WHIRLPOOL CRE9300BCW
Owner's Manual

Preparing

for the Self-Clean

Cycle

1. Remove oven racks and any pans, utensils or the broiler pan from tile oven. The oven racks should be washed by hand. If left in the oven during the self-clean cycle, the racks will become permanently discolored and may not slide easily after a dean eyrie. 2. Clean the oven frame and door frame with a nonabrasive cleaning agent such as Bon Ami. These Example of clean cycle starting at 12:00 and stopping at 3:00. NOTE: Be sure STABT knob is in the OUT position and is the same time as the clock. To Cancel Clean Cycle areas are not exposed to cleaning temperatures and should be cleaned to prevent soil fi-om baking on dm'ing the clean cycle. 3. Wipe up any excess grease or spillovers from the oven bottom to prevent excessive smoking and flareups during the clean cycle. 4. Wipe up acid spillovers such as lemon juice, tomato sauce or milk-based sauces and sugaD" spilhwers. Porcelain enamel is acid resistant, not acid proof� The porcelain finish may discolor if acid spills are not wiped up prior to a self-dean cycle, 5. Do not use oven cleaners or oven liner protective coatings of any kind on the self-dean oven finish or around any part of the oven as they will damage the oven finish, 6. To prevent damage, do not clean or rnb the gasket on the front oven frame. The gasket is designed to seal in heat during the clean cycle. 7. Turn off the oven light before starting the self-clean operation. If the oven light is left on during the clean cycle, the light bulb will burn out. Setting Cycle the Controls for the Self-Clean

1. Turn STOP knob mltil knob pops out. 2. Turn OVEN SET knob to OFF. 3. If the lock lever can be easily moved to the left, unlock oven door. If the lock lever does not easily' move to the left, allow oven to cool up to ] hour dmn unlock the door. Door and latch will be damaged if the latch is forced to the left be}bre the internal lock is disengaged. After the Self-Clean Cycle About one hour ai}er the clean cycle is complete, the internal lock will disengage and the door lever can be returned to its original position. The oven will still be hot. Turn the OVEN SET knob to OFF. Some soil may leave a light gn\v, powder)' ash which can be remuved with a damp cloth. If soil remains, it indicates that tim clean cycle was not long enough or a large spillovcr was not wiped up before the self-clean cycle. The soil should be removed during the next clean cycle. If the oven racks were let} in the oven dm-ing the selfclean cycle and do not slide smoothly, wipe the rack edges and rack supports with a small amount of vegetable oil to restore the ease of movement. Fine hair-like lines may appear in the oven interior or oven door. This is a normal condition resulting from the heating and cooling of the poreekdn finish. These lines do not affect the performance of tbe oven.

1. Close the oven door and move the door lock lever to the right until it rests in the lock position, 2. Turn the OVEN SET knob to CLEAN. 3. Turn the OVEN TEMP knob to CLEAN. 4. Toset clean time forup to3hours, push ln and turn STOP knob ahead 3 hours. (The maximum clean cycle is 3 hours.)

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