Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven
Normal cleaning time: 3 hours

Before Setting Oven

Controls, Check These

Things:

Step 1:
●
Remove
broiler pan, broiler rack
and
other cookware from the oven.
(Oven shelves may be
left
in oven.
NOTE: Shelves will discolor
during the self-clean cycle. )
Step
2:
● Wipe up heavy soil on oven
bottom. If you use soap, rinse
thoroughly
bef’ore
self-cleaning,
to
pre~ent
staining.
A. Oven Front Frame
B.
Oven Door Gasket
C. Openings in Door
D. Oven Light
Step
3:
● Clean spatters or spills on oven
front flame
(A)
and oven door
outside gasket (B) with
a
dampened
cloth.
Polish with
a
dry cloth. Do
not clean gasket (B). Do not allow
water to run down through
openings in top of door
(C).
Never
use
a commercial oven cleaner in or
around self-cleaning oven.
●
Clean
top, sides and outside front
of oven door with soap and water.
Do not use abrasives or oven
cleaners.
Step
4:
● Close oven door and make sure
oven light (D) is off.
Caution:
Chrome trim rings around
the surface units should never be
cleaned in the self-cleaning oven.
Neither should reflector pans of
foil or shiny chrome.

How to Set Oven for

Cleaning

Step 1:
●
Turn OVEN SET and OVEN
TEMP knobs to CLEAN.
Controls
will snap into final position when
the CLEAN location is reached.
Step
2:
. Slide the latch handle
to
the right
as far as it will go.
Step 3:
● Set the automatic oven timer:
. Make sure both the clock and
the DELAY START dial show the
correct time of day. When the
DELAY START knob is pushed in
and turned, it will “pop” into place
when the time shown on the clock
is reached.
s
Push in and turn STOP TIME
knob. Set Stop Time for three
hours later than present time of
day—for example, if it is
6:00
now, set
Stop
Time
for
9:()().
The oven cycling light (below
OVEN TEMP knob). the
CLEANING light and the OVEN
ON light will glow, indicating that
the self-clean cycle has begun.
When the oven reaches a certain
temperature, the oven door will
lock. The latch handle cannot be
moved until oven cleaning is
complete and the oven cools down.
Oven door and window (on models
so equipped) get hot
during
self-
clean cycle. DO NOT TOUCH.
The oven will smoke the first time
you use the self-clean cycle even
though you have wiped up any
excessive soil. This is normal and
should stop in about 10 minutes.
To help control the smoke, turn on
the exhaust
fan
over the
range
when you use the self-clean cycle
the first time.
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