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Care and cleaning of the range.
Do not attempt to clean the oven until you have read this section.
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Operating Instructions
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The continuous-cleaning oven cleans itself while cooking.
The oven interior is finished with a special coating that cannot be cleaned in the
usual manner with soap, detergents, steel wool pads, commercial oven cleaners,
coarse abrasive pads or coarse brushes. Use of such cleansers and/or the use of
oven sprays will cause permanent damage.
The special coating is a porous ceramic material, which is dark in
color and feels slightly rough to the touch. If magnified, the surface
would appear as peaks, valleys and sub-surface ‘‘tunnels.’’ This
rough finish tends to prevent grease spatters from forming little
beads or droplets that run down the side walls of a hard-surface
oven liner, leaving unsightly streaks that require hand cleaning.
Instead, when spatter hits the porous finish, it is dispersed and
partially absorbed. This spreading action increases the exposure of
oven soil to heated air and makes it somewhat less noticeable.
Soil may not disappear completely and at some time after extended
usage, stains may appear that cannot be removed.
The special coating works best on small amounts of spatter. It does
not work well with larger spills, especially sugars, egg or dairy
mixtures. For this reason, the oven is equipped with a removable,
replaceable aluminum foil oven bottom liner which protects the
porous bottom of the oven from spillovers.
This special coating is not used on the oven shelves or on the inside of the oven
door. These should be removed for cleaning to prevent damage to the continuous-
cleaning oven coating.
Use care in removing and replacing the shelves and in placing and
removing dishes and food to avoid scratching, rubbing or otherwise
damaging the porous finish on the oven walls.
Special Care of Continuous-Cleaning Oven Interior
(on some models)