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Wipe
up e xcess
grease
er s pi,,overs
Irom
the ove t he door
lock ,ever
right
te the
ovenbottomto prevent e xcessive smoking,
locked position (select m odels).
flare-ups o rflaming during thecleancycle. F or
easeof cleaning, the heating element c anbe
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lifted slightly (1inch).
It is normal forpartsoftherange to
become h otduring a clean cycle
Wipeupsugaryandacidspillovers suchas
3. Press theClean pad.
sweet p otatoes, tomato or milk-based s auces.
>- TheCLEAN indicator ontheClean
_'-Avoidtouching cooktop, door,win-
Porcelain enamel i s acid resistant, n ot acid
dow, o rovenventareaduring
aciean
proof.Theporcelainfinish may discolorif
padwillflash.
cycle,
acidicspillsarenot wipedupprior toaself-
>_ TheLOCK indicator willlighton
Toprevent damage t oovendoor, d o
cleancycle,
models w ithautomatic lockfeature
not a ttemptto o pen thedoor w hen the
and "- : - -" or3:00willlightin
LOCK indicator isdisplayed.
DURING CLEANCYCLE
display depending onyourmodel.
>- Oonotusecommercialoven
clean.
When theLOCK indicator lightsinthedisplay,
if thedoorisnotclosed or locked,
ors ontheself-clean o venfinishor
thedoor cannot beopened. Toprevent damage
"dr"willappear i nthedisplay.
around anypartof theovenasthey
todoor, d onotforcedooropenwhentheLOCK4. PressMore+or Less-padto select
willdamage t hefinish orparts,
light i s illuminated,
cleantimeorchange cleantime.The
Some smoke andodor maybedetected t hefirst
oven will a utomatically clean for3hours
Theself-clean cycleusesabovenormalcook- f ewtimesthe oveniscleaned. Thisis normal
or,select 2 hours for lightsoilupto4
ingtemperatures toautomatically clean the
andwilllessen intime.Smoke may alsooccur i f
hours forheavy soiL.
entire oveninterior,
ovenisheavily s oiled orif broiler p anwasleftin
5. IFYOUWISH TODELAY THE START
Itisnormal forexcessive flare-ups, smoking oven.
OFCLEANING (ifnot,skipto #6):
andflaming to occurduring cleaning if the
Asovenheats, y oumayhearsounds o f metal
> Press theStopTimepad.
ovenisheavily s oiled. I tisbetter t oclean the
parts expanding andcontracting. Thisisnormal
> Press More+ padtoselect t hetime
ovenregularly r ather t han towaituntil t here
andwillnotdamage o ven.
isa heavy build-up o fsoilintheoven.
ofdayyouwish theoven toturnoff.
Duringthe cleaning process, t he kitchen
AFTER SELF-CLEANING
> Press Clockpadandtimeofday
should bewellventilated t o helpeliminate Aboutone hourafterthe end of the clean
willreappear inthedisplay. Press
normal odors associated withcleaning,
cycle,the LOCK indicatorlight will turnoff.
theStopTimepadtorecall t he
At thispoint,the doorcanbeopened,
timeyouset.
BEFORE SELF-CLEANING
Some soilmayleavea lightgray, p owdery a sh
6. When theoven turnson:
Turn offtheoven light b efore cleaning a sthe
which canberemoved w ithadamp cloth. I fsoil
> TheOVEN ONindicator willlight.
lightmayburn outduring theclean cycle,
remains, it indicates t hatthe cleancyclewas
> TheLOCK indicator willlightwhen
Remove b roiler p an,allpansandtheoven
notlongenough. Thesoilwillberemoved d ur-
oven heats to400 oFonmodels W ith
racksfromthe oven.Theovenracks will
ingthenext c leancycle,
a manual door lock.Thedoorcan-
discolorandmaynot slideeasilyaftera
Iftheovenrackswereleftinthe ovenanddo
notbeopened whenLOCK indica-
self-clean cycle,
notslide smoothly after a clean cycle, wiperacks
torislit.
Clean oven frame, d oor frame (area outside
and embossed rack supportswith a small
7. Aboutonehourafterthecleancycle
thedoorgasket) andaround theopening in
amount ofvegetable o iltorestore e ase ofmove-
ends,the LOCK indicator willturnoff
thedoor gasket witha nonabrasive cleaning mont.
andtheovendoor canbeopened (se-
agentsuchas BonAmi*or detergent and
A whitediscoloration mayappear a fterclean-
lectmodels.movedoorlocklevertothe
lefttounlock).
water. These areas a renotexposed toclean-
ingif acidic or sugary f oods werenot w iped up
ing temperatures
before theclean cycle. T hisdiscoloration isnor-
and should be
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real a ndwillNOT affect p erformance.
TOCANCEL C LEAN CYCLE:
cleaned to prevent
Finelines mayappear i ntheporcelain r esulting Press theCANCEL p ad.Ifthe LOCK indi-
soilfrombaking on
from theheating andcooling ofthefinish. T his
cator isNOT lit,unlock (select models) and
during the clean
isnormal andwillnotaffect p erformance,
opentheovendoor. IftheLOCKindicatoris
cycle,
lit,allowoventocool a bout o nehour then
Topreventdamage, d onotclean orrub
SETTING THECONTROLS F OR
unlock(selectmodels)andopenovendoor.
the gasket around the oven d oor. The g as- SELF-CLEAN
ketis designed t o sealin heatduringthe
cleancycle.
NOTE:Theseinstructionscoverautomatic
lockandmanual l ockmodels.
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1. Close theovendoor.

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