Whirlpool RM973PXB User manual

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Contents
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Before You Use Your Range.
Important Safety Instructions
Parts and Features.
Using Your Range
Using the Surface Units
Optional Accessory
Canning Kit
Using the Lower Oven
Baking or Roasting
Adjusting the Temperature
Control .
Using the Automatic
MEALTIMER* Clock
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The Oven Vent.
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The Storage Drawer 12
Optional Rotisserie 13
Caring for Your Cooktop and
lower Oven 13
Control Panel and Knobs 13
Surface Units and
Reflector Bowls. 14
Lift-Up Cooktop 15
Using the Self-Cleaning
Cycle 16
Cleaning Chart 20
The Cooktop Light 21
The Lower Oven Light 22
If You Need Service or
Assistance. 22
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Before you useyour range
Read and carefully follow the 661NSTALlATIONINSTRUCTIONS”
packed with your range.
Read this “Use & Care Guide” and your “Cooking Guide” carefully for important
use and safety information, Store these with the Upper Microwave Oven literature
in the Range Literature Pat for future use.
It Is your personal responsibility and obligation to be sure your range:
l Has been installed where it is protected from the elements.
l Has been installed and leveled on a floor strong enough to support its weight.
l Has been properly connected to electrical supply and grounded. [See
“Installation Instructions:‘)
l Is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.
l Is properly maintained.
l Is used only for jobs expected of a home range.
See your “Cooking Guide” and “Upper Microwave Oven Use 81Care Guide”
for addltional safety and operating instructions.
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IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT allow children to use or
play with any part of the range, or
leave them unattended near it.
They could be burned or injured.
2. DO NOT store things children
might want above the range.
Children could be burned or
injured while climbing on it
3. DO NOT allow anyone to touch
hot surface units or heating ele-
ments. Dark colored units and
elements can still be hot enough
to burn severely.
4. KEEP children away from the
range when it is on. The cooktop
and oven walls, racks and door
can get hot enough to cause
burns.
5. DO NOT use the range to heat a
room. Persons in the room could
be burned or injured, or a fire
could start.
6. KEEP pan handles turned in, but
not over another surface unit to
avoid burns, injury and to help
prevent the utensil from being
pushed off the surface units.
7. DO NOT use water on grease fires.
The fire will spread. Cover fire with
large lid or smother with baking
soda or salt.
8. DO NOT wear loose or hanging
garments when using the range.
They could ignite if they touch a
hot surface unit or heating ele-
ment and you could be burned.
9. DO NOT heat unopened con-
tainers. They could explode. The
hot contents could burn and con-
tainer particles could cause
injury.
10. MAKE SURE to open the oven
door all the way when adding or
removing food to prevent burns.
l FCR YOUR SAFETY l
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS
IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THEY COULD IGNITE
CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.
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Parts and features
Models RM973PXB and RM978BXP
COOKTOP AND LOWER OVEN
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COOKTOPLIGHT
COOKTOP LIGHT
/ SWITCH
- SERIAL NUMBER
PLATE
ONE-PIECE CHROME
REFLECTOR BOWL
UTOMATIC OVEN
LIGHT SWITCH
COOKTOP AND /; zq/- _ /=&& BROIL ELEMENT
OVEN RACK GUIDE
BAKE ELEMENT
FIBERGLASS
SELF-CLEANING
STORAGE DRAWER
Copy your Model and SeTial Numbers here...
If you need service, or call with a question, have this
information ready:
1. Complete Model and Serial
Numbers (from the plate located
behind the microwave oven door).
Model Number
2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these
spaces. Keep this book in the Range Serial Number
Information Center with your war-
ranty and sales slip.
Purchase Date
There is no warranty reaistration to
return. Proof-at-purchase% all that is
required for in-warranty service.
Service Company/Phone Number

Using your range
START TIME KNOB
km to
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H STOP TIME
KNOB
LOCK
- LIGHT
m CLEAN
LIGHT
OVEN
TEMPERATURE
CONTROL
LOWER OVEN
- INDICATOR
LIGHT
- OVEN
SELECTOR
Surface unit control knobs must be
pushed in before turning. Turn either
way until setting you want shows in
window Set them anywhere between
HI and OFF.
When a surface unit is on, its indicator
light will also be on.

Using the surface units
Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide:
Use Hi to start Use MED-Hi Use MED for Use MED-LO
foods cook- to hold a gravy, pud- to keep food
ing or to rapid boil or dings and cooking after
bring liquids to fry chicken icing, or to starting it
to a boil. or pancakes. cook large on a higher
amounts of setting.
vegetables.
CAUTION: The use of the Hi setttng for long periods of time
can damage surface units and discolor chrome reflector
bowl&Start cooking on Hi and turn control down to
continue cooking.
Use LO to
keep food
warm until
ready to
serve. Set the
heat higher
or lower
within the LO
band to keep
food at the
temperature
you want.
Use only flat-bottomed utensils for best cooking result and to prevent damage
to the cooktop. Specialty items with rounded or ridged bottoms (woks, ridged
bottom canners or tea kettles) are not recommended.
See the “Cooking Guide” for important utensil information.
Optional accessory canning kit
(Part No. 242905)
The large diameter of most water-bath or pressure canners combined with
high heat settings for long periods of time can shorten the life of regular surface
units and cause damage to the cooktop.
If you plan to use the cooktop for canning, we recommend the installation
of a Canning Kit. Order the kit from your Whirlpool Dealer or Tech-Care’ Service
Company.
See the “Cooking Guide” for important canning information.
Using the lower oven
The lower oven is always set with two knobs:
-The Oven Selector
-The Oven Temperature Control
Both must be on a setting for the oven to heat.
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Baking or roasting
1. Position the rack(s) properly
before turning on the oven.
To change rack position, lift
rack at front and pull out.
2. Set the Oven Selector on BAKE
4. When the Lower Oven Indicator
Light goes off, the oven is pre-
heated. Put food in the oven.
Note: Oven racks, wails and
door will be hot.
Rack(s) should be placed so the
top of the food will be centered
in the oven. Always leave at least
1Y2to 2 inches (4-5 cm] between
the sides of the pan and the oven
walls and other pans. For more
information, see the “Cooking
Guide:’
3. Set the Oven Temperature Con-
trol to the baking temperature
you want.
5. During baking, the elements will
turn on and off to keep the oven
temperature at the setting. The
Lower Oven Indicator Light will
turn on and off with the elements
The top element helps heat
during baking, but does not
turn red.
When baking is done, turn both
the Oven Selector and the Oven
Temperature Control to OFF.
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Adjusting the Oven Temperature Control
Does your oven seem hotter or colder than your old oven? The Temperature of
your old oven may have shifted gradually without your noticing the change.
Your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures. But, when
compared to your old oven, the new design may give you different results.
If after using the oven for a period of time, you are not satisfied with the
temperature settings, they can be adjusted by following these steps:
1. Pull the Oven Temperature Control
Knob straight off. 2. Loosen the locking screw inside
the control knob. Note the posi-
tion of the notches.
3. To lower the temperature, move
a notch closer to LO.Each notch
equals aboutlO”F (5°C).
4. To raise the temperature, move
a notch closer to HI. Each notch
equals aboutlOaF (5°C).
Tlghten the locking screw and
replace the control knob.
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Using the automatic MEALTIMER* Clock
The automatic MEALTIMER Clock will turn the lower oven on and off at times you
set-even when you are not around.
Automatic baking is ideal for foods which do not require a preheated oven such
as meats and casseroles. Do not use the automatic cycle for cakes, cookies,
etc ...undercooking will result.
To start and stop baking automatically:
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1. Position the oven rack(s) properly,
and place the food in the oven.
3. Push in and turn the Start Time
Knob clockwise to the time you
want baking to start.
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2. Turn the Set Time Knob until the
Start and Stop Time Dials show the
right time of day.
4. Push in and turn the Stop Time
Knob clockwise to the time you
want the oven to shut off.
5. Set the Oven Selector on TIMED
BAKE. 6. Set the Oven Temperature Contro
on the baking temperature you
want. The oven will now start and
stop automatically.
After baking is done or to stop
the oven before the preset time,
turn both the Oven Selector and
the Oven Temperature Control
to OFF

To start baking immediately and stop automatically:
1. Position the oven rack(s) properly, and place the food in the oven.
2. Turn the Set Time Knob until the Start and Stop Time Dials show the right
time of day.
3. Push in and turn the Stop Time Knob clockwise to the time you want the
oven to shut off.
4. Set the Oven Selector on TIMED BAKE.
5. Set the Oven Temperature Control on the baking temperature you want.
6. After baking is done, turn both the Oven Selector and the Oven Temperature
Control to OFF
To stop the oven betore the preset time, turn both the Oven Selector and the
Oven Temperature Control to OFF
Broiling
1. Position the rack properly for
broiling. See broil chart in the
“Cooking Guide” or a reliable
cookbook.
2. Put the broiler pan and food on
the rack.
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