For Best Cleaning Results; How The Cycle Works - KitchenAid KERH507 Use And Care Manual

U
sing the Self-Cleaning Cycle
To stop the Self-Cleaning cycle at
any time:
PRESS

For best cleaning results

• After the oven cools to room tempera-
ture, wipe up any residue or ash with a
damp cloth or sponge. If any spots remain,
clean with a mild abrasive cleanser or
cleaning sponge.
• Clean the oven before it gets heavily
soiled. Cleaning a very soiled oven takes
longer and results in more smoke than
usual.

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 Self-
Cleaning cycle. However, the cycle time can
be adjusted to the amount of soil in your
oven. The cycle can be set anywhere
between 2 and 4 hours. (See "Setting the
controls" on page 48.)
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.
50
CANCEL
OFF
• If the Self-Cleaning cycle does not get
START
When the oven cools to normal
baking/roasting temperature:
Example:
YOU SEE
(time of
DELAY TIMED
CLEAN LOCKED
day)
DEHYD ROTIS
START?
the oven as clean as you expected, the
cycle may not have been set long enough
or you may not have prepared the oven
properly. Set the Self-Cleaning cycle
longer the next time and hand-clean areas
noted on page 47.
875 F ( 468 C )
CLEANING CYCLE
OVEN SHUT OFF
( normal broiling temperature )
DOOR LOCKS
1
Time In Hours
ON
HR MIN MIN
START STOP
DOOR UNLOCKS
2 3 STOP
SEC