Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that are easily
Do not use aluminmn foil to line the surface unit drip
grasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable
or loose
bowls (select models) or the oven bottom. Improper
handled pans.
installation of these liners may result in a risk of electric
Be sure utensil is large enough to properly contain food
shock or fire.
and avoid boilovers. Pan size is particularly important in
deep fat flying.
Self-Clean
Oven (select
models)
To minimize bums, ignition of flammable materials and
Clean only parts listed in this booldet.
Do not clean
spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, do
door gasket. The door gasket is essential fbr a good seal.
not extend handles over adjacent surface elements. A1-
Care should be taken not to rub, damage, or move the
ways turn pan handles toward the side or back of the
gasket. Do not use oven cleaners
of any kind in or
appliance, not out into the room where they are easily,
around any part of the self-clean oven.
hit or reached by small children.
Before self-cleaning the oven, renmve broiler pan, oven
Never let a pan boil dry as this could damage the utensil
racks, and other
utensils,
and wipe off excessive
and the appliance,
spillovers
to prevent
excessive
smoke or flare-ups.
CAUTION:
DO NOT LEAVE FOOD OR COOKING
Follow the manufacturer_
directions when using oven
UTENSILS,
ETC., IN THE OVEN DURING
TIiE
cooking bags.
SELF-CLEAN
CYCLE.
Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic,
ceramic, or
It is normal for the cooktop of the range to become hot
glazed utensils are suitable for cooktop or oven usage
dnring
a self-clean
cycle. Therefore,
touching
the
without
breaking
due
to the sudden
change
in
cooktop during a clean cycle should be avoided.
teInperature.
A _n should be heard during the self-clean cycle (select
This appliance
has been tested for safe performance
models). If not, cancel the cycle and call seiwieer. Refer
using conventional cooGvare. Do not use any devices or
to the Table of Contents
for location
of self-clean
accessories that are not specifically recommended
in
instructions and for information, if equipped.
this manual. Do not use eyelid covers for the surface
units, stove top grills, or add-on
oven convection
Important
Safety
Notice
and Warning
systems. The nse of devices or accessories that are not
expressly
recommended
in this manual
can create
The California
Safe
Drinking
Water
and
Toxic
serious safety hazards, result in performance problems,
Enforcement
Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) requires the
and reduce t'he life of the components of the appliance.
Governor of California to publish a list of substances
known to the State of Calitornia
to cause cancer or
Cleaning
Safety
reproductive
harm, and requires
businesses
to warn
Turn off all controls and wait for appliance parts to cool
customers of potential exposures to such substances.
before touching or cleaning them.
Users of this appliance are hereby warned that when
the oven is engaged
in the self-clean
cycle (select
Clean cooktop _vith caution. Use care to avoid steam
models), there may be some low level exposure to some
burns if a wet sponge or eloth is used to wipe spills on a
of the listed substances,
including carbon monoxide.
hot surface. Some cleaners ean produce noxious fumes
Exposure
to these substances
can be minimized
by
if applied tn a hot surface,
properly venting the range to the outdoors during the
Do not soak or immerse
the removable
heating
self-clean cycle.
elements
in water
(select
models).
Immersing
an
element in water would damage the insulating material
inside the element.
SAVE
THESE
INS TR UC TIONS
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