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It is recommended that distilled water be used. The water
reservoir holds 8 cups (2,000 mL) of water. For more information,
see the “Steam-Assisted Cooking” section.
If you will be on vacation or not using your range for an extended
period of time, you should drain the water from the reservoir. See
the “Water Reservoir Drain Operation” section.
Descale
Calcium deposits or scale from water may build up in the steam
generator over time. The descale indicator light will come on
when it is necessary to descale. Descale the steam generator
following the instructions provided in the “Descaling” section of
“Range Care”.
OvenTimer
The Oven Timer can be set in hours and minutes and counts
down the set time.
■ The Oven Timer will not turn off the oven, except during the
self-clean cycle.
■ The Oven Timer is not an independent timer, it can only be
used with cooking functions.
When the set time ends, “0:00” will appear on the display and a
tone will sound 4 times. Four reminder tones will sound every
minute and the time will count up in 1-minute increments to let you
know how much time has elapsed since the set time ended. The
time will continue to count up until you reset or turn off the oven.
OVENUSE
Odors and smoke are normal when the oven is used the first few
times, or when it is heavily soiled.
IMPORTANT: The health of some birds is extremely sensitive to
the fumes given off. Exposure to the fumes may result in death to
certain birds. Always move birds to another closed and well-
ventilated room.
PositioningRacks and Bakeware
IMPORTANT: Do not place food or bakeware directly on the oven
door or bottom. Permanent damage will occur to the porcelain
finish.
RACKS
NOTES:
■ Position racks before turning on the oven.
■ Do not position racks with bakeware on them.
■ Make sure racks are level.
To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, raise the front edge,
then lift out. Use the following illustration and charts as a guide.
Traditional Cooking
Convection Cooking
Steam-Assisted Cooking
BAKEWARE
To cook food evenly, hot air must be able to circulate. Allow
2" (5 cm) of space around bakeware and oven walls. Use the
following chart as a guide.
WARNING
Food Poisoning Hazard
Do not let food sit in oven more than one hour before
or after cooking.
Doing so can result in food poisoning or sickness.
1
2
3
4
5
FOOD RACK POSITION
Frozen pies, large roasts, turkeys,
angel food cakes
1 or 2
Bundt cakes, most quick breads,
yeast breads, casseroles, meats
2
Cookies, biscuits, muffins, cakes,
nonfrozen pies
2 or 3
FUNCTION NUMBER OF
RACKS USED
RACK
POSITION(S)
Convection baking or
roasting
1 1, 2 or 3
Convection baking 2 2 and 4
Convection baking 3 1, 3 and 5
FUNCTION NUMBER OF
RACKS USED
RACK
POSITION(S)
Steam-assisted baking or
roasting
1 1, 2 or 3
Baking stone 1 1
NUMBER
OF PAN(S)
POSITION ON RACK
1 Center of rack.
2 Side by side or slightly staggered.
3 or 4 Staggered when using more than one rack.
Make sure that no bakeware piece is directly
over another.