CARE AND MAINTENANCE
CARE AND CLEANING OF THE RANGE (cont’d)
OVEN SHELVES AND BROILER RACK
•
The shelves and broiler rack can be cleaned by hand using soap and water or with an
abrasive cleaner or steel wool. After cleaning, rinse the shelves and broiler rack with
clean water and dry with a clean cloth.
•
After cleaning, grease all oven rack edges with a light coating of vegetable oil. This will
help maintain the ease of sliding the racks in and out of the oven.
REMOVABLE OVEN BOTTOM
Knurled screw
(on some models)
•
First remove the shelves from the oven. The oven bottom lifts from the front.
To remove:
1. On models so equipped, remove the knurled screw in the front of the oven bottom.
2. Grasp each side of the oven bottom and push it back.
3. Lift the front up and pull it out of the oven.
To replace:
1. Grasp each side of the oven bottom and guide its rear tabs into the slots in the back of
the oven.
2. Lower the oven bottom and pull it forward until it is secure under the front oven
fl
oor
edge.
3. On models so equipped, replace the knurled screw in the front of the oven bottom.
• NOTE:
If the oven bottom is replaced incorrectly, it may warp and cause undesirable
baking results.
OVEN BOTTOM
•
The oven bottom has a porcelain-enamel
fi
nish. To make cleaning easier, protect the oven bottom from excessive
spillovers by placing a cookie sheet on the rack below the rack you are cooking on. This is particularly important when
baking a fruit pie or other foods with a high acid content. Hot fruit
fi
llings or other foods that are highly acidic (such as
tomatoes, sauerkraut and sauces with vinegar or lemon juice) may cause pitting and damage to the porcelain-enamel
surface and should be wiped up immediately.
•
To clean up spillovers, use soap and water, an abrasive claner or soap-
fi
lled scouring pad. Rinse well to remove any
soap before self-cleaning.
BROILER COMPARTMENT
•
The broiler pan is held in place in the broiler rack.
To remove the broiler pan:
1. Gently pull forward on the drop down broiler door.
2. Pull the broiler rack with pan forward until the rack stops. Grasp the broiler pan and
remove it from the broiler rack.
To replace the broiler pan:
1. Slide the broiler pan onto the rack and push both the broiler pan and the rack all the way
into the broiler compartment.
2. Close the broiler door.
If a spillover occurs int he broiler compartment, allow the compartment to cool
fi
rst. You can
clean the compartment with soap and water, a mild abrasive cleanser, soap-
fi
lled scouring
pads or an oven cleaner following package directions.
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Knurled screw
(on some models)
