Oven Cooking ... Broiling ... Self-Clean Cycle ... Cleaning Tips ... Removable Range Parts ... Before Calling For Service ... Adjusting Oven Temperature MODELS 45520, 45521 USE • CARE • SAFETY SEARS Kenmore ..9, 10 13, 14 16.18...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY Keep this book for later use. Be sure your range Is Installed and grounded properly by a qualified technician. Always use care when touching cooktop elements, areas nearthe cooktop elements, oven hasting elements or inside the oven. Heating elements could be hot enough to burn you even if they are dark In color.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY Read and understand NOW! Should you ever need it, you will not have time for reading. Be sure everyone in your what to do in case of a fire. Never use water on a grease only spread flames. IMPORTANT SAFETY The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforce-...
YOUR The model and serial number of your oven can be found on a tag located below the lift-up cooktop, at the rear. Lift-Up Cooktop Removable Chrome Bowls (Soe pages 15 & 17) Cooktop indicator Light (glows when any cooktop element Is on) Cooktop Control (See pages 9 &...
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Range Control CANCELS BAKE, BROIL OR CLEAN OPERATION PRESS TO TURN TIMER ON AND OFF Your range control Is touch controlled. BROIL,TIMER or CLEAN,touch and select the temperature or time by touching t he arrow pad. TO SET THE CLOCK: 1.
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TO RESET TIMER: "TIMER" will stop flashing and the TIMER will start counting down a few seconds after you stop touching the UP or DOWN arrow. If you pause while selecting the time and the timer activates, press TIMER again and continue to set the time.
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DELAYED ON AND OFF: You can set the oven to turn on and off automatically. The control will calculate the Ume to start cooking. 1. Press COOK TIME. 2. Press UP or DOWN arrow to set how long you want to bake.
Start Cooking COOKTOP COOKING The sign near each cooktop control knob shows which element Is turned on by that knob. O00e Left Left Right Front Rear Rear To operate cooktop controls: 1. Push to turn. 2. Set on or between marks for desired heat. An indicator light will glow when any cooktop element is on.
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q. May I can foods and preserves units? A. Yes, but only use cookware purposes. Check the manufacturer's and recipes for preserving foods. Be sure canner Is flat-bottomed and fits over the center of your surface unit. Since canning generates steam, be careful to avoid burns from steam or heat.
OVEN COOKING When cooking a food for the first time In your new oven, use time given on recipes as a guide. Your new oven has been set correctly at the factory and Is more apt to be accurate than the oven It replaced.
BROILING Most foods can be broiled st the HI Broil Setting. Select the L0 Broil setting to avoid excessive drying of foods that should he cooked to the well-done stage (such as thick pork chops or poultry). BROILING TIPS Your oven door should...
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The Self-Clean BEFORE A CLEAN CYCLE 1. Remove t he broil pan and grid, oven racks, all utensils and any foil that may be in the oven. clean utensils or any other objects In the oven during a self-clean cycle. If oven racks range during...
TO SET SELF-CLEAN 1. Close oven door. Push CLEAN. show (---). Fig. 1. You may need to press slightly on the door. Fig. 1 2. Press L_ or L_ to set the desired length of clean time. Clean time is normally change it between 2 and 4 hours, depending on how dirty the oven Is.
Detergent, warm water, soft cloth or a 3rushed chrome cooktop chrome cleaner or Sears Cooktop Clean- (some models) ing Creme® To remove fingerprints on brushed chrome, apply a little baby oll with a paper towel.
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REMOVABLE OVEN To remove: 1. Open the door to the stop position (see Illustration). 2. Grasp the door at each side and lift up and off the hinges. NOTE: When the door is removed are at stop position, do not bump or try to move hinge arms.
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REMOVABLE KNOBS All control knobs may be removed for easy cleaning by pulling the knob straight off the stem. Be sure that the knob is In the OFF position before removal. Hint: Slip a thin cloth (such as a handkerchief) ora piece of string under and around the knob edge and pull up.
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LIFT-UP COOKTOP The range has a support to hold the cooktop up while cleaning. Raise the support as shown In the Illustration. Porcelain enamel can chip porcelain enameled cooktops REPLACING THE OVEN Be sure that the light switch Do not touch hot oven bulb.
If you do have a problem you cannot fix yourself, call your nearest Sears Store or Service Center for help. When calling, have this manual, the Repair Parts LIst, Model Number, Serial Number and purchase date handy.
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BEFORE CALLING FOR SERVICE PROBLEM Foods do not broil properly • Oven smokes • Oven light does work • Oven does not clean • Controls not set properly or poor cleaning • Clean cycle interrupted too suits • Oven door wlll not un- •...
ADJUSTING OVEN TEMPERATURE The temperature In your new oven has been set correctly at t he factory, so be su re to follow the recipe temperatures and cooking times the first few times you bake In your oven. If you think the oven should be hotter or cooler, you can adjust the oven temperature yourself.
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WE SERVICE "We Service What We Sell" Is our assurance to you that you can depend on Sears for service because Sears service is nationwide. Your Kenmore Range has added value when you consider that Sears has a service unit near you staffed by Sears trained technicians..,...