Whirlpool RF362BXG Use & Care Manual

Self-cleaning electric ranges 4.65 cibic foot oven

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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Caring for Your Range.......27 Troubleshooting..35 Requesting Assistance or Service .....37 Index ......39 Warranty ....40 1 - 800 - 253 - 1301 Call our Consumer Assistance Center with questions or comments. 4.65 Cubic Foot Oven MODELS RF362BXG RF364BXG RF365PXG RF366PXG 8053397...
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: Important Safety Instructions
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 Manual oven light switch (Model RF365PXG shown) (p. 34) (Model RF362BXG not shown) Oven vent WAR M BROI L OVEN OFF OVEN (TURN WHEN FLASHI CLEAN OVEN HEAT ING PUSH TO TURN (p. 22) Control panel DOOR...
Page 7: Parts And Features
PARTS AND FEATURES (Model RF366PXG shown) (Model RF364BXG not shown) Electronic clock/timer (pp. 14-16) WAR M BROI L OVEN OFF OVEN (TURN WHEN FLASHI CLEAN OVEN TURN HEAT ING PUSH TO DOOR LOCK ED/ Oven vent CLEA NING (CLOSE DOOR WHEN FLASHIN HEAT ING...
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 cooktops, especially between batches or prepare small batches at a 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 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 (Model RF 3 66PXG shown) • 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, 2 pans Side by side or slightly...
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 TIME DAY ( TOD ) CLOCK TIMER Electronic display Clock pad Increase (pp. 15, 18) (pp. 15, 18, 25) CLOCK TIMER TIMER Decrease Oven timer pad (pp. 15, (pp. 15, 16) 18, 25) Display/clock • •...
Page 15 USING YOUR RANGE ETTING THE CLOCK PRESS YOU SEE Press CLOCK. The colon flashes during clock programming. Set the time. PRESS YOU SEE Press the “up” ( ) or “down” ( ) pad(s) until the correct time shows on the display. NOTE: Press a pad briefly to change time by a small amount.
Page 16 USING YOUR RANGE SING THE ELECTRONIC TIMER ( CONT When there is 1 minute of time remaining, the YOU SEE display will begin counting down in seconds. When the timer countdown reaches zero, the TIMER (display counts in seconds) display will show “End” and you will hear four 1-second tones.
Page 17 USING YOUR RANGE AKING ROASTING ( CONT Put your food in the oven. During baking/roasting, the elements will turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting. NOTE: The top element helps heat during bak- ing/roasting, but does not turn red. TURN YOU SEE After baking/roasting, turn the oven control knob...
Page 18 USING YOUR RANGE DJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL Although your new oven is properly adjusted to NOTE: DO NOT measure oven temperature with a provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the or slower than your old oven. oven temperature and give you an incorrect reading.
Page 19 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 20 USING YOUR RANGE ROILING ( CONT Set the oven control knob to BROIL. YOU SEE PUSH AND TURN OVEN ON and HEATING lights WARM BROIL go on. CLEAN YOU SEE After broiling, turn the oven control TURN knob to OFF. OVEN ON and HEATING lights go out.
Page 21 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 22 USING YOUR RANGE HE OVEN VENT Ceramic glass cooktop model (Models RF 3 6 4 BXG and RF 3 66 PXG) WARM BROI L OVEN OFF OVEN WHEN (TURN FLASHIN CLEAN OVEN TURN PUSH TO HEATI DOOR LOCK ED/ CLEAN DOOR (CLOSE FLASHIN...
Page 23 USING YOUR RANGE HE ANTI TIP BRACKET The range will not tip during normal use. However, the range can tip if you apply too much force or weight to the open door without the anti-tip bracket fastened down properly. wWARNING Tip Over Hazard A child or adult can tip the range and be killed.
Page 24 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 25: Using The Self-Cleaning Cycle
USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS PUSH AND TURN YOU SEE Set the oven control knob to CLEAN. OVEN ON light goes The door will lock itself within 6 seconds. If the on. DOORLOCKED/ door has a problem locking, it will try to lock CLEANING light itself for 1 minute.
Page 26 USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS To stop the self-cleaning cycle at any time: YOU SEE TURN DOOR LOCKED/ Turn the oven control knob to OFF. CLEANING light WARM BROIL stays on. COOL appears in display CLEAN until oven goes below locking temperature.
Page 27 See the “Cleaning the ceramic (Models RF364BXG and RF366PXG) glass cooktop” section. • Coil Elements DO NOT clean or immerse in water. (Models RF362BXG and RF365PXG) Spatters and spills will burn off. Chrome reflector bowls* (Models RF362BXG and RF365PXG) • •...
Page 28: Caring For Your Range
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE LEANING CHART ( CONT PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Surface under cooktop (Models RF362BXG and RF365PXG) • • • Light to moderate soil Soap and water Wash, rinse and dry with soft cloth. • • Heavy soils •...
Page 29 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 3 6 4 BXG RF 3 66PXG 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 30 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 3 6 2 BXG RF 3 6 5 PXG OIL ELEMENTS AND REFLECTOR BOWLS ( MODELS 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 31 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 3 6 2 BXG RF 3 6 5 PXG OIL ELEMENTS AND REFLECTOR BOWLS ( MODELS ) ( CONT Line up openings in the reflector bowl with the coil element receptacle. Hold the coil element as level as possible with the terminal just started into the receptacle.
Page 32 CARING FOR YOUR RANGE RF 3 62 BXG RF 3 6 5PXG UP COOKTOP ( MODELS NOTE: Do not drop the cooktop. Damage could result to the porcelain and the cooktop frame. Lift the front of the cooktop at both front corners until the support rods lock into place.
Page 33 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 pin hole to remove the door, follow the instructions in this section.
Page 34 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 Door removal hanger Rotate top of door toward range.
Page 35: Troubleshooting
The surface cooking areas will not work • The coil elements are not plugged in all the way (Models RF362BXG and RF365PXG). (See “Replacing” on pages 30 and 31.) • You have not set the control knobs correctly. Push the control knobs in before turning them to a setting.
Page 36: Requesting
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 37: Assistance Or
When calling: repair parts distributors Please know the purchase date, and Whirlpool service technicians are trained to fulfill the complete model and serial number of your the product warranty and provide after-warranty appliance (see the “A Note to You” section).
Page 38 NOTES...
Page 39: Index
NDEX TOPIC PAGE TOPIC PAGE ANTI-TIP BRACKET..........3, 23 FEATURES ..............6, 7 ASSISTANCE ..............37 LIFT-UP COOKTOP ............32 BAKING MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER ........2 Aluminum foil ............13 OVEN DOOR ............33, 34 Bakeware ..............13 Pans ..............10, 12 OVEN LIGHT ..............34 Racks ..............12 OVEN TEMPERATURE Setting cycle............16 Adjusting ..............18 Tips................17...
Page 40: 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. 8053397 6/98 ©...

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