Big and Fast: Amana Range Cooks More Food Faster5.3 Cubic Feet Capacity Range Oven Handles Large Meals and Features a Practical U-shaped Rack Design That Allows Consumers to Place and Remove Bakeware Easily

    BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (Feb. 7, 2007) -- It's big, it's fast and it's filled with practical features that make cooking convenient and easy. The Amana range with TimeSavor™ Speed Cook not only has the space to handle large meals for special occasions, but it can also cook them fast. With 5.3 cubic feet, the range offers the largest oven capacity of any Amana range, so consumers can cook dinner for two to 12 people. Adding to the convenience is the practical EasyRack™ U-shaped oven rack that allows easy placement and removal of bakeware, so consumers don't have to worry about touching a hot rack.

    Amana range takes the guesswork out of cooking.

    For busy households, the Amana range takes the guesswork out of cooking. Not sure when everyone will arrive for dinner? The Cook and Hold setting allows cooking for the time selected, then automatically reduces oven temperature to keep food warm for up to an hour. There's also a Delay Bake oven control that starts cooking when no one's there, so consumers can come home to a hot meal. Electronic oven control assures a consistent oven temperature.

    Common-Sense Cooking Features
    Amana offers common-sense cooking features on the range top. For example, there are five radiant elements including two six-inch elements; one nine-inch by six-inch dual element; one 12" element that is perfect for oversized pots and pans; and one six-inch Warming Zone™ low-wattage element that provides the perfect heat to keep side dishes warm until the main dish is ready. Cleanup is a snap, thanks to the SpillSaver™ smoothtop cooking surface that prevents spills from dripping down the side of the range.

    For added flexibility, Amana offers the perfect complement to oven and range-top cooking: the Amana Over-the-Range Radarange® It offers 1,000 watts of power to cook family favorites in a flash. Programmed pads allow for one-touch cooking convenience when preparing anything from popcorn to complete meals. Ten power levels provide added flexibility for a wide variety of foods. For leftovers, Auto Reheat thaws food by weight for easy meals in a hurry.

    "Amana makes cooking easy with common-sense features that practical-minded consumers will appreciate so they can cook more flexibly and enjoy more personal time," says Laura Hall, category manager for Amana.

    More information about the Amana range, the Amana Over-the-Range Radarange and other Amana brand appliances is available at www.amana.com.

    About Whirlpool Corporation
    Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of more than $19 billion, more than 80,000 employees and more than 60 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. For more information about any Amana brand appliance, visit www.amana.com or call (800) 843-0304. Additional information about Whirlpool Corporation can be found at www.whirlpoolcorp.com.

    Audrey Reed-Granger
    Amana Brand
    (269) 923-7557
    Audrey_Reed-Granger@whirlpool.com

    Michelle Hoffman
    Carmichael Lynch Spong
    (312) 951-2840
    Michelle.Hoffman@clynch.com