USING YOUR OVEN
Before Using Your Oven
1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how
3. Read over the information and tips that follow.
to set them properly. Read over the directions for
4. Keep this guide handy so you can refer to it,
the Automatic Oven Timer so you understand its
use with the controls.
especially during the first weeks of using your
new range.
2. Check the oven interior. Look at the shelves.
Take a practice run at removing and replacing
NOTE: You may notice a “burning” or “oily”
them properly, to give sure, sturdy support.
smell the first few times you turn your oven on.
This is normal in a new oven and will disappear in
a short time.
Oven Controls
Your range has 2 control knobs—the OVEN SET and
The OVEN
knob maintains the temperature
the OVEN TEMP.
you set, from WARM (
to BROIL
The OVEN SET knob has settings for BAKE,
The oven cycling light glows
the oven reaches
TIMED BAKE, BROIL, and OFF.
your selected temperature, then goes off and on with
the oven element(s) during cooking.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed with
stop-locks, so that when placed
correctly
on
the shelf
they will stop before coming
completely out from the oven, and
will not tilt when removing food
from or placing food on them.
When placing cookware on a shelf,
pull the shelf 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 the shelves 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 stop-locks
(the curved extension of
facing up and toward the rear of the
oven. Tilt up front and push shelf
toward the back of the oven until it
goes past the bump on the
support. Then lower the front of the
shelf and push it all the way back.
Shelf Positions
The oven has 4 shelf supports identified in this
illustration as A (bottom), B, C and D (top).
Shelf positions for cooking food are suggested in
the Baking, Roasting and Broiling sections.
Oven Light
Use the switch on the control panel to turn the light on and off.
