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Monogram.
Use and Care Guide
for ZEK735
Built-In Wall Oven
TM
Monogram.
27† Self-Cleaning Oven
164D3333P017
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Introduction Your new Monogram built-in oven makes an eloquent statement of style, convenience and kitchen planning flexibility. Whether you chose it for its purity of design or assiduous attention to detail, you’ll find that your Monogram built-in oven’s superior blend of form and function will delight you for years to come. The ZEK735 Monogram built-in oven is designed to provide the flexibility to blend in with your kitchen cabinetry. Its sleek design can be beautifully integrated in the kitc
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Before using your oven, read this guide carefully. It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new oven properly. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. If you don’t understand something or need more help, call: ® GE Answer Center 800.626.2000 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Write down the model and serial numbers. You’ll find them on a label on the front of the oven behind the oven door. These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. • CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN • The California Safe Drinking Water CABINETS ABOVE AN OVEN. CHILDREN and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the CLIMBING ON THE OVEN TO REACH Governor of California to publish a list of ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. substances known to the state to cause birth • Teach children not to play with the controls defects or other re
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• Never leave the oven door open when you are • When using cooking or roasting bags in the not watching the oven. oven, follow the manufacturer’s directions. • Do not store flammable materials in an oven. • Do not use your oven to dry newspapers. If overheated, they can catch on fire. • For your safety, never use your appliance for warming or heating the room. • Do not use the oven for a storage area. Items stored in an oven can ignite. • Do not touch the heating elements or the interior surface
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FEATURES OF YOUR OVEN OVEN TIME CONTROLS BROIL START COOKING
DELAY
BAKE HI/LO TIME START OVEN
LIGHT 1 2 3 4 5 KITCHEN
SELF
CLEAR
6 PROBE ON/OFF TIMER CLOCK CLEAN OFF ON/OFF 6 7 8 9 0 5 14 7 4 8 9 3 2 10 15 11 16 12 1 13 6
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Explained Feature Index on page 1 Oven Door Gasket 26, 30 2 Model and Serial Numbers 3 3 Oven Broil Element 5, 24, 25, 29 4 Automatic Oven Door Latch 26–28 5 Oven Vent 5 6 Oven Control, Clock and Timer 8–12 7 Oven Vent Grille 26 8 Automatic Oven Light Switch — 9 Oven Interior Light 26, 29 10 Probe Outlet 21, 22 11 Oven Shelf Supports 5, 13, 14, Shelf positions for cooking are suggested in 20, 24–26, the Baking, Roasting and Broiling sections. 28, 30 12 Bake Element 4, 29 May be lifted gently for
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FEATURES OF YOUR OVEN CONTROL 5 1 2 3 4 6 7 OVEN TIME CONTROLS COOKING
DELAY
BROIL START BAKE HI/LO TIME START OVEN
LIGHT 1 2 3 4 5 KITCHEN
SELF
CLEAR
CLOCK PROBE ON/OFF TIMER CLEAN OFF ON/OFF 6 7 8 9 0 13 12 11 10 9 8 1. BAKE. Press to select the bake function. 10. CLEAR/OFF. Press to cancel any timed oven operation except the clock and timer. 2. BROIL HI/LO. Press to select the broil function. 11. NUMBER PADS. Use to set any function 3. OVEN LIGHT ON/OFF. Press to turn the oven requirin
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OVEN CONTROL, CLOCK AND TIMER Clock The clock must be set for the automatic oven timing functions to work properly. The time of day clock cannot be changed during Delay Start. (It can be changed during a regular bake or broil operation.) To Set the Clock 1. Press CLOCK. If number pads are not pressed within one minute CLOCK after you press CLOCK, the display reverts to the original setting. If this happens, press CLOCK and 2. Press the number pads the same way you reenter the time of day. read
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OVEN CONTROL, CLOCK AND TIMER (continued) The control has a series of tones that will sound at different times. These tones may sound while you set the control for an oven function or at the end of the oven function. They will also alert you when an incorrect time or temperature has been entered or if there is a problem with the oven. Tones While Setting the Control Preheat Notification Tone When you press a touch pad you will hear a beep. When you set an oven temperature the oven This beep w
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12 Hour Shut-Off Cook and Hold With this feature, should you forget and leave the Your new control has a cook and hold feature that keeps cooked foods warm for up to 3 hours after the oven on, the control will automatically turn off the oven after 12 hours during baking functions or after cooking function is finished. To activate this feature, follow the steps below. 3 hours during a broil function. If you wish to turn off this feature, follow the steps below. 1. Press BAKE and BROIL HI/LO BROI
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SPECIAL FEATURES OF YOUR OVEN CONTROL (continued) Control Lockout 3. Press START to activate the control Your control will allow you to lock down the touch START pads so they cannot be activated when pressed. lockout feature and leave the control set in this special features mode. 1. Press BAKE and BROIL HI/LO BROIL BAKE HI/LO at the same time for 2 seconds When this feature is on and the touch pads are pressed until the display shows “SF.” the control will beep and the display will show “LOC.”
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USING YOUR OVEN Before Using Your Oven 1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how to NOTE: set them properly. • You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first 2. Check the inside of the oven. Look at the shelves. few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in a Take a practice run at removing and replacing them new oven and will disappear in a short time. To speed properly to give sure, sturdy support. the process, set a self-clean cycle for 4 hours. See the Operating the Sel
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BAKING Your oven temperature is controlled very accurately using an oven control system. It is recommended that you operate the oven for a number of weeks to become familiar with your new oven’s performance. If you think an adjustment is necessary, see the Adjust the Oven Thermostat section. It lists easy Do It Yourself instructions on how to adjust the thermostat. How to Set Your Oven for Baking To avoid possible burns, place shelves in the correct 4. Press CLEAR/OFF when baking is CLEAR
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Preheating Preheat the oven if the recipe calls for it. Preheat means Preheating is necessary for good results when baking bringing the oven up to the specified temperature cakes, cookies, pastry and breads. For most casseroles before putting the food in the oven. To preheat, set the and roasts, preheating is not necessary. For ovens oven at the correct temperature—selecting a higher without a preheat indicator light or tone, preheat temperature does not shorten preheat time. 10 minutes. After
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BAKING (continued) Pies Cakes When baking cakes, warped or bent pans will cause For best results, bake pies in dark, rough or dull pans to produce a browner, crisper crust. Frozen pies in foil uneven baking results and poorly shaped products. A cake baked in a pan larger than the recipe pans should be placed on an aluminum cookie sheet for baking since the shiny foil pan reflects heat away recommends will usually be crisper, thinner and drier from the pie crust; the cookie sheet helps retain it.
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TIMED BAKING How to Set Your Oven for Time Bake NOTE: An attention tone will sound if you are using The oven control allows you to turn the oven on or off automatically at specific times that you set. Examples Timed Baking and do not press START after entering the baking temperature. of Immediate Start (oven turns on now and you set it to turn off automatically at the end of cooking time) and Delay Start and Stop (setting the oven to turn on automatically at a later time and turn off after a pre
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TIMED BAKING (continued) How to Set Delay Start and Automatic Stop If you would like to check the times you DELAY
Easy Steps: have set, press DELAY START to check START the start time you have set or press 1. Press BAKE. COOKING TIME to check the length of 2. Press the number pads to select oven temperature. cooking time you have set. 3. Press COOKING TIME. When the oven turns on at the time of day 4. Press the number pads to set the length of you have set, the display will show the baking time
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ADJUST THE OVEN THERMOSTAT— DO IT YOURSELF! To Adjust the Thermostat: You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. We recommend that you 1. Press BAKE and BROIL HI/LO BROIL use your new oven for a few weeks to become more BAKE at the same time for 2 seconds HI/LO familiar with it, following the times given in your until the display shows “SF.” recipes as a guide. 2. Press BAKE. A two digit If you think your new oven is too hot or too cool, BAKE number shows in the
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ROASTING Most meats continue to cook slightly after being Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven. removed from the oven. The internal temperature will rise about 5° to 10°F. during the recommended Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep spattering to a minimum. standing time of 10 to 20 minutes. This allows roasts to firm up and makes them easier to carve. To Roasting is really a baking procedure used for compensate for
