Bosch HBL8451UC how to run Self Clean
When the oven is heavily soiled and needs the high-temperature cleaning cycle.
Steps
Children should not be left alone or unattended in an area where appliances are in use. During the Self Clean cycle, parts of the appliance may become potentially harmful to persons who lack adult knowledge of appliances and adult reactions to potentially harmful conditions.
Marked WARNING by the manufacturer Source: Cleaning and Maintenance: Self Clean, p. 24
Do not clean parts or accessories in the Self Clean oven. Remove all baking dishes and oven racks from the oven prior to running Self Clean.
Marked NOTICE by the manufacturer Source: Cleaning and Maintenance: Self Clean, p. 24
- Remove all accessories, racks and baking dishes from the oven, and wipe out excessive spillage.
- Make sure the oven is not in a cooking mode. Press Oven Clear/Off if one is running.
- Press the Self Clean button below the display. The Self Clean icon appears and 4:00 hours blinks.
- Press Enter to accept 4:00 hours, or enter another time from 2:00 to 4:00 hours with the numeric keypad and press Enter. Use a longer time for a heavily soiled oven.
- Wait for the door lock symbol to stop blinking. The door lock symbol stays lit while Self Clean runs.
- After the message SELF CLEAN FINISHED shows, press Oven Clear/Off.
- When the oven has cooled and the door is unlocked, wipe the remaining ash out with a moist cloth.
Press Oven Clear/Off to cancel Self Clean. The oven light cannot be turned on during Self Clean, and an oven timer cannot run. On a double oven only one oven can self-clean at a time and the other must be off. Provide good ventilation with an open window or a ventilation fan or hood, because small amounts of carbon monoxide can form and new fiberglass insulation can give off very small amounts of formaldehyde in the first several cycles.
Source: Cleaning and Maintenance: Self Clean Source: Cleaning and Maintenance: Self Clean, pp. 24-25
Used for
Other HBL8451UC procedures
- How to set the clockTo set the time of day. The oven must be in Standby, not cooking or timing.
- How to turn Panel Lock on or offTo disable all control panel buttons, for example before cleaning the panel.
- How to set the oven temperature offsetWhen food is consistently too light or too brown.
- How to turn Auto Convection Conversion on or offTo control whether Convection Bake and Convection Multi-Rack lower the set temperature by 25 °F.
- How to start Sabbath ModeBefore cooking on the Sabbath. Sabbath Mode works in a Bake mode only, between 100 and 450 °F.
- How to use Fast PreheatTo heat the oven faster than standard preheat for Bake, Roast, Convection Multi Rack, Convection Bake, Convection Roast and Pizza.
- How to replace the oven light bulbWhen the oven light is not working properly.
Sources
- Use and Care Manual, Built-in Ovens 800 Series HBL84, HBN84, HBL86, HBN86 and HBL87. BSH Home Appliances Corporation. Document 9000989323, revision C, 80 pages, en-US. media3.bsh-group.com (PDF). Listed on the manufacturer's support page. Retrieved 13 November 2026.
Page numbers are the numbers printed in the manual. Where this page and the manual differ, follow the manual.