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Self-Cleaning
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of personal injury, do not touch oven
vents or areas around vents during self-cleaning.
These areas can become hot enough to cause burns.
To avoid risk of smoke damage or fire, clean excess
spills from oven interior.
Prepare for Self-clean Cycle
• A small amount of smoke is normal when cleaning.
Excess smoke may indicate a faulty gasket or too
much food residue has been left in oven. Move birds and
small animals susceptible to fumes or smoke to
another room.
• Oven should be cleaned before it gets too dirty. Wipe up
large spills before self-cleaning.
• Do not use cleaning cycle if oven light cover is not
properly in place.
Self-cleaning
1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning.
• Remove oven racks and all cooking utensils from
oven.
• Clean excess spills from oven interior.
• Remove items from rangetop and backguard. These
areas can become hot during self-cleaning cycle.
2. With oven door closed, move oven door lever located
above oven door to right to lock oven door.
• If oven is too hot before starting self-clean cycle,
oven lever will not move to locked position. Allow
oven to cool before starting cycle.
Unlock
Lock
Oven Door Lever
3. Turn oven temperature knob to
CLEAN
position.
• If oven temperature knob is set before oven door
lever is moved,
LOCKED
light flashes. Move oven
door lever to locked position.
•
LOCKED
and
OVEN
indicator lights glow.
• Self-clean cycle lasts for approximately 4 hours.
After self-clean cycle,
OVEN
and
LOCKED
lights
flash. Turn temperature knob to
OFF
position and
move oven door lever to unlocked position.
Interrupt Self-Clean Cycle
1. Turn oven temperature knob to
OFF
position.
2. When oven has cooled to a safe temperature,
LOCKED
light flashes. Door can be unlocked and
opened.
• Do not force door lever open. If door lever is forced,
lock can be damaged.
After Self-cleaning Cycle
Turn oven temperature knob to
OFF
position when
finished. After oven has cooled
LOCKED
light flashes.
Door can be unlocked and opened.