Bakers Pride 72BP12BS30 Manual - Manual (Page 7)

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
Any equipment works better and lasts longer when maintained properly. Cooking equipment is no
exception. Your Bakers Pride range and Oven must be kept clean on a daily basis.
CAUTION: Never use Ammonia in an oven that is warmer than room temperature
and always have direct ventilation!
DAILY MAINTENANCE
OPEN BURNERS
• Remove all top grates.
• Lift off the burner heads and venturies by raising the head slightly, sliding to the rear of the
range and lifting upwards.
• Wash all of the above in hot, soapy water.
• Re-install burner parts in the reverse order.
GRIDDLES
• Scrape with a nylon griddle scraper to remove cooked on spills. When absolutely necessary use
a fine grained stone to scrape.
• Wipe away any griddle stone dust and food particles with burlap.
• Wash with hot, soapy water, then rinse with vinegar and water.
• Rinse again with clear water.
• Re-oil with shortening or liquid frying compound.
• DO NOT FLOOD A HOT GRIDDLE WITH COLD WATER. This could cause warping and griddle
plate to crack.
OVENS
• Remove the baking racks. Wash in hot soapy water, and replace after the oven is fully cleaned.
• Remove the oven bottom by lifting it out from the front, then sliding forward, out of the oven.
• Scrape off any food particles with a nylon griddle scrapper. Be very careful about scratching the
porcelain finish on the oven liner panels.
• Wash all the above with hot soapy water, then reassemble.
• Baked on spills may be loosened and stubborn stains removed with ordinary household
ammonia and scrubbing with a nylon pad in a cold oven only.
• Do not allow spray type oven cleaners to come into contact with the temperature probe in the
oven.
• After the cleaning the oven, rinse well with ¼ cup of vinegar to one quart of clean water solution
to neutralize any caustic residue of the cleaning compound. Wipe dry.
PERIODIC CLEANING
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Check the ventilation system periodically to see that nothing has fallen down into the stub back, high
riser or high shelf exhaust vents. Lubricate the pivot pins of the oven door hinge where the right and left