Using The Self-Cleaning Cycle; Before You Start - KitchenAid KEMS308 Use And Care Manual

U
sing the Self-Cleaning
Cycle

Before you start

Hand-clean frame
Hand-clean door
around edge
Before you start the Self-Cleaning
cycle, make sure you:
NOTE: DO NOT clean, move, or bend the
gasket. Poor cleaning, baking, and roasting
may result.
• Hand-clean the areas shown. They do
not get hot enough during the Self-
Cleaning cycle for soil to burn away. Use
hot water and detergent or a soapy, steel-
wool pad for cleaning.
• Do not let water, cleaner, etc., enter slots
on door and frame.
• Remove the broiler pan and grid and any
cookware/bakeware being stored in the
oven.
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Do not touch the oven during the Self-Cleaning cycle.
Keep children away from oven during Self-Cleaning cycle.
Do not use commercial oven cleaners in your oven.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns, or
illness from inhaling dangerous fumes.
DO NOT
hand-clean
gasket
wWARNING
Burn Hazard
• Wipe out any loose soil or grease. This
will help reduce smoke during the Self-
Cleaning cycle.
• Wipe up food spills containing sugar
and/or milk as soon as possible after the
oven cools down. When sugar is heated
to a high temperature in the Self-Cleaning
cycle, the high temperature can cause the
sugar to burn and react with the
porcelain. This can cause staining and
etching, pitting or faint white spots.
• Remove the oven racks from the oven if
you want them to remain shiny. You can
clean the oven racks in the Self-Cleaning
cycle, but they will become harder to
slide. (See the "Cleaning chart" in the
"Caring for Your Electric Convection
Oven" section.) If you clean the racks in
the Self-Cleaning cycle, place them on
the 2nd and 4th rack guides. (The guides
are counted from bottom to top.)
• Heat and odors are normal during the
Self-Cleaning cycle. Keep the kitchen well
ventilated by opening a window or by
turning on a vent hood or other kitchen
vent during the cycle.
IMPORTANT: The health of some birds is
extremely sensitive to the fumes given off
during the Self-Cleaning cycle. Exposure to
the fumes may result in death to certain
birds. Always move birds to another closed
and well ventilated room.