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GE Appliances
Owner’s Manual
JB940
JB960
®
GE Answer Center 800.626.2000
Part No. 164D3333P147 Pub. No. 49-8913-3 10-98 CG
Self-Cleaning Radiant
Ranges
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Congratulations! You Are Now Part of the GE Family. Welcome to the GE family. We’re proud of our quality products and we are committed to providing dependable service. You’ll see it in this easy-to-use Owner’s Manual and you’ll hear it in the friendly voices of our customer service department. Best of all, you’ll experience these values each time you use your range. That’s important, because your new range will be part of your family for many years. And we hope you will be part of ours for a lo
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Safety Information Anti-Tip Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 GE & You, Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . .5–7 A Service Partnership. Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 9 Ask any GE appliance owner and they will Radiant Surface Units . . . .10–12 tell you we stand behind our products with unmatched quality service. However, did you know that most questions result from simple
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. WARNING ANTI-TIP DEVICE All ranges can tip and injury could result. To prevent accidental tipping of the range, attach it to the wall and floor by installing the Anti-Tip device supplied. To check if the device is installed and engag
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Use this appliance only for its intended purpose as described in this Owner’s Manual. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following: n Be sure your appliance n Do not allow anyone is properly installed to climb, stand or hang and grounded by a on the door, storage qualified technician in drawer or cooktop. accordanc
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS n Use only dry pot n Do not use water on holders—moist or damp grease fires. Never pick pot holders on hot up a flaming pan. Turn surfaces may result in the controls off. burns from steam. Do Smother a flaming pan not let pot holders on a surface unit by touch hot surface units covering the pan or heating elements. completely with a well- Do not use a towel or fitting lid, cookie sheet other bulky clot
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service n Do not touch the surface Potentially hot surfaces units, the heating include the cooktop, elements or the interior areas facing the surface of the oven. cooktop, oven vent These surfaces may be opening, surfaces near hot enough to burn the opening, crevices even though they are around the oven door dark in color. During and metal trim parts and after use, do not above the door. touch, or l
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! OVEN n Stand away from the n Pulling out the shelf range when opening to the stop-lock is a the oven door. Hot convenience in lifting air or steam which heavy foods. It is also escapes can cause a precaution against burns to hands, face burns from touching and/or eyes. hot surfaces of the door or oven walls. n Do not heat unopened food containers. n When using cooking Pressure could build up or roasting bags in and
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service SELF-CLEANING OVEN n Do not clean the door n Before self-cleaning gasket. The door gasket the oven, remove the is essential for a good broiler pan, grid and seal. Care should be other cookware. taken not to rub, n Be sure to wipe up damage or move excess spillage before the gasket. starting the self- n Clean only parts listed cleaning operation. in this Owner’s Manual. n If the self-cleani
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! RADIANT SURFACE UNITS Use proper pan size—select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface unit to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of cookware to surface unit will also improve efficiency. n Never leave the surface n Do not operate the units unattended at radiant surfac
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service n Use little fat for n When flaming foods under the hood, turn effective shallow or the fan on. deep fat frying. Filling the pan too full of fat n Keep an eye on foods can cause spillovers being fried at high when food is added. or medium high heat settings. n If a combination of oils or fats will be used in n Foods for frying should frying, stir together be as dry as possible. before heat
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! RADIANT SURFACE UNITS Use care when touching the cooktop. The glass surface of the cooktop will retain heat after the controls have been turned off. n Clean the cooktop with n When the cooktop is caution. If a wet sponge cool, use only the or cloth is used to wipe recommended cleaning spills on a hot surface cream to clean the unit, be careful to avoid cooktop. steam burns. Some n To avoid possible cleaners can produce
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips GE Customer Service Using the surface units. How to Set Push the knob in and turn in either direction to the setting you want. At both OFF and HI the control clicks into position. You may hear slight clicking sounds during cooking, indicating the control is keeping the power level you set. Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when you finish cooking. Indicator Lights A HOT COOKTOP indicator light will g
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Using the surface units. Using the Bridge Burner To use the bridge burner, push in the left portion of the BRIDGE BURNER switch next to the front burner control knob. Use the control knob for the front burner to heat the front and middle section of the bridge burner. Use the rear control knob to heat the rear section of The bridge burner switch is next to the the bridge burner. front burner control knob. To use only the front burner, push in the right portion of the BRIDGE BURNER switch next
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Selecting types of cookware. The following information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance. Do not slide cookware across the cooktop DRAGGING because it can scratch the glass—the glass is scratch resistant, not scratch proof. Stainless Steel: recommended Aluminum: heavy weight recommended Good conductivity.
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Using the oven controls. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. 10 9 14 13 11 12 6 15 8 1 2 3 4 5 7 Clock and Timer Features KITCHEN TIMER ON/OFF Pad 6 Press this pad to select the timer feature. CLOCK Pad 8 Press this pad before setting the clock. DELAY START Pad 9 Use along with COOKING TIME or SELF CLEAN pads to set the oven to start and stop automatically at a time you set. COOKING TIME Pad 10 Press this pad and then press the number pads to set the amount
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Oven Control Settings PROBE Pad 2 Press this pad when using the probe to cook food. START Pad 3 Must be pressed to start any cooking or cleaning function. Number Pads 4 Use to set any function requiring numbers such as the time of day on the clock, the timer, the oven temperature, the internal food temperature, the start time and length of operation for timed baking and self-cleaning. CLEAR/
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Special features of your oven control. Your new touch pad control has additional features that you may choose to use. The following are the features and how you may activate them. The special feature modes can only be activated while the display is showing the time of day clock. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated. When the display shows your choice press the START pad. The special features will remain in memory after a power failure. 12 Hour Shut-Off With this fea
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Control Lockout Your control will allow you to lock down the touch pads so they cannot be activated when pressed. Press the BAKE and BROIL HI/LO pads at the same 1 time for 2 seconds until the display shows “SF.” Press the SELF CLEAN pad. The display will show 2 “LOC OFF.” Press the SELF CLEAN pad again. The display will show “LOC ON.” Press the START pad to activate the control lockout 3
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Special features of your oven control. 12 Hour, 24 Hour or Clock Black-Out Your control is set to use a 12 hour clock. If you would prefer to have a 24 hour military time clock or black-out the clock display, follow the steps below. Press the BAKE and BROIL HI/LO pads at the same 1 time for 2 seconds until the display shows “SF.” Press the CLOCK pad once. The display will 2 show “12 hr.” Press the CLOCK pad again to change to the 24 hour military time clock. The display will show “24 hr.” Pres
