Care And Cleaning; Using The Oven - Hotpoint RGA720 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

Using the oven.

Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.
OVEN TEMP
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Oven Control
Your oven is controlled by an OVEN TEMP knob.
It can take up to 90 seconds before the flame
comes on.
After the oven reaches the selected
temperature, the oven burner maintains
the selected temperature.
Oven Lighting Instructions for Standing Pilot Models
The standing oven pilot must be lit initially.
To light the oven pilot:
Be sure the OVEN TEMP knob is in
the OFF position.
Open the oven door and
remove the oven bottom. See the
Removable Oven Bottom section in

Care and Cleaning.

Power Outage—Standing Pilot Models
An electrical power failure will not affect
the standing oven pilot.
Power Outage—Electric Ignition Models
CAUTION: Do not make any attempt to
operate the electric ignition oven during an
electric power failure. The oven or broiler
cannot be lit during a power failure. Gas
will not flow unless the glow bar is hot.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed with stop-locks
so when placed correctly on the shelf
supports, they will stop before coming
completely out of the oven and will not
tilt when you are removing food from
them or placing food on them.
When placing cookware on a shelf,
pull the shelf out to the bump on the
shelf support. Place the cookware on the
shelf, then slide the shelf back into the
oven. This will eliminate reaching into
the hot oven.
Find the oven pilot port at the back
of the oven.
To light the oven pilot, push in
and hold the OVEN TEMP knob while
lighting the pilot with a long match
or match in a match holder. Once
the oven pilot is lit, continue holding
the OVEN TEMP knob in for one
minute before releasing.
If the oven is in use when a power failure
occurs, the oven burner shuts off and
cannot be re-lit until power is restored.
This is because the flow of gas is
automatically stopped and will not
resume when power is restored until
the glow bar has reached operating
temperature.
To remove the shelves from the oven, pull
them toward you, tilt front end upward
and pull them out.
To replace, place shelf on shelf support
with stop-locks (curved extension of
shelf) facing up and toward back of oven.
Tilt up front and push shelf toward back
of oven until it goes past the bump on
the shelf support. Then lower front of
shelf and push it all the way back.