Electric Smoothtop - Easy Touch Control 500 Range Use & Care Guide Important Safety Instructions ......................... 1-3 Care & Cleaning ................................................. 4-6 Self-Clean Oven Cleaning Procedures Maintenance ........................................................... 7 Oven Window Oven Light Troubleshooting ..................................................... 8 Surface Cooking .............................................
Model Number __________________________________ To ensure proper and safe operation: Appliance must be properly installed and grounded by a qualified technician. Do not attempt to adjust, repair, service, or replace any part of your appliance unless it is specifically recommended in this guide. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified servicer. Serial Number __________________________________ Always disconnect power to appliance before servicing.
Cooking Safety Child Safety Never heat an unopened food container in the oven. Pressure build-up may cause container to burst resulting in serious personal injury or damage to the appliance. CAUTION NEVER store items of interest to children in cabinets above an appliance. Children climbing on the appliance or on the appliance door to reach items could be seriously injured. Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders may cause burns from steam.
Self-Clean Oven Turn pan handle toward center of cooktop, not out into the room or over another surface element. This reduces the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, or spillage if pan is accidently bumped or reached by small children. CAUTION Before self-cleaning the oven, remove the oven racks, broiler pan, food and any other utensils. Wipe spillovers to prevent excessive smoke and flare-ups. Cooktop NEVER leave surface units unattended especially when using high heat.
Care & Cleaning Self-Clean Oven To set Self-Clean: Important: Oven temperature must be below 400° F to program a clean cycle. CAUTION 1. Close the oven door. • It is normal for parts of the range to become hot during a self-clean cycle. 2. Press the Clean pad. • CLEAN flashes in the display. • To prevent damage to oven door, do not attempt to open the door when LOCK is displayed. 3. Press the ▲ or ▼ pad. • Avoid touching cooktop, door, window or oven vent area during a clean cycle.
. After four seconds, CLEAN, DELAY and LOCK will appear in the display to show that the oven is set for a delayed clean operation. The delay time is displayed. Fine lines may appear in the porcelain because it went through heating and cooling. This is normal and will not affect performance. A white discoloration may appear after cleaning if acidic or sugary foods were not wiped up before the self-clean cycle. This discoloration is normal and will not affect performance.
Cooktop –Glass-Ceramic Never use oven cleaners, chlorine bleach, ammonia or glass cleaners with ammonia. Important: Call an authorized servicer if the glass-ceramic top should crack, break or if metal or aluminum foil should melt on the cooktop. • Allow the cooktop to cool before cleaning. • General – Clean cooktop after each use, or when needed, with a damp paper towel and Cooktop Cleaning Creme* (Part No. 20000001)**. Then, buff with a clean, dry cloth.
Maintenance Oven Door To replace: 1. Fit the ends of the drawer glides into the rails in the range. CAUTION 2. Lift up the front of the drawer and gently push in to the first stop position. Do not place excessive weight on or stand on an open oven door. This could cause the range to tip over, break the door, or injure the user. 3. Lift drawer up again and push until drawer is closed. Leveling Legs Important: The oven door on a new range may feel “spongy” when it is closed.
Troubleshooting For most concerns, try these first. • Check if oven controls have been properly set. • Check to be sure plug is securely inserted into receptacle. • Check or re-set circuit breaker. Check or replace fuse. • Check power supply. Part or all of appliance does not work. • Check if surface and/or oven controls have been properly set. See pages 9 & 12 • Check if oven door is unlocked after self-clean cycle. See page 5. • Check if oven is set for a delayed cook or clean program. See pages 4-5 & 13.
Surface Cooking Surface Controls Slow Boil: Food forms bubbles at a moderate pace. A slow boil setting can also be used for most frying and for maintaining the cooking of large amounts of liquids. Use to turn on the surface elements. An infinite choice of heat settings is available from Low to High. The knobs can be set on or between any of the settings. Boil: Liquid forms bubbles at a rapid pace.
Smoothtop Surface • If a spillover occurs while cooking, immediately clean the spill from the cooking area while it is hot to prevent a tough cleaning chore later. Using extreme care, wipe spill with a clean dry towel. Notes: • Cooktop may emit light smoke and odor the first few times the cooktop is used. This is normal. • Do not allow spills to remain on the cooking area or the cooktop trim for a long period of time. • Smoothtop cooktops retain heat for a period of time after the element is turned off.
Cookware Recommendations 2. Hold it up to the light. Using the right cookware can prevent many problems, such as food taking longer to cook or achieving inconsistent results. Proper pans will reduce cooking times, use less energy, and cook food more evenly. 3. Little or no light should be visible under the ruler. Select The Bubble Test: 1. Put 1 inch of water in the pan. Place on cooktop and turn control to High. 2. Watch the formation of the bubbles as the water heats.
When electrical power is supplied or after a power interruption, the last clock time before power was interrupted will flash. If the oven is currently in use, the controls and door cannot be locked. The current time of day will remain in the display when the controls are locked. To recall the time of day when another time function is showing, press the Clock pad. To lock: Clock time cannot be changed when the oven has been programmed for Delay Cook or Delay Clean or Cook & Hold.
6. Check cooking progress at the minimum cooking time. Cook longer if needed. 7. When cooking is finished, press Cancel. 8. Remove food from the oven. After one hour in HOLD WARM: • “End” will display. Notes: • The time of day reappears in the display. • To change the oven temperature during cooking, press the Bake pad, then the ▲ or ▼ pad until the desired temperature is displayed.
To set a Delay when Cook & Hold has already been programmed: Notes: 1. Press the Delay pad. • For optimal food quality, oven cooked foods should be kept warm for no longer than 1 to 2 hours. • DELAY flashes. • To keep foods from drying, cover loosely with foil or a lid. • 00:00 appears in the display. • To warm dinner rolls: 2. Press the ▲ or ▼ pad to set the delay time. - cover rolls loosely with foil and place in oven.
Broiling 4. For optimum browning, preheat broil element for 3-4 minutes before adding food. 5. Place food in the oven. Leave oven door open about four inches (the first stop). CAUTION Use CAUTION when cooking with the Broil feature. The grease from fatty foods may ignite. If a fire should occur, close the oven door and turn the oven OFF. If the fire does not extinguish, DO NOT put water on the fire. Use baking soda, dry chemical or fire extinguisher to smother the fire. 6.
Automatic Shut-Off/ Sabbath Mode Changing Temp °F/°C The oven will automatically turn off after 12 hours if you accidentally leave it on. This safety feature can be turned off. 2. To change the setting, press and hold the Cancel and Bake pads at the same time for three seconds. To cancel the 12-hour shut-off and run the oven continuously for 72 hours: 3. A single beep will sound and the current setting will be displayed (°F or °C).
Oven Racks Baking Layer Cakes on Two Racks For best results when baking cakes on two racks, use racks 2 and 4. Place the cakes on the rack as shown. CAUTION • Do not attempt to change the rack position when the oven is hot. • Do not use the oven for storing food or cookware. The oven has two racks. All racks are designed with a lockstop edge. To remove: 1. Pull rack straight out until it stops at the lock-stop position. 2. Lift up on the front of the rack and pull out.
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AMANA® MAJOR APPLIANCE WARRANTY LIMITED WARRANTY For one year from the date of purchase, when this major appliance is operated and maintained according to instructions attached to or furnished with the product, Amana brand of Whirlpool Corporation or Whirlpool Canada LP (hereafter “Amana”) will pay for factory specified parts and repair labor to correct defects in materials or workmanship. Service must be provided by a Amana designated service company.
