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Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . .2–7
Owner’s Manual
J2S968
Operating Instructions
Baking or Roasting . . . . . . . . . . .11
Broiling, Broiling Guide . . . . . . .12
Clock and Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Control Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Convection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16–20
Lift-Off Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cookware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Light Bulbs . . . . . . .
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! ANTI-TIP DEVICE ALL RANGES CAN TIP INJURY TO PERSONS COULD RESULT INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICES PACKED WITH RANGE SEE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 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
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.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 All ranges can tip and injury could result. To prevent accidental tipping of the range, attach it to the wall or floor by
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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 Be sure all packaging materials are purpose as described in this Owner’s removed from the range before operating Manual. it to prevent fire or smoke damage should the packaging material ignite. Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Keep the hood and grease filters clean to Be careful when reaching for items stored maintain good venting and to avoid grease in cabinets over the range. Flammable fires. material could be ignited if brought in contact with flame or hot oven surfaces Teach children not to play with the and may cause severe burns
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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 www.GEAppliances.com COOK MEAT AND POULTRY THOROUGHLY… Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F and poultry to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 180°F. 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 hands, fac
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Using the gas surface burners. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. How to Light a Gas Surface Burner Push the control knob in and turn it to When one burner is turned to LITE, all the LITE position. the burners spark. Do not attempt to disassemble or clean around any burner You will hear a little clicking noise— while another burner is on. An electric the sound of the electric spark igniting shock may result, which could cause you the burner. to knock ove
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.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-f
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Using the oven controls. (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 ON/OFF Pad Touch to select the bake function. Touch to turn the oven light on or off. BROIL HI/LO Pad DELAY START Pad Touch to select the broil function. Touch once for Use along with COOK TIME or SELF CLEAN high broil and twice for low broil. LO/STD pads to set the oven to start and stop au
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the oven. www.GEAppliances.com 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: Whe
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Using the oven. How to Set the Oven for Broiling Leave the door open to the broil stop position. Touch the BROIL HI/LO pad once for The door stays open by itself, yet the proper HI Broil. temperature is maintained in the oven. To change to LO Broil, touch the IMPORTANT: To avoid possible burns, place the BROIL HI/LO pad again. shelves in the desired position before you turn the Use LO Broil to cook foods such as oven on. poultry or thick cuts of meat thoroughly NOTE: Food can be broiled with the
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the clock, timer and control lockout. www.GEAppliances.com 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. baking or self-cleaning cycle. Make sure the clock is s
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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 growth. How to Set an Immediate Start and Automatic Stop The display will show the changing The oven will turn on immediately and cook for a sele
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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) www.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
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Using the convection oven. NOTE: The convection fan will cycle on Convection Fan and off while cooking to best distribute In a convection oven, a fan circulates hot air hot air in the oven. over, under and around the food. The convection oven fan shuts off when This circulating hot air is evenly distributed throughout the oven cavity. As a result, foods the oven door is opened. DO NOT leave are evenly cooked and browned—often in less the door open for long periods of time time with convection h
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com and grid and the special roasting rack for Roasting rack Convection Roast best convection roasting results. The pan Good for large tender cuts of meat, uncovered. is used to catch grease spills and the grid The convection fan circulates the heated is used to prevent grease spatters, while Post air evenly over and around the food. the
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Using the timed features for convection cooking. You will hear a fan while cooking with these features. The fan will stop when the door is opened, but the heat will not turn off. 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
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com How to Set a Delayed Start and Automatic Stop Touch the number pads to set the You can set the oven control to delay-start the oven, OR OR cook for a specific length of time and then turn off desired cooking time. (depending on model) automatically. Touch the DELAY START pad. Make sure the clock shows the correct time Touch the number
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Using the convection oven. How to Set the Oven for Convection Roasting when Using the Probe When the internal temperature of The display will flash PROBE and the the meat reaches the number you oven control will signal if the probe is have set, the probe and the oven inserted into the outlet, and you have not For best results when roasting large set a probe temperature and pressed the turn off and the oven control turkeys and roasts, we recommend START pad. signals. To stop the signal, touch the
