Before Using Your Oven
1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how to
4. Keep this book handy so you can refer to it,
set them properly. Read over the directions for the
especially during the first weeks of using your
Oven Controls so you understand how to use them.
new cooking center.
2. Check the oven interior. Look at the shelves.
NOTE: You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the
Take a practice run at removing and replacing
first few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in
them properly, to give sure, sturdy support.
a new oven and will disappear in a short time. To speed
3. Read over the information and tips that follow.
the process, set a self-clean cycle for a minimum of 3
hours. See the Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven section.
Oven Light
Surface Light
The lower oven light comes
on automatically when the
door is opened. Use the
m
Push the surface light switch button located under the
control panel and the light comes on. Push again and
the light goes off.
switch to turn light on and
off when door is closed.
The
is located above
the door of the lower oven.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed with stop-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.
When placing
cookware on a shelf, pull the
out to the “stop” position. Place the cookware on the
shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven. This will
eliminate reaching into the hot oven.
To remove a shelf from the oven, pull the shelf toward
you, tilt the front end upward and pull the shelf out.
To replace, place the shelf on the shelf support with
the
(curved extension of
facing up
toward
of the oven. Tilt up the
and
push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it
goes past “stop” on the oven wall. Then lower the
front of the shelf and push it all the way back.
Shelf Positions
The oven has four shelf supports identified in this
illustration as A (bottom), B, C and D (top).
Shelf positions for cooking food are suggested on the
Baking, Roasting and Broiling pages.
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