Amana The Big Oven Gas Range Self-cleaning, Do I need to prepare?, Using the Oven Control contd

Using the Oven Control (cont'd)

!CAUTION

To avoid fire or smoke damage,

•remove any flammable materials from storage drawer. Items like plastic containers and paper manuals can melt or burn.

•clean excess spills before starting a self-clean cycle.

!WARNING

To avoid risk of personal injury, do not touch range top, door, oven vents, or area around vents, during self-cleaning. These areas can become hot enough to cause burns.

Self-cleaning

Self-clean feature uses high oven temperature to clean oven interior. For the oven to operate through a complete self-clean cycle, the self-clean must be set when the oven is cool.

1.Prepare oven for self-cleaning (see below left).

2.Close door.

3.Press CLEAN pad.

•SET CLEAN TIME flashes in display.

•The default self-clean cycle length of 3 hours displays.

•Adjust clean cycle length by using digit pads (1 through 0).

•Clean cycle can be set from two to four hours in one minute increments.

4.Press START pad.

•CLEAN, TIME, LOCK, ON and both bake and broil element graphics display.

•Surface burners should not be used until completion of self-clean cycle.

•At the end of self-clean cycle, ON no longer displays.

•LOCK will remain on until oven reaches a cooler temperature.

•LOCK will flash while door is unlocking, and then shut off when door has unlocked. Oven cavity will be hot to the touch.

DO NOT attempt to open door prior to LOCK shutting off.

Do I need to prepare?

To get the best results from the self-clean cycle, follow these steps:

•Clean excess spills from oven interior and oven burner well.

•Remove birds or animals susceptible to smoke or other fumes from the room or adjoining room.

•Open window if possible.

•Make sure oven light cover is properly in place. Do not use cleaning cycle if it is not.

•Remove oven racks, pans and all cooking utensils from oven.

•Remove items from range top, storage drawer, and backguard. These areas can become hot during self-cleaning cycle.

•The range vents from the center bottom of the backguard. Make sure this area is unobstructed by removing all items from backguard and range top.

Interrupting the self-clean cycle

To stop a self-clean cycle that has already started follow these steps. If the interruption occurs mid cycle, the oven will remain locked, even though the cycle has stopped, until the oven cavity has cooled to a lower temperature.

1.Press OVEN CANCEL.

2.When oven has cooled to a lower temperature, LOCK light turns off. Door can be opened. DO NOT force door.

This can cause damage to the latch.

Operating surface burners during a self-clean cycle

Your range is equipped with a safety feature to prevent it from overheating during a self-clean cycle. A special temperature sensor shuts off the self- clean cycle if the range becomes too hot. Depending on the range and the length of cooking time on the surface burners, the sensor may or may not shut off the self-clean cycle. To prevent any self-clean cycle disruption, it is best not to use the range surface burners during a self-clean cycle.

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