| Cleaning a stove check to make sure that all | | | | minutes with water containing a few tablespoonfuls |
| switches are in the OFF position. The rims of the | | | | of washing soda. (Don't use an aluminum pan for this.) |
| heating units should be wiped clean with a damp cloth | | | | In scrubbing the burners be particularly attentive to |
| when you have finished cooking and the stove has | | | | the little openings in the turn-on end through which |
| cooled. Food that has spilled on open units can be | | | | the gas flows to the burners. If any of the little holes |
| burned off. Put a saucepan of water on the burner | | | | (called ports) in the burners are clogged, push out the |
| and heat it until the food has been completely | | | | soot accumulation with a wire or hairpin. Rinse the |
| charred, then when the unit has beenswitched off | | | | burners thoroughly, shake out the water, and wipe |
| and has cooled, lift the unit out and brush off the | | | | the outside dry. Then replace them, making sure that |
| charred material. A mild scouring powder or steel | | | | they are in the right position. Light each burner to |
| wool can be used to clean the rim on which the unit | | | | complete the drying and to make sure it is |
| rests. Wash it, after scouring, with a cloth wrung out | | | | functioning correctly. |
| of hot suds, rinse it, and wipe dry. Enclosed units are | | | | Gas burners are functioning correctly and with |
| washed with a cloth wrung out of soapsuds. Particles | | | | maximum efficiency when the flame is blue and even. |
| that have burned on can be removed with steel wool | | | | A ragged yellow flame indicates that the burner is |
| or a mild scouring powder. It is important to keep the | | | | not getting enough air along with the gas. Such a |
| reflector pans under the electrical units clean and | | | | flame blackens the bottoms of pans and gives poor |
| bright because they are designed to increase the | | | | heat. Sometimes this flame is due to clogged ports; if |
| heat output of the unit. | | | | any are not burning properly, clean them with a wire. |
| Removable drip pans under the burners of kitchen | | | | If cleaning the ports fails to correct the trouble and |
| ranges should be taken out and washed regularly | | | | to produce an all-blue flame, see if the little air |
| along with other stove parts. Lining them with | | | | shutter at the turn-on end is open far enough to |
| aluminum foil saves work here. And if you have a | | | | admit the proper amount of air. |
| range without a drip pan do use aluminum foil | | | | Pilot light. Sometimes the pilot light on an automatic |
| because the area under the heating units is often | | | | gas range goes out due to its tiny ports being |
| very difficult to reach for cleaning. | | | | clogged. Clean them out with a fine wire and relight |
| To clean a gas range thoroughly the burners must be | | | | the pilot with a match. Sometimes a puff of air can |
| taken out and scrubbed with a stiff brush in hot suds | | | | blow out a pilot light. Make the flame a little stronger |
| made with an all-purpose detergent or soap and | | | | by turning the screw at the end of the tube |
| ammonia. If the burners are made of cast iron you | | | | connecting it to the left for a stronger flame. |
| can clean them easily by boiling them for several | | | | |