Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 User Guide

A Note to You.............2
Range Safety.........3-5
Parts and Features....6
Using Your Range......7
Using the Self-
Cleaning Cycle.........23
Caring for Your
Range......................26
Troubleshooting.......32
Requesting
Assistance or
Service.....................34
Index........................35
Warranty..................36
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WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or
explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death.
Ð Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity
of this or any other appliance.
Ð WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
¥Do not try to light any appliance.
¥Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.
¥Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighborÕs phone. Follow the gas
supplierÕs...

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RANGE SAFETY
continued on next page You 
will be killed or seriously injured if you donÕt
follow instructions.
You 
can be killed or seriously injured if you donÕt
follow instructions.
Your safety and the safety of others is very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and
obey all safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will be...

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RANGE SAFETY
Ð SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS Ð IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electrical
shock, injury to persons, or damage when using
the range, follow basic precautions, including the
following:
¥WARNING Ð TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
TIPPING OF THE RANGE, THE RANGE MUST
BE SECURED BY PROPERLY INSTALLED
ANTI-TIP DEVICES. TO CHECK IF THE DEVICES
ARE INSTALLED PROPERLY, SLIDE RANGE
FORWARD, LOOK FOR ANTI-TIP BRACKET
SECURELY ATTACHED TO FLOOR, AND SLIDE
RANGE BACK SO REAR RANGE...

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RANGE SAFETY
¥Utensil Handles Should Be Turned Inward and
Not Extend Over Adjacent Surface Units Ð To
reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable
materials, and spillage due to unintentional
contact with the utensil, the handle of a utensil
should be positioned so that it is turned inward,
and does not extend over adjacent surface units.
¥Use Care When Opening Door Ð Let hot air or
steam escape before removing or replacing food.
¥Do Not Heat Unopened Food Containers Ð
Build-up of pressure may cause...

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TIMER
BAKE
BROIL
START ?
PREHEATON
DOOR LOCKED DOOR LOCKED
BAKETEMP/
TIMEOFF
OFFCANCEL
CANCELSTART5 SEC ENTER ENTERAUTOCLEANCLEANCUSTOMBROILTIMER
TIMER CLOCK• • CANCEL
CANCELSELF-CLEANING O SELF-CLEANING OVEN
PARTS AND FEATURES
This section contains captioned pictures of your range. Use them to learn where all parts and
features are and what they look like. Use the page references to help you quickly find out more
about the part or feature you are interested in.
Oven vent
(p. 21)
Surface burners
and...

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Easy ways to save energy
¥To help shorten your cooking time, use the
least amount of liquid possible.
¥Preheat your pans only when recom-
mended and for the shortest time possible.
¥Start your food on a higher heat setting,
then turn the control to a lower setting to
finish cooking.
¥Place a filled pan on the burner grate
before turning on the surface burner.
USING YOUR RANGE
To get the best cooking results, you should use your range the correct way. This section tells you
what you need to know to use...

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USING YOUR RANGE
USING THE SURFACE BURNERS (CONT.)
In case of a prolonged power failure
You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit
match near a burner and turn the control knob to
the LIGHT position. After the burner lights, turn the
control knob to the setting you want.
Home canning information
The large diameter of most water-bath or pressure
canners combined with high heat settings for long
periods of time can cause damage to the cooktop.
To protect your range:
¥For best results, use a...

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POSITIONING RACKS AND PANS
Rack placement for specific foods:
FOOD
Frozen pies, large
roasts, turkeys, angel
food cakes
Bundt cakes, most
quick breads, yeast
breads, casseroles,
meats
Cookies, biscuits,
muffins, cakes,
nonfrozen piesRACK POSITION
1st or 2nd rack
guide from bottom
2nd rack guide
from bottom
2nd or 3rd rack
guide from bottom
NOTE: For information on where to place your
rack when broiling, see ÒBroiling guideÓ later in
this section.
Using insulated bakeware, ovenproof
glassware, and dark...

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FOR BEST AIR CIRCULATION
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 11Ú2-2 inches of
space around each pan
and between pans
and oven walls.
¥For best baking results, bake 1 sheet of cookies
at a time.Where to place pans:
WHEN YOU HAVE
1 pan
2 pans
3 or 4 pansPLACE
In center of the oven rack.
Side by side or slightly
staggered.
In...