USING YOUR OVEN

Before Using Your Oven

Be sure you understand how to set the controls properly. Practice removing
and replacing the shelves while the oven is cool. Read the information and
tips on the following pages. Keep this guide handy where you can refer to
it, especially during the first weeks of using your new range.

Lighting Instructions for Electric Ignition Models

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models) are lighted by electric ignition.
To light the burner, turn the OVEN CONTROL
knob to the desired temperature.
The burner should
light within 30-90 seconds. After the oven reaches the
selected temperature, the oven burner cycles—off
completely, then on with a full flame-to maintain the
selected temperature.
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Power Outage

CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO
OPERATE THE ELECTRIC IGNITION OVEN
DURING AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE.
The oven or broiler cannot be lit during a power
failure. Gas will not flow unless the glow bar is hot.
If the oven is in use when a power failure occurs,
the oven burner shuts off and cannot be
re-lit
until
power is restored.

Lighting Instructions for Standing Pilot Models

These ranges have 3. Find the oven pilot port at the back of the broiler
standing oven pilots that
compartment. The long tube, running from front to
must be lit initially.
back, is the oven burner. The pilot port is at the
To
light
the oven pilot:
back, about one inch below the burner.
1. Be sure the OVEN 4. Using a long match or match holder, reach
in
and
CONTROL knob
is
light the oven pilot.
in the OFF position.
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To light the oven burner, turn the OVEN
2. Open the broiler door CONTROL knob to the desired temperature.
and remove the
The burner should light within 60 seconds.
broiler pan and rack.
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Proper flame
con~lguration:
While using the oven
This will make it burner, visually check the burner flame in the broiler
easier for you to compartment. lf flame does not burn as described in
reach inside the
the Installation section of this guide, adjust the flame
broiler compartment.
following the directions on those pages.
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Power failure: An electrical power failure
will
not affect the standing oven pilot.
Oven Control
Your oven is controlled either by a single OVEN If your range
is
equipped with a separate
CONTROL knob or by a BAKE/BROIL switch and
BAKE~ROIL
switch:
an OVEN CONTROL knob. Turn switch to BAKE for all normal oven
It
will
normally take 30-90 seconds before the flame operations—for example, for cooking roasts or
comes on. After the oven reaches the selected casseroles. Only the bottom oven burner operates
temperature, the oven burner cycles—off completely, when the BAKE setting
is
selected.
then on with a full flame-to maintain the selected Use the BROIL setting for broiling. Only the top oven
temperature.
burner operates when the
BROIL setting is selected.
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