How The Cycle Works - Whirlpool SB160PEE Use And Care Manual

How the cycle works

The Self-Cleaning cycle uses very high heat
to burn away soil and grease. During the
cycle, the oven gets much hotter than it
does for normal baking or broiling. This high
heat breaks up the soil or grease and burns
it away.
We recommend a 3-hour Self-Cleaning
cycle. However, you can adjust the cycle
time to the amount of soil in your oven. You
can set the cycle anywhere between 2 and 4
hours. (See "Setting the controls" on
page 26.)
The graph at the right is representative of
a normal, 3-hour Self-Cleaning cycle. Note
that the heating stops when the 3-hour
setting is up, but it takes longer for the oven
to cool enough to unlock.
U S ING TH E SELF - CL EAN IN G CYCL E
START
875 F ( 468 C )
CLEANING CYCLE
OVEN SHUT OFF
COOLING FAN TURNS ON
( normal broiling temperature )
COOLING FAN TURNS OFF
AND DOOR UNLOCKS
DOOR LOCKS IMMEDIATELY
1 2
Time In Hours
3 STOP
29