Whirlpool RB270PXK Use And Care Manual page 14

SPECIAL TIPS
1.
Keep the kitchen well
ventilated during the
cleaning cycle to help
get rid of normal heat
odors and smoke.
2. Clean the oven before
3. If the cleaning cycle
it gets heavily soiled.
doesn't get the oven as
Cleaning a very soiled clean as you
oven takes longer and
expected, the cycle
results in more smoke
may not have been set
than usual.
long enough. Set the
cleaning time longer
for heavier soil.
4. Oven racks lose their shine, discolor
5. To stop the cleaning cycle after it has
and become harder to slide on their
started :
guides when they are left in the oven
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Turn the Stop flrne Knob clockwise
during the cleaning cycle. To make until the hand points to the right time
them slide easier, polish the edges of
of day.
the racks and rack guides with a soapy
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Turn the Upper Oven Selector and
steel-wool pad, rinse well, and wipe Upper Oven Temperature Control to
on a thin coat of salad oil.
OFF.
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When the oven cools, move the
Lock Lever back to the left. DO NOT
FORCE IT. Wait until it moves easily.
HOW IT WORKS
During the self-cleaning cycle, the oven gets much hotter than it does
for baking or broiling...approximately 875" F (468" C). This heat breaks
up grease and soil, and burns it off.
The graph shows approximate temperatures and times during a self-
cleaning cycle set for two hours.
000
600
400
200
SELF-CLEANING CYCLE-TWO HOUR SETTING
(Approximate Temperatures and Times)
F
START
% hr.
1 hr.
1 '/a hrs. 2 hrs.
2% hrs
427 C
316 c
204 C
Notice that the heating stops when the two-hour setting is up. but that it takes a
while longer for the oven to cool down enough to unlock.
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