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Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . .2–7
Owner’s Manual
Operating Instructions
PGS908
Baking or Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
PGS975
Broiling, Broiling Guide . . . . . . . . . .15
Clock and Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Control Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Lift-Off Oven Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Convection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20–24
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Cookware . . . . . . . . . .
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death. — Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance. — WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS ■ Do not try to light any appliance. ■ Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building. ■ Immediately cal
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com 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. ANTI-TIP DEVICE To reduce the risk of tipping the range, the range must be secured by a properly installed anti-tip bracket. See installation i
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following: ■ Use this appliance only for its intended ■ Do not attempt to repair or replace any purpose as described in this Owner’s part of your range unless it is specifically Manual. recommended in this manual. All other service should be referred to a qualified ■ Be sure your appliance is properly installed
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ■ Always keep wooden and plastic utensils material could be ignited if brought in and canned food a safe distance from your contact with flame or hot oven surfaces range. and may cause severe burns. ■ Always keep combustible wall coverings, ■ Do not store flammable materials in an curtains or drapes a safe distance from
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SURFACE BURNERS Use proper pan size—avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover burner grates. To avoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com COOK MEAT AND POULTRY THOROUGHLY… (Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F (71°C) and poultry to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 180°F (82°C). Cooking to these temperatures usually protects against foodborne illness. WARNING! OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the oven door. Hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to h
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Using the gas surface burners. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Before Lighting a Gas Burner After Lighting a Gas Burner ■ Make sure all grates on the range are in ■ Do not operate the burner for an place before using any burner. extended period of time without cookware on the grate. The finish on ■ If your range has the Range Lock-Out the grate may chip without cookware feature, make sure it is disabled before to absorb the heat. attempting to light th
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com Top-of-Range Cookware Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used recommended because it heats quickly for either surface or oven cooking. It and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in conducts heat very slowly and cools very an aluminum skillet. Use saucepans with slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s tight-fitti
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Using the oven controls. (on some models) (Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.) Features and appearance may vary. Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE Pad OVEN LIGHT Pad Touch to select the bake function. Touch to turn the oven light on or off. BROIL Pad DELAY START Pad Touch to select the broil function. Use along with COOKING TIME or SELF CLEAN pads to set the oven to start and stop CONVECTION BAKE Pad automatically at a time you set. T
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE Pad CLOCK Pad Touch to select the bake function. Touch before setting the clock. BROIL Pad DELAY START Pad Touch to select the broil function. Use along with COOKING TIME or SELF CLEAN pads to set the oven to start and stop OVEN LIGHT Pad automatically at a time you set. Touch to turn the oven light on or off. COOKING TIME Pa
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Using the oven. To avoid possible burns, place the racks in the desired position before you turn the oven on. Before you begin… The racks have stops, so that when placed To replace, place the end of the rack correctly on the supports, they will stop (stop-locks) on the support, tilt up the before coming completely out, and will front and push the rack in. not tilt. CAUTION: When you are using When placing and removing cookware, the rack in the lowest position (A), you will need pull the rack ou
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com Preheating and Pan Placement Preheat the oven if the recipe calls for it. Baking results will be better if baking Preheating is necessary for good results pans are centered in the oven as much when baking cakes, cookies, pastry and as possible. If baking with more than one breads. pan, place the pans so each has at least 1″ 1 (2.5 cm) to 1 ⁄2″ (3.8 cm) of air space To preheat, set
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Using the oven. Oven Vent Your oven is vented through one vent ■ Handles of pots and pans on the cooktop may located toward the rear of the range. Do become hot if left too close to the vent. not block this vent when cooking in the ■ Do not leave plastic items on the cooktop— oven—it is important that the flow of hot they may melt if left too close to the vent. air from the oven and fresh air to the oven burner be uninterrupted. Avoid ■ Do not leave any items on the cooktop. The hot touching the
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com How to Set the Oven for Broiling IMPORTANT: To avoid possible burns, place the Use LO Broil to cook foods such as poultry racks in the desired position before you turn the or thick cuts of meat thoroughly without oven on. over-browning them. Place the meat or fish on a broiler Touch the START pad. grid in a broiler pan. When broiling is finished, touch the Follow suggested rack po
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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 Make sure the clock is set to the day cannot be changed during a timed Touch the START pad. correct time of day. baking or self-cleaning cycle. To Set the Timer Touch the KITCHEN TIMER pad. After touching the START pad, SET disappears; this tells you the time is counting down, although Touc
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the range or control lock-out. GEAppliances.com Range Lock-Out (on some models) When this feature is on and the touch Your control will allow you to lock out the surface burners, oven burners and control panel so they pads are touched, the control will beep cannot be activated. and the display will show LOC ON. To lock/unlock the controls: ■ The cont
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Using the timed baking and roasting features. (on some models) 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 growth. How to Set an Immediate Start and Automatic Stop The display will show the changing The oven will turn on immediately and
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the probe. (on some models) GEAppliances.com 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
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Using the convection oven. (on some models) Convection Fan NOTE: The convection fan will cycle on In a convection oven, a fan circulates hot air and off while cooking to best distribute over, under and around the food. hot air in the oven. This circulating hot air is evenly distributed throughout the oven cavity. As a result, foods The convection oven fan shuts off when are evenly cooked and browned—often in less the oven door is opened. time with convection heat. 1-Rack Convection Baking The c
