Care And Cleaning; Self'cleaning Oven - Hotpoint RB787WC2WW Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

Usingthe self-cleaning oven.(on some models)
Never force the latch handle. Forcing the handle will damage the door lock mechanism.
Wipe up heavy soil on the oven
bottom.
Make sure the oven light bulb cover
is in place and the oven light is ofL
Before a Clean Cycle
Therangemustbecompletely coolin orderto set
theself-clean cycle.
_vVe recoininend venting _dth an open
x_4ndow or using a ventilation fan or hood
during tlie first self-clean o, cle.
Remove tlie shelves, broiler pan, broiler
grid, all cookware and any alunfinuni fi)il
fiom the oven.
Tile oven shelves can be self-cleaned, but
flmy will darken, lose their luster and
become hard to slide.
Soil on tile front fiame of tim range and
outside file gasket on file door will need to
be cleaned by hand. Clean these meas with
hot water, soap-filled steel-wool pads or
cleansers such as Soft Scrub (P . Rinse well
with clean water and d U.
Do not clean the g_Lsket.The fiberglass
material of the {)ven door gasket cannot
withstand abrasion. It is essential fitr the
gasket to remain intact. If you notice it
becoming worn or flayed, replace it.
IMPORTANT'. The heahh of some birds is
exUemely sensitive to the finnes given off
during tlie self-cleaning o,(le of any range.
Move birds to another well ventilated room.
How to Set the Oven for Cleaning
[] Hu(h tile door.
[] Turn tlie Oven Temperature knob to
CLEAN.
Clean _ycle time is normally 4 hours and
20 minutes. On models with COOKTIME
and STARTTIMEpads, you can change the
clean time to between 3 hours and 5 hours,
59 minutes byusing tile HOURand MIN.
pads. Tile display will sh_twtile dean time
counting (h)wn.
When the CLEAN light flashes, and the
oven has completely cooled, slide the
latch handle to the left, and turn the
Oven TemperaUne knob to OFF.Never
fi)rce the latch handle.
Y()u may damage
the door lock.
Tostopa clean cycle,turn tile Oven
Temperature
knob to OFF. Wait until tile
oven has tooled and unlat(h tlie door.
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How to Delay the Start of Cleaning (on somemodels)
[] I_uch tlle door.
[] Turn the ()yen Temperature
knob U)
CLEAN.
[] Pressdie START T/MEON/OFF pad.
When the CLEANlight flashes, and dm
oven has completely cooled, slide the latch
handle to the left as thr as it will go and
turn dm Oven Temperature
knob to OFF.
[] Press tlie HOURand MIN. pads u) set
tile time cleaning xdll start.
After a Clean Cycle
You illay
noti(e some
white
ash
in [lie oven.
Wipe it up with a damp (loth after tile
oven
tools.
If white spots remalk remove them with a soap-
filled steel-wool pad and nnse thoroughlywith a
wnegarand water mixture.
These deposi/s me usually a salt residue
that cannot be removed by tile clean o:cle.
Iftim oven is not clean after ()tie clean cycle,
repeat the _yde.
>; You cannot set tile oven for cooking until
tile oven is cool enough for tile door to
be unlatched.
i_? While the oven is sellcleaning, y{tu can
press the CLOCKpad m _fisplay the time of
day. To return to the clean c(mntd()_l,
press the COOKTIMEON/OFFpad.
i;_? If tile shelves become hmd to slide,
apply a small mnount ofvegelable oil
or cooking oil to a paper towel and wipe
the edges of the oven shelves with the
paper towel.
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