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Using the Oven Control (contd)
CAUTION
!
To avoid fire or smoke damage,
clean excess spills before
starting a self-clean cycle.
remove any flammable
materials from storage drawer.
Items like plastic containers and
paper manuals can melt or burn.
Do I need to prepare?
To get the best results from the
self-clean cycle, follow these steps:
• Remove birds or animals
susceptible to smoke or other
fumes from the room or
adjoining room.
• Clean excess spills from oven
interior and bottom thoroughly.
• Open window if possible.
• Make sure oven light cover is
properly in place. Do not use
cleaning cycle if it is not.
• Remove oven racks and all cooking
utensils from oven.
• Remove items from range top,
backguard and storage drawer.
These areas can become hot during
self-cleaning cycle.
• The range vents from the center
bottom of the backguard. Make
sure this area is unobstructed by
removing all items from backguard
and range top.
Self-cleaning
Self-clean feature uses high oven temperature to clean oven interior.
For the oven to operate through a complete self-clean cycle, the
self-clean must be set when the oven is cool.
1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning (see below
right).
2. Close door.
3. Press CLEAN pad.
The default self-clean cycle length of
3 hours will display.
4. Set cycle length for self-clean.
Press MORE or LESS pads to adjust time as necessary before
oven indicator light turns on.
Clean cycle can be set from two to four hours in five minute
increments.
Default setting for the cycle is three hours.
5. Self-clean begins.
OVEN ON indicator light will be on and will remain on until the end
of the cycle.
At the end of the self-clean cycle, the OVEN ON indicator light will
shut off.
At the end of the self-clean cycle, the oven will stop heating,
however, oven will remain hot.
The LOCKED indicator light will remain on until oven reaches a
cooler temperature. LOCKED light will flash while door is unlocking,
and then shut off when door has unlocked. Oven cavity will be hot to
the touch. DO NOT attempt to open door prior to LOCKED
indicator light shutting off. When oven is cool, turn oven knob to
OFF.
Interrupting the self-clean cycle
To stop a self-clean cycle that has already started follow these steps.
If the interruption occurs mid cycle, the oven will remain locked, even
though the cycle has stopped, until the oven cavity has cooled to a
lower temperature.
1. Press OVEN CANCEL pad.
2. When oven has cooled to a lower temperature, LOCKED light
turns off. DO NOT force door. This can cause damage to the latch.
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of personal injury,
do not touch oven vents, or area
around vents, during self-cleaning.
These areas can become hot
enough to cause burns.
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of personal injury, property damage, or fire, clean
excess grease and soil from oven and oven bottom before beginning
a self-clean cycle.
1. Wearing gloves, pull oven bottom forward and lift out of range.
2. Wipe out burner area with a cloth and warm soapy water.
3. Dry area thoroughly and carefully replace oven bottom.