Kenmore 73511 - Manual (Page 22)

Using Your Oven
Electric Ignitten
The oven burner and broil burner are lighted by
electric ignition.
To tight either burner, touch the pad for the desired
function and press & hold or tap INCREASE or
DECREASE pad until the desired tem perature is dis­
played. The burner should ignite within 60 seconds.
y\Her the oven reaches the selected tem perature, the
oven burner cycles— off com pletely, then on with a full
fíam e— to keep the oven tem perature controlled,
CAUTION; DO NOT M AKE ANY ATTEMPT TO
OPERATE THE ELECTRIC IGNITION OVEN DUR­
ING AN ELECTRICAL POW ER FAILURE- The oven
or broiler cannot be lit during a power failure,. Gas will
not How unless the glow bar is hot.
if the oven is in use when a power failure occurs, the
oven burner shuts off and cannot be re-lit until power
is restored
Oven Light
Xhe oven light com es on autom atically when the door
is opened- Use the switch on the lower control panel
to turn the light on and off when the door is closed .
Syrface Light
(On m odels so equipped)
Use the switch on the upper control panel to turn the
surface light on and off
Oven Vents
The oven is vented through duct openings at the rear
of the cooktop (see page 33). Do not block these
openings when cooking in the oven— it is im portant
that the flow of hot air from the oven and fresh air to
the oven burners be uninterrupted.
« The vent openings and nearby surfaces m ay
become hot Do not touch them .
a Handles of pots and pans on the cooktop m ay
become hot if left too close to the vent
° Do not leave plastic
item s on the cooktop —
they may m elt if left too
close to the vent
® M etal items will be­
com e very hoi rl they are left on the cooktop and
could cause burns.
« Do not leave any items on the cooktop. The hot
air from the vent may ignite flam mable item s and will
Increase pressure in closed containers, which m ay
cause them to burst.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed
with stop-locks so when
placed correctly on the
shelf supports, they will
stop before com ing com ­
pletely out of the oven and
will not tilt when you are
removing food from them
or placing food on them .
W hen placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out
to the “stop” position. Place the cookware on the
shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven This will
elim inate reaching into the hot oven.
To remove a shelf from
the oven, pul! the shelf
toward you, tilt front end
upward and pull the shelf
out.
To replace, place shelf on
shelf support with stop-
locks
(curved extension
under shelf) facing up and
toward rear of oven Tilt up front and push shelf
toward back of oven until it goes past "stop” on oven
walk Then lower front of shelf and push it all the way
back,
Shelf Positions
The oven has five shelf
supports for normal bak­
ing and roasting— A (bot­
tom), B, C, D and E (top)
It also has a special low
shelf position, (R) for
roasting extra large items,
such as a large turkey
Shelf positions lor cooking
are suggested on Baking
and Roasting pages.
Oven Moisiyre
As your oven heats up, the temperature change of
the air in the oven may cause water droplets to
form on the door glass (on m odels so equipped).
These droplets are harm less and wti! evaporate
as the oven continues to heat Lsp.
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