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GE Appliances
Safety Information
Owner’s Manual
Anti-Tip Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . 3, 4
JB940
Radiant Surface Units . . . . . . . . 5
JB960
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
JBP85
Operating Instructions
Using the Surface Units . . . . . 7–9
Using the Oven . . . . . . . . . .10–24
Using the Clock and Timer . . .16
Timed Baking & Roasting . . . .17
Oven Thermostat . . . . . . . . . . .24
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 26
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GE & You, A Service Partnership. IMPORTANT! Fill out the Consumer Product Registration Card. Two easy ways to register your appliance! n Through the internet at www.geappliances.com n Complete and mail the enclosed Product Registration Card FOR YOUR RECORDS Write the model and serial numbers here: # # You can find them on a label behind the storage drawer on the front of the range frame. Staple sales slip or cancelled check here. Proof of the original purchase date is needed to obtain service u
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service 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, 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 r
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Do not operate the oven or cooktop controls if the glass is broken. Food splatter or cleaning solution may penetrate a broken control panel and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately should your glass control panel become broken. n Do not store flammable materials in an n Do not let cooking grease or other oven or near the cooktop. flammable materials accumulate in
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service 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
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the oven door. Hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to hands, face and/or eyes. n Do not heat unopened food containers. n Do not use the oven to dry newspapers. Pressure could build up and the container If overheated, they can catch on fire. could burst, causing an injury. n Do not use the oven for a storage area. n Keep the oven vent unobstructed. Items stored in an
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Using the surface units. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. 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. A HOT COOKTOP
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Using the surface units. About the radiant surface units… SURFACE The radiant cooktop features heating n Water stains (mineral deposits) are removable COOKING using the cleaning cream or full strength white units beneath a smooth glass surface. vinegar. NOTE: A slight odor is normal when a new n Use of window cleaner may leave an cooktop is used for the first time. It is caused by iridescent film on the cooktop. The cleaning the heating of new parts and insulating materials
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Selecting types of cookware. The following information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance on glass cooktops. Stainless Steel: Glass-ceramic: recommended usable, but not recommended Poor performance. May scratch the surface. Aluminum: heavy weight recommended Stoneware: Good conductivity. Aluminum residues sometimes appear as
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Using the oven controls. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings SELF CLEAN Pad COOKING TIME Pad Touch this pad to select the self-cleaning Touch this pad and then touch the number function. See the Using the self-cleaning pads to set the amount of time you want oven section. your food to cook. The oven will shut off when the cooking time has run out. PROBE Pad (on some models) DELAY START Pad Touch this pad wh
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service 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. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated. When the displ
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Special features of your oven control. Control Lockout (on some models) Your control will allow you to lock out the touch pads so they cannot be activated when touched or cleaning the glass panel. To activate this feature: Touch the 9 and 0 touch pads at the same time for 3 seconds until the control beeps twice. The display will show LOC continuously and the time of day if not blacked out. NOTE: All cooking and timing functions will be cancelled when locking out the control. To unlock the contro
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Cook and Hold Your new control has a cook and hold feature that Touch the COOKING TIME pad. The keeps cooked foods warm for up to 3 hours after display will show Hld OFF. the cooking function is finished. Touch the COOKING TIME pad again To activate this feature, follow the steps to activate the feature. The display below. will show Hld ON. Touch the BAK
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Using the oven. To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the desired position before you turn the oven on. Before you begin… The shelves have stops, so that when To replace, place the end of the shelf placed correctly on the supports, they will (stop-locks) on the support, tilt up the stop before coming completely out, and front and push the shelf in. will not tilt. CAUTION: When you are using the shelf in the lowest position (A), you will need to use caution When placing and removing cookw
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service How to Set the Oven for Broiling Place the meat or fish on the broiler over-browning them. grid in the broiler pan. Touch the BROIL HI/LO pad once for Follow suggested shelf positions in HI Broil. the Broiling Guide. To change to LO Broil, touch the If your range is connected to 208 volts, rare BROIL HI/LO pad again. steaks may be broiled by preheating th
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Using the clock and timer. To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time Touch the CLOCK pad. of day for the automatic oven timing Touch the number pads. functions to work properly. The time of day cannot be changed during a timed Touch the START pad until the baking or self-cleaning cycle. time of day shows in the display. Make sure the clock is set to the correct time of day. To Set the Timer Touch the KITCHEN TIMER Touch the START pad. ON/OFF pad. When the timer reaches :00, th
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Using the timed baking and roasting features. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily–such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork–should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria grow
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Using the probe (on some models). For many foods, especially roasts and poultry, internal food temperature is the best test for doneness. The temperature probe takes the guesswork out of roasting by cooking foods to the exact doneness you want. Use of probes other than the one Cable provided with this product may result in Plug damage to the probe. Use the handles of the probe and plug Probe when inserting and removing them from Handles the food and outlet. n Never leave your probe inside the
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Using the convection oven. The convection oven fan shuts off when the oven door is opened. DO NOT leave the door open for long periods of time while using convection cooking or you may shorten the life of the convection heating element. To help you understand the difference Roasting rack between convection bake and roast and traditional bake and roast, her
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Using the convection oven. Cookware for Convection Cooking Before using your convection oven, check Metal and Glass to see if your cookware leaves room for air Any type of cookware will work in your circulation in the oven. If you are baking convection oven. However, metal pans with several pans, leave space between heat the fastest and are recommended them. Also, be sure the pans do not touch for convection baking. each other or the walls of the oven. n Darkened or matte-finished pans will b
