Kenmore Adjusting Oven Temperature and Oven Calibration Guide
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General Care & Cleaning

Changing the Oven

Light

 

 

 

 

 

 

The oven

light automatically

turns ON when the door is opened. The oven light

Oven

may also be manually

operated by pressing the Oven Light switch

located on

Light

the upper

left control

panel.

 

 

 

 

The oven

light bulb is located

at the rear of the oven and is covered

with

a glass

Wire

shield held by a wire holder. The glass shield must be in place whenever

the

Holder

oven is in use.

 

 

 

 

To replace the oven light bulb:

1.Turn electrical power off at the main source or unplug the range.

2.Press wire holder to one side to release the glass shield.

3.Replace bulb with a new 40 watt appliance bulb.

4.Replace glass shield over bulb and snap wire holder into place.

5.Turn power back on again at the main source (or plug the range back in).

6.The clock will then need to be reset. To reset, see Setting the Clock and Minute Timer in this Use & Care Guide.

Be sure the range is unplugged and all parts are COOL before replacing oven light. Wear a leather-faced glove for protection against possible broken glass.

Care and Cleaning of Stainless Steel (some models)

Some models are equipped with stainless steel exterior parts. Special care and cleaning are required for maintaining the appearance of stainless parts. Refer to the Care & Cleaning table for detailed cleaning instructions.

Adjusting the Oven Temperature

Your oven control has been precisely set at the factory. This setting may differ from your previous oven however, so your recipe times may not give you the results you expect. If you think that the oven is cooking too hot or too cool for your recipe times, you can adjust the control so that the oven cooks hotter or cooler than the temperature displayed.

To Adjust Oven Temperature:

1.Press Bake.

2.Set the temperature to 550°F (287°C) by pressing and holding the A.

3.Within 2 seconds, press and hold -_,Bakeuntil the 2 digit display appears. Release _. The display now indicates the amount

of degrees offset between the original factory temperature setting and the current temperature setting. If the oven control has the original factory calibration, the display will read "0."

4.Thetemperaturecann_wbeadjustedup_rd_wn35°F(17°C)_in5°Fstepsbypressingandh_ldingtheA or V. Adjust

until the desired amount of offset appears in the display. When lowering the oven temperature, a minus sign (-) will appear before the number to indicate that the oven will be cooler by the displayed amount of degrees.

5.When you have made the desired adjustment, press _ to go back to the time of day display.

Note: Oven temperature adjustments made will not change the Self-Cleaning feature temperature.

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