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 broiler pan, all pans, and oven racks from the oven. The oven racks will discolor and may not slide easily after a
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.Press the Clean pad.
•CLEAN flashes.
•SET flashes in the display.
3. Press the Autoset 0 pad.
•MEd (Medium Soil, 3 hours) is displayed.
4.Press the Autoset 0 pad to scroll through the
HVy (Heavy Soil, 4 hours) MEd (Medium soil, 3 hours) LITE ( Light Soil, 2 hours)
Choosing the soil level of the oven automatically programs the
5.After four seconds, the oven will start cleaning.
•If the door is not closed, beeps will sound and “door” will display. If the door is not closed within 30 seconds, the
•CLEAN will appear in the display.
•LOCK will flash in the display. Once the door locks, the word will remain steady.
•The cleaning time will start counting down in the display.
To Delay a Self-Clean Cycle:
1. Press the 1 Delay pad.
• DELAY flashes.
•00:00 will flash in the display.
2.Enter the amount of time you want to delay the cycle using the appropriate number pads.
3.Press the Clean pad.
•SET flashes in the display.
4.Press the Autoset 0 pad.
• LITE (Light soil level) is displayed.
* Brand names for cleaning products are registered trademarks of the respective manufacturers.
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