Cleaning Your Range - Kenmore C970 Series Use & Care Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Do Not Clean or Operate a Broken Cooktop
—If cooktop should break, cleaning solutions
and spillovers may penetrate the broken
cooktop and create a risk of electric shock.
Contact a qualified technician immediately.
• Clean Cooktop Glass with Caution—If a wet
sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot
cooking area, be careful to avoid a steam
burn. Some cleaners can produce harmful
fumes if applied to a hot surface.
• Avoid scratching the cooktop glass with sharp
objects.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING
YOUR OVEN
• Use Care When Opening Door or Warmer
Drawer (if equipped)—Stand to the side of
the appliance when opening the door of a hot
oven. Let hot air or steam escape before you
remove or replace food in the oven/warmer
drawer.
• Keep Oven Vent Ducts Unobstructed. The oven
is vented at the front above the oven door.
Touching the surfaces in this area when the
oven is operating may cause severe burns. Also,
do not place plastic or heat-sensitive items on
or near the oven vent. These items could melt
or ignite.
• Placement of Oven/Warmer Drawer (if
equipped) Racks. Always place oven racks
in desired location while oven/drawer (if
equipped) is cool. Remove all utensils from the
rack before removing rack. If rack must be
moved while oven is hot, use extreme caution.
Use potholders and grasp the rack with both
hands to reposition. Do not let potholders
contact the hot oven element or interior of the
oven/warmer drawer (if equipped).
• Do not use your broiler pan without its insert.
Your broiler pan and grid allow dripping fat to
drain and be kept away from the high heat of
the broiler.
• Do not cover the broiler or warmer drawer (if
equipped) grid with aluminum foil. Exposed
fat and grease could ignite.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
• Do not touch a hot light bulb with a damp
cloth. Doing so could cause the bulb to break.
Disconnect the appliance or turn off the
power to the appliance before removing and
replacing light bulb.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR

CLEANING YOUR RANGE

• Clean the range regularly to keep all parts
free of grease that could catch fire. Exhaust
fan ventilation hoods and grease filters
should be kept clean. Do not allow grease to
accumulate. Greasy deposits in the fan could
catch fire. Refer to the hood manufacturer's
instructions for cleaning.
• Cleaners/aerosols—Always follow the
manufacturer's recommended directions for
use. Be aware that excess residue from cleaners
and aerosols may ignite causing damage and/
or injury.
SELF-CLEANING OVENS
• Clean in the self-cleaning cycle only the parts
of the oven listed in this owner's guide. Before
self-cleaning the oven, remove all utensils stored
in the oven.
• Do not clean the oven door gasket. The door
gasket is essential for a good seal. Care should
be taken not to rub, damage or move the
gasket.
• Oven racks. Oven racks color will change if
left in the oven during a self-cleaning cycle.
• Do not use oven cleaners. No oven cleaner or
oven liner protective coating of any kind should
be used in or around any part of the oven.
• Remove oven racks. Oven racks color will
change if left in the oven during a self-cleaning
cycle.
The health of some birds is
extremely sensitive to the fumes given off
during the self-clean cycle of any range. Move
birds to another well ventilated room.
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