SEAl, S Kenmore CONTENTS SAFETY .°*°*°°o° ......,°,,,.o°°°°*°°°.o°° ....USE AND CARE Removal of Packaging Tape ........Your Range and its Features ........Cooktop Cooking ............ 7, 8 Clock and Timer ......... _ ....9 Oven Cooking Tips ............. Oven Controls ............To Set BAKE .............
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wARNING • ALL RANGES CAN TIP • INJURY TO PERSONS COULD RESULT • INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICE PACKED WITH RANGE • SEE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS STABILITY DEVICE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS BRACKET NO. 342473 TOOLS NEEDED: Phillips head screwdriver 1 3/8" open end or adjustable wrench Bracket attaches to floor or wall to hold either right or left 3.
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR SAFETY SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including following: Teach children not to playwlth range knobs or any other part of the range. Never leave children alone or unat.
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i_iii_,_ _,, _ To insure safety for yourself and your home, please read your Owner's ManUal •i : : carefully. Keep it handy for quick easy reference. Pay close attention to the ::::: safet.y sections of your manual. You can recog,nuze the safety sections by: _._ Iookin for th mbol or the word Saf...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS COOKTOP SAFETY Keep this book for later use. Always use care when touching the cooktop. Heating elements could be hot enough to burn you even If they Be sure your range Is Installed and grounded properly are dark In color.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) IMPORTANT SAFETY READ UNDERSTAND NOTICE THIS INFORMATION NOW! The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforce- ment Act requires the governor of California to publish Should you ever need it, you will a list of substances known to the state to cause birth not have time for reading.
YOUR RANGE Oven Light Switch Oven Control Oven Indicator Light (glows whenever Cooktop indicator Light (glows when any cooking (Push to turn oven (See pages 10-12) Bake or Broil elements are cycling on. When baking, oven Is preheated when element is on) :on and off) light first goes out) Oven Sat...
TO START THINGS COOKING COOKTOP COOKING COOK'rOP GUIDE TO BASIC SETTINGS Before you use the cooidop for the first time, take s few moments to familiarize yourself with the elements and the knob used to turn on each element. "HI" COOKTOP ELEMENTS Used for quick starts, such as...
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To Start Things Cooking (co.t.) OBSERVE FOLLOWING POINTS For best cooking results and energy efficient operation, you should use pans that are flat on the bottom. Match CANNING the size of the pen to the size of the surface unit. The pan Bring water to boll on HIGH heat, then after boiling should not extend over the edge of the lrlm ring more than 1".
CLOCK TIMER OVEN COOKING GENERAL RULES When cooking a food for the first Ume In your new oven, use time given on recipes as a gulda. Your new oven has been set correctly at the factory and Is apt to be more accurate than the oven It replaced.
BAKEWARE Cookies should be baked on flat cookie sheets wkhout sides to allow the air to cimulate properly. When baking several Items, stagger pens so that no pen Is directly above another. Cakes, muffins, and quick breeds should be baked in shiny pens --to reflect the heat -- because they Pans too close to each other, to oven wells or to the...
TIMED BAKING: AUTOMATIC OVEN OFF: twsen 150OF and 200°F) Is available You can begin baking now and set the oven to turn off The low temperature of this range(be- keep hot cooked foods warm. Food kept automatically. longer than two hours at these low tern- Push the Oven Sat switch to peraturea may spoil...
BROILING TIPS This chart IS a general guide. The Size, weight, thick- (continued) ness, and starting temperature of the food, as well as your own personal preference, will affect the cooking time. Times In the chart are based on the food being m refrigerator temperature.
CLEANING TIPS PART CLEANING MATERIALS REMARKS CONTROL Detergent, warm water, soft cloth Do not usa abrasive cleaners, steel wool, or PANEL plasUcscouring pads. Drythoroughlyafter cleaning. SELF-CLEANING Detergent, warm water and/or soap-filled Rlnso well after clennlng. Cleaning Ineiciethe OVEN FINISH steel wool pad oven nsad ontybedoneasanofadormltouch- Do not use oven cleaner In or around up between sstf-clean cycles.
CONTINUOUS-CLEANING OVEN FINISH (SOME MODELS) The rough surfaces In your oven have a continuous- The higher the oven tempereture, the faster the cleaning cleaning finish. Spatters spread and fill the pores of this action. Cleaning time depends on type and amount of special finish and then gradually burn away at medium SOil, oven temperature and length of oven use.
REMOVABLE OVEN RACKS To remove: 1. Open the door to the slop position (see Illustration). 2. Grasp the door at each side and lift up and off the hinges. DO NOT lift the door by the handle. BUMPED-IN NOTE: When the door is removed and hinge arms RACK GUIDES are at stop position,...
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REMOVABLE KNOBS LIFT-UP COOKTOP MOLDED SUPPORT RODS The cooktop be raised so the area underneath can be cleaned. Raise the frontof Ihe cooktop until the suppun reds snap SPRING into _ to hold mecooktop. All control knobs may be removed for easy cleaning by TO lower cosktofl, pulling the knob strelght off the stem.
If you do have a problem you cannot fix yourself, call your nearest Sears Store or Sears Service Center for help. When calling, have this manual and your Repair Parts List handy with the model, serial number and purchase date.
"DO IT YOURSELF" TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS You may feel that your new oven cooks differently than To adjust knob: the oven It replaced. We recommend that you use your Turn OVEN SET KNOB to OFF and remove the knob new oven a few weeks to become more familiar with It, by pulling straight off.
IL 60684 WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL "We Service What We Sell" Is our assurance to you that you can depend on Sears for service because Sears ssrvIce Is nationwide. Your Kenmore Range has added value when you consider that Sears has a service unit near you staffed by Sears trained technicians..,...
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