SPECIAL TIPS
1.
Keep the kitchen well
2.
Clean the oven before
ventilated during the
It gets heavily soiled
cleaning cycle to help
Cleaning a very soiled
get rid of normal heat oven takes longer and
odors and smoke results in more smoke
than usual
4. Oven racks lose their shine, discolor
5.
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
If the cleaning cycle
doesn’t get the oven as
clean as you
expected, the cycle
may not have been set
long enough Set the
cleaning time longer
for heavier soil
To stop the cleaning cycle after It has
started
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Turn the Stop Ime Knob clockwlse
until the hand points to the right time
of day
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Turn the Oven Selector and Oven
Temperature Control to OFF
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When the Lock Light turns off, move the
Lock Lever back to the left Do NOT
FORCE IT Wait until it moves easllv
HOW IT WORKS
During the self-cleaning cycle, the oven gets much hotter than it does
for baking or broiling...approximately 875 F (468 C] This heat breaks
up grease and soil, and burns it off.
The graph shows approximate temperatures and times during a self-
cleaning cycle set for two hours.
SELF-CLEANING CYCLE -TWO HOUR SETTING
(Approximate Temperatures and limes]
316 C
204 C
START
‘/a hr
1 hr 1’12 hrs
2 hrs
2% hrs
Notice that the heating stops when the two-hour setting is up, but that it takes a
while lonaer for the oven to cool down enouah to unlock