Usingthe self-cleaning oven.
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The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly.
Wipe up heavy soil on the oven
bottom.
Before a Clean Cycle
Remove broiler pan, broiler grid, all
cookware, probe and any Muminum
foil
flom the oven--they
cannot withstand
tile high cleaning mmperaunes.
NOTE:
Tile shiny, silver4:olored
oven racks
(on some models)
can be self-cleaned,
but file), Mll darken,
lose flleir luster
and become
hard
to slide.
Scrubq Rinse well with clean water
and dry:
Do not clean file gasket.
Tile fiberglass
materiM
of file oven door g_tsket cannot
withstand
abr_tsion.
It is essential
for tile
gasket to remain
intact.
If you notice
it
becoming
worn or flwed,
replace
it.
Wipe up any heax T spillove_s on tile oven
bottom.
If your oven is equipped
Mill g_y
porcelMn_oamd
oven racks, they may
be left in file oven duling
file self-clean
cycle.
Soil on file flont flame of file range
and outside file gasket on file door will
need m be cleaned by hand. Clean these
areas with hot wami; soap-filled or plastic
scouting pads or cleansers such as Soft
Make sure tile oven light bulb cover is in
place and tile oven light is off:
IMPORTANT'. Tile healfll
of some birds
is exuemely
sensitive
m tile flmles gdven
off during
file self-cleaning
cycle of any
xvmge. Move birds to another
well-
ventilated
room.
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How to Set the Oven for Cleaning
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Turn all of tile surface burnels off.
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Touch file SELF CLEAN LO/STDpad
once for a 4-hour (3-hour on some
models) clean time or twice for a
3-hour (4-hour on some models)
clean time.
A .%hour self-clean time is
recommended
for use when
cleaning small, contained spills. A
self-clean time of 4 hours or longer
is recommended
for a dirtier oven.
Ifa time other than 4 horns or
3 horns is needed, use tile number
pads and enter tile desired clean
tilne.
You call change tile clean time m any
time between 3 horns (2½ hours on some
models) and 5 horns, depending
on how
dirty your oven is.
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Touch tile START pad.
Tile door locks automatically:
Tile display
Mll show die clean time remaining.
It Mll
not be possible
to open
file oven door
until file temperature
drops below tile
lock tempe_mlre
and die LOCKEDlight
goes off:
When tile LOCKED light goes off; you Mll
be able m open file dooL
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On models with Range I,ock,Out,
touch and hold tile RANGE LOCK-
OIJTpad for 3 seconds to mrn it off:
Tile word LOCKED will flash and the
oven control will sigmMif you set tile
clean cycle and forget m close the
oven
dooL
To stop a clean cycle, touch file
CLEAR/OFFpad. When
the LOCKEDlight
goes off indicating
the oven has cooled
below tile locking temperature,
you
will be able to open
tile dooL
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