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ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. • Teach children not to play with the controls or any other part of the range. • Never leave the oven door open when you are not watching the range. • Always keep combustible wall coverings, curtains or drapes a safe distance from your range.
• Do not use oven cleaners. No commercial oven cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind should be used in or around any part of the oven. Residue from oven cleaners will damage the inside of the oven when the self-clean cycle is used.
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• Before self-cleaning the oven, remove the broiler pan, grid and other cookware. • Be sure to wipe up excess spillage before starting the self-cleaning operation. • If the self-cleaning mode malfunctions, turn the oven off and disconnect the power supply.
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Baking, Roasting and Broiling sections. 13 Oven Shelf with Stop-Locks 14 Bake Element May be lifted gently for wiping the oven floor. 15 Lift-Off Oven Door with Broil Stop Position 16 Broiler Pan and Grid Do not clean in the self-cleaning oven.
Flooring Under the Range Your range, like many other household items, is heavy and can settle into soft floor coverings such as cushioned vinyl or carpeting. When moving the range on this type of flooring, it should be installed on a 1/4-inch-thick sheet of plywood (or similar material) as follows: When the floor covering ends at the front of the range, the area that the range will rest on should be built up with plywood to the...
They can be removed with cleaning cream and a razor scraper. It is safe to place hot cookware from the oven or surface on the glass surface when the surface is cool. Avoid sliding pans on the glass cooktop. Pan edges that are even slightly rough or grit on the cooktop can cause scratches on the glass.
At both OFF and HI positions, there is a slight niche so control “clicks” at those positions; the word HI marks the highest setting; the lowest setting is the word LO. In a quiet kitchen you may hear slight “clicking” sounds during cooking, indicating the heat settings selected are being maintained.
SURFACE COOKWARE TIPS Types of Cookware The following information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance. Stainless Steel: highly recommended Especially good with a sandwich clad bottom. The sandwich bottom combines the benefits of stainless steel (appearance, durability and stability) with the advantages of aluminum or copper (heat conduction, even heat distribution).
SURFACE COOKWARE TIPS SPECIAL CAUTIONS FOR GLASS COOKTOPS • Never cook directly on the SURFACE SURFACE glass. Always use cookware. COOKING COOKING • Always place the pan in the OFF CENTER center of the surface unit you are cooking on. Deep Fat Frying Do not overfill cookware with fat that may spill over when adding food.
Canning should be done on the cooktop only. Pots that extend beyond 1 inch of the surface unit circle are not recommended for most surface cooking. However, when canning with water-bath or pressure canner, larger-diameter pots may be used. This is because boiling water temperatures (even under pressure) are not harmful to the cooktop surfaces surrounding the surface units.
1. Turn off all the surface units affected by the spillover. Remove hot pans. 2. Wearing an oven mitt, hold the razor scraper at a 30° angle to the cooktop and scrape the hot spill to a cool area outside the surface unit.
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Turn the Oven Temperature knob to the desired temperature. The oven will shut off after the Cook Time has run out. The COOK TIME indicator light will flash along with the OVEN ON indicator light at the end of a timed cooking operation.
OVEN CONTROL, CLOCK AND TIMER Automatic Clock The clock must be set for the automatic oven timing functions to work properly. The time of day cannot be changed during a Timed Baking or Self-Cleaning cycle. To Set the Clock 1. Press the CLOCK pad.
Reset the clock to the correct time of day. If your oven was set for a timed oven operation when the power outage occurred, the clock and all programmed functions must be reset. To reset them, first turn the Oven Temperature knob back to OFF, reset the clock, functions and knob back to the way they were before the power outage.
USING YOUR OVEN NOTE: You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in a new oven and will disappear in a short time. See the Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven section.
Do not lock the oven door with the latch during baking. The latch is used for self-cleaning only. Your oven temperature is controlled very accurately using an oven control system. We recommend that you operate the range for a number of weeks using the time given on recipes as a guide to become familiar with your new oven’s performance.
Pans should not touch each other or the walls of the oven. Allow 1- to 1 as well as from the back of the oven, the door and the sides. If you need to use two shelves, stagger the pans so one is not directly above the other.
Most recipes provide minimum and maximum baking times such as “bake 30-40 minutes.” DO NOT open the door to check until the minimum time. Opening the oven door frequently during cooking allows heat to escape and makes baking times longer. Your baking results may also be affected.
The latch is used for self-cleaning only. The oven control allows you to turn the oven on or off automatically at specific times that you set. Examples of Immediate Start (oven turns on now and you set it...
Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth. Q. Can I change the time of day on the clock while I’m Time Baking in the oven?
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If you think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself. If you think it is too hot, adjust the thermostat to make it cooler. If you think it is too cool, adjust the thermostat to make it hotter.
Do not lock the oven door with the latch during roasting. The latch is used for self-cleaning only. Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven. Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep spattering to a minimum.
(Source: Safe Food Book. Your Kitchen Guide. USDA Rev. June 1985.) ROASTING (continued) Q. Do I need to preheat my oven each time I cook a roast or poultry? A. It is not necessary to preheat your oven.
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The latch is used for self-cleaning only. Broiling is cooking food by intense radiant heat from the upper broil element in the oven. Most fish and tender cuts of meat can be broiled. Follow these directions to keep spattering and smoking to a minimum.
It is designed to minimize smoking and spattering by trapping juices in the shielded lower part of the pan. • The oven door should be open to the broil stop position. • For steaks and chops, slash fat evenly around the outside edges of the meat.
4. Close the oven door and make sure the oven light is off. If the oven light is not turned off, the life of the bulb will be shortened or it may burn out immediately.
2. Turn the Oven Temperature knob to AUTO SELF CLEAN. If the oven is too hot and you start to set a clean cycle, you will not be able to slide the latch. Allow additional time for cooling before you try to set the cycle.
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The Self- Clean Cycle will automatically begin at the time you selected. Delay Start is setting the oven control to start the clean cycle automatically at a later time than the present time of day.
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A. No cleaners or coatings should be used around any part of this oven. If you do use them and do not thoroughly rinse the oven with water, wiping it absolutely clean afterwards, the residue can scar the oven surface and damage metal parts the next time the oven is automatically cleaned.
After cleaning, rinse the shelves with clean water and dry with a clean cloth. NOTE: The oven shelves may also be cleaned in the self-cleaning oven. However, the shelves will darken, lose their luster and become hard to slide.
NOTE: • Be careful not to place hands between the hinge and the oven door frame as the hinge could snap back and pinch fingers. • While working in the oven area, cover the hinges with towels or empty paper towel rolls to prevent pinched fingers and chipping the porcelain enamel on the frame.
Oven Vent Duct The oven vent is located at the rear of the cooktop. Never cover the opening with aluminum foil or any other material. This would prevent the oven vent from working properly.
If this cannot be determined, use shorter screws that will not penetrate through flooring. The bracket is packed inside the oven. Remove and follow the instructions below. 1. Decide whether the bracket will be installed on the right or left side of the range location.
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The latch may have been moved, even if only slightly, from the latched position. Make sure the latch is moved to the right as far as it will go. Turn the Oven Temperature knob to OFF. Allow the oven to cool for one hour. Put the oven back into operation.
• Oven thermostat needs adjustment. See the Adjust the Oven Thermostat— Do It Yourself section. • This is normal in a new oven and will disappear in time. To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a minimum of 3 hours. See the Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven section.
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