YOUR
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Oven Shelves
The shelves are
designed with
locks so when placed
correctly on the shelf
supports, they will stop
before coming
completely out of the
oven and will not tilt
when you are removing
food from them or
placing food on them.
To remove a shelf
from the oven, pull it
toward you, tilt the front
end upward and pull the
shelf out.
To replace, place the
shelf on the shelf support
with the stop-locks
(curved
of the
facing up and toward the rear of the oven.
Tilt up the front and push the shelf toward the back
When placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out
of the” oven until it goes past the bump on the shelf
to the bump on the shelf support. Place the cookware
support. Then lower the front of the shelf and push it
on the shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven.
all the way back.
This will eliminate reaching into the hot oven.
Shelf Positions
The oven has five shelf
for baking and
roasting identified in this illustration as A (bottom),
B, C, D and E (top). It also has a special low shelf
position (R) for roasting extra
items, such as a
large turkey—the shelf is not designed to slide out at
this position. Shelf positions for cooking are suggested
in the Baking, Broiling and Roasting sections.
Oven Vents
The oven is vented through duct openings at the rear
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Do not leave any items on the cooktop. The hot air
of the cooktop. See the Features section. Do not block
from the vent may ignite flammable items and will
these openings when cooking in the oven—it is
increase pressure in closed containers, which may
important that the flow of hot air from the oven and
cause them to burst.
fresh air to the oven burners be uninterrupted.
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Do not leave plastic
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The vent openings and nearby surfaces may
items on the cooktop—
become hot. Do not touch them.
they may melt if left
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Handles of pots and pans on the cooktop may
too close to the vent.
become hot if left too close to the vent.
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Metal items will become very hot if they are left
Vent appearance and location
on the cooktop and could cause burns.
Oven Moisture
Oven Control
As your oven heats up, the temperature change of the
Your oven is controlled by a single OVEN
air in the oven may cause water droplets to form on
CONTROL knob.
the door glass. These droplets are harmless and will
It will normally take 30-90 seconds before the flame
evaporate as the oven continues to heat up.
comes on. After the oven reaches the selected
temperature, the oven burner cycles—off completely,
then on with a full flame-to maintain the selected
temperature.
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