Care and cleaning of the range.
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Lift the door straight up and off the
hinges
The gasket is designed with a gap
at the bottom to allow forproper air
circulation,
Do not rub or clean the door
gasket--it has an extremely tow
resistance to abrasion,
ff you notice the gasket becoming
worn, frayed or damaged in any
way or flit has become displaced
on the door, you should have it
replaced
Lift-Off Oven Door
The ovendoorisremovable, butit ishea_ You may
need helpremoving andreplacing thedoor
To remove the door, open it a few inches to
the special stop position fllat will hold die
door open, Gr&sp fi_xnly on each side and
lift tile door straight
up and off the hinges
NOTE: Be carefulnot to place handsbetweenthe
hingeandthe ovendoor frameas the hingecould
snapbackandpinch fingers
Ttle area outside the gasket can
be cleaned
wire a soap-filled ptasdc
scouring
pad
Toclean the outsideof the door:.
Use soap and water to flmroughly
clean
file top, sides and front of'die oven door,
Rinse well You may also use a glass
cleaner
to clean the glass on die outside
of flae door_
To replace the door, make sm e fl_e hinges
are in die special stop position, Position
d_e
slots in dm bottom of die door squarely
over dee hinges. Then
lower file door slowly
and evenly over both binges at the same
time. If din hinges snap back against die
oven flame, pull diem back out
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Tocleantheinside ofthedoor,
Do not allow excess \_ter
to run into
,any holes or slots in tile doon
Because fleearea inside die gasket is
cleaned during the self clean wde, you
do not need to cle,-m this by band. Any
soap felt on the liner causes addidonal
stains when fire oven is heated.
Spillage of marinades,
fruit juices, tomato
sauces and basting materials
containing
acids may cause discoloration
and should
be wiped up immediately,
D,q_en Ore
smfface is cool, clean and rinse,
Do not use oven cleane,_, cleansing
powdel_ or ha,'sh abt,-asiveson flee
outside of' fl_e dool:
Oven Bottom
The oven bottom h;Ls a porcelain
enamel
finish, To make cleaning
ezLsier; protect
file
oven bottom
from excessive spilIovm_ by
placing
a cookie sheet on file shelf below
file shelf you are cooking
on This is
particularly
important
when baking a fruit
pie or ofl_er foods wid_ a high acid content.
Hot fiuit fillings or oflaer foods flint me
highly acidic (such .'is tomatoes,
sauertmaut
mad sauces wid_ _4negar or lemon juice)
may cause pitting and drayage
to dee
porcelain
enamel
suri:ace and should be
_iped up immediately
We don't recommend using ;fluminum foil
on the oven bottom. It can affect air flow if
die holes aae blocked and it can concenu,'ate
heat at the bottom of the oven, resulting in
poor baking performance.
To clean up spiltovers, use soap and watm.
an ablTLsive cleaner or soap-filled
scouring
pad. Rinse well to remove any soap before
selfq:leaning
Grid
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Pan
Broiler Pan and Grid
Mter broiling,
remove
tl_e b,oiler pan t_mm
d_e oven, Remove die grid from dee pan,
Carefully pour' out gn'ease from dee pan into
a proper
container:
Wash and rinse dee
broiler
pan and grid in hot water x_4flaa
soap-filled
or plasdc scotuing
pad,
If food has burned on, sprinkle die gaid
wide detergent while hot and cover widl wet
paper towels or a dishclod_. Soaking die
pan will ,'emove burned-on foods.
The broiler
pan and grid may, be cleaned
Mda a commer'cial
oven cleaner:
Bod_ die broiler pan mad grid can also be
cleaned in a dishwasher:
Do not store a soiled broiler
pan and grid
an}avhere in file ,,-ange,
CAUTION:Oonot clean the broilerpan or grid in
a self-cleaningoven
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