Prepare For Self-Clean And; Delayed Self-Clean Cycle; Self-Cleaning - Amana ARDS802 Series Owner's Manual

Prepare for Self-clean and

Delayed Self-clean Cycle

WARNING
To avoid risk of personal injury, do not touch oven vents
or areas around vents during self-cleaning. These areas
can become hot enough to cause burns.
To avoid risk of smoke damage or fire, clean excess
spills from oven interior.
• A small amount of smoke is normal when cleaning.
Excess smoke may indicate a faulty gasket or too
much food residue has been left in oven. Move birds
and small animals susceptible to fumes or smoke to
another room.
• Oven should be cleaned before it gets too dirty. Wipe
up large spills before self-cleaning.
• Do not use cleaning cycle if oven light cover is not
properly in place.
• Remove oven racks and all cooking utensils from oven.
• Clean excess spills from oven interior.
• Remove items from range top and backguard. These
areas can become hot during self-cleaning cycle.

Self-cleaning

Self-clean feature uses high oven temperature to clean
oven interior.
1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning.
2. See Figure 35. Move Self-clean latch lever to right
side to lock door.
DELAY
OVEN ON
CLEAN
OVEN STOP
TIMER
CANCEL
TIMER STOP
CLOCK
ON/OFF TIME
Figure 35
HR
BAKE BROIL
O
CLEAN LOCK
N
COOK
BAKE
CLEAN BROIL
TIME
3. Press CLEAN pad.
4. Press or pad to adjust desired amount of
cleaning time.
• Increase or decrease cleaning time by 5 minute
increments.
• Clean can be set from 2 to 4 hours. Minimum
recommended cleaning time is 3 hours.
• Oven begins to clean automatically.
5. Press OVEN CANCEL pad when finished.
• After oven has cooled to a safe temperature, door
latch can be opened.
Delayed Self-clean Cycle
1. Prepare oven for self-cleaning.
2. See Figure 35. Move Self-clean latch lever to right
side to lock door.
3. Press CLEAN pad.
4. Press or pad to adjust desired amount of
cleaning time.
• Increase or decrease cleaning time by 5 minute
increments.
• Clean can be set from 2 to 4 hours. Minimum
recommended cleaning time is 3 hours.
• Oven begins to clean automatically.
5. Press STOP TIME pad.
6. Press or pad until desired stopping time
appears in display.
• Starting time is automatically calculated back
based on amount of cleaning time and stop time.
• To view remaining cleaning time, press and hold
CLEAN pad.
• To view calculated stop time, press and hold STOP
TIME pad.
7. Press OVEN CANCEL pad when finished.
• After oven has cooled to a safe temperature, door
latch can be opened.
Interrupt Self-Clean Cycle
1. Press OVEN CANCEL pad.
2. After oven has cooled to a safe temperature, door
latch can be opened.
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