Using The Self-Cleaning Cycle; Before You Start - KitchenAid KEMI301G Use And Care Manual

U
sing the Self-Cleaning
Cycle

Before you start

Hand-clean frame
Hand-clean door
around edge
NOTE: Heat and odors are normal during
the Self-Cleaning cycle. Keep the kitchen
well ventilated by opening a window or by
turning on a vent hood or other kitchen
vent during the cycle.
Before you start the Self-Cleaning
cycle, make sure you:
• Hand-clean the areas shown. They do not
get hot enough during the Self-Cleaning
cycle for soil to burn away. Use hot water
and detergent or a soapy, steel-wool pad
for cleaning.
NOTE: DO NOT clean, move, or bend the
gasket. You may get poor cleaning, baking,
and roasting.
• Do not let water, cleaner, etc., enter slots
on door and frame.
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Do not touch the oven during the Self-Cleaning cycle.
Keep children away from oven during Self-Cleaning cycle.
Do not use commercial oven cleaners in your oven.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns, or
illness from inhaling dangerous fumes.
DO NOT
hand-clean
gasket
wWARNING
Burn Hazard
• Remove the broiler pan and grid and any
cookware/bakeware being stored in the
oven.
• Wipe out any loose soil or grease. This will
help reduce smoke during the Self-
Cleaning cycle.
• Wipe up food spills containing sugar as
soon as possible after the oven cools
down. When sugar is heated to a high
temperature in the Self-Cleaning cycle, the
high temperature can cause the sugar to
burn and react with the porcelain. This can
cause staining and etching or pitting.
• Remove the oven racks from the oven if
you want them to remain shiny. You can
clean the oven racks in the Self-Cleaning
cycle, but they will become harder to slide.
(See the "Cleaning chart" in the "Caring for
Your Range" section, p. 36.) If you clean
the racks in the Self-Cleaning cycle, place
them on the 2nd and 4th rack guides. (The
guides are counted from bottom to top.)
IMPORTANT: The health of some birds is
extremely sensitive to the fumes given off
during the Self-Cleaning cycle. Move birds
to another closed and well ventilated room.
TIPS:
• Keep the kitchen well ventilated during the
Self-Cleaning cycle to help get rid of heat,
odors, and smoke.
• Clean the oven before it gets heavily
soiled. Cleaning a very soiled oven takes
longer and results in more smoke than
usual.