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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 controls. 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.
NOTES:
• DO NOT clean, move, or bend the
gasket. Poor cleaning, baking, and
roasting may result.
• DO NOT let water, cleaner, etc., enter
slots on door and frame.
Hand-clean frame
DO NOT
hand-clean gasket
Hand-clean door
around edge
• Remove the broiler pan and grid and
any pots and pans being stored in
the oven.
• 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.
• Wipe out any loose soil or grease. This
will help reduce smoke during the Self-
Cleaning cycle.
• 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.)
• 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.
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.
