Maintaining your appliance _
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AINING YOUR APPLIANCE
maintaining your appliance
SELF-CLEANING
A self-cleaning oven uses high temperatures (well above cooking temperatures) to burn off leftover
grease and residue completely or reduce them to a fi nely powdered ash that you can wipe away
with a damp cloth.
CAUTION
During the self-cleaning cycle, the outside of the range can become very hot to touch.
Do not
leave small children unattended near the appliance.
The health of some birds is extremely sensitive to the fumes given off during the self-
cleaning cycle of any range. Move birds to another well-ventilated room.
Do not
line the oven walls, racks, bottom or any other part of the range with
aluminum foil. Doing so will result in poor heat distribution, produce poor baking
results and cause permanent damage to the oven interior (aluminum foil will melt to
the interior surface of the oven).
Do not
force the oven door open. This can damage the automatic door locking
system. Use care when opening the oven door after the self-cleaning cycle is
complete. Stand to the side of the oven when opening the door to allow hot air or
steam to escape. The oven may still be
VERy HOT
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Before a self-cleaning cycle
Fig. 1
We recommend venting your kitchen with an open window
or using a ventilation fan or hood during the self-cleaning
cycle.
Remove the wire rack, broil pan, broil pan insert, all
cookware and any aluminum foil from the oven.
Wipe up debris from the oven bottom. (Fig. 1)
The silver-colored oven racks can be self-cleaned, but they
will darken, lose their luster and become hard to slide.
Residue on the front frame of the range and outside the
gasket on the door will need to be cleaned by hand. Clean
these areas with hot water, soap-fi lled steel-wool pads or
cleansers such as Soft Scrub. Rinse well with clean water
and dry.
Do not clean the gasket. The fi berglass material of the oven
door gasket cannot withstand abrasion. It is essential for
the gasket to remain intact. If you notice it becoming worn
or frayed, replace it. (Fig. 2)
Make sure the oven light bulb cover is in place and the
oven light is off.
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Don’t hand
clean the
oven door
gasket.
Fig. 2
You may
hand clean
the door.
The health of some birds is extremely sensitive to the fumes given off during the self-
cleaning cycle of any range. Move birds to another well ventilated room.
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