Kenmore 73511 - Manual (Page 30)

Operating the Self“C!eaning Oven
Before a Self-Cleaning Cycle
Step 1: Remove the broiler pan, broiler rack, all cook­
ware and any alum inum foil from the oven— they can’t
withstand
the high cleaning tem peratures (Oven
shelves may be left in oven. Note: Shelves will discol­
or during the self-cleaning cycle.)
Step 2: W ipe up heavy soli on the oven bottom
A. Oven Front Fram e
B. Oven Door Gasket
C. Oven Light
Step 3: W ith a dampened cloth, clean spatters or
spills on oven front frame (A) and only that area on
the oven door that is outside the gasket (B). Do not
clean the gasket, Polish cleaned areas with a dry
cloth Never use a com mercial oven cleaner in or
around the self-cleaning oven.
Step 4: Close the door and make sure the oven light
(C) is off
Oven shelves m ay be cleaned in the self-cleaning
oven. However, they will darken, lose their luster and
become hard to slide. To make shelves slide m ore
easily, after each self-cleaning cycle, dam pen fingers
with a sm all amount of cooking oil and rub lightly over
edges of shelf that contact shelf supports.
If your range is equipped with porcelain enam el drip
pans, you can clean them in the seif-cleaning oven
After wiping off any boilovers that are not stuck on,
place one pan upside down on each oven shelf.
Caution: Chrom e drip pans {on models so
equipped) should never be cleaned in the self­
cleaning oven.
Do not use com mercial oven cleaners or oven protec­
tors in or near the self-cleaning oven., A com bination
of any of these products plus the high clean cycle
temperatures may damage the porcelain finish of the
oven.
Important: The oven door m ust be dosed and
latched and all controls m ust be set correctly for the
self-cleaning cycle to work properiy.
How to Set Oven for Cleaning
step 1: Follow steps at left to prepare the oven for
cleaning.
Step 2: Close the oven
door and slide latch han­
dle to the right as far as it
will go.
step 3: Touch CLEAN pad. "---------------- ”
appears in display and "CLEAN TIM E”
flashes.
Step 4: Touch INCREASE pad. Four
hours is autom atically programm ed for
Clean Time.
Step 5: Press & hold or tap INCREASE or DE­
CREASE pad until desired Clean Tim e is displayed,
(Tap to change time 5 m inutes a tap. Press
& hoici to
change time 10 m inutes at a tim e.)
Clean Time for heavy soil is norm ally 4 hours. You can
change the Clean Tim e to anywhere between 2 and 4
hours, depending on how dirty the oven is.
The self-cleaning cycle will autom atically begin within
a few seconds and the word “ON" will appear on the
display.. W hen the oven heats to a high temperature,
the word "LOCK" will be displayed and, a short time
later, the door latch handle will be locked in position It
wi!l not be possible to open the oven door until the
temperature drops below the lock tem perature
W hen the clean cycle is finished, the word “CLEAN”
will go out in the display and the oven will begin to
cool W hen the oven tem perature has fallen below the
locking tem perature (about 20-30 m inutes alter the
word “CLEAN” goes out at the end of the clean cycle),
the word “LOCK" goes out and the door can be
opened.
Step 6: W hen the LOCK light is off, slide latch handle
to the left as far as it will go and open the door,
Never force the latch handle. W ait until the word
“LOCK” goes out in the display. Forcing the
handle m ay dam age the door
lock.
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