Whirlpool RBS240PD User manual

UseAndCare
PART NO. 4448976
Table of Contents
(complete) ................... 2
A Note to You ................. 3
Oven Safety .................... 4
Getting to Know
Your Oven ...................... 6
Using Your Oven ........... 7
Using the
Self-Cleaning Cycle ..... 30
Caring for
Your Oven .................... 38
Troubleshooting .......... 42
Requesting
Assistance
or Service ..................... 44
Index ............................. 47
Warranty ....................... 48
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ELECTRIC BUILT-IN OVENS
MODELS RBS240PD RBS270PD RBS245PD RBS275PD
RBS305PD RBD245PD RBD275PD RBD305PD
5"/_5 RBD276PD RBD30SPD

Table of Contents
A Note to You ............................................ 3
Oven Safety .............................................. 4
Getting to Know Your Oven ..................... 6
Using Your Oven ...................................... 7
Positioningracks and pans .................. 7
For best air circulation .......................... 7
Using aluminumfoil for baking ............. 8
The electronic oven control .................. 8
Starting a function ................................ 9
Canceling a function .......................... 10
Setting the clock ................................ 10
Using the electronicMinute _mer ...... 10
Audible signals .................................. 12
Baking/roasting .................................. 12
Adjustingthe oven
temperature control ............................ 14
Broiling .............................................. 15
Broilingtips ........................................ 17
Energy saving tips ............................. 18
Using the electronic
MEALTIMER* control ......................... 18
The oven vent(s) ................................ 29
Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle ............... 30
Before you start ................................. 30
Before setting the controls .................. 31
Setting the controls ............................ 31
Special tips ........................................ 37
How the cycle works .......................... 37
Caring for Your Oven ............................. 38
Cleaning chart ................................... 38
Removing the oven door .................... 40
The oven light(s) ................................ 41
Troubleshooting ..................................... 42
Requesting Assistance or Service ........ 44
Index ....................................................... 47
Warranty ................................................. 48

A Note to You
Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL* appliance.
Because your life is getting busier and more complicated, WHIRLPOOL ovens are easy to use,
save time, and help you manage your home better. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-
free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about
how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully.
Also, please complete and mail the Ownership Product Registration Card (U.S.A. or Cana-
dian, whichever applies to you) provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you
about any new information on your appliance.
Please record your model's information.
Whenever you call to request service for
your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number.
You can find this information on the model
and serial number plate (see diagram on
page 6 for location of plate).
Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer's name,
address, and telephone number.
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Dealer Name
Dealer Address
Dealer Phone
Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.
Our Consumer Assistance Center
number is toll-free 24 hours a day
(for U.S.A. only). 1-800-253-1301

Oven Safety
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains safety statements under
warning symbols. Please pay special
attention to these symbols and follow any
instructions given. Here is a brief explana-
tion of the use of the symbol.
MPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
General
•Read all instructions before using
the oven.
•Install or locate the oven only in
accordance with the provided
Installation Instructions. The oven
must be installed by a qualified
installer. The oven must be
properly connected to electrical
supply and grounded.
• CAUTION: Do not store things
children might want above the
oven. Children could be burned
or injured while climbing on it.
• Do not leave children alone or
unattended in area where the
oven is in use. They should never
be allowed to sit or stand on any
part of the oven. They could be
burned or injured.
•Do not operate the oven if it
is damaged or not working
properly.
• Do not use the oven for warming
or heating the room. Persons
could be burned or injured, or a
fire could start.
• Use the oven only for its intended
use as described in this manual.
• Do not touch heating elements or
interior surfaces of oven. Heating
elements may be hot even though
they are dark in color. Interior
surfaces of an oven become hot
enough to cause burns. During
and after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable mate-
rials contact heating elements or
interior surfaces of oven until they
have had sufficient time to cool.
Other surfaces of the oven, such
as the oven vent opening, the
surface near the vent opening,
and the oven door and window,
could also become hot enough to
cause burns.
•Do not wear loose or hanging
garments when using the oven.
They could ignite if they touch a
hot heating element and you could
be burned.
•Use only dry pot holders. Moist or
damp pot holders on hot surfaces
could result in burns from steam.
Do not let pot holder touch hot
heating elements. Do not use a
towel or bulky cloth for a pot
holder. It could catch on fire.
• Keep oven vents unobstructed.

•Do not heat unopened containers.
They could explode. The hot
contents could cause burns and
container particles could cause
injury.
•Use only utensils approved for
oven use. Follow utensil manu-
facturer's instructions, especially
when using glass or plastic
utensils.
• Do not store flammable materials
on or near the oven. The fumes
could create an explosion and/or
fire hazard.
*Do not repair or replace any part
of the oven unless specifically
recommended in this manual. All
other servicing should be referred
to a qualified technician.
• Disconnect the electrical supply
before servicing the oven.
When using the oven
• Always position oven rack(s) in
desired location while oven is
cool. If a rack must be removed
while oven is hot, do not let pot
holder contact hot heating
element in oven.
• Use care when opening oven
door. Let hot air or steam escape
before removing or replacing food.
*Small amounts of formaldehyde
and carbon monoxide are given
off in the Self-Cleaning cycle from
fiberglass insulation and food
decomposition. Significant
exposure to these substances
could cause cancer or reproduc-
tive harm. Exposure can be
minimized by venting with a
hood or open window and wiping
out excess food spills prior to
self-cleaning.
•Do not use oven cleaners in the
self-cleaning oven. No commer-
cial oven cleaner or oven liner
protective coating of any kind
should be used in or around any
part of the oven.
*Before self-cleaning the single/
upper oven (or both ovens on
some models), remove broiler
pan, broiler grid, oven racks, and
other utensils. Do not use your
oven to clean miscellaneous
parts unless you are instructed to
do so in this Use and Care Guide.
*Do not clean door seal. It is
essential for a good seal. Care
should be taken not to rub, dam-
age, or move the seal. Clean only
parts recommended in this Use
and Care Guide.
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Getting to Know Your Oven
This section tells you what features your oven has and where they are located. Please
review this information before using your oven. To help you find information on specific parts
or features quickly, page references are included.
Feature locations
(Models RBD276PD and RBD306PD shown)
Oven vent
(above oven
door)
(p. 29)
Electronic
control
(p. 8)
Automatic oven
light switch
(p. 41)
Oven lock latch
Oven light
(on left wall-
not shown)
(p. 41)
(some models
have rear oven
lights)
Lower oven
(double ovens
only)
Broil element
(p. 16)
Oven light
(p. 41)
Bake element
(p. 13)
Model and serial
number plate
(on side
of door)

Using Your Oven
To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your oven properly. This
section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your oven.
Positioning racks and pans
For baking/roasting with one rack, place When baking on two racks, arrange racks
the rack so the top of the food will be on second and fourth level from bottom.
centered in the oven. To change rack position, lift rack at front
Rack placement for specific foods: and pull out.
FOOD RACK POSITION
Frozen pies, large Lowest level or
roasts, turkeys, angel 2nd level from
food cakes bottom
Bundt cakes, most 2nd level from
quick breads, yeast bottom
breads, casseroles,
meats
Cookies, biscuits, 2nd or 3rd level
muffins, cakes, from bottom
nonfrozen pies
NOTE: For recommended rack placement
when broiling, see "Broiling rack position
chart" on page 17.
Personal Injury Hazard
•Always position oven rack(s) in
desired location before turning oven
on. Be sure the rack(s) is level.
• If rack(s) must be moved while oven
is hot, use pot holders or oven mitts
to protect hands.
• Do not let pot holder or oven mitt
touch heating elements.
Failure to follow the above precautions
could result in personal injury.
For best air circulation
Hot air must circulate around the pans m the
oven for even heat to reach all parts of the
oven. This results in better baking.
• Place the pans so that one is not directly
over the other.
•For best results, allow 11/2to 2 inches
(4-5 cm) of space around each pan and
between pans and oven walls. There must
be a minimum space of 1inch (3 cm).
•Use only one cookie sheet in the oven at
a time.
Use the following as a guide to determine
where to place the pans:
One pan
Place in the center ofthe oven rack,
Two pans
Place in opposite corners of the oven rack,
Three or four pans
Place in opposite corners on each oven
rack. Stagger pans so no pan is directly
over another.

Using aluminum foil for baking
Use aluminum foil to catch spillovers
from pies or casseroles:
•Place the foil on the oven rack below the
rack with the food. Turn up foil edges and
make sure foil is about 1 inch (3 cm)
larger all around than the dish holding
the food.
Fire Hazard
Do not allow foil to touch the heating
elements.
Failure to follow this precaution could
result in fire or electrical shock hazard
and damage to the elements.
•Do not cover the entire rack with alumi-
num foil. It will reduce air circulation and
cause poor cooking results.
•Do not line oven bottom or entire oven
rack with foil or other liners. Poor baking
will result.
The electronic oven control
(Models RBD276PD and RBD306PD shown)
NOTE: Displays shown are from single/upper ovens. Command pads shown are from double
ovens. In some cases, lower oven displays and single oven command pads may look differ-
ent than those shown. Timer set
and off
Electronic pads Clock pad
display (p. 11) (p. 10)
oven
light
pad
sOe_:cnt°r_ -,,_IB_ [_-l_--]r_ [-_11-_ l_ (p.41)
ovens oven Temperature Electronic Hour Minute Start/ Off/
only) setting pads MEALTIMER* pads pads enter cancel
(p, 9) pads control pads pad pads
(p. 18) (p. 9) (p. 10)
Display/clock
• When you first plug in the oven, every-
thing on the display will light up for a few
seconds, then a time of day and "PF" will
appear on the temperature display. Ifafter
you set the clock (page 10), "PF' again
appears on the display,your electricitywas
offfor a while. Reset the clock.
•When you are not using the oven, the
control is an accurate clock.
•When you are using the oven or Minute
Timer, the display will show times, tem-
perature settings, and what command
pads have been pressed.

•When showing the time of day, the
display will show the hour and minutes.
•When you are using the Minute Timer,
the display will show hours, minutes, and
seconds in the following sequence:
- For settings from 1-59 minutes, the
display willcount down each second
(minutes and seconds displayed).
-For settings 1 hour or over, the display
will count down each minute (hours and
minutes displayed).
•When you are using Cook Time and/or
_ _ Stop Time, the display
will show cooking time
counting down.
-For settings from 1-59 minutes, the
display will count down each second
(minutes and seconds displayed).
- For settings 1 hour or over, the display
will count down each minute (hours and
minutes displayed).
Command pads
The command pads tell the oven what to
do and in what order. Some command pads
have an Indicator Light. The Indicator Light
comes on when you press the command
pad. The ON Indicator Light comes on
when you press the Start/Enter pad for an
oven function.
Selecting an oven
(double ovens)
To choose the oven you want to use, press
_j_ the Upper Oven or Lower Oven pad.
Using the control lock
The control lock prevents unwanted use of
the oven by disabling most of the control
panel command pads (except CLOCK,
TIMER SET/OFF, and LIGHT).
NOTES:
•Control lock is only available when oven is
not in use or control has not been set.
•Set control lock when cleaning the control
panel to prevent oven from accidentally
turning on.
To lock or deactivate the control panel:
Press and hold the StaMJEnter pad for 5
seconds. A single tone will sound
and "Loc" and PI will appear on
the temperature display. When the
control is locked, "START?" will
appear on the display ifyou press
any command pad.
To unlock the control panel:
Press and hold the Start/Enter pad for 5
seconds. A single tone will sound
and "Loc" and i_ willdisappear
from the temperature display.
Starting a function
After programming a function, you must press
the Start/Enter pad to start the
function. If you do not press the
Start/Enter pad within 5 seconds of
programming, "START?" will show
on the display as a reminder.

Canceling a function
(single
ovens)
The Off/Cancel pad will cancel any function
except for the Clock
and Timer Set func-
OR tions. When you press
the Off/Cancel pad,
the display will show
(double the time of day or, if
ovens) Minute Timer is also
being used, the time remaining.
NOTE: You may hear a fan blowing in
the oven even after you press the Off/
Cancel pad. This is the cooling fan. It will
turn off when the oven cools to a certain
temperature.
Setting the clock
NOTE: Displays shown are from single/
upper ovens. Command pads shown are
from double ovens. In some cases, lower
oven displays and single oven command
pads may look different than those shown.
1. Press Clock pad. PRESS YOU SEE
2. Set time.
Press the "up" (A) or "down" (V) pad(s)
until the correct time shows on the
display.
PRESS
(last time of day set)
YOU SEE
3. Start clock.
NOTE: If you do not want the clock time
displayed, press and hold the Clock pad
for 5 seconds. To display the clock time
again, press and hold the Clock pad for 5
seconds. You should not have to reset
the time.
(example for 5:30)
PRESS YOU SEE
Using the electronic Minute Timer
The Minute Timer does not start or stop the
oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be
set in hours and minutes up to 12 hours 59
minutes. The Minute Timer will display
minutes and seconds for settings under one
hour.
10
You will hear four 1-second tones when the
set time is up.
NOTE: Displays shown are from single/upper
ovens. Command pads shown are from
double ovens. In some cases, lower oven
displays and single oven command pads may
look different than those shown.