Using Your Oven
1. Look the controls. Be sure you understand how
to set them properly.
2. Check the oven interior. Look the shelves.
Take a practice run at removing and replacing them
properly, to give sure, sturdy support.
3. Read over the information and tips that tallow.
4. Keep this guide handy so you can refer to it,
especially during the first
using your
new range.
NOTE:
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You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the
few
times you turn your oven on. This is normal in a new
oven and will disappear in a short time. To speed the
process, set a self-clean cycle for a minimum of 3 hours.
See the Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven section.
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A fan may automatically turn on and off to cool
internal parts. This is normal and the fan may
continue to run even after the oven is turned off.
Electric Ignition
The oven burner and broil burner are lighted by
After the oven reaches the selected temperature, the
electric ignition.
oven burner cycles—off completely, then on with a
To light either burner, touch the pad for the desired
full flame-to keep the oven temperature controlled.
function and press the INCREASE or DECREASE
pad until the desired temperature is displayed. The
burner should ignite within 30–90 seconds.
Power Outage
CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO
THE ELECTRIC IGNITION OVEN
AN ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE.
Neither the oven nor the broiler can be lit during an
electrical power outage. Gas will not flow unless the
glow bar is hot.
If the oven is in use when a power outage occurs, the
oven burner shuts off and cannot be
until power
is restored.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed with stop-locks, so that
when placed correctly on the shelf supports, 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 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
stop-locks (curved extension
.---,
of
shelf) facing up and toward the rear of the
oven. Tilt up the front and push the shelf toward the
back of the oven until it goes past the bump on the
shelf support. 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).
positions for cooking are suggested in the
Roasting and Broiling sections.
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