Resetting The Oven Iemperarure Controls; Broiling Rn The Upper Oven - Whirlpool RB1300XK Use & Care Manual

RESETTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
Does either oven seem to be hotter or colder than your old oven at the same
settings? The temperature setting in your old oven may have changed gradually
over the years. The accurate setting of your new ovens can seem different. If you
think either or both oven temperatures need adjusting, follow these steps:
OFF
OFF
OFF
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Locking
Screw Tooth
Notches Tooth
Notches
1.
Pull out the center 2. Loosen the lock-
3.
To lower the tem-
4. To raise the tem-
of the Oven Tem- ing screw.
perature, move
perature, move black
perature Control.
black ring so tooth is ring so tooth is
closer to LO. Each closer to HI. Each
notch equals
notch equals
about 10 F (5 C).
about 10 F (5 C].
Tighten the locking screw. Replace the knob.
BROILING IN THE UPPER OVEN
DOOR MUST BE PARTLY
OPEN FOR BROILING
1.
Put rack in broiling posi-
tion (see page 6 for
suggestions); put brorler
pan and food on the rack
2. Swing broil stop clips
over hinge slots.
3.
Close door to the stops.
4.
Set Upper Oven Selector
to BROIL.
5. Set Upper Oven Tempera-
6. When broiling is done,
ture Control to BROIL. (Set
turn both knobs to OFF.
on a lower temperature
Move the broil stop clips
for slower broiling. See
and close the door.
below.)
Broiling can be slowed (upper oven only) by setting the Upper Oven Tempera-
ture Control to a setting lower than BROIL. When it's on BROIL, the broil element
is on all the time. When it's on a temperature, the element turns off and on. The
lower the temperature setting, the shorter are the times when the element is on.
The Oven Selector Knob must be on BROIL for the broil element to heat.
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