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Contents
Page Page
Before You Use Your Range. ... 2 Lift-Up Cooktop ............. 13
important Safety instructions. 3 Surface Burners ............. 14
Parts and Features. ........... 5 Oven Door .................. 14
Using Your Range ............. 6 Continuous-Cleaning Oven 15
Using the Surface Burners .... 6 Standard Oven Cleaning ... 16
Setting the Clock ............ 7 Cleaning Chart ............. 17
Using the Minute Timer. ...... 8 Changing the Cooktop Light 19
Using the Oven Control ...... 9 Changing the Oven Light .... 20
Baking .................... 9 if You Need Service or
Broiling ................... 10 Assistance. ................... 20
Oven Vent. .................. 10 1. Before Calling for
Lighting Standing Pilots ...... 11 Assistance. ............... 20
Caring for Your Range ........ 12 2. IfYou Need Assistance .... 21
Control Panels .............. 12 3. IfYou Need Service ....... 21
Surface Burner Grates and 4. IfYou Have a Problem ..... 21
Reflector Pans. .............. 13
01986 Whirlpool Corporation
Before you use your range
Read and carefully follow the ~giNSTAUATiON INSTRUCTIONS”
packed with your range.
Read this Use & Care Guide and the Cooking Guide for important safety
information.

You are personally respondble for:
l Reading and following all safety precautions in this Use & Care Guide and
the Cooking Guide.
l Having your range installed by a qualified installer.
l Installing the range where it is protected from the elements, and on a level
floor strong enough to hold its weight.
l Having your range properly connected to electrical supply and grounded.
(See “Installation Instructions”.)
l Having your range properly connected to the proper gas supply and
checked for leaks. [See “Installation Instructions:‘)
l Making sure the range is not used by children or anyone unable to operate
it properly.
l Properly maintaining your range.
l Using the range only for jobs expected of a home range.
See “Cooking Guide” for important safely and use information.
IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT allow children to use or
6. KEEPpan handles turned in, but
play with any part of the range, not over another surface burner
or leave them unattended near to prevent burns, injury and to
it.They could be burned or help prevent the utensil from
injured. being pushed off the cooktop.
2. DO NOT store things children 7. DO NOT use water on grease
might want above the range. tires. The fire will spread. Cover
Children could be burned
or injured while climbing on it. f[re with large lid or smother with
baking soda or salt.
3. DO NOT allow anyone to touch
8. DO NOT wear loose or hanging
a hot surface burner, oven garments when using the range.
burner or areas around them. Garments could ignite if they
They could be hot enough to touch a hot burner or surround-
burn severely. ing area and you could be
4. KEEPchildren away from the burned.
range when it ison. The cook-top. 9. DO NOT heat unopened con-
oven walls, racks and door can tainers. They could explode. The
be hot enough to cause burns. hot contents could burn and
5. DO NOT use a range to heat a container particles could cause
room. Persons in the room could injury.
be burned or injured, or a fire 10. When adding or removing food,
could start. MAKE SUREto open the oven
door all the way to prevent bums.
confinued on next page

11. DO NOT use a wet pot holder.
Steam burns can result. DO NOT
use a towel or bulky cloth as a
pot holder. They could catch fire
and burn you.
Heavy splattering or spill-overs
left on a range can ignite and
12. MAKE SUREthe utensils you use
burn you. Pan size is especially
are large enough to contain
food and avoid boil-overs and
important in deep fat frying.
spillovers. This will help prevent
13. DO NOT leave surface burners on
hazardous build-ups of food.
u. GREASEis flammable and
should be handled carefully. Let
fat cool before attempting to
handle it Do not allow grease to
collect around range or In
vents. Wipe spill-overs
immediately.
. ,
16. DO NOT repair or replace any
parts unless specifically recom-
15. NEVERuse a match or other
flame to look for a gas leak. Ex-
mended in this manual. All other
olosion and iniurv could result.
servicing should be referred to a
qualified service technician.
high heat sefiings. Boil-ove~ and
greasy spillovers could cause 17, DO NOT use oven for
storage.
steam, smoke and could ignite Stored items and range could
and burn you. be damaged if oven isturned
on accidentally.
l FOR YOUR SAFETY l
DO NOT STOREOR USEGASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS
IN THEVICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THEYCOULD IGNITE
CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.
- SAW THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...
If you need service, or call with a
question, have this information
ready:
1. Complete Model and Serial
Model Number
Numbers (from the plate located
as shown).
Serlal Number
2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these
spaces. Keep this book, your war-
ranty and sales slip together in a
, handy place.
Purchase Date
Servlce Company Phone Number
4

Parts and features
Models SF335ESR/ERand SF315ESR/ER
CLOCK/
MINUTETIMER
s
GRATES AND CHROME
REFLECTORPANS
AND
OVEN CONTROLS
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OVEN BURNER
(not shown)
ROILER OR
MODEL AND
SERIAL NUMBER
PLATE
STANDARD
OVEN (SF315ESRiER)
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Using your range
TOP LIGHT
SWITCH
I
OVEN TEMPERATURE RIGHT FRONT OVEN LIGHT
CONTROL CONTROL KNOB SWITCH
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I- \ AL., RIGHT!.,.
LEFl FRONT LEFTREAR BURNER CONTROL KNOB
CONTROL KNOB CONTROL KNOB INDICATORS
Using the Surface Burners
These ranges are equipped with either standing pilots or electronic ignitors.
Standing pilots must be lit initially with a match following the directions on
page 11.The pilot light will remain lit when the burners are turned off. Toturn a
burner on again, just push in and turn the control knob to LITEand the burner
will light. Electronic ignitors automatically light the burners each time they are used.
Surface Burner Indicators
The solid dot in the surface burner
indicator shows which surface burner
isturned on by that knob.
Control knobs must be pushed in,
then turned to LITEposition. On elec-
tronic ignitor models, the clicking
sound isthe ignitor sparking.
After the burner lights, turn the control
knob back to a desired setting. The
control knob has stops for HIand LO,
however it can be set anywhere be-
tween HIand LO.Do not cook with
the control In the LITEposltlon.
In Case of a Prolonged Power Failure
Surface burners with electronic ignitors can be manually lighted. Hold a lit
match near the burner and turn the control to the LITEposition. After the burner
lights, turn the control to the desired setting. Power failures will not affect Stand-
ing Pilots.
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See the “Cooklng Guide” for Important utensil Information.
Until you get used to the sefflngs, use the followlng as a guide.
Use LITE to light
UseHI to start Use a medium use I.0
to
the burner. After foods cooking settlng to start keep foods
the burner lights, or to bring liq- cooking or to fry warm until
turn control uids to a boil. chicken or pan- ready to serve.
back to a de- cakes; for gravy,
sired seitina to ouddinas and
of the ignition. - large amounts
wlth the control
In the LITE posl-
tlon.
stop the clicking i&a orjo cook
Do not cook of vegetables.
Setting the Clock
Push In and turn the Mlnute Timer Knob to set the Clock.
1. Push In Mlnute llmer Knob and
turn In either dlrectlon until clock
shows the right time of day.
. Lgt the Mlnute llmer Knob pop
out. Turn in either direction until
Minute Timer hand paints to OFF.
The clock sefflng will change If
you push In the knob when
tumlng. I

Using the Minute Tiier
The Minute Timer does not start or stop the oven. Itworks like a kitchen timer.
Set it in minutes up to an hour. You will hear a buzzer when the set time iSUp.
DO NOT PUSHIN THEKNOB when setting the Minute Timer.
1. Wtlhout pushlng lt In, turn the
Minute Timer Knob until the hand
passes the setting You want.
2. Wlthoui pushlng In, turn the knob
back to the setting You want.
When the time Is up, a buzzer will
sound. Tostop the buzzer, turn the
Minute Timer hand to OFF.
PUSHING IN AND TURNING THEMINUTE TIMER KNOB CHANGES THECLOCK
SETTING.

Using the Oven Control
Baking
1. Position the racks properly before
turning on the oven. To change
rack posltlon, pull rack out to
stop, raise front edge and lift out.
2. Setthe Oven Temp Control to the 3. Preheat the oven for10 minutes
baking temperature you want. The before adding food. NOTE:Oven
oven burner will automatically mcks, walls and door will be hot.
light in 50-60 seconds. Do not place food directly on
oven bottom.
4. During baking, the oven burner 5. When baking Isdone, turn the
will turn on and off to maintain the Oven Bmp Control to OFF.
temperature setting.

Broiling
The Broiler Drawer is located below the oven door. Always broil with the
dmwer and oven door completely closed.
1. Pull the broiler drawer open and
tilt the door panel down.
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3. Place food on broiler pan and
position the broiler pan before
turning on the broiler. See pan
placement chart in the “Cooking
Guide” for recommended pan
positions.
2. Place broiler pan grid so grease
can drain down sides into lower
part of broiler pan. See picture.
4. Setthe Oven Temp Control to BROIL.
The broiler will automatically light
in 50-60 seconds.
5. When baking isdone, turn the
Oven Temp Control to OFF.
DO NOT PREHEATTHEBROILERBEFOREUSING. COMPLETELYCLOSE
THEBROILER DRAWER DURING BROILING.
The Oven Vent
Hot air and moisture escape from the
oven through a vent located under
the backguard. Do not block vent.
Poor baking will result.
OVEN VENT
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