Using The Self-Cleaning
Cycle
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How the cycle works
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Setting the controls
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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 with other functions of your range, 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.
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.
Your oven is preset for a 3-hour SeWCleaning
cycle. However, you can adjust the cycle time to
the amount of soil in your oven. You can set the
cycle anywhere between 2 and 4 hours. (See
“Setting the controls” on page 29.)
DOOR
UNLOCKS
The graph at the right is representative of a
normal, 3-hour Seff-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
START
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3
STOP
Before you start
Before you start the Self-Cleaning cycle, make
sure you:
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Handslean 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.
Poor cleaning, baking and roasting may resutt.
Hand-clean frame
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