Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle

In This Section

Page How the cycle works .......................... 21 Before you start ................................. 21

Page Setting the controls .......................... 22

Special tips ....................................... 23

The Self-Cleaning cycle saves you from the toil and mess that often come with hand-cleaning the oven interior. Like the other functions of your range, you operate the Self-Cleaning cycle with the easy-to-use controls. Please review the instructions in this section to keep your oven spotless.

How

the

cycle

works

 

 

The Self-Cleaning cycle uses very high heat

 

 

to burn away soil and grease. During the

 

WWF (44B-C)

cycle, the oven gets much hotter than it

 

 

 

does for normal baking or broiling. This high

 

 

heat breaks up the soil or grease and burns

 

 

It away.

 

 

 

 

 

You can adjust the cycle time to the amount

 

 

of soil in your-oven. You can set the cycle

 

 

time anywhere between 2 and 4 hours. (See

 

 

“Setting the controls” on page 22.)

START

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The graph at the right is representative of

 

 

a normal, 3-hour Self-Cleaning cycle. Note that the heating stops when the 3-hour setting is up, but it takes longer for the oven to cool enough to unlock.

Before you start

Before you start the Self-Cleaning cycle, make sure you:

l Hand-clean the areas shown. They do not get hot enough during the cleaning cycle for soil to bum away. Use hot water and detergent or a soapy steel-wool pad for cleaning.

NOTE: DO NOT clean, move, or bend the seal. Poor cleaning, baking, and roasting may result.

DO

Handelean

Handclean door around

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