Caring for Your Oven

Cleaning chart

Before cleaning, always make sure all controls are off and the oven is cool. Refer to instructions on all cleaning products before using them to clean your oven.

PART

CLEANING METHOD

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

 

 

 

Control Panel

Soap and water

Wash, rinse and dry with soft cloth.

 

Spray glass cleaner

Apply spray cleaner to paper towel,

 

 

do not spray directly on panel.

Exterior Surfaces

Soap and water

DO NOT use abrasive or harsh

(excluding control panel)

Mild liquid cleaner

cleaners like chlorine bleach,

 

Spray glass cleaner

ammonia or oven cleaners.

 

 

Wash, rinse and dry with soft cloth.

 

Non-abrasive plastic scrubbing

Gently clean around the model

 

pad

and serial plate; too much

 

 

scrubbing could remove the

 

 

numbers.

Oven door glass

Soap and water

 

Non-abrasive plastic scrubbing

 

pad

Wash, rinse and dry with soft cloth.

 

Spray glass cleaner

Wipe with paper towel.

Oven cavity

 

 

Food spills containing

Soap and water

When oven cools, wash, rinse and

sugar and/or milk

 

dry with soft cloth. See the “Using

 

 

the self-cleaning cycle” section.

All other spills

Self-cleaning cycle

See the “Using the self-cleaning

 

 

cycle” section.

Oven racks

Soap and water

Wash, rinse and dry.

 

Steel wool pad

 

 

Self-cleaning cycle

Place on 2nd and 4th rack guides.

 

 

Racks will discolor and become

 

 

harder to slide. After cleaning,

 

 

apply vegetable oil to rack guides

 

 

for easier sliding.

 

 

 

Broiler pan and grid

Soap and water

Wash, rinse and dry.

 

Steel wool pad

 

 

Dishwasher

 

 

Solution of 1/2 cup ammonia to

Soak for 20 minutes, then scrub

 

1 gallon water

with plastic scrubbing pad.

 

Mild abrasive cleanser or

DO NOT clean the pan and grid

 

commercial oven cleaner

in the self-cleaning cycle.

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