Whirlpool RB16OPXL Oven User Manual


 
SPECIAL TIPS
1.
Keep the kitchen well 2. Clean the oven before 3. If the cleaning cycle
ventilated during the it gets heavily soiled.
doesn’t get the oven as
cleaning cycle to help Cleanlng a very soiled clean as you
get rid of normal heat
oven takes longer and expected, the cycle
odors and smoke.
results in more smoke may not have been set
than usual. long enough. Set the
cleaning tlme longer
for heavier soil.
4. Oven racks lose their shine, discolor
and become harder to slide on their
guides when they are left in the oven
during the cleaning cycle. To make
them slide easier, polish the edges of
the racks and rack guides with a soapy
steel-wool pad, rinse well, and wipe
on a thin coat of salad oil.
5.
To stop the cleaning cycle after lt has
started:
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Turn the Stop Tlme Knob clockwlse
unttl the hand points to the rlghttlme
of day.
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Turn the Oven Selector to OFF and leave
the Oven Temperature Control at CLEAN.
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When the oven cools, you can
open the door. Walt until the oven Is cool.
HOW IT WORKS
During the self-cleaning cycle, the oven gets much hotter than It does for baking
or broiling...approximately 875°F (468%). This heat breaks up grease and soll and
burns It off.
The graph shows approximate temperatures and tlmes during a self-cleaning
cycle for 3 hours.
SELF-CLEANING CYCLE -THREE HOUR SETTING
[Approximate Temperatures and limes)
1000°F
538-c
8O(PF
42PC
600-F
316-C
4oov
204’c
2oov
93y:
START
K hr.
1 hr.
1K hn. 2 hn.
2%‘~ hn. 3 hn. 3Khn. STOP
Notice that the heating stops when the 3-hour setting is up, but that it takes longer
for
the oven to cool down enough to unlock.
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