Care & Cleaning
Self-Clean Oven
CAUTION
•It is normal for parts of the range to become hot during a
•To prevent damage to oven door, do not attempt to open the door when LOCK is displayed.
•Avoid touching cooktop, door, window or oven vent area during a clean cycle.
•Do not use commercial oven cleaners on the oven finish or around any part of the oven. They will damage the finish or parts.
The
The oven should be cleaned regularly by wiping up spillovers to prevent excessive smoke and
During the cleaning process, the kitchen should be well ventilated to get rid of normal odors associated with cleaning.
Before Self-Cleaning
1.Turn off the oven light before cleaning. The light may burn out during the clean cycle.
2.Remove all pans and oven racks from the oven. The oven racks will discolor and may not slide easily after a self- clean cycle if they are not removed.
3.Clean oven frame, door frame, area
outside of gasket, and around the opening in the door gasket with a nonabrasive cleaner such as Bon Ami* or detergent and water. The
clean these areas. They should be
cleaned to prevent soil from baking on during the clean cycle. (The gasket is the seal around the oven door and window.)
4.To prevent damage, do not clean or rub the gasket around the oven door. The gasket is designed to seal in heat during the clean cycle.
5.Wipe up excess grease or spillovers from the oven bottom. This prevents excessive smoking,
6.Wipe up sugary and acidic spillovers such as sweet potatoes, tomato, or
To set Self-Clean:
Note: Oven temperature must be below 400° F to program a clean cycle.
1.Close the oven door.
2.Move door lock lever right to the locked position.
3. Press the Clean pad.
•CLEAN flashes in the display.
4.Press the More+ or Less- pad.
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If the door is not closed, beeps will sound and “door” will display. If the door is not closed within 45 seconds, the
5. Press the More+ or Less- pad to scroll through the
Choosing the soil level of the oven automatically programs the
6.After four seconds, the oven will start cleaning.
•The cleaning time will start counting down in the display.
•LOCK will appear in the display.
•CLEAN will appear in the display.
To Delay a Self-Clean Cycle:
1.Press the Delay pad.
•DELAY flashes.
•00:00 will appear in the display.
2.Press the More+ or Less- pad to set the amount of time you want to delay the cycle.
Delay time can be set from ten minutes (00:10) to 11 hours, 59 minutes (11:59).
3.While DELAY is flashing, press the Clean pad.
• CLEAN will flash.
4.Press the More+ or Less- pad.
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* Brand names for cleaning products are registered trademarks of the respective manufacturers.
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