%3 I MODELS RC8920XA RC8900XA. A Note To You 2. Important Safety Instructions 3. Parts And Features 6. Using Your Cooktop 7

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1 A Note To You 2 Important Safety Instructions 3 Parts And Features 6 Using Your Cooktop 7 (1 Caring For Your Cook-top 17 HYouNeed Assistance Or Service 27 Warranty I 301 Ca us with questions or comments. ELECTRIC COO KTOP %3 I MODELS RC8920XA RC8900XA

2 A Note To You Thank you for buying a Whirpoo zppiance. You have purchased a quaity, word-cass home zppiance. Years of engineering experience have gone into its manufacturing. To ensure that you wi enjoy many years of troube-free operation, we have deveoped this Use and Care (&ride. It is fu of vauabe information on how to operate and maintain your appiance propery and safey. Pease read it carefuy. Aso, pease compete and mai the Ownership Registraiion Card provided with your appiance. This wi hep us notify you about any new information OI your appiance. Your safety is important to us. This guide contains safety symbos and statement:;. Pease pay specia attention to these symbos and foow any instructions given. Here is,a brief expanation of the use of each symbo. This symbo wi hep aert you to such dangers as persona injury, burns, fire and eectrica shock. Tt ris symbo wi hep you avoid actions WI rich coud cause product damage (s:ratches, dents, etc.) and damage to your pemrsona property. Our Consumer Assistance Center nmber, , is to-free, 24 hours a day. If you ever have a question concerning your appiar Ice s operation, or if you need service, first see If You Need Assistance Or Service on page 27. If you need further hep, fee free to ca our Consumer Assistance Center. When caing, YOIJ wi need to know your appiance s compete mode number and seria number. You cai find this information on the mode and seria number pate (see diagram on page 6). For your convenience, we have incuded a handy pace beow for you to record these numbers the purchase date from the saes sip and your deaer s name and teephone number. Keep th s book and the saes sip together in a safe pace for future reference. Mode Number Seria Number Purchase Date De; er Name De; er Phone 2

3 Important Safety Instructions Genera Read a instructions before using the cooktop. Insta or ocate the cooktop ony in accordance with the provided Instaation Instructions. The cooktop must be Instaed by a quaified instaer. The cooktop must be propery connected to eectrica suppy and grounded. CAUTION: Do not store things chidren might want above the cookto. Chidren coud be burne cf or injured whie cimbing on it. Do not eave chidren aone or unattended in area where the cooktop is in use. They shoud never be aowed to sit or stand on any part of the cooktop. They coud be burned or injured. PO not operate the cooktop if It IS damaged or not working propery. Do not use the cooktop for warming or heatin the room. Persons coud be ii! urned or injured, or a fire coud start. Use the cooktop ony for its intended use as described in this manua.. DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS NEAR LNITS. Surface units may be hdt even though they are dark ir coor. Areas near surface units become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or et cothing or other fammabe materias contact surface units or areas near units unti the have had sufficient time to coo. 7 Do not wear oose or hanging {:arments when using the cooktop. The coud Ignite if t~ie touch a i ot surface unit ;.n J you coud be burned. Use ony dry pothoders. Moist or damp pothoders on hot z8urfaces ma resut in burns from steam. b 0 not et pothoder touch hot surface units. Do not use a towe or buky coth for a pothoder. It coud catch on fire. Do not heat unopened containf!t-s. They coud expode. The hot contents coud cause burns :ind container partices coud c:ause injury. Do not store fammabe materiis on or near the cookto. The iumes can create an exp P osion and/or fire hazard. continued on next page 3

4 When using the cooktop For coi eements, make sure the refector bows are in pace during cookin. Cookrng without refector % ows may subject the wiring and components underneath them to damage. For coi eements, do not ine refector bows with auminum foi or other iners. Improper instaation of these iners may resut in a risk of eectrica shock or fire. Do not cook on ceramic cooktop modue if it is broken. If cooktop shoud break, ceaning soutions and spiovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of eectrica shock. Contact a quaified technician immediatey. Seect a pan with a fat bottom that IS about the same size as the surface unit. If an is smaer than the sur- P ace unit, some of the heating eement wi be e>cpos.ed and i%ik?gsud) ~%Z!:;XZ. rect pan size aso improves cooking efficiency. Check to be sure ass cooking utensis are sa 9 e for use on the cooktop. Ony certain types of gass, gass-ceramic, ceramic, earthenware or other azed utensis are suitab B e for cooktops without breaking due to the sudden change In temperature. B Never eave surface unis unattended at high heat settings. A boiover coud resut and cause smoking and greasy spiovers that may ignite. 41 Turn pan handes inward, but not over other surface units. This wi hep reduce the chance of burns, i niting of fammabe materia 9 s, and spis due to bumping of the pan. Grease - Grease is fammabe. Do not aow rease to coect aroun!i cooktop. Wipe spiovers immediatey. Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up a faming pan. Smother faming pan on ran e by coverin with a we B -fitted id, coo 9( ie sheet or fat tray. Faming grease outside of pan can be extinuished with baking soda or, Y I avaiabe, a mutipurpose dry chemica or foam-type extinguisher. 4

5 Care and ceaning For coi eements do not soak removabe heating eements in water. The eement wi be damaged and shock or fire coud resut. Cean ceramic cooktop with care. Some ceaners can produce noxious fumes if appied to a hot surface. If a wet aper towe is used to wipe spi P s on a hot cooking area, be carefu to avoid steam burns. Do not repair or repace any part of the cooktop uness :;pecificay recommended in this manua. A other servicing :;houd be referred to a quaif ied technician. [Iisconnect the eectrica suppy before servicing the c ooktop. -SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

6 Parts And Featwes This section contains captioned iustrations of YOUI cooktop. Use them to become famiiar with the ocation and appearance of a parts and fc atures. Mode and seria number oate. cooktop - modue Gridde Soid eement surface unit - modue Gri Contro pane vem modue NOTE: You must purchase modues separatey. Mode RC8920XA, however, comes with fixed coi eements on right side. To order modues, contact a WhirpooP service company or deaer. 6

7 Using Your Cooktop In This Section Page Page Using the surface units.~ U! iing the vent system... 3 Using the gri C banging the cooktop modues Using the gridde...* E ergy saving tips... 6 To obtain the best cooking resuts possibe, you moist operate your cooktop propery. This section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your cooktop. Using the surface units Push in contro knobs before turning them to a setting. You can set them anywhere between HI and OFF. Surface unit and gri markers The soid dot in the surface unit marker shows which surface unit is turned on by that knob. The gri marker shows which contro knobs operate the gri. Surface unit indicator ights One of the Surface Unit Indicator Lights on the contro pane wi gow when a surface unit is on. Burn and Fire Hazard Be sure a contro knobs are turned to OFF and a indicator ights are OFF when you are not cooking. Someone coud be burned or a fire coud start if a surface unit is accidentay eft ON.

8 Unti you get used to the settings, use the foowing as a guide. For best resuts, start cooking at the high setting; then turn the contro knob down to continue cooking. -.~-.- SETI-ING. --~ &Z~MMENDED USE HI * To start foods cooking. * To bring iquids to a boi. 1 MED-HI : *- To hod a rapid boi. To fry chicken or pancakes. i On soid eements, turn to LO or MED-LO when sizze starts. MED For gravy, pudding and icing. To cook arge amounts of vegetabes. On soid eements, turn to LO or MED-LO when sizze starts. MED-LO To keep food cooking after starting it on a higher setting. On soid eements, turn to LO to finish cooking. LO To keep food warm unti ready to serve. Using the soid eement surface unit modue Soid eement surface units are made of heavy cast-iron to provide even cooking. Each surface unit has a buit-in protective imiter as a safety feature. The imiter senses uneven cooking temperatures when: A pan bois dry. A pan is removed and the surface unit is eft on. The bottom of the pan is too arge or too sma for the surface unit. This WIII resut In onger cooking times. The bottom of the pan is rounded, warped, ribbed or dented and does not make fu contact with the surface unit. 1 he imiter wi automaticay reduce the heat I( ve to provide even cooking temperatures aid to protect the surface unit. NOTE: Soid eements stay hot for a ong ti ne. Do not use the HI setting for ong p?riods of time or eave pans on hot eerr ents when cooking is done. Burned food a id damage to the cookware coud resut. Use a ower setting to compete the cooking ar\d turn the soid eement surface unit off a fs w minutes before you finish cooking. Before pacing a pan on soid eement suface units for the first time, heat on HI st!tting for five minutes. The surface units w II give off smoke as the protective coating, afrpied at the factory, finishes bonding to th a surface. Using the ceramic gass c>oktop modue Cooking on the ceramic gass cooktop is anost the same as cooking on coi surface ur its. There are, however, a few differences: --he surface unit wi gow red when it is t Jrned on. You wi see the eement cycing on (gowing red) and off - even on HI : etting - to maintain the proper temperat Jre setting you have seected. Z;iding meta pans on ceramic gass cooktop surface coud eave marks. Wiping c ff the cooktop before and after each use v/i hep keep the surface free from stains snd provide the most even heating. See rages 21 and 22 for care and ceaning suggestions. 8

9 Cookware tips Seect a pan that is about the same size as the surface unit. NOTE: For best resuts and greater energy efficiency, use ony fat-bottomed utensis that make good contact with the surface units. Utensis with rounded, warped, ridged (such as some porceain ename-ware) or dented bottoms coud cause severe overheating of coi eements, which damages the utensi and/or surface unit. Woks, canners and teakettes with fat bottoms suitabe for use on your cooktop are now avaiabe in most stores that se housewares. The pan shoud have straight sides and a tight-fitting id. Choose medium to heavy gauge (thickness) pans that are fairy ight-weight. The pan materia (meta or gass) affects how fast heat transfers from the surface unit through the pan materia and how eveny heat spreads over the pan bottom. Choose pans that provide the best cooking resuts. Handes shoud be made of sturdy, heatresistant materia and be securey attached to the pan. Ceramic cooktop modue: With your hand, fee the bottom of your pans whie they are coo for nicks and scratches. Nicks and scratches on pan bottoms wi scratch the ceramic gass cooktop. Make sure bottoms of pans are cean and dry before using on cooktop. Avoid spiovers on cooktop. Use pans with ta sides. Do not cook food directy on cooktop. Product Damage Hazard D On coi eements, if a surface unit stays red for a ong time, the bottom of the pan is not fat enough or is too sma for the surface unit. Proonged usage of incorrect utensis can resut in damage to the surface unit, cooktop, wiring and surrounding areas. To prevent damage, use correct utensis, start cooking on HI and turn contro down to continue cooking. B Do not eave an empty utensi, or one which has boied dry, on a hot surface unit. The utensi can overheat and may damage the utensi or surface unit. kome canning information Soid and coi eements: The arge diame:er of most water-bath or pressure canners c mbined with high heat settings for ong periods of time can shorten the ife of reguar s Jr-face units and cause damage to the c,oktop. If you pan to use the coi eement cooktop for canning, we recommend the instaation 0 a Canning Kit. Order the kit (Part No ) from your Whirpoo deaer or authorized WhirpooFM service company. To protect your cooktop: Use fat-bottomed canners/pans for best resuts. Some canners have ribbed bottoms (porceain ename-ware) and are not recommended for soid eements. They do not make good contact with the surface unit, causing the imiter to reduce the heat eve. This interferes with the canning process. continued on next page 9

10 a Use the argest surface unit for best itart with hot water. This reduces the resuts. Soid and coi eements: aso, ime the contro is set on high. Reduce use a canner/pan which can be centered Ireat setting to owest position needed to over the surface unit and which does not I;eep water boiing. extend more than one inch outside surface On coi eement modue, keep refector unit area. Large diameter canners/pans, if I,ows cean for best heat refection. not propery centered, trap heat and can --o proong the ife of soid and coi cause damage to the cooktop. t eements: Soid and coi eements: do not pace -. Prepare sma batches at a time. canner on two surface units at the same -. Do not use eements for canning a time. Too much heat wi buid up and wi damage the cooktop. day. Using the gri Before you use the gri for the first time: Wash with warm, soapy water; rinse and dry. Never use a meta scrubbing pad or abrasive ceanser on the gri; these wi damage the nonstick surface. After ceaning, ighty wipe cooking surface with cooking oi to prevent food from sticking. Cooking tips Do not cover the entire cooking surface with meat. Leave space between the food items to aow smoke and steam to ventiate propery. Meat with a normay high fat content wi produce more smoke and fare-ups, but cook faster than ean meat, Trim fat from meat before pacing on the gri to prevent excessive smoke or fare-ups. If meat begins to cook too quicky, turn the gri contro knob to a ower setting. Do not eave gri unattet Jed. Fire Hazard Grease can cause excessive fare-ups. To put out fire: - Remove food from the gri, turn the gri contro to OFF and cover the gri with a arge meta pan. - Make sure the vent system has been switched to ON. - Do not put water on a grease fire. Product Damage Hazard The use of meta utensis can scratch the nonstick coating. Ony nyon or pastic utensis shoud be used. 10

11 Gri chart Preheat 10 minutes on HI for best favor. FOOD Beef steak (Y2-94 ) rare medium we-done Beef steak (- % ) rare *medium we-done Hamburgers Hot dogs Pork chops Spare ribs, barbecued Lamb chops Chicken pieces Ham sice s t i HI 5 HI 6 HI 8 HI 5-7 HI 9-1 HI HI HI 12-15* HI HI 50-60* MED-HI HI MED-HI 20-25* GRILLINt Z TIME (in min Ites) + -t 4 t t SECOND I SIDE 1 COMMENTS Turn as needed for even cooking. Turn as needed for even cooking. Turn as needed for even cooking. Brush on barbecue sauce during ast minutes of cooking, if desired. Turn as needed for even cooking. Turn frequenty. Turn as needed for even cooking. Lobster tais s HI I Garic bread HI 2-3 t - Griing times are approximate and may need to be ac justed to individua tastes. Tota griing time. Turn as needed for even cooking. Butter French bread and sprinke with garic sat before griing. 11

12 Using the gridde Burn and Fire Hazard Be sure the gridde contro is off and the gridde is coo and covered when not in use. Faiure to do so coud resut in burns or fire. Product Damage Hazard When ceaning gridde, never use a meta scouring pad or abrasive ceanser on the gridde. These wi damage the nonstick cooking surface. Do not use cookware on the gridde. Use ony pastic or nyon kitchen utensis on the gridde. Meta can damage the nonstick cooking surface. Bc,!fore using the gridde for thie first time: 1. Wash the cooking surface with warm, soapy water. Rinse and dry. 2. After ceaning, ighty wipe the cooking surface with cooking oi to prevent food from sticking. You don t have to season (grease) the gridde every time you use it. Do not use shortening or butter to season the gridde. 3. Preheat on HI, then turn contro to a ower setting to cook. 4. Pace food directy on cooking surface. 5. Turn off the gridde eement when cooking is finished. Leaving eement on wi damage the gridde. Gridde chart Preheat 10 minutes on HI, then turn to a ower settirg to cook. COOK GRIDDLING TIME (in minutes) FOOD SETING! ide 1 SIDE 2 Bacon HI Pancakes MED-HI 1 S Pork sausage patty HI 8 4 Eggs MED-LO 3 1 Gried sandwiches MED-HI 3 3 French toast MED Gridding times are approximate and may need to b s adjusted to individua tastes. 12

13 Using the vent system Using the cooktop s buit-in downdraft vent fan removes cooking vapors, odor and smoke. The fan wi automaticay operate at HIGH speed when the gri modue is in use. The fan cannot be manuay turned off when the gri modue is operating. When using surface units, turn the Vent Fan Contro Knob cockwise to HIGH or LOW. Use HIGH ony when doing cooking that produces significant cooking vapors, odor and smoke. You wi hear a cick when the fan comes on. Turn countercockwise to turn the fan OFF. 9 The fan fiters must be in pace for the fan to operate propery. --*--w *-. Persona Injury Hazard Do not put hands in vent box when fan or contros are on. The vent fan system turns on automaticay when the gri is used. Turn fan and cooktoo contros to OFF. Faiure to do so coud resut in persona injury. 13

14 Changing the cooktop modues The cooktop modues wi work on both sides of the cooktop. (See page 23 for gri remova instructions and page 15 for optiona gridde instaation instructions.) Burn and Eectrica Shock Hazard Be sure a contros are off and the modues are coo before handing modues. Faiure to do so coud resut in burns or eectrica shock. To remove coi eement, soid eement and ceramic gass modues: 1. Lift modue sighty by the hande. 2. Pu modue toward you with both hands to unpug it. 3. Lift modue out of cooktop. Termina To repace modues: 1. Line up modue termina with cooktop receptace. 2. Push termina into receptace unti it is pugged in. 3. Use the hande to ower the front of the modue. 14

15 Instaing optiona gridde modue To insta: 1. Remove the gri sections. 2. Side the gridde into pace with drain sot at rear. To remove: 1. Lift front sighty by both front corners and set aside Repace the gri sections. i

16 Energy saving tips Athough the energy used for cooking is usuay a very sma percentage of the tota energy used in the home, cooking energy can be used efficienty. Here are some tips to hep you save energy when using your cooking product. Use pans with fat bottoms, straight sides and tight-fitting ids. Match the pan to the surface unit size. Cook with a minimum of iquid or fat to hep shorten cooking time. Preheat pans ony when recommended and for the shortest time possibe. Start food on higher heat settings, then set surface unit contro on ow or off to finish cooking. Use retained heat for cooking when possibe. Turn on the surface unit ony after pacing fied pan on the unit. Pan your meas for the most efficient use of the cooktop.. Keep refector bows cean for best heat refection. 16

17 Caring For Your Cooktop In This Section Page Page Removing surface units and Ceaning the ceramic cooktop refector bows...* Ceaning the gri Ceaning the soid eement Ceaning the vent system surface units...* Ceaning chart Your cooktop is designed for ease of care. You can do most ceaning with items found around your home. Ceaning your cook-top whenever spis or soiing occurs wi hep to keep it ooking and operating ike new. Burn and Eect&a Shock Hazard Make sure a contros are off and the cooktop is coo before ceaning or servicing. Faiure to do so coud resut in burns or eectrica shock. Removing surface units and refector bows Removing 1. Make sure a contro knobs are turned off and coo before removing surface units and refector bows. 2. Lift the edge of the unit, opposite the receptace, just enough to cear the refector bow. 3. Pu the surface unit straight away from the receptace. 17

18 4. Lift out the refector bow. See Ceaning chart on page 26 for ceaning instructions. Repacing 1. Make sure a contro knobs are turned off and coo before repacing surface units and refector bows. _-- i- -z 00 0a ii 2. Line up openings in the refector bow with the surface unit receptace. 3. Hod the surface unit as eve as possibe with the termina just started into the receptace. 4. Whie pushing the surface unit termina into the receptace, ift a itte on the edge of the unit nearest the receptace. When the termina is pushed into the receptace as far as it wi go, the surface unit wi fit into the refector bow. 18

19 NOTE: Refector bows refect heat back to the utensis on the surface units. They aso hep catch spis. When they are kept cean, they refect heat better and ook new onger. If a refector bow gets discoored, some of your utensis may not be fat enough, or some may be too arge for the surface unit. In either case, some of the heat that s meant to go into or around a utensi goes down and heats the refector bow. This extra heat can discoor it. Ceaning the soid eement surface units Burn and Eectrica Shock Hazard Soid eement surface units do not gow red when hot. Make sure a contros are OFF and the range is COOL before ceaning. Faiure to do so can resut in burns or eectrica shock. 1. Make sure a surface units are off and coo. 2. For best resuts, wipe off surface units with a damp sponge and soapy water after each use. Remove burned-on food with a soap-fied scrubbing pad. Rinse we. The red spot in the center of the surface unit wi graduay wash off. This is norma and wi not affect the operation of the surface unit. NOTE: Make sure pastic scrubbing pad does not contain meta or abrasive partices. Do not use abrasive ceaners. 19

20 3. IMPORTANT: Dry the eement competey after ceaning. Turn on the eement for a few minutes to dry thoroughy. After the eement has cooed, use a paper towe to appy a thin coat of sat-free oi to the surface units to season and restore the finish. Wipe excess oi off stainess stee trim rings. Then heat 3-5 minutes. Some smoking may occur; this is norma. If surface units have dark spots caused by grease and food, the oi treatment wi improve their appearance, but not eiminate the spots. Optiona: You can appy Eectro@ dressing to the surface units to improve their appearance. 4. The stainess stee trim rings wi yeow from the heat of the surface units and pans. This is norma. The yeowing can be removed by using stainess stee ceaner or Cooktop Poishing Creme on the trim rings. To order information for Cooktop Poishing Creme (Part No ) or Eectroe Dressing (Part No ) write to: Whirpoo Corporation Attention: Customer Service Department 1900 Whirpoo Drive LaPorte, IN OR Ca to order. You must have a major credit card to order by phone. 20

21 Ceaning the ceramic cooktop The ceramic cooktop modue is designed for easy care. However, ceramic cooktops need to be maintained differenty than standard eectric open-coi eements. Foods spied directy on the cooktop wi not burn off as on open-coi eements. Because of this, the surface shoud be dust-free and soi-free before heating. Your cooktop has been prepoished at the factory for improved protection and ceanabiity. The Cooktop Poishing Creme (incuded with your unit), paper towes or a sponge, and a razor scraper is a you need to cean your cooktop. For proper ceaning methods, pease review Ceaning tips on page 22. Foow them after each use to ensure top performance and to preserve that uniquey eegant ook. Persona Injury Hazard When removing heavy or sugary spis from the hot cooktop, wear oven mitts to prevent burns.. Do not use cooktop ceaner on a hot cooktop. The ceaner may produce hazardous fumes or damage the cooktop. Do not use the cooktop if cracked or broken. Faiure to foow these instructions resut in persona injury. To avoid damaging the cooktop, foow these instructions: can Remove sugary spis before cooktop coos to prevent pitting.. Do not use the cooktop as a cutting board.. Do not aow anything that may met (such as pastic or auminum foi) to come in contact with the surface whie it is hot. B Do not use the ceramic cooktop to cook popcorn that comes in prepackaged auminum containers. The container can eave auminum marks on the cooktop that cannot be removed competey. 1 Do not use stee woo, pastic ceaning pads, abrasive powdered ceansers, chorine beach, rust remover, ammonia or gass ceaning products with ammonia. These coud damage the cooktop surface. 4 Dropping heavy or hard objects on the cooktop can crack it. Be carefu with heavy skiets. Do not store jars or cans above the cooktop. 21

22 Ceaning tips What to use: Cooktop Poishing Creme with paper towe or cean, damp sponge-incuded with your unit, this creme has been deveoped especiay for ceaning and protecting your cooktop. When using, foow instructions on container.. Razor scraper-use to remove cooked-on sois from your ceramic cooktop. Razor bades wi not scratch your cooktop. Store razor bades out of reach of chidren. Steps to foow: 1. Most spis can be wiped off easiy using a paper towe or cean, damp sponge as soon as surface units are coo. 2. Rub Cooktop Poishing Creme into cooked-on soi using a paper towe. If some soi remains, eave some creme on the spot(s) and foow Step Carefuy scrape spots with the razor scraper. 4. Finish by poishing entire cooktop with Cooktop Poishing Creme and a paper towe. 1,dditiona tips: Sugar spis and sois (such as jeies and candy syrups) can cause pitting on the cooktor, if not removed whie the ceramic surface is sti warm. Remove as soon as possibe after the spi occurs. Remove dark streaks, specks and discooration with Cooktop Poishing Creme. Remove meta marks (from copper or auminum pans) with Cooktop Poishing Creme before heating the cooktop again. If seated before ceaning, meta marks may 70t come off. Tiny scratches or abrasions do not sffect cooking. In time, these wi become ess visibe as a resut of ceaning. To Irevent scratches and abrasions, use >ooktop Poishing Creme reguary. ronabrasive ceanser with damp paper owe1 or sponge can be used as an i~ternative method for removing cooked-on : iois. Aways rinse and dry your c:ooktop thoroughy after using ceanser to jrevent streaking or staining. TCI obtain order information for Cooktop Poishing Creme (Part No ), WI ite to: W iirpoo Corporation At ention: Customer Service Dept Whirpoo Drive LaPorte, IN OR CE II to order. You must ha Je a major credit card to order by phone. 22

23 Ceaning the gri Food cooked on the gri may spatter. You shoud cean a parts of the modue except the heating eement after each use. A soied heating eement ceans itsef by burning off spis and spatters. To remove gri: 1. Lift off gri sections. 2. Lift heating eement sighty and pu toward you. Rfce ptace 3. Lift out spatter shied. 4. Lift and remove the grease we and grease pan, being carefu not to spi fat drippings. 23

24 To cean gri: 7. Wash gri sections with warm, soapy water and a nonabrasive pastic scrubbing pad, or use a dishwasher. Do not use meta scrubbing pads or abrasive ceansers. They wi scratch the nonstick finish. 2. Rinse and wipe dry. 3. Wash the spatter shied, grease we, grease pan and frame in warm, soapy water. Use a pastic scrubbing pad for heaving soied areas. You can cean the grease we and grease pan in a dishwasher. 4. Rinse and wipe dry. NOTE: Do not cean heating eement under the gri/gridde. Soi burns off. Do not put in water. To repace gri: 1. Lower the grease pan and the grease we into opening. 2. Put in spatter shied. 3. Pug beating eement termina into receptace. 4. Pace gri sections over heating eement. 24

25 Ceaning the vent system Persona Injury Hazard Disconnect the eectrica suppy before servicing the cooktop. The wa receptace is ocated in the cabinet beneath the cooktop. *Turn fan and cooktop contros to OFF before ceaning the vent system. The vent fan system turns on automaticay when the gri is used. Do not put hand in vent box when fan or contros are on. Faiure to foow these instructions coud resut in persona injury. 1. Remove the vent cover and wash in warm, soapy water or wipe with a sponge. Do not use meta scrubbing pads or abrasive ceansers. 2. Reach into vent box and ift a fiter out. Turn sighty to pass fiter through vent hoe. Repeat for second fiter. Wash in warm, soapy water or dishwasher. 3. Wipe in and around the vent box with a sponge. Cean up spis with a sponge. 4. Repace the fiters. Be sure the fiters rest at an ange over the exhaust fan. 5. Repace the vent cover. NOTE: Fiters must be in pace for the fan to operate propery. Repacement fiters can be ordered from a WhirpooSM service company or deaer. Order Part Number (one pair). If you are unabe to obtain the name of a oca authorized Whirpoo service company, ca Whirpoo Consumer Assistance Center TOLL-FREE Fiter 25

26 Ceaning Use the foowing -.-i--_.- _-- -- PART Contro knobs Zontro pane ch - tabe to hep you cean a parts cf your cooktop WHAT TO USE - HOW TO CLEAN Sponge and warm, Turn knobs to OFF and pu straight f ;Oapy water away from contro pane. I! Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. Do not soak. Repace knobs. Make sure a knobs point to OFF. Sponge and warm, soapy water OR Paper towe and spray gass ceaner DO NOT USE stee woo or abrasive ceaners. They may damage the finish of the knobs. Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. DO NOT USE stee woo or abrasive ceaners. They may damage the finish. Cooktop surface Coi eement surface units Porceain ename refector bows Gridde Area under zooktop Sponge and warm, soapy water Nonabrasive, pastic scrubbing pad and warm, soapy water OR A dishwasher Same as gri. See Cear ing the gri on page 23. Sponge and warm, soap) water Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. USE nonabrasive, pastic scrubbing pad on heaviy soied areas. Do not use abrasive or harsh ceansers. NOTE: Do not aow foods containing acids (such as vinegar, tomato or emon juice) to remain on surface. Acids may remove the gossy finish. Aso wipe up mik or egg spis when cooktop is coo. No ceaning is required. Spatters or spis wi burn off. Do not immerse in water. Wipe off excess spis. Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. Do not use abrasive or harsh ceansers. Same as gri. See Ceaning the gri on page 23. Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. Do not soak. 26

27 If You Need Assistance Or Service This section is designed to hep you save the cost of a service ca. Pat-t 1 of this section outines possibe probems, their causes, and actions you can take to sove each probem. Parts 2 and 3 te you what to do if you sti need assistance or service. When caing our Consumer Assistance Center for hep or caing for service, pease provide a detaied description of the probem, your appiance s compete mode and seria numbers and the purchase date. (See page 2.) This information wi hep us respond propery to your request. 1. Before caing for assistance... Performance probems often resut from itte things 1 ou can find and fix without toos Of any kind. Pease check the chart beow for probems you can fix. It coud save you the cost of a service ca. PROBLEM Nothing wi operate The surface units wi not operate The gri does not work propery POSSIBLE CAUSE The unit is not wired into a ive circuit with proper votage. A househod fuse has bown or a circuit breaker has tripped. SOLUTION Wire the unit into a ive circuit with proper votage. (See Instaation Instructions.) Repace househod fuse or reset circuit breaker. A househod fuse has bown Repace househod fuse or reset or a circuit breaker has circuit breaker. tripped. You have not pugged in coi Pug surface units in a the way. eement surface units a the (See Repacing on page 18.) way. You are not setting the contro Push contro knobs in before turning knobs correcty. to a setting. You have not eft space Leave more space between items. between food items. You have not preheated the Remove food and et gri preheat. gri for the proper amount of time. Food was partiay frozen or Aow for more cooking time. very cod before griing. This wi make cooking time onger. Contro knob(s) wi not turn You are not pushing in before turning. Push contro knob(s) in before turning to a setting. 27

28 I.---- PROBLEM _, POSSIBLE CAUSE - I Venting : Exhaust fan is not turned on. : resuts are not ; Vent fiters are not cean or : what you I are not in pace. expected! Vent duct or outside opening 1 is bocked. ; There is a draft in room i where cooktop is instaed. ; Meat is not we trimmed. : Cooking ~ The cooktop is not eve. f resuts are not / / what you! The recipe has never been i expected i tested or is not from a, / reiabe source. I : The pan used is not the type I I or size recommended in the 1 recipe. I j Cooking utensi does not fit! ) the surface unit being used. I ---~ SOLUTION Turn on exhaust fan. See page 2.5 for ceaning and repacement instructions. Unbock vent duct or outside opening. Cose door or window causing draft. Trim off a meat fat. Leve cooktop. (See Instaation Instructions.) Use ony tested recipes from a reiabe source. Refer to a reiabe cookbook for recommended pan type and size. Pan shoud be the same size or sighty arger than surface unit being used. 28

29 2. If you need assistance... Ca Whirpoo Consumer Assistance Center teephone number. Dia free from anywhere in the U.S.: and tak with one of our trained consutants. The consutant can instruct you in how to obtain satisfactory operation from your appiance or, if service is necessary, recommend a quaified service company in your area. If you prefer, write to: Mr. Wiiam Cark Consumer Assistance Representative Whirpoo Corporation 2000 M-63 Benton Harbor, M Pease incude a daytime phone number in your correspondence. 3. v If you need service... Whirpoo has a nationi,+ Om yide network of authortzed WhirpooSM service companies. Whirpoo service technicians are trained to fufi the product warranty and provide after-warranty service, anywhere in the United States. To ocate the authorized Whirpoo service company in your area, ca our Consumer Assistance Center teephone number (see Step 2) or ook in your teephone directory Yeow Pages under: 4, If you need FSP@ repacement parts,.. F$ P is a registered trademark of Whirpoo Cc rporation for quaity parts. Look for this sy nbo of quaity whenever you need a rebacement part for your Whirpoo appian :e. FSP repacement parts wi fit right an j work right, because they are made to the same exacting specifications used to bu Id every new Whirpoo appiance. 1 0 ocate FSP repacement parts in your arc a, refer to Step 3 above or ca the Wt irpoo Consumer Assistance Center nunber in Step If you are not satisfied with how the probem was soved... C zntact the Major Appiance Consumer A:tion Pane (MACAP). MACAP is a group oi independent consumer experts that SERVICE v( Iices consumer views at the highest e Jes of the major appiance industry. C Intact MACAP ony when the deaer, at thorized servicer and Whirpoo have fa ed to resove your probem. Major Appiance Consumer Action Pane 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL M,GAP wi in turn inform us of your action. APPLIANCE-HOUSEHOLD-. WASHING MACHINES & MAJOR, SERVICE L REPAIA DRYERS, SERVICE & REPAIR -See: Whirpoo Appmces or See: WhIrpoo Appiances or Auihcmzed Whwipoo Service Authorwed Whirpoo Service (Exampe: XYZ Service Co.) (Examp/e: XYZ Servce CO.) 29

30 /jm WHIRLPOOL Eectric Cooking Product Warrainty LENGTH OF WARRANTY WHIRLPOOL WILL NOT PAY FOR WHIRLPOOL WILL AY FOR repacement pi arts and repair abor to correct defects in materias or workmarship. Service must be provided by an service company. A. Service cas to: 1. Correct the instaation of the cooking product. 2. Instruct you how to use the cooking product. 3. Repace house fuses or correct house wiring. B. Repairs when the cooking product is used in ot er than norma, singe-famiy househod use. C. Pickup and deivery. This product is designed t 1 be repaired in the home. D. Damage to the cooking product caused by act dent, misuse, fire, food, acts of God or use of products not approved by Whirpoo. E. Repairs to parts or systems caused by unauthorized modifications made to the appiance WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LI/rBLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSE- QUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not aow ihe excusion or imitation of incidenta or consequentia damages, so this imitation or excus on may not appy to you. This warranty gives you specific ega rights, and you may aso h;.ve other rights which vary from state to state. Outside the United States, a different warranty ma) appy. For detais, pease contact your authorized Whirpoo distributor or miitary exchang a. If you need service, first see the Assistance or Set vice section of this book. After checking Assistance or Service, additiona hep can be fou Id by caing our Consumer Assistance Center teephone number, , from a iywhere in the U.S. PART NO O/ WhIrpoo Corporation 8 Registered Trademark&M Sew :e Mark of WhIrpoo Corporation PrInted in U.S.A