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Contents
Thermostat Adjustment 20
Appliance Registration 2
Care and Cleaning 15-19 Vent Duct 10
Control Panel 17 Problem Solver 22
Features 6,7 Repair Service 23
Flooring Under Range 5 Safety Instructions 3-5
Leveling 5 Surface Cooking 8,9
Lift-Up Cooktop 16 Burner Grates 16
Model and Serial Numbers Burners 17
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- Oven 9, 10 Clock and Timer 9
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Air Adjustment 20 Control Settings
Baking, Baking Guide 11, 12 Cookware Tips 9
Broiler Pan and Rack 19 Drip Pans 16
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Broiling, Broiling Guide 1
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Help us help YOU. . . Read this book carefully. If you received a damaged range . . . It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new range properly. Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the range. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. Save time and money. Before you request If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include service... your phone number): Check the Problem Solver on Consumer Affairs page 22. It lists causes of minor GE Applia
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read ail instructions before using this appliance. When YouGet Your Range ● After prolonged use of a o Do not use water on grease range, high floor temperatures fires. Never pick up a flaming i ● Have the installer show you may result and many floor pan. Turn off burner, then the location of tlw range gas coverings will not withstand smother flaming pan by covering cut-off valve and how to shut this kind of use. Never install the pan completely with well fitting it
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. JMPORT~T SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) ● To minimize the possibility of ● Use proper pan size-Avoid Baking, Broiling and ‘.... 9 burns, ignition of flammable pans that are unstable or easily Wasting materials, and spillage, turn tipped. Select utensils having flat ● Do not use oven for a storage cookware handles towardthe side bottoms large enough to properly area. or back of the range without contain food avoidingboilovers extending over adjacent burners. and spillovers, but large enough *
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Flooring Under .- the Range -y -c When broiling, if meat is too Yourrange, like so many other close to the flame, the fat may household items, is heavy and ignite. Trim excess fat to prevent can settle into soft floor coverings excessiveflare-ups. such as cushioned vinyl. When I movingthe rangeon this type of *Make sure broiler pan is in flooring,use care. place correctly @reduce the possibility of grease fires. Do not install the range over kitchen carpeting unless you ● Myou should have a grea
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. . Features of YourRange --- JGBC16GPJwith Standing Pilot Ignition JGBC16GU with Automatic pilotless Ignition JGBC17GU with Brushed Chrome Cooktop, Automatic pi]otless Ige&ion 6
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——.. - -- — I \ I Explained JGWMGPJ , I Feature Index on page JGBC16GEJ JG13c17GEJ ! I ● ● 1 Model and Serial Numbers 2 (in burner box under cooktop) i 2 Surface Burner Controls 8 4 4 3 Surface Burners, Grates and Drip Pans 8, M 4 4 ● ● 4 Oven Temperature Control 10 ● ● 5 Clock and Timer 9 ● ● 6 Oven Vent 10 ● ● 7 Oven Interior Light 10 ., 9 ● ● 8 Oven Light Switch 10 (lets you turn interior oven light on and off) 9 Oven Shelves 10, 19 2 2 (easily removed or repositioned on shelf supports) ● c 1
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Surface Cooking Lighting Instructions Surface Burner Controls How to Select Flame Size Standing Pilot Model The knobs that turn the surface The flame size on a gas burner burners on and off are located on should match the cookware you JGBC16GPJ the lower control panel in front of are using. The surface burners on this range the burners. have standing pilots that must be lit The two on the left control the left initially. To light them: front and left rear burners. The two L Be sure surface burne
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Clock and Timer Using YourOven . f!) ‘ Topof-Range Cookware The Clock a~d Timer are helpful Lighting Instructions devices that serve several purposes. Aluminum: Medium-weight Standing Pilot Model cookware is recommended because JGBC145GPJ The Clock it heats quickly and evenly. Most This range has a standing oven foods brown evenly in an aluminum To set the Clock, push in the knob pilot port that must be lit initially. skillet. Minerals in food and water and turn the clock hands to the To light i
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—-. . Using Your Oven (continued) Lighting Instructions Oven Light oven Shelves Electric Ignition Models Use the switch on the control panel I I Ii to turn the light on and off. JGBCMGEJ JGBCIXW Oven Vent The oven burner and broil burner on these ranges are lighted Your oven is vented through ducts by electric ignition. The oven and at the rear of the range (see page 6). broiler cannot be operated in the Do not block these ducts when event of a power failure. cooking in the oven—it is important
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—.. - Baking How to Set Your Range ● If moisture is noticeable on the CAKES front of the oven or on the black glass Cake rises higher on one side for Baking door when first turning on the oven, ● Batter spread unevenly in pan. 1. Position the shelf or shelves in leave the oven door ajar for a few QOven shelves not level. the oven. minutes or until the oven is warm. ● Using warped pans. ● Incorrect pan size. 2. Close oven door. Turn OVEN ● Do not open the oven door during a baking operation—heat
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Baking Guide 1. Preheating is very important 2. Aluminum pans conduct heat 3. Dark or non-shiny finishes, also e when using temperatures below quickly. For most conventional baking, glass and Pyroceram@cookware, 225”I? and when baking foods such light, shiny finishes give best results generally absorb heat which may result as biscuits, cookies, cakes and because they help prevent over- in dry, crisp crusts. Reduce oven heat other pastries. Preheat the oven for browning in the time it takes for h
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Roasting Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Step2: Check weight of roast. Step 4: Most meats continue to (9 Tender meat or poultry can be Place meat fat-side-up or poultry cook slightly while standing after roasted uncovered in your oven. breast-side-up on roasting rack in a being removed from the oven. Roasting temperatures, which shallow pan. The melting fat will Standing time recommended for should be low and steady, keep baste the meat. Select a pan as roasts is 10 to 20 minutes to allow spatt
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.. Broiling Broiling is cooking food by direct ‘)) Broiling Tips ● Use tongs to turn meat over— heat from above the food. Your c- pierced meat loses juices. range has a convenient compartment . Broiling is usually done with oven below the oven for broiling. It also and broiler doors closed. However, ● Steaks and chops should be at has a specially designed broiler pan if you like your steaks very rare least 1 inch thick for best broiling and rack that al]cwt i ~:pping fat to inside and charred on
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-.. . Care and Cleaning * Proper care and cleaning are The special coating is a porous To Clean the Continuous- important so your range will give ceramic material which is dark in Cleaning Oven: you efficient and satisfactory color and feels slightly rough to the 1. Let range parts cool before service. Follow these directions touch. If magnified, the surface handling. We recommend rubber carefully in caring for it to help would appear as peaks, valleys, and gloves be worn when cleaning. assure s
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.-. —. . —~ .- Care and C1eafing (continued) Lift-Up Cooktop Burner Gates Drip Fans Clean the area under the cooktop Grates should be washed regularly often. Built-up soil, especially and, of course, after spillovers. grease, may catch fire. Wash them in hot, soapy water and rinse with clean water. Dry the grates with a cloth—don’t put them back on the range wet. To get rid of burned-on food, soak the grates in a slightly diluted liquid cleanser. Although they’re durable, the grates will gradual
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._+4.--” - .- - - Range Top Burners Control F%mels 0 Outer Enamel Finish The holes in the burners must be It’s a good idea to wipe the control When the range is cool, wash the kept clean at all times for proper panels clean after each use of the enarnel finish with mild soap and ignition and an even, unhampered oven, For a more thorough cleaning, water or a mild abrasive cleanser flame, the control knobs can be pui.led off- applied with a damp cloth. Rinse the knob stems and, on models so with c
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care and cleaning (continued) . . y Brushed Chrome Finish Removable oven Door To replace the oven door, make @‘! sure the hinges are in the “out” Model JGBC17GEJ The oven door is removable to position. Position the slots in the Clean the brushed chrome top make the interior more accessible. : bottom of the door squarely over with warm, soapy water or an all- the hinges. Then lower the door purpose household cleaner and slowly and evenly over both hinges immediately dry it with a clean, soft at t
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knovable ovenBottom Oven Shelves YOU Can remove the porcelain Ovenshelves may be cleaned with enamel oven bottom for cleaning a mild abrasive cleanser following outside the oven. manufacturer’s directions. After cleaning, rinse the shelves with To remove the ov”n bottom: clean water and dry with a clean 1. Remove the oven shelves. cloth. To remove heavy, burned-on soil, soapy metal pads may be used following manufacturer’s directions. After scrubbing, wash with soapy water, rinse and dry. Broile
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Minor Adjustments You Can Make J -“OvenThermostat the direction of arrow for LOWER. oven Burner f!? Each mark will change the oven Adjustment Air Adjustment Shutter temperature approximately 2C)°F. The air adjustment shutter for the The temperature control in your We suggest that’you make the - new oven has been carefully adjusted oven burner regulates the flow of adjustment one mark from the to provide accurate temperatures. air to the ~lame. original setting and check oven However, if this ove
