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Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle
The Self-Cleaning cycle saves you from the toil and mess that often come with hand-cleaning
the oven interior. Like the other functions of your oven, you operate the Self-Cleaning cycle
with the easy-to-use electronic control. Please review the instructions in this section to keep
your oven spotless.
Before you start
Before you start the Self-Cleaning cycle,
make sure you:
• Hand-clean the areas shown. They do
not get hot enough during the cleaning
cycle for soil to burn away. Use hot water
and detergent or a soapy, steel-wool pad
for cleaning.
NOTE: DO NOT clean, move, or bend the
gasket. Poor cleaning, baking, and roasting
may result.
• Remove any pots and pans being stored
in the oven.
• Wipe out any loose soil or grease.
This will help reduce smoke during the
Self-Cleaning cycle.
• Wipe up food spills containing sugar 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 or pitting.
• 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 Range” section.) If you clean
racks in the Self-Cleaning cycle, place
them on the 2nd and 4th rack guides.
(Guides are counted from bottom to top.)
DO NOT
hand-clean
gasket
Hand-clean
frame
• 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.
NOTES:
• Do not block the vent during the Self-
Cleaning cycle. Air must move freely for
best cleaning results.
• Do not leave plastic utensils near the
vent. They may melt.
• Do not leave any foil in oven during the
Self-Cleaning cycle. Foil could burn or melt
and damage the oven surface.
• To prolong bulb life, leave the oven light
off during the Self-Cleaning cycle.
• The display will show “door” if the door is
not closed and locked when you set a
Self-Cleaning cycle.
Hand-clean
door around
edge
wWARNING
Burn Hazard
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.
