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— How to get the best from Your Range Contents Aluminum Foil 3,24 Anti-Tip Device of Models Appliance Registration Canning Tips 20-23 Care and Cleaning Consumer Services Energy-Saving Tips Features Model and Serial Numbers Oven 14, 15 Baking, Baking Guide Broiling, Broiling Guide 18, 19 Continuous Cleaning Care 20 Control Settings...
Help us help you... Read this book carefully. If you received a damaged range... immediately contact the dealer (or properly. builder) that sold you the range. questions. Save time and money. Before you request or need more help, write (include service...
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Do not leave children alon+ Keep hood and grease filters basic safety precautions should children should not be left alone clean to maintain good venting be followed, including the or unattended in an area where an and to avoid grease fires.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Keep an eye on foods being Oven Surface Cooking Uni@ fried at HI or MEDIUM HI Use proper pan Stand away from range size—This heat settings. appliance is equipped with one when opening oven door. Hot To avoid the possibility of a air or steam which escapes can or more surface units of different burn or electric shock, always...
Energy-Saving Tips Oven Cooking Use cookware of medium-weight Preheat oven only when aluminum, with tight-fitting covers, necessary. Most foods will cook and flat bottoms which completely satisfactorily without preheating. cover the heated portion of the If you find preheating is necessary, surface unit.
Explained Feature Index on page 1 Storage Drawer 2 Model and Serial Numbers 3 Bake Unit (May be lifted gently for wiping oven floor.) 4 Broil Unit 5 Oven Interior Light 6 Lift-Up Cooktop 22,23 7 Chrome-Plated Drip Pans 22,23 (May be removed when cleaning under unit.) 9 Surface Unit Controls 10 Oven Light Switch...
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See Surface Cooking Guide. Cooking Guide for How to Set the Controls Surface Cooking with Using Heat Settings Infinite Heat Controls Your surface units and controls water to boil. choice of heat settings for surface MEDIUM HI—Fast fry, pan broil; unit cooking.
Questions & Answers Q. Can I use special cooking Q. Why does my cookware tilt when I place it on the equipment, like an oriental wok, surface unit? on any surface unit? A. Yes, but only use cookware A. Because the surface unit is not A.
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Control Settings Cookware Tips 2. To conserve the most cooking energy, pans should be flat on the HI—Highest setting. 1. Use medium-or heavy-weight bottom, have straight sides and cookware. Aluminum cookware tight fitting lids. Match the size conducts heat faster than other of the saucepan to the size of the between HI and MED.
WRONG RIGHT Deep Fat Frying. Do not overfill when adding food. Frosty foods bubble vigorously. Watch foods frying at ~igh temperatures and keep range and hood clean from accumulated grease. Directions and Settings Directions and Settings tu Cookware to Start Cooking Complete Cooking Comments Fried Chicken...
Automatic Clock and Timer Time Bake Uses Questions and Answers Automatic Timer Q. How can I use the Minute Timer to make the surface Using the Automatic Timer, you cooking easier? can TIME BAKE with the oven turning on immediately and A.
Using Your Oven Shelf Positions Oven Shelves Each oven has four shelf support— Look at the control. Be sure you A (bottom), B, C and D (top). understand how to set it properly. Shelf positions for cooking are 2. Check oven interior. Look at the suggested on Baking and Roasting shelves.
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How to Set Immediate time in your new oven, use time Start and Automatic Stop given on recipes as a guide. Oven (on models so equipped) may ‘drift” from the factory NOTE: Before beginning, make setting and differences in timing sure the hands of the range clock between and a new oven of...
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“ Aluminum pans conduct heat preheating gives best appearance heat, which may result in dry, crisp crusts. Reduce oven heat 25°F. if and crispness. Although preheating baking, light, shiny finishes lighter crusts are desired. Rapid is not necessary with meats, it is generally give best results because browning of some foods can be preferred for baked goods.
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Roasting Questions and Answers Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be Q. Is it necessary to check for roasted uncovered in your oven. doneness with a meat Roasting temperatures, which thermometer? should be low and steady, keep A.
Roasting Guide Frozen roasts Position oven shelf at B for 3. Remove fat and drippings as can be necessary. Baste as desired. conventionally roasted by adding and at A for larger roasts. 10 to 25 minutes additional time Standing time recommended per pound to times given in guide 2.
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Broiling is cooking food by intense Step 6: Turn food only once during Questions & Answers radiant heat from the upper unit in cooking. Time foods for first side Q. Why should I leave the door the oven. Most fish and tender cuts per Broiling Guide.
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Broiling Gtide 6. Broiler does not need to be oiling through outer fat surface just to the edge of the meat. Use tongs to turn preheated. However, for very thin 1. Always use broiler pan and rack foods, or to increase browning, meat over to prevent piercing meat that comes with your oven.
Care and Cleating Special Care of To Clean the Continuous- Porcelain Oven Interior Continuous-Cleaning Cleaning Oven: (on models so equipped) Oven Interior With proper care, the porcelain 1. Let range parts cool before (on modeh soequipped) enamel finish on the inside of the handling.
Brushed Chrome Finish Surface Units Removable Oven Door (on models so equipped) Clean the area under the drip pans often. Built-up soil, especially Clean the brushed chrome top with grease, may catch fire. To make warm, soapy water or an all-purpose cleaning easier, plug-in units are household cleaner and immediately removable.
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(continued) CAUTION 1. Pull the knob off the shaft and Plug-In Units look at the back side. There is a Do not attempt to clean plug-in disc in the center of the knob skirt surface units in an automatic- with a series of marks opposite dishwasher.
Cleaning Guide NOTE: Let range/oven parts cool before touching or handling. PART GENERAL DIRECTIONS MATERIALS TO USE NOTE: The bake unit can be lifted gently to clean the oven floor. If spillnver, residue or ash Broil Unit accumulates around the bake unit, gently wipe around the unit with warm water. Drain fat and cool pan and rack slightly.
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Anti-Tip Detice hstiation Instmctions for Kt No. 045 (344119) Fig. 1 Wall Countertop WARNING ALL RANGES CAN TIP INJURY COULD RESULT INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICE PACKED WITH RANGE INSTRUCTIONS 4. Place the range in the counter Whether you attach the chain to 1.
POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY PROBLEM Plug on range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet. OVEN WILL NOT WORK Light bulb is loose. OVEN LIGHT DOES NOT WORK Bulb is defective. Replace. Switch operating oven light is broken. Call for service. FOOD DOES NOT OVEN TEMP and OVEN SET knobs not set at BROIL.
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Range Toe Space FiNer hstructions for Countertop Hei@@ up to 38” The range height must be adjusted to the countertop height. For countertop heights greater than 37”, additional steps may need to be taken as detailed below. When the range is elevated to its maximum height, there is a large space between the bottom of the range and the floor, referred to as...
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Look in the White or Yellow Pages of your telephone directory for HOTPOINT FACTORY SERVICE, GENERAL ELECTRIC-HOTPOINT FACTORY SERVICE or HOTPOINT CUSTOMER CARE” SERVICE. WHAT IS NOT COVERED Service trips to your home to Replacement of house fuses or teach you how to use the product.
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