Using the Self-Cleaning
Cycle
(right oven only)
In This Section
Page
How the cycle works
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Before
you start
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Page
Setting the controls
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Special tips
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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 range, you operate the Self-Cleaning cycle
with the easy-to-use controls. Please review the instructions in this section to keep your
oven spotless.
How the cycle works
The Self-Cleaning cycle uses very high heat
to burn away soil and grease. During the
cycle, the oven gets much hotter than it
does for normal baking or broiling. This high
heat breaks up the soil or grease and burns
it away.
You can adjust the cycle time to the
amount of soil in your oven. You can set the
cycle time anywhere between 2 and 4 hours.
(See “Setting the controls” on page 23.)
The graph at the right is representative of
a normal, 3-hour Self-Cleaning cycle. Note
that the heating stops when the 3-hour
setting is up, but it takes longer for the oven
to cool enough to unlock.
Before you start
Before you start the Self-Cleaning cycle,
make sure you:
l 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
seal. This may damage the seal and
cause poor cleaning, baking, and roasting.
Hand-clean Hand-clean
door around
Hand-clean
frame
DO NOT
hand-clean seal
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