Whirlpool RF361 BXD User manual

UseAndCare
Table of Contents
(complete) ................. 2
A Note to You ................ 3
Range Safety ................. 4
Getting to Know
Your Range ................... 7
Using Your Range ........ 8
Using the
Self-Cleaning Cycle .... 21
Caring for
Your Range ................. 25
Troubleshooting .,....... 30
Requesting
Assistance
or Service .................... 32
Index ............................ 35
Warranty ...................... 36
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SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC RANGE
MODELS RF361 BXD RF363PXD
PART NO. 3189973

Table of Contents
A Note to You ............................................ 3
Range Safety ............................................. 4
Getting to Know Your Range .................... 7
Using Your Range ..................................... 8
Using the surface units ......................... 8
Positioning racks and pans ................. 10
For best air circulation ......................... 10
Using aluminum foil for baking ........... 11
The electronic oven control ................. 12
Starting a function ............................... 13
Canceling a function ........................... 13
Baking/roasting ................................... 13
Adjusting the oven temperature
control ................................................ 15
Broiling ............................................... 16
Broiling tips ......................................... 18
Energy saving tips .............................. 18
The oven vent .................................... 19
The storage drawer ............................ 19
The anti-tip bracket ............................ 20
Optional door panel pat ..................... 20
Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle ............... 21
Before you start ................................. 21
Before setting the controls.. ................. 22
Setting the controls ............................ 22
Special tips ........................................ 24
How the cycle works ........................... 24
Caring for Your Range ............................ 25
Surface units and reflector bowls.. ...... 25
Lift-up cooktop ................................... 27
Cleaning chart ................................... 27
The oven light ..................................... 29
Troubleshooting ...................................... 30
Requesting Assistance or Service ........ .32
Index ........................................................ 35
Warranty .................................................. 36

A Note to You
Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL@ appliance.
Because your life is getting busier and more complicated, WHIRLPOOL ranges 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 infor-
mation about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please
read it carefully.
Also, please complete and mail in the Ownership Registration Card provided with your
appliance. The card helps us notify you about any new information on your appliance.
Please record your model’s information.
Whenever you call to request service for Model Number
your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number. Serial Number
You can find this information on the model Purchase Date
and serial number plate (see diagram on Dealer Name
page 7 for location of plate).
Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer’s name,
address, and telephone number.
Dealer Address
Dealer Phone
Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.
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Our Consumer Assistance Center
number is toll-free 24 hours a day.
1-800-253-1301 1
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Range 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 This symbol alerts you to such dangers
as fire, electrical shock, burns, and
instructions given. Here is a brief explana-
tion of the use of the symbol. personal injury.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, injury
to persons, or damage when using the range,
follow basic precautions, including the following:
General .Do not operate the range if it is
*Read all instructions before using damaged or not working properly.
the range. @Do not use the range for warming
@Install or locate the range only in or heating the room. Persons
accordance with the provided could be burned or injured, or a
Installation Instructions. The range fire could start.
must be installed by a qualified muse the range only for its intended
installer. The range must be use as described in this manual.
properly connected to electrical
supply and grounded.
*Do not touch surface units, areas
near units, heating elements, or
aWARNING: To reduce the risk interior surfaces of oven. Surface
of tipping the appliance, the units and heating elements may be
appliance must be secured by a hot even though they are dark in
properly installed anti-tip bracket. color. Areas near surface units and
To check if the bracket is installed interior surfaces of an oven become
properly, see “The anti-tip bracket” hot enough to cause burns. During
on page 20. and after use, do not touch or let
*CAUTION: Do not store things clothing or other flammable mate-
children might want above the rials contact surface units, areas
range. Children could be burned near units, heating elements, or
or injured while climbing on it. interior surfaces of oven until they
*Do not leave children alone or have had sufficient time to cool.
unattended in area where the Other surfaces of the range, such
range is in use. They should as the oven vent opening, the sur-
never be allowed to sit or stand face near the vent opening, the
on any part of the range. They cook-top, and the oven door and
could be burned or injured. window, could also become hot
enough to cause burns.

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.Do not wear loose or hanging
garments when using the range.
They could ignite if they touch a
hot surface unit 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 range vents unobstructed.
.Do not heat unopened contain-
ers. They could explode. The hot
contents could cause burns
and container particles could
cause injury.
4Jse 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 range. The fumes
could create an explosion and/or
fire hazard.
When using the cooktop
*Make sure the reflector bowls are
in place during cooking. Cooking
without reflector bowls could sub-
ject the wiring and components
underneath them to damage.
@Do not line reflector bowls with
aluminum foil or other liners. Im-
proper installation of these liners
could result in a risk of electrical
shock or fire.
aSelect a pan with a flat bottom
that is about the same size as
the surface unit. If pan is smaller
than the surface unit, some of
the heating element will be
exposed and could result in the
igniting of clothing or pot holders.
Correct pan size also improves
cooking efficiency.
@Check to be sure glass cooking
utensils are safe for use on the
range. Only certain types of glass,
glass-ceramic, ceramic, earthen-
ware, or other glazed utensils are
suitable for cooktops without
breaking due to the sudden
change in temperature.
@Never leave surface units unat-
tended at high heat settings. A
boilover could result and cause
smoking and greasy spillovers
that could ignite.
*Turn pan handles inward, but not
over other surface units. This will
help reduce the chance of burns,
igniting of flammable materials,
and spills due to bumping of
the pan.
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