Whirlpool RF3870PXP User manual

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Contents
Page
Before You Use Your Range 2
Important Safety Instructions 3
Parts and Features 4
Using Your Range. 5
Using the Surface Units 5
Electronic MEALTIMER’
Clock 7
Setting the Electronic Clock 8
Using the Electronic
Minute Timer. 9
Using the Oven Controls 10
Baking _. 10
Broiling . . 12
Using the Electronic
Automatic MEALTIMER’
Clock 13
OtherOperating Hints 16
Oven Vent . . 16
Storage Drawer . . 17
Page
Optional Rotisserie. 18
Caring for Your Range.
18
Control Panel 18
Solid Element Surface Units 18
Using the Self-Cleaning
Cycle . . . . . . . . 20
Cleaning Chart 24
Oven Light 25
If You Need Service or
Assistance 26
I. Before Calling for
Assistance 26
2. IfYou Need Assistance. 26
3. If You Need Service . 27
4. IfYou Have a Problem 27
5. If You Need FSP@
Replacement Parts 27
Whirlpool Range Warranty.. 28
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Before you use your range
Read fhls Use 81Care Guide and The Cooking Guide for important safety
Informatlon.
You are personally responsible for:
l Reading and following all safety precautions in this Use & Care Guide and the
Cooking Guide.
l Installing the range where it is protected from the elements, and on a floor
strong enough to support its weight.
l Properly connecting the range to electrical supply and grounding. (See
“Installation Instructions:‘)
l Making sure the range is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.
l Properly maintaining the range.
l Using the range only for jobs expected of a home range.
See‘Cooking Guide” for important safety and use information.

IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1
1. DO NOT allow children to use or 6.
KEEP pan handles turned in, but not
play with any part of the range, or over another surface unit to avoid
leave them unattended near it. burns, injury and to help prevent the
They could be burned or injured. utensil from being pushed off the sur
2. DO NOT store things children face units.
might want above the range.
Children could be burned or 7.
DO NOT use water on grease fires.
The fire will spread. Cover fire with
injured while climbing on it. large lid or smother with baking
3. DO NOT allow anyone to touch soda or salt.
hot surface units or heating ele-
ments. Dark colored units and ele- 8.
DO NOT wear loose or hanging gar
ments when using the range. They
ments can still be hot enough to could ignite if they touch a hot sur-
burn severely. face unit or heating element and
4. KEEP children away from the you could be burned.
range when it is on. The cooktop 9.
DO NOT heat unopened containers.
and oven walls, racks and door They could explode. The hot con-
can get hot enough to cause tents could burn and container par-
burns. titles could cause injury.
5. DO NOT use theJange to heat a
room. Persons in the room could 10. Whenaddingorremoving
be burned or injured, or a fire food,
MAKE SURE to open the
could start. oven door all the way to
prevent burns.
l FOR YOUR SAFElY.
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.
1 - SAW THESE INSTRUCTIONS - 1
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
Numbers (from plate just behind
the oven door).
i..---..--...--.
2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these
spaces. Keep this book, your
warranty and sales slip together in
the Literature Pac.
Please complete and mail the
Uadel Number
Owners Regislktion Card fur-
nished with this product.
Serial Number
Purchase Date
SewIce Compc-- a--- U-.-L-- i

Parts and features
Model RF387PXP
7 \ LE> REAR \
LEFT FRONT SURFACE UNIT ELECTRONIC MEALTIMER’
CONTROL KNOB SIGNAL LIGHT CONTROL KNOB CLOCK/MINUTE TIMER
CONTROL PANEL
OVEN VENT
MODEL AND SERIAL
NUMBER PLATE
SELF-CL
OVEN
FIBERGLASS I IIX /
I
-lEAl SEAL
REMOVABLE
STORAGE DRAWER
LITERATURE PAC
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OVEN LIGHT OVEN TEMPERATURE OVEN SURFACE UNIT
LIGHT LIGHT SIGNAL LIGHT CONTROL KNOB CONTROL KNOB
Using the surface units
Surface Unit Indicators
The solid dot in the surface unit
indicator shows which surface unit
is turned on by that knob.
Signal Light
One of the signal lights will glow
when a surface unit is on.
Control knobs must be pushed in
betore turning them to a setting. They
can be set anywhere between HI
Solid Element
Surface Units
Solid element surface units are made of heavy cast-iron to provide even
cooking. Each surface unit has a built-in protective limiter. The limiter senses
uneven cooking temperatures and automatically reduces the heat setting.
The limiter will sense uneven heat when a pan boils dry, when a pan does not
have a flat bottom, or when a pan is removed and the surface unit is left on.
Solid elements hold heat longer than conventional surface units. For best cook-
ing results, use a high setting for only a very short period of time. Then use a lowe
setting to complete the cooking. You may want to turn the solid element OFF a
few minutes before you are finished cooking.
CAUTION: Solld elements stay hot for a long tlme. Do not
use the HI sefflng for long periods of ttme or leave pans
on hot elements when cooking ls done. Burned food and
damage to the cookware could result. I 5

Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide.
Use Hi to start
Use MED-Hi Use MED
for
foods cooking; to hold a gravy, pud-
to bring liquids rapid boil; to dings and
to a boil. When start frying icing; to
cooking foods, chicken or cook large
turntoal.0
pancakes. amounts of
or MED-I.0 Turn to a LO
vegetables.
setting when or MED-LO Turn to a
sizzle starts. setting when LO setting
Cookware
Use MED-LO
to keep food
cooking after
starting it
on a higher
setting.
sizzle starts. to finish
cooking.
Use LO to
keep food
cooking after
starting it on
a higher set-
ting, to keep
food warm
or to melt
chocolate or
shortening.
Pans should be the same size or larger than the surface unit to prevent boilovers
and hot handles.
Only use pans with flat bottoms. Flat bottoms allow maximum contact between
the pans and the surface units for fast, even cooking. Pans with uneven bottoms
or with a raised pattern on the bottom are not suitable. Flatness of a pan can be
checked by placing an edge of a ruler across it There should not be space
between the ruler edge and the bottom of the pan.
Do not use trivets, woks with skirts, or canners with concave or ridged
bottoms.
NOTE: If pan bottoms are not fiat, the protective limiter will sense uneven
cooklng temperatures and reduce the heat setting. This will result in longer
cooking times.
See the “Cooking Guide” for important utensil intormation.
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The Electronic MEALTIMER* Clock
The Electronic MEALTIMER* Clock handles many different types of functions.
The following operating hints may be helpful when using the clock:
l The numbers on the display change rapidly when turning the Set Knob.
l When setting the Time-of-Day Clock, the display shows hours and minutes.
Twenty-five minutes past Forty-five minutes past
six o’clock. twelve o’clock.
l When using the Min/Sec Timer, the display shows minutes and seconds in the
following sequence.
- For settings from 1-59 seconds, each second will show in the display.
- For settings from l-10 minutes, the display will increase in 10 second
increments
- For settings from lo-99 minutes, the display will increase in 1minute
increments.
- When using the Bake Hours and/or Stop Time, the display shows hours and
minutes.
Two-hours and fifteen Eleven-hours and fifty-nine
minutes. minutes
Ofher operaflng hinfs may be found on page 16.
l Trek.

When you first plug in the range or if your electricity goes off for a while, each
light in the display will flash in sequence. Then, 4 eights and the Min/Sec Timer
and Bake Hours signal lights will flash, The flashing means that the clock is ready
1, Push in and hold both the Min/Sec
Timer Button and the Bake Hours
Button. “0:OO” will show in the
Display and the Signal Lights will
go off.
2. Turn the Set Knob to set the right
time of day. Turning the knob
clockwise increases the numbers,
while turning the knob counter-
clockwise decreases the num-
bers. The display will show the
time you set in hours and minutes.
B

Using the Electron
The Mlnute Tlmer does noi
can be set In minutes and
nit
‘star
Iset
Minute
t or stop the
:onds up to !
1. Push In the Mln/Sec Timer Button.
The Slgnal Light will come on and
the Display will show “0:001’
3. After selting the lime you want,
the Slgnal Light will stay on and
the Display will start counting
down In seconds.
oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It
79 minutes. You will hear beeps when
2. Turn the Set Knob until the desired
time shows in the Display. Turning
the knob clockwise increases the ~
numbers, while turning the knob
counterclockwise decreases the
numbers.
Timer
When the time is UD. vou will hear
a beeping sound. i&h the Min/Sec
Timer Button to stop the beeping.
The beeping will automatically stop
after 1-2 minutes.

Using the Oven Controls
Baking
1. Position the rack(s) properly
before turning on the oven. To
change rack posltlon, lift rack at
front and pull out.
2. Set Oven Selector to BAKE.
4. Put food in the oven. Note: Oven
racks, walls and door will be
hot.
During baking, the elements will
turn on and off to keep the oven
temperature at the setting. The
Oven Signal Light will turn on and
off with the elements.
The top element helps heat
durlng baking, but does not
,. turn red.
Rack(s) should be placed so
the top of the food will be cen-
tered in the oven. Always leave
at IeastlYz to 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 Oven Temperature Control to
the baking temperature you want.
The Oven Signal Light will come on.
The oven is preheated when the
Oven Signal Light first goes off.
5. When baking is done, turn both
the Oven Temperature Control
and the Oven Selector to OFF