GE zek957bdbb Owner's Manual page 33

Before a
The oven door must be closed and all controls
clean cycle must be set correctly for the cycle to work properly.
The oven must be cool in order to set the
self-clean cycle.
We recommend venting your kitchen with an
open window or using a ventilation fan or hood
during the first self-clean cycle.
Remove the broiler pan, broiler grid, probe, all
cookware and any aluminum foil from the oven.
The oven shelves and convection roasting rack
can be self-cleaned, but they will darken, lose
their luster and become hard to slide.
Do not use abrasives or oven cleaners. Clean
the top, sides and outside of the oven door
with soap and water.
Make sure the oven light bulb cover (on some
models) is in place and the oven light is off.
IMPORTANT: The health of some birds is
extremely sensitive to the fumes given off during
the self-cleaning cycle of any oven. Move birds to
another well ventilated room.
How to set
1 Press the SELF CLEAN pad.
the oven for
2 Using the number pads, enter the desired clean
cleaning
Clean cycle time is normally 4 hours. You can
change the clean time to any time between 3 hours
and 5 hours, depending on how dirty your oven is.
3 Press the START pad.
The door locks automatically. The display will
show the clean time remaining. It will not be
possible to open the oven door until the
temperature drops below the lock temperature
and the LOCKED light goes off.
When the LOCKED light is off, open the door.
• The word LOCK will flash and the oven control
• To stop a clean cycle, press the CLEAR/OFF
time, if a time other than 4 hours is needed.
will signal if you set the clean cycle and forget
to close the oven door.
pad. When the LOCKED light goes off
indicating the oven has cooled below the
locking temperature, open the door.
Using the Self-Cleaning Oven
Wall Oven
Wipe up heavy soil on the oven bottom.
(Appearance may vary.)
On double oven models, you can set a clean cycle in
both ovens at the same time. The last oven set will
automatically delay its start until the end of the first
oven's clean cycle.
On double oven models, you can use timed baking in
one oven and self-clean the other at the same time.
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