Page 1: Table Of Contents
Cleaning Cycle ..22 Caring for Your Range.......25 Troubleshooting..32 Requesting Assistance or Service .....34 Index ......35 Warranty ....36 1 - 800 - 253 - 1301 Call our Consumer Assistance Center with questions or comments. 4.65 Cubic Foot Oven MODELS RF344BXH RF350BXG RF354BXG 8053396A...
Page 2: A Note To You
Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL appliance. The Whirlpool Brand is committed to designing quality products that consistently perform for you to make your life easier. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide.
Page 3: Range Safety
ANGE AFETY Your safety and the safety of others is very important. 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”...
Page 4 RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical • DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS shock, injury to persons, or damage when using NEAR UNITS – Surface units may be hot even the range, follow basic precautions, including the though they are dark in color.
Page 5 RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Do Not Cook on Broken Cooktop – If cooktop For self-cleaning ranges – should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers • Do Not Clean Door Gasket – The door gasket is may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a essential for a good seal.
Page 6 ARTS AND EATURES (Model RF350BXG) TURN PUSH TO Oven vent Electronic (p. 21) oven control TURN PUSH TO (pp. 14-20) Plug-in coil element Control panel unit with one-piece (pp. 6, 25) reflector bowl (pp. 25, 28, 29) Gasket (p. 22) Broil element Anti-tip bracket (not shown)
Page 7: Parts And Features
PARTS AND FEATURES (Model RF354BXG shown) (Model RF344BXH not shown) PUSH TO TURN Electronic oven Oven vent PUSH TO TURN control (p. 21) (pp. 14-20) CLEANTOP ® Control panel ceramic glass (pp. 7, 25) cooktop (pp. 11, 27) Hot surface...
Page 8: Using Your Range
SING ANGE SING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS Using the control knobs wWARNING Push in the control knobs before turning them to a setting. You can set them anywhere between HI and OFF. Fire Hazard Turn off all controls when done cooking. Failure to do so can result in death or fire.
Page 9 USING YOUR RANGE SING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS ( CONT Home canning information To protect your range: • • Use flat-bottomed canners on all types of Alternate use of the surface cooking areas between cooktops, especially batches or prepare small batches at a time. ceramic glass.
Page 10 USING YOUR RANGE SING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS ( CONT Cookware tips • • Select a pan that is about the same size as the Check for rough spots on the bottom of metal or surface cooking area. Cookware should not extend glass cookware which will scratch the ceramic glass more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) outside the area.
Page 11 USING YOUR RANGE SING THE SURFACE COOKING AREAS ( CONT Using the ceramic glass cooktop (Models RF 344 BXH and RF 354 BXG) • Cooking on the ceramic glass cooktop is similar Lift pots and pans onto and off of the cooktop. to cooking on coil Sliding pots and pans on the cooktop could leave elements.
Page 12 USING YOUR RANGE SING THE OVEN Positioning racks and pans Where to place pans: Place the oven racks where you need them before WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE turning on the oven. 1 pan In center of the oven rack. • To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, raise the front edge and lift it out.
Page 13 USING YOUR RANGE AKEWARE CHOICES Baking performance is affected by the type of bakeware used. Use the bakeware size recommended in the recipe. BAKEWARE TYPE BEST USED FOR GUIDELINES Light colored aluminum • Light golden crusts • Use temperature and time recommended •...
Page 14 USING YOUR RANGE HE ELECTRONIC OVEN CONTROL Electronic display BAKE BROIL START ? HEAT CLEAN SELF-CLEANING OVEN DOOR LOCKED Start/enter pad Auto clean pad (pp. 14, 15, 16, (p. 23) START CUSTOM AUTO 17, 19, 23) BAKE TEMP BROIL CLEAN ENTER CANCEL Bake pad...
Page 15 USING YOUR RANGE TARTING CANCELING A FUNCTION After setting a function for the first time, you must OFF/CANCEL will cancel any function except for the press START/ENTER to start the function. control lock. START ENTER CANCEL 5 SEC AKING ROASTING Place the racks where you need them.
Page 16 USING YOUR RANGE AKING ROASTING ( CONT PRESS YOU SEE Press START/ENTER. A preheat conditioning time counts down the approximate preheat time after the oven START temperature has been set and START/ENTER ENTER has been pressed. The preheat, bake, and on 5 SEC indicator lights will light up.
Page 17 USING YOUR RANGE DJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL Although your new oven is properly adjusted to NOTE: DO NOT measure the oven temperature with provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower slower than your old oven.
Page 18 USING YOUR RANGE ROILING NOTES: • Do not preheat when broiling, unless your recipe recommends it. • Leave the door partly open whenever you use the oven to broil. This lets the oven stay at the proper temperatures. Place the rack where you need it. You need to place the rack so that the surface of Front of rack the food is at least 3 inches away from the broil...
Page 19 USING YOUR RANGE ROILING ( CONT PRESS YOU SEE Press CUSTOM BROIL. The broil indicator light will light up. CUSTOM BROIL PRESS YOU SEE Start the oven. The on and heat indicator lights will light up. START NOTE: You can change the temperature setting ENTER any time after pressing START/ENTER.
Page 20 USING YOUR RANGE ROILING ( CONT Broiling guidelines • • Pull out oven rack to stop position before turning Use only the broiler pan and grid provided. They are designed to drain extra juices from the or removing food. cooking surface. This drainage helps prevent •...
Page 21 USING YOUR RANGE HE OVEN VENT Ceramic glass cooktop models (Models RF 344 BXH and RF 354 BXG) Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through PUSH TO TURN a vent on the backguard below the control panel. PUSH TO TURN The vent lets air circulate properly.
Page 22 SING THE LEANING YCLE wWARNING Burn Hazard Do not touch the oven during the Self-Cleaning cycle. Keep children away from oven during Self-Cleaning cycle. Do not use commercial oven cleaners in your oven. Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns, or illness from inhaling dangerous fumes.
Page 23: Using The Self-Cleaning Cycle
USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS Press AUTO CLEAN. PRESS YOU SEE The clean indicator light will light up. This will automatically set a 3 ⁄ -hour AUTO Self-Cleaning cycle. CLEAN NOTE: There will be a 30-minute cool-down ⁄ hour before the cycle is over.
Page 24 USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS CONT To stop the self-cleaning cycle at PRESS YOU SEE any time: If the oven temperature is above normal broiling temperatures, the Self-Cleaning cycle will start a CANCEL 30-minute cool down. The clean and door locked indicator lights will stay on.
Page 25 Ceramic glass cooktop • See the “Cleaning the ceramic (Models RF344BXH and RF354BXG) glass cooktop” section. • Coil Elements DO NOT clean or immerse in water. Spatters and spills will burn off.
Page 26: Caring For Your Range
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE LEANING CHART ( CONT PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Surface under cooktop (Model RF350BXG) • • • Light to moderate soil Soap and water Wash, rinse and dry with soft cloth. • • Heavy soils • Soapy steel wool pad Rinse thoroughly and dry.
Page 27 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 344 BXH RF 354 BXG LEANING THE CERAMIC GLASS COOKTOP ( MODELS Your cooktop is designed for easy care. It has been prepolished at the factory for improved protection and easier cleaning. Foods spilled directly on the cooktop will not burn off as on open-coil elements. Because of this, you should keep the surface dust free and soil free before heating.
Page 28 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 35 0 BXG OIL ELEMENTS AND REFLECTOR BOWLS ( MODEL Removing O F F Make sure all coil elements are off and cool before removing coil elements and B A K E B A K E reflector bowls.
Page 29 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 35 0 BXG OIL ELEMENTS AND REFLECTOR BOWLS ( MODEL ) ( CONT Hold the coil element as level as possible with the terminal just started into the receptacle. Push the coil element terminal into the receptacle. When the terminal is pushed into the receptacle as far as it will go, push down the edge of the coil element opposite the receptacle.
Page 30 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EMOVING THE OVEN DOOR For normal use of your range, you do not need to Door stop clip Door removal remove the door. However, if you find it necessary to remove the door, follow the instructions in this pin hole section.
Page 31 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EMOVING THE OVEN DOOR ( CONT Range Door stop Hold oven door so that the top edge of each clip hinge hanger is horizontal. Insert hinge hangers into the front frame hinge slots. Hinge hanger Door removal Rotate top of door toward range.
Page 32: Troubleshooting
ROUBLESHOOTING Most cooking problems often are caused by little things you can find and fix without tools of any kind. Check the lists below and on the next page before calling for assistance or service. If you still need help, see “Requesting Assistance or Service” on page 34. ANGE DOES NOT WORK CAUSE PROBLEM...
Page 33 TROUBLESHOOTING OOKING RESULTS PROBLEM SOLUTION • Level the range. (See the Installation Instructions.) Cookware not level • on cooktop Insert coil correctly. (Check to see if liquids • Use cookware with a flat bottom. are level in cookware) • Excessive heat on cooktop Choose cookware the same size or slightly larger than the element.
Page 34: Assistance Or
(see the “A Note to You” section). after-warranty service, anywhere in the United States. This information will help Whirlpool better respond To locate the Whirlpool designated service company to your request.
Page 35: Index
NDEX TOPIC PAGE TOPIC PAGE FEATURES ..............6, 7 ANTI-TIP BRACKET............3 LIFT-UP COOKTOP ............29 ASSISTANCE ..............34 MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER ........2 BAKING Aluminum foil ............13 OVEN DOOR ............30, 31 Bakeware ..............13 Pans ..............10, 12 OVEN TEMPERATURE Adjusting ..............17 Racks ..............12 Setting ..............15, 19 Setting cycle............15 Tips..............15, 16 OVEN VENT ..............21...
Page 36: Warranty
If you need service, first see the “Troubleshooting” section of this book. After checking “Troubleshooting,” additional help can be found by checking the “Requesting Assistance or Service” section, or by calling the Whirlpool Consumer Assistance Center telephone number, 1-800-253-1301, from anywhere in the U.S.A. 8053396A 2/99 ©...

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