Amana THE BIG OVEN ACF4215A- Manuals

Cooking on the Smoothtop Cooking Safely with Surface Elements A WARNING To avoid risk of serious personal injury, property damage, or fire, do not leave surface elements unattended while in operation. Grease and spillovers can ignite causing a fire. A WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock or ser...

Cookware Suggestions What Should You Consider in Cookware? Select Avoid Flat bottomed cookware. Cookware with rounded or warped bottoms. Pans with aluminum disk bottoms. Glass, glass-ceramic, enamel porcelain or cast iron cookware, canners or pressure cookers. Heavy gauge metal cookware. Light gauge...

Oven Cooking Methods Oven Cooking Methods Bake Bake (lower) and broil (upper) elements operate during bake. Bake element is not visible on the oven bottom, but housed underneath the oven bottom. Broil element may cycle on and off during bake and is only used to heat oven quickly and brown top of foo...

Before Using the Oven Oven Racks and Rack Positions Your range has 6 oven rack positions to accommodate many types of cooking and cookware. Alummum Foil Position oven rack before turning oven on. 1. Pull rack forward to stop position. 2. Raise front edge of rack and puil untii rack is out of oven, 3...

Features 12-hour automatic cancel This safety feature prevents oven from continuing to operate if it has Ijeen left on for over 12 hours. If a cooking function continues longer than 12 hours without any options on oven control being touched, this feature turns oven off. Any time an option is touched...

Display and Signals Distal Oven Control OVENn AIGHT^ «PREHEAT «UXIKED CLEAN OVEN OFF • WM BROIL BAKE PUSH TO TURN Clock also displays time of day. L ights D escription CLOCK Clock pad light remains on while time of day is set. TIMER ON/OFF Timer On/Off pad light remains on while the timer counts dow...

Using the Oven Control Distal Oven Control • PREHEAT «LOCKED CLEAN OVEN OFF WM BROIL BAKE PUSH TO TURN Flashing Display When power is connected or intemipted, oven display flashes. Press CLOCK to reset display. Clock may need to be reset. Making the Numbers Increase at a Faster Rate Time increases i...

Using the Oven Control (cont’d) CLEAN BROIL OVEN OFF WM Baking While oven is still cool, remove any stored items from the oven cavity. 1. Place racks in desired position and dose oven door. 2. Push and turn oven temperature knob to m desired temperature. ■ Oven indicator light will turn on and stay ...

Using the Oven Control (cont’d) What's the difference between TIMED and DELAYED cooking? When using TIMED cooking, the oven begins to heat immediately after the oven control is set. Then, the oven cooks for the specified length of time. When using DELAYED cooking, the oven begins to cook later in th...

Using the Oven Control (cont’d) OVEN OFF WM w PUSH TO TURN Self-cleaning Self-clean feature uses high oven temperature to clean oven interior. For the oven to operate through a complete self-clean cycle, the self-dean must be set when the oven is cool. 1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning (see below ri...

Using the Oven Control (cont’d) A WARNING To avoid risk of personai injury, do not touch oven vents, or area around vents, during seif-cleaning. These areas can become hot enough to cause bums. A CAunoN To avoid fire or smoke damage,• remove any flammabie materials from storage drawer. Items like pl...

Cooking Baking Guidelines When baking with a new oven, keep in mind temperatures vary from oven to oven. Store-bought thermometers are generally not accurate and should not be used to calibrate oven temperatures. BAKING TIME GUIDELINES Cake Pan Type Pan size Cups of Oven batter Temp. Minutes Oval 7%...

Cooking (contad) Common Baking Problems If you begin to notice consistent problems refer to the chart below for possible solutions, if results are still poor, contact Amana Consumer Affairs at (800) 843-0304. Test your cakes for doneness while they are still in the oven. Because of variances across ...

Cooking (cont’d) Meat Basics While cooking has always been a talent, it is now becoming a science, also. Amana provides this information as a guide to aid in preparation. For specific questions regarding meat preparation, handling, or storage contact USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Me...

Cooking (cont’d) Broiling Guidelines Broiling Is a dry heat cooking method that allows a restaurant quality charbroiled flavor. Meat is exposed directly to the heating element at high temperatures, 1. Place meat on rack in broiler pan, with the surface of cuts the specified distance from the heating...

Cooking (cont’d) Roasting Guidelines Tender cuts such as rib and loin cuts are best cooked by dry heat methods, such as roasting. To roast: 1. Heat oven to desired temperature. 2. Place roast directly from refrigerator fat side up in a shallow roasting pan.3. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip...

Cooking (cont’d) Braising Guidelines Less tender cuts such as those from the round, chuck, brisket and shank require moist cooking. A longer cooking time at lower temperatures with moisture heips soften the meat. 1. Brown meat with a small amount of oil in heavy pan. 2. Pour off excessive drippings,...

Care and Cleaning Removing Oven Door 1. Fully open oven door. Push hinge locks down toward doorframe, to the unlocked position.• This may require a flatblade screwdriver. Close door to first stop position. Firmly grasp both sides of top of oven door, NOT door handle. Lift door up until hinge arm is ...

Care and Cleaning (cont’d) A WARNING To avoid risk of bums or electricalshock:• disconnect electrical supply to oven before changing light bulb. • before replacing light bulb make sure oven and bulb are cool. • Do not operate oven without bulb and cover in place. A CAUnON To avoid risk of personal i...

Care and Cleaning (cont’d) Caring for the smoothtop For routine cleaning, allow top to coo! before cleansing. Wash surface with a dampened cloth and smoothtop cleaner conditioner. Use another clean damp paper towel to wipe off the cleaner. Use a dry paper towel, buff the smoothtop to make sure all t...

Care and Cleaning (cont’d) Cleaning Stainless Steel Damage to stainless steel finish due to improper use of cleaning products, or using non-recommended cleaning products, is not covered under warranty. For Amana recommended products, call Consumer Affairs at 1 (800) 843-0304 or online at www.amana.c...

Troubleshooting You may save time and money by checking items beiow before caiiing for service. List inciudes common concerns that are not the resuit of defective workmanship or materiais. If your question is not explained beiow, contact Amana Consumer Affairs Department at 800-843-0304. Topic Possi...

Troubleshooting (cont’d) NOISE Frequent cycling off and on of oven. Nonnal To maintain a temperature for baking, the oven cycles on and off. Cracking or popping sound Normal Wet cooking utensils or possible spillage. APPEARANCE Scratches Gritty dirt or rough surface on cooking utensils Shiny scratch...