - Do not store items of interest to

children in cabinets above a range or on the

backguard of a range - children climbing on the

range to reach items could be seriously injured.

÷ Proper Installation - The range, when installed,

must be electrically grounded in accordance with

local codes or, in the absence of local codes,

with the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70.

Be sure the range is properly installed and

grounded by a qualified technician.

e This range is equipped with a three-prong

grounding plug for your protection against shock

hazard and should be plugged directly into a

properly grounded receptacle. Do not cut or

remove the grounding plug from this plug.

÷ Disconnect the electrical supply before servicing

the appliance.

÷ Never Use the Range for Warming or Heating

the Room.

÷ Do Not Leave Children Alone - Children should

not be left 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. Injuries may

result from the misuse of appliance doors or

drawers such as stepping, leaning, or sitting on
the doors or drawers.

÷ Wear Proper Apparel - Loose-fitting or hanging

garments should never be worn while using
the range.

÷ User Servicing - Do not repair or replace any part

of the range unless specifically recommended in
the manual. All other servicing should be referred

to a qualified technician.

÷ Maintenance - Keep range area clear and free

from combustible materials, gasoline, and other
flammable vapors and liquids.

÷ Storage in or on the Range - Flammable

materials should not be stored in an oven or
near surface units.

÷ Do Not Use Water on Grease Fires - Smother

fire or flame or use dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher.

® 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 other
bulky cloth.

÷ DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS

NEAR UNITS - Surface units may be hot even
though they are dark in color. Areas near surface

units may become hot enough to cause burns.
During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing

or other flammable materials contact surface units
or areas near units until they have had sufficient

time to cool. Among those areas are the cook-top
and surfaces facing the cook-top.

® Use Proper Pan Size - The range is equipped with

one or more surface units of different size. Select
utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover

the surface unit heating element. The use of
undersized utensils will expose a portion of the

heating element to direct contact and may result
in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of

utensil to burner will also improve efficiency. Top
burner flame size should be adjusted so it does

not extend beyond the edge of the cooking utensil.

÷ Never Leave Surface Units Unattended at High

Heat Settings - Boilover causes smoking and
greasy spillovers that may ignite.

÷ Make Sure Reflector Pans or Drip Bowls Are in

Place - Absence of these pans or bowls during
cooking may subject wiring or components

underneath to damage.

÷ Protective Liners - Do not use aluminum foil to

line surface unit drip bowls or oven bottoms,
except as suggested in the manual. Improper

installation of these liners may result in a risk of
electric shock, or fire.

÷ Glazed Cooking Utensils - Only certain types of

glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or
other glazed utensils are suitable for range-top

service without breaking due to the sudden
change in temperature.

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÷ Utensil Handles Should Be Turned Inward and

Not Extend Over Adjacent Surface Units - To

reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable

materials, and spillage due to unintentional

contact with the utensil, the handle of a utensil

should be positioned so that it is turned inward,

and does not extend over adjacent surface units.

÷ Use Care When Opening Door - Let hot air or

steam escape before removing or replacing food.

÷ Do Not Heat Unopened Food Containers -

Build-up of pressure may cause container to

burst and result in injury.

® Keep Oven Vent Ducts Unobstructed.
÷ Placement of Oven Racks - Always place 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.

® DO NOT TOUCH HEATING ELEMENTS OR

INTERIOR SURFACES OF OVEN - Heating

elements may be hot even though they are dark

in color. 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 heating elements or interior

surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient
time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance may

become hot enough to cause burns - among
these surfaces are oven vent openings and

surfaces near these openings, oven doors, and

windows of oven doors.

For self-cleaning ranges -
÷ Do Not Clean Door Gasket - The door gasket is

essential for a good seal. Care should be taken
not to rub, damage, or move the gasket.

® 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.

÷ Clean Only Parts Listed in Manual.
® Before Self-Cleaning the Oven - Remove broiler

pan and other utensils. Wipe off all excessive
spillage before initiating the cleaning cycle.

For units with ventilating hood -
÷ Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently - Grease

should not be allowed to accumulate on hood
or filter.

÷ When flaming foods under the hood, turn the fan

off. The fan, if operating, may spread the flame.

- SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

PARTSANDFEATURES

This section contains captioned pictures of your range. Use them to learn where all parts and
features are and what they look like. Use the page references to help you quickly find out more
about the part or feature you are interested in.

Oven Electronic oven
(p. 25) control

(p. 11)

Surface burners

and grates

(pp. 7, 31-34)

Control panel

(pp. 7, 31)

Automatic oven

_ light switch

(p. 36)

Anti-ti_

(p. 25)

Model and
serial number

(behind left side
of storage drawer)

Storage drawer

(p. 26)

Surface burner marker

(shows which burner

you are setting)

Left rear Left front Right front Right rear
control knob control knob control knob control knob

USINGYOURRAN6E

To get the best cooking results, you should use your range the correct way. This section tells you
what you need to know to use your range safely and efficiently.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard

Do not operate with a yellow flame.
Doing so can result in death, heart attack,

or convulsions.

Your range comes with electric ignitors. Electric
ignitors automatically light the burners each time

you turn the control knobs to LIGHT.

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÷ Push in the control knob and turn it counter-

clockwise to the
LIGHT position. The

clicking sound is the
ignitor sparking. Make

sure the burner has lit.
÷ To stop the clicking

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(HIGH, MED, and LOW). However, you can set the
control knob anywhere between HIGH and LOW.

N©TIIE;All four electric ignitors will click at the same

time. However, the burner with the control knob
turned to LIGHT is the one that will ignite.

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Use the following chart as a guide.

SETTING RECOMMENDED USE
LIGHT ÷ To light the burner.

HIGH ÷ To start foods cooking.

÷ To bring liquids to a boil.

MED ÷ To hold a rapid boil.

÷ To fry chicken or pancakes.
÷ For gravy, pudding, and icing.

÷ To cook large amounts of

vegetables.

sound after the burner
lights, turn the control

knob to the cook setting
you want. The control

knob has 3 cook settings

Fire Hazard

Do not let the burner flame extend beyond
the edge of the pan.

Turn off all controls when not cooking.
Failure to follow these instructions can

result in death or fire.

NOI+IIPI;Do not leave empty cookware, or cookware
which has boiled dry, on a hot surface burner. The

cookware could overheat, causing damage to the
cookware or cooking 0roduct.

LOW* ÷ To keep food warm until ready

to serve.

* The right rear burner tsthe AccuSimmer burner

and will provide the lowest simmer setting.

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You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit
match near a burner and turn the control knob to

the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the

control knob to the setting you want.

The large diameter of most water-bath or pressure

canners combined with high heat settings for long
periods of time can cause damage to the cooktop.

To protect your range:

¢ For best results, use a canner which can be

centered over the surface burner.

¢ Do not place your canner on 2 surface burners at

the same time. Too

much heat will build
up and damage the

cooktop.
¢ Start with hot water.

This reduces the time
the control is set on

high. Reduce the heat
setting to the lowest

position needed to
keep the water boiling.

÷ Refer to your canner manual for specific instructions.

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Follow this section carefully to get the best
cooking results.

÷ Before turning on the oven, place oven racks

where you need them.

÷ To move a rack, pull it out to the stop, raise the

front edge, and lift it out.

÷ Be sure the rack(s) is level.
÷ Use pot holders or oven mitts to protect your

hands if rack(s) must be moved while the oven

is hot.

÷ When baking/roasting with 1 rack, place the

rack so the top of the food will be centered in
the oven.

÷ When baking/roasting on 2 racks, position racks

in oven to allow good circulation of air around all
the food.

÷ Do not place items on the oven door when it

is open.

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Use this rack position when roasting food too large

to be placed on the first

rack position.
For proper roasting,

follow these guide-

lines:
÷ The rack must be level.

÷ Use an adequate
amount of liquid in the

pan (meat juices or

rack position

÷ To pull the rack over the door you must tilt the

rack up at the front. If the rack is loaded with food,
tilting the rack could cause the food to spill. To

avoid spilling, do not try to pull out the rack when

removing large amounts of food.

water) so your food
does not get overdone.

Rack sp dfk

FOOD RACK POSITION

Frozen pies, large 1st or 2nd rack
roasts, turkeys, angel guide from bottom

food cakes
Bundt cakes, most 2nd rack guide

quick breads, yeast from bottom
breads, casseroles,
meats

Cookies, biscuits, 2nd or 3rd rack
muffins, cakes, guide from bottom

nonfrozen pies

N©TIIB:For information on where to place your
rack when broiling, see "Broiling guide" later in

this section.

Hotairmustcirculatearoundthepansintheoven

forevenheattoreach
allpartsoftheoven.

Thisresultsinbetter

baking.
¢ Placethepansso
thatone is not directly

over the other.

÷ For best results,

allow 11/2-2inches of

space around each pan

and between pans and

oven walls.

For best baking results, bake 1 sheet of cookies

at a time using rack 3.

Where to place pans:

WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE

1 pan In center of the oven rack.
2 pans Side by side or slightly

staggered.

3 or 4 pans In opposite corners on

each oven rack. Stagger

pans so no pan is directly
over another.

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0-_ _ _ racks 2 and 4. Increase

_ _ baking time if necessary.

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cookie sheets, use

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SELF-CLEANiNG OVEN

Electronic

display

Timer set and off
pads (pp. 12, 13)

Clock pad

(p. 12)

Manual oven
light pad

(p. 36)

Oven selector Temperature
pads pads
(pp. 14, 18, 28) (pp. 14, 17, 19)

÷ When you first plug in the range, everything on

the display will light up for 1 to 2 seconds, then

a time of day and "PF" will appear on the tem-
perature display. Press the off/cancel pad to

clear "PF" from the display. If, after you set the
clock (see "Setting the clock" later in this section),

"PF" again appears on the display, your electricity
was off for a while. Reset the clock, if needed.

÷ When you are not using the oven, the control is

an accurate clock.

®When you are using the oven or minute timer,

the display will show times, temperature settings,

and what command pads have been pressed.

÷ When showing the time of day, the display will

show the hour and minutes.

®When you are using the minute timer, the display

will show minutes and seconds in the following
sequence:

- For settings from 1-59 minutes, the display will
count down each second.

- For settings one hour or over, the display will
count down each minute.

÷ When you are using cook time and/or stop time,

and minutes or minutes and
seconds.

_ _ the display will show hours

Electronic Hour Minute

MEALTIMER TM pads pads
control pads (p. 12) (p. 12)

(pp. 21-24)

Usi ?thec® t d ®cR

The control lock lets you shut down the control panel

command pads. The control lock comes in handy
when you want to prevent others from using

the oven.

NOTES:

÷ You can only use the control lock when the oven

is not in use or the control has not been set.

÷ Set the control lock when cleaning the control

panel to prevent yourself from accidentally turning
on the oven.

÷ The control lock will stay on even after a power

failure.

To lock the control panel:
Press and hold the start/enter pad for 5 seconds.

You will hear a single tone and "Loc" and

will appear on the temperature display.

When the control is locked, "START?"
will appear on the display and 3 tones

will sound if you press any command

pad other than clock or timer set.
To unlock the control panel:

Press and hold the start/enter pad for 5 seconds.

You will hear 3 tones followed by a single
tone. "Loc" and _ will disappear from the

temperature display.

Start/enter Off/cancel
pad pad

(p. 13) (p. 13)

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1, Presstheclockpad.

PRESS

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YOU SEE

2, Set the time.

Press the "up" (1) or "down" (V) pad(s) until
the correct time shows on the display.

3, Start the clock.

NO°TIEsIf you do not want the clock time
displayed, press and hold the clock pad for

5 seconds. To display the clock time again,
press and hold the clock pad for 5 seconds.

You should not have to reset the time. While
the clock is not displayed, you can see the

clock for 5 minutes by pressing the clock pad.

The minute timer does not start or stop the oven.

It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours
and minutes up to 12 hours, 59 minutes. The minute

timer will display minutes and seconds for settings

under 1 hour. You will hear four 1-second tones
when the set time is up.

PRESS YOU SEE

(example for 5:30)

PRESS

YOU SEE

1, Press the timer set pad.

2, Set the time.

Press the "up" (1) or "down" (V) pad(s) until

the correct time shows on the display.

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PRESS YOU SEE

PRESS YOU SEE

(example for 10 minutes)

8, Start the minute timer.

The minute timer will begin counting down

immediately after the timer is started.

PRESS YOU SEE

(display counts down)

When the time is up:
You will hear four 1-second tones, then four

1-second reminder tones every minute until you
press the timer off pad.

NOT'lIB:To remove the reminder tones, press and
hold the timer set pad for 5 seconds. To bring

back the tones, follow the same step. You will
see "OFF" when the tones are turned off and

"on" when they are turned on.

4, Turn off the minute timer.

[®cance the

Press the timer off pad.

YOU SEE

PRESS YOU SEE

(time of day)

PRESS

YOU SEE

After setting a function, you must press the start/

enter pad to start the function. If you do
not press the start/enter pad within

5 seconds of setting, "START?" will show
on the display as a reminder.

(time of day)

The off/cancel pad will cancel any function except

the clock, timer, or control lock. When you

press the off/cancel pad, the display will
show the time of day or, if the minute timer

is also being used, the time remaining.

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Tonestellyouifafunctionisenteredcorrectlyor

not.Theyalsotellyouwhenacycleiscompleted.

To shut off all tones except the end-of-timer and
error tones:

Press and hold the stop time pad for 5 seconds.

A short tone will sound to tell you the
tones have been changed. Repeat to turn

the tones back on. You will see "oFF" for

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Your oven is designed with the AccuBake tempera-

ture management system to constantly monitor

oven temperature. The burner element will cycle,
as needed, to maintain the desired temperature.

This feature is automatically activated when the

oven is in operation.
_MP©IIBI_N°[°: Do not try to light the oven burner

during a power failure.

3 seconds when the tones are turned off
and "on" for 3 seconds when they are

turned on.

To choose between high and low volume tones:
Press and hold the delay start time pad for 5 seconds.

have been changed. Either "HI" or "LO" will
appear on the time display for 3 seconds to

A short tone will sound to tell you the tones

show the volume you chose.

1, Place the racks where you need them in the oven.

For more information,

see "Positioning racks

Front

Rear

2o Choose the bake setting (optional).

8, Set the temperature (optional).

Do this step if you want to set a temperature
other than 350°F. Press the • temp pad to raise

the temperature or the • temp pad to lower the
temperature in 5°F amounts. Use these pads

until the desired temperature shows on the
small display.

and pans" earlier in this
section.

PRESS YOU SEE

PRESS YOU SEE

(example for bake at 375°F)

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