Sears 73321 Electric Ignition, Before Using Your Oven, Oven indicator Light, Oven Controls

Using Your Oven

Electric Ignition

The oven burner and broil burner on your range are lit by electric ignition..

To light either burner, turn the OVEN SET knob to the desired oven operation and the OVEN TEMP knob to

the desired temperature. The burner should ignite within 60 seconds.

Before Using Your Oven

Be sure you understand how to set the controls prop- erly, Practice removing and replacing the shelves while the oven is cool Read the information and tips on the following pages. Keep this book handy where

you can refer to it--especially during the first few weeks.

Power Outage

CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO

OPERATE THE ELECTRIC IGNITION OVEN

DURING AN ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE.. Neither the oven nor the broiler can be lit during an electrical power outage. Gas will not flow unless the glow bar is hot.,

If the oven is in use when a power outage occurs, the oven burner shuts off and cannot be re-lit until

power is restored..

Oven Controls

The controls for your oven are marked OVEN SET and OVEN TEMP.

The OVEN SET control

has settings for BAKE, BROIL, TIME BAKE and CLEAN When you turn the knob to the desired setting, the proper burner is acti- vated for that operation.

BAKE--Usethis setting for all normal oven opera- tions--for example, for cooking roasts or casseroles. Only the bottom oven burner operates during baking.

BROIL--Usethis setting for broiling.. Only the top (broil) burner will operate.

TIME BAKE--Usethis setting to turn the oven on and off at specified times when you want cooking to start and stop. See Automatic Oven Timer on page I 9.

CLEAN--Use this setting for the self-cleaning func- tion only..

•The OVEN TEMP control maintains the tempera- ture you set for normal oven operation as well as for broiling. Push in and turn clockwise to set tempera- tures or to set into CLEAN position

OFF--Shuts off power to the oven controls° Oven will

not operate.. The OVEN TEMP knob should be turned to OFF whenever the oven is not in use

For normal oven operation, push in and turn the knob clockwise to the desired temperature which is marked in 25 ° increments. It will normally take 30 to 60 seconds before the flame comes ono

After the oven reaches the selected temperature, the oven burner cycles--off completely, then on with a full flame--to keep the oven temperature controlled.

Oven indicator Light

The oven indicator light glows until the oven reaches your selected temperature, then goes off and on with the oven burner(s) during cooking.

Oven Interior Light

When the door is opened, the oven light comes on automatically. A manual on/off switch is located to the left of the surface burner controls°

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