Adjusting the oven temperature control

Although your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or slower than your old oven.

If, after using the oven for a period of time, you are not satisfied with the baking/roasting results, you can change the offset tempera- ture by following these steps:

NOTE: DO NOT measure oven temperature with a thermometer. Opening the oven door will lower the oven temperature and give you an inaccurate reading. Also, the ther- mometer temperature reading will change as your oven cycles.

1.Press and hold Bake pad for 5 seconds.

PRESS YOU SEE

The display will show the current offset

 

 

temperature,

for example “O”,if you have

e

I

not previously

adjusted the temperature.

 

 

 

 

(factory setting of .‘O”)

2. Set new offset temperature.

PRESS

YOU SEE

Press A to raise the temperature or v to lower the temperature in 10°F amounts. You can set the temperature change to as low as -30°F or as high as +3O”F. A minus (-) sign will appear before the num- ber when decreasing the temperature setting to show the oven will be cooler by the displayed amount. There is no sign in front of the number when increasing the temperature setting.

(example when making oven 10°F cooler)

3. Enter the adjustment.

PRESS

YOU SEE

(time of day)

How to determine the amount of aldjustment needed

The chart at the right tells you how much to adjust the offset temperature to get the desired cooking results. You can determine cooking results by the amount of browning, moistness, and rising times for baked foods.

 

ADJUST BY

 

THIS NUMBER

TO MAKE

OF DEGREES

FOOD...

(FAHRENHEIT)

A little

more done

+lO

 

Moderately

more

done

+20

 

Much

more

done

 

+30

 

A little

less

done

 

-10

 

Moderatelv

less

done

-20

 

1 Much

less

done

 

-30

I

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Whirlpool RF315PXD Adjusting the oven temperature control, Press and hold Bake pad for 5 seconds, Enter the adjustment

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