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Cleaning Procedures

Care & Cleaning

Self-Clean Ovens

CAUTION

•It is normal for parts of the ovens to become hot during a self-clean cycle.

•To prevent damage to oven doors, do not attempt to open the doors when LOCK is displayed.

•Avoid touching doors, windows or oven vent area during a clean cycle.

•Do not use commercial oven cleaners on the oven finish or around any part of the ovens. They will damage the finish or parts.

•Do not leave baking/pizza stone in the oven during self-clean.

The self-clean cycle uses above-normal cooking temperatures to automatically clean the oven interior.

It is normal for flare-ups, smoking, or flaming to occur during cleaning if the oven is heavily soiled. It is better to clean the oven regularly rather than to wait until there is a heavy build- up of soil in the oven.

During the cleaning process, the kitchen should be well ventilated to get rid of normal odors associated with cleaning.

is acid-resistant, not acid-proof. The porcelain finish may discolor if acidic or sugary spills are not wiped up before a self-clean cycle.

Notes:

•Oven temperature must be below 400° F to program a clean cycle.

•Only one oven can be cleaned at a time.

•Both oven doors lock when either oven is being cleaned.

To set Self-Clean:

1. Close the oven door.

2. Press the Clean pad.

• CLEAN flashes.

•SET and UPPER or LOWER flash in the display.

3.Press the Autoset pad.

•“MEd” (Medium Soil, 3 hours) is displayed.

4.Press the Autoset pad to scroll through the self-cleaning settings.

“HVy” (Heavy Soil, 4 hours) “MEd” (Medium soil, 3 hours)

Before Self-Cleaning

1.Turn off the oven light before cleaning as 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 self-clean cycle if they are not removed.

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 self-cleaning process does not 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, flare-ups or flaming during the clean cycle.

6.Wipe up sugary and acidic spillovers such as sweet potatoes, tomato, or milk-based sauces. Porcelain enamel

“LITE” ( Light Soil, 2 hours)

Choosing the soil level of the oven automatically programs the self-cleaning time.

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 self-cleaning operation will be canceled and the display will return to the time of day.

•CLEAN will appear in the display.

•LOCK will flash in the display. Once the door locks, LOCK will remain steady.

•The cleaning time will start counting down in the display.

To Delay a Self-Clean Cycle:

1. Press the Delay pad once for upper oven and twice for lower oven.

•DELAY flashes.

•00:00 and UPPER or LOWER 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 appropriate Clean pad.

• SET flashes in the display.

* Brand names for cleaning products are registered trademarks of the respective manufacturers.

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