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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 .....35

Caring for

Your Range ..................43

Troubleshooting ..........48

Requesting

Assistance

or Service ..................... 50

Index ............................. 51

Warranty ....................... 52

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SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC RANGE

PART NO. 3189077 Rev. A

MODEL RF385PXD

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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 ................

For best air circubtion ........................

Using aluminum foil for baking ...........

The electronic oven control ................ 12

Setting the clock ................................ 13

Using the electronic Minute Timer ...... 14

Starting a function ..............................

Canceling a function .......................... 15

Audible signals ..................................

Baking/roasting .................................. 16

Adjusting the oven

temperature control ............................ 17

Broiling .............................................. 18

Broiling tips ........................................ 20

Energy saving tips ............................. 21

Using the electronic MEALTIMERTM

control ............................................... 21

The oven vent .................................... 32

The storage drawer ............................ 33

The anti-tip bracket ............................ 34

Optional door panel pat ..................... 34

Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle ............... 35

Before you start ................................. 35

Before setting the controls .................. 36

Setting the controls ............................ 36

Special tips ........................................ 42

How the cycle works .......................... 42

Caring for Your Range ...........................

Surface units and reflector bowls ........ 43

Lift-up cooktop ................................... 45

Cleaning chart ................................... 45

The oven light .................................... 47

Troubleshooting ..................................... 48

Requesting Assistance or Service ........50

Index ....................................................... 51

Warranty ................................................. 52

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 information 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.

Our Consumer Assistance Center

number is toll-free 24 hours a day.

1-800-253-1301 1

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

instructions given. Here is a brief explana-

tion of the use of the symbol.

This symbol alerts you to such dangers

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 damaged or not working properly.

@Read all instructions before using *Do not use the range for warming

the range. or heating the room. Persons

*Install or locate the range only in could be burned or injured, or a

accordance with the provided fire could start.

Installation Instructions. The @Usethe range only for its intended

range must be installed by a use as described in this manual.

qualified installer. The range

must be properly connected to

electrical supply and grounded.

.Do not touch surface units, areas

near units, heating elements, or

@WARNING: To reduce the risk of interior surfaces of oven. Surface

tipping the appliance, the appli- units and heating elements may

ante must be secured by a be hot even though they are dark

in color. Areas near surface units

properly installed anti-tip bracket.

To check if the bracket is in- and interior surfaces of an oven

stalled properly, see “The anti-tip become hot enough to cause

bracket” on page 34. burns. During and after use, do

@CAUTION: Do not store things not touch or let clothing or other

flammable materials contact

children might want above the surface units, areas near units,

range. Children could be burned

or injured while climbing on it. heating elements, or interior

surfaces of oven until they have

.Do not leave children alone or had sufficient time to cool. Other

unattended in area where the surfaces of the range, such as the

range is in use. They should oven vent opening, the surface

never be allowed to sit or stand near the vent opening, the

on any part of the range. They cooktop, and the oven door and

could be burned or injured. window, could also become hot

.Do not operate the range if it is enough to cause burns.

@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.

.Use only utensils approved for

oven use. Follow utensil

manufacturer’s instructions,

especially when using glass or

plastic utensils.

ADO 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.

ADO 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.

@Select 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 heat-

ing element will be exposed and

could result in the igniting of cloth-

ing or pot holders. Correct pan

size also improves cooking effi-

ciency.

@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.

continued on next page

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 ele-

ment in oven.

minimized by venting with a hood

or open window and wiping out

excess food spills prior to self-

cleaning.

@Use care when opening oven

door. Let hot air or steam escaoe

before removing or replacing ’

food.

Grease

@Grease is flammable. Do not

allow grease to collect around

cooktop or in vents. Wipe spill-

overs immediately.

@Donot use water on grease fires.

Never pick up a flaming pan.

Smother flaming pan on range by

covering with a well-fitted lid,

cookie sheet, or flat tray. Flaming

grease outside of pan can be

extinguished with baking soda or,

if available, a multipurpose dry

chemical or foam-type extin-

guisher.

Care and cleaninrr

@Donot use oven cleaners. No

commercial 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 oven,

remove broiler pan, broiler grid,

oven racks, and other utensils. Do

not use your oven to clean miscel-

laneous parts unless you are in-

structed to do so in this Use and

Care Guide.

.Do not soak removable heating

elements in water. The element

will be damaged and shock or fire

could result.

@Donot clean door heat 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.

*Do not repair or replace any part

of the range unless specifically

recommended in this manual. All

other servicing should be referred

to a qualified technician.

@Disconnect the electrical supply

before servicing the range.

@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

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Getting to Know Your

Range

This section contains captioned illustrations of your range. Use them to become familiar

with

the location and appearance of all parts and features. To help you find information on

specific parts or features quickly, page references are included.

Control

panel-

y* ill

Plug-in surface

unit

with

porcelainenamel A

&e&or bowl I!

(PP. 843.44) x

Model and serial I/A

Automatic oven

light switch

(P.

47)

Broil element

(P. 19)

(pp.

36,37, 39, 41)

floor bracket 1 I{ i

(for information

on alternate v- lAt?v

wall-mounted

anti-tie bracket. see \ I

p.34j ’

Removable

storage drawer

(P- 33) A&y;

Bake element

(P. 17)

Control panel

Left

front

Left rear

control control

knob knob Electronic

oven control

Right rear Right front

control control

knob knob

(PP. 8.45) (PP. 12, 45) (PP. 8, 45) (PP. 8, 45)

Surface unit marker Surface unit indicator light

(P. 8) (P. 8) 7

Using Your Range

To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your range properly. This

section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your range.

Using the surface units

Push in control knobs before turning

them to

setting. You can set them any-

where between HI and OFF.

Surface unit markers

The solid dot in the surface unit

00 marker shows which surface unit

0 is turned on by that knob.

Surface unit indicator lights

One of the Surface Unit Indica-

tor Lights on the control panel

will glow when a surface unit

is on.

Until you get used to the settings, use the

following as a guide.

For best results,

start

cooking at the high setting; then turn the con-

trol knob down to continue cooking.

1 SElTING RECOMMENDEDUSE t

@Tostart foods cooking.

TO bring liquids to a boil. I

5-8

.To hold a rapid boil.

@Tofry chicken or pancakes. I

OFor gravy, pudding, and

icing.

2-4

*To cook large amounts of

vegetables.

TO keep food cooking after

starting it on a higher

setting.

.To keep fd warm until

ready to serve.

Fire Hazard

Be sure all control knobs are turned to

OFF and all indicator lights are OFF

when you are not cooking.

A fire could start or someone could be

burned if a surface unit is accidentally

left ON.

Cookware tips

Select a pan

that is about Ihe same size

as the surface unit.

NOTE: For best results and greater

energy efficiency,

use only flat-bottomed

cookware that makes good contact with

the surface units. Cookware with rounded,

warped, ribbed (such as some porcelain

enamelware), or dented bottoms could

cause severe overheating, which damages

the cookware and/or surface unit.

You can, however, use the newer

cookware available with slightly indented

bottoms or very small expansion channels.

This cookware is specialty designed to

provide the good contact needed for best

cooking results.

Also, woks, canners, and teakettles with

flat bottoms suitable for use on your

cooktop are now available in most stores

that sell housewares.

The pan

should have straight sides and a

tight-fitting lid.

Choose medium to heavy gauge

(thick-

ness) pans that are fairly lightweight.

The pan materlal

(metal or glass) affects

how fast heat transfers from the surface

unit through the pan material and how

evenly heat spreads over the pan bottom.

Choose pans that provide the best

cooking results.

Handles

should be made of sturdy,

heat-resistant material and be securely

attached to the pan.

NOTES:

If a surface unit

stays red for a long time,

the bottom of the pan is not flat enough or

is too small for the surface unit. Prolonged

usage of incorrect utensils could result in

damage to the surface unit, cooktop,

wiring, and surrounding areas. To prevent

damage, use correct utensils, start

cooking on HI, and turn control down to

continue cooking.

l Do

not leave

an empty utensil, or one

which has boiled dry, on

a hot surface

unit. The utensil could overheat and

damage the utensil or surface unit.

Home canning information

To protect your range:

. Use flat-bottomed canners/pans

for best

results.

Use the largest surface unit

for best

results. Also, use a canner/pan which can

be centered over the surface unit and

which does not extend more than one inch

outside surface unit area. Large diameter

canners/pans, if not properly centered,

trap heat and can cause damage to the

cooktop.

Do not place canner

on two surface units

at the same time. Too much heat will build

up and will damage the cooktop.

Start with hot water.

This reduces the

time the control is set on high. Reduce

heat setting to lowest position needed to

keep water boiling.

Keep reflector bowls clean

for best heat

reflection.

l To prolong the life of the elements:

- Prepare small batches

at a time.

- Do

not use

elements for canning all

day.

Refer

to your canner manual for specific

instructions.

Optional canning kit

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 kii (Part No. 242905) from

your Whirlpool dealer or authorized

Whirlpool service company.

Positioning racks and pans

For baking/roasting with one rack,

place

the rack so the top of the food will be

centered in the oven.

Rack placement for specific foods:

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

When baking on two racks,

arrange racks

on bottom and third level from bottom.

To change rack position,

lifl rack at front

and pull out.

NOTE:

For recommended rack placement

when broiling, see “Broiling rack position

chart” on page 20.

Personal Injury Hazard

Always position oven rack(s) in

desired location before turning oven

on. Be sure the rack(s) is level.

l If rack(s) must be moved while oven

is hot, use pot holders or oven mitts

to protect hands.

Failure to follow the above precautions

could result in personal injury.

For best air circulatitin

Hot air must circulate around the pans in 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

1l/2 to 2 inches

(4-5

cm) of space around each pan and

between pans and oven walls. There must

be a minimum space of 1 inch (3 cm).

Use

only one cookie sheet in the oven at

one time.

Use the following as a guide to determine

where to place the pans:

One pan

Place in the center of the 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.

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